What Are Corporate Ethics?

Corporate ethics refers to the combination of moral principles, ethics norms, and ethical activities based on the evaluation of good and evil in a particular social and economic organization of an enterprise, which is maintained by social public opinion, traditional habits, and inner beliefs. The word "morality" originally refers to the way people walk, and it is extended to the laws of the movement of things and the principles and norms that people must follow. "Dao" and "de" have similar meanings, which means that people practice " The principle of "Tao" is known as "Tao" because it is acquired inside and out of the world.

Business ethics

Corporate ethics means that in a particular socioeconomic organization

[Chinese text] Corporate ethics [Chinese pinyin] [English translation] [Explanation of words] Corporate ethics refers to relying on the specific social and economic organization of a company

Relationship between company and shareholders

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Corporate moral culture is an important part of corporate culture and one of the core contents of contemporary corporate culture management. Corporate ethics regulates various relationships inside and outside the enterprise through ethical norms, ethical education, ethical evaluation, and ethical behavior to create a good environment and conditions for enterprise development. Corporate ethics, as the organizational ethics of corporate member groups, has a cohesive and self-contained function, a balanced regulatory function, and a guiding and stimulating function. It has an important impact on the moral quality and social justice of corporate members ^[1] .

The formulation of corporate ethics should properly deal with the relationship between enterprises and the state and individuals, the relationship between enterprises and society, the relationship between enterprises and enterprises, and the relationship between enterprises and consumers. Adhere to the national interest as the highest interest, the interests of the enterprise subordinate to the national interest, and the interests of the employees subordinate to the enterprise. Enterprises should take into account both social benefits and corporate benefits. When conflicts arise between the two, they should focus on social benefits. Especially in terms of cleaning up the three wastes, reducing noise, and protecting the environment, enterprises should abide by national laws and regulations and consciously protect our living environment.

The construction of corporate ethics is a complex systematic project, which requires long-term and arduous efforts in all aspects to achieve results. From the inside of the enterprise,

First, we must vigorously strengthen corporate moral education. Through reports, training, broadcasting, factory reports, seminars, etc., educate cadres and staff on the basic principles, basic norms, and basic content of corporate ethics, and guide educated cadres and staff to fully understand the inevitability of corporate ethics, The important role of establishing a modern enterprise system and enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises is to make the majority of cadres and employees consciously participate in the construction of corporate ethics.

Second, we must earnestly evaluate corporate ethics. As for the internal moral evaluation of enterprises, we must be good at using commendation conferences, broadcasts, factory newspapers, etc. to praise and publicize the exemplary behaviors and deeds of employees with excellent moral qualities, and criticize and punish those bad behaviors that violate corporate morals and standards. External evaluation of the enterprise, the enterprise should actively collect external praise and criticism, and timely monitor and adjust the behavior of the enterprise and its employees.

Finally, we must combine corporate ethics and ideological and political education with social moral education. Attention should be paid to giving full play to the role of the majority of employees. The construction of corporate ethics is the process of self-education and self-reformation of corporate employees. Only by giving full play to the role of employees as masters and mobilizing the enthusiasm of employees, can corporate moral construction have a solid foundation and reliable guarantee.

The significance of corporate ethics construction:

Strengthening moral construction is conducive to improving the level of enterprises

Corporate ethics implies that the enterprise is a moral entity of various rights and obligations. Businesses must behave responsibly, that is, they must take into account the rights of consumers and other members of society. With the change of consumption level and consumption concept, people's requirements for enterprises are getting higher and higher. They are not only satisfied with the excellent products and services provided by enterprises, but also hope that enterprises can assume certain social responsibilities, such as environmental protection, employee and competition. Opponents, communities, etc. All these require enterprises to strengthen moral construction and improve their own level, so that they can adapt to environmental changes and grasp the initiative of market competition. In the world's top 500 companies, in addition to advanced technology, strict management, strong innovation consciousness, brand-new concept of talents, all have their own ethical code of conduct, and they attach great importance to the construction and implementation of ethics. . For example, Sony Corporation puts forward: "Taking the improvement of the Sony Group's corporate value as the foundation of its operations, and taking conscious and self-disciplined moral standards as an important part of the enterprise." These successful companies have shown us that moral construction is the development of the enterprise An important part of. Strengthening moral construction is not only a requirement of corporate environment changes, but also an inherent requirement of modern enterprise systems.

Strengthening moral construction is conducive to improving the effectiveness of corporate control

As a market entity and a socio-economic entity, enterprises must focus on production and operation, that is, to maximize the economy and profits. In order to achieve corporate goals, it is necessary to restrict the behavior of employees in production and operation activities. The corporate system has a deterrent effect on people's psychology with its compulsory and strictness, and affects the behavior of employees. However, if it is restricted only by the system, it will inevitably cause distortion and rigidity of production and operation and resource allocation, which will cause enterprises to embark on a malformed development path. Corporate ethics is flexible and can play a role where the corporate system cannot reach, regulating the informal relationships of different members in corporate activities and affecting employee behavior. Therefore, moral construction can make up for the lack of system control and improve the effectiveness of control. In fact, moral construction is also a means of ex-ante control. Due to changes in the environment, the relationship between the levels of the enterprise and the work team must change accordingly. It is no longer possible for the enterprise to fully control each work unit at every moment. In this case, the behavior of employees depends to a certain extent on the level of personal moral quality. Strengthening the moral construction is conducive to improving the personal moral quality of employees and can play a role of ex-ante control.

Strengthening moral construction is conducive to improving the competitiveness of enterprises

As for the competitiveness of enterprises, we often mention the core technologies, internal management, marketing capabilities, and corporate culture of enterprises. These are the external competitiveness of enterprises. Supporting these external competitiveness is the morality of the enterprise. The greater the scale of the enterprise, the greater the impact of moral external competitiveness. An unethical company will not have its external competitiveness. This is because: On the one hand, corporate competition is ultimately competition for consumers. Consumers not only pay attention to product quality and applicability, but also are more willing to purchase products and services produced by honest business and socially responsible enterprises. Strengthening moral construction can win more consumers for enterprises. On the other hand, corporate employees can achieve the most creative results in an environment full of trust, responsibility and ambition. Such an environment can only be built on the basis of honesty, trust, fairness, and respect for values. Strengthening moral construction is conducive to development. The potential of an enterprise enhances its ability to supply society. Therefore, to a certain extent, competition among enterprises is moral competition.