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A ética empresarial já tem se consolidado como área de estudo, bem como elemento para gestão e tomada de decisões estratégicas nas organizações. Em tempos de globalização, diversidade e responsabilidade social, torna-se premente adotar posturas mais corretas nas relações pessoais, na política e nos negócios. O objetivo desta dissertação é descrever, por meio de um estudo de caso, como as organizações empresariais podem inserir princípios éticos na formulação de suas estratégias e na gestão de seus negócios. Para validação, a análise do caso conta com uma revisão teórica que recorre aos fundamentos filosóficos da ética, à aplicação do conceito de ética à atividade empresarial de acordo com o propósito organizacional. A fundamentação teórica contempla, ainda, a inserção de princípios éticos na gestão e estratégias de negócios e sua relação com o desempenho organizacional. / The Business ethics has already been consolidated as a study area, as well as an element for management and strategic decision-making process in organizations. In times of globalization, diversity and social responsibility, it becomes essential to adopt better attitudes in the personal relations, politics and businesses. The objective of this thesis is to describe, through a case study, the process of how organizations have been inserting ethical principles in the management and strategies formulation. The analysis of the case counts on a theoretical revision that appeals to the philosophical beddings of the ethics, to the application of the concept of ethics to the business activity according to the organizational purpose. The revision also contemplates the business-oriented insertion of ethical principles in the management and strategies and its relation with the organizational performance.

A ética empresarial já tem se consolidado como área de estudo, bem como elemento para gestão e tomada de decisões estratégicas nas organizações. Em tempos de globalização, diversidade e responsabilidade social, torna-se premente adotar posturas mais corretas nas relações pessoais, na política e nos negócios. O objetivo desta dissertação é descrever, por meio de um estudo de caso, como as organizações empresariais podem inserir princípios éticos na formulação de suas estratégias e na gestão de seus negócios. Para validação, a análise do caso conta com uma revisão teórica que recorre aos fundamentos filosóficos da ética, à aplicação do conceito de ética à atividade empresarial de acordo com o propósito organizacional. A fundamentação teórica contempla, ainda, a inserção de princípios éticos na gestão e estratégias de negócios e sua relação com o desempenho organizacional. / The Business ethics has already been consolidated as a study area, as well as an element for management and strategic decision-making process in organizations. In times of globalization, diversity and social responsibility, it becomes essential to adopt better attitudes in the personal relations, politics and businesses. The objective of this thesis is to describe, through a case study, the process of how organizations have been inserting ethical principles in the management and strategies formulation. The analysis of the case counts on a theoretical revision that appeals to the philosophical beddings of the ethics, to the application of the concept of ethics to the business activity according to the organizational purpose. The revision also contemplates the business-oriented insertion of ethical principles in the management and strategies and its relation with the organizational performance.

Our main aim with this study is to shed a light over the social workers opinions about what they believe will be the consequences of introducing Housing First in the city of Stockholm. We wanted to examine the social workers perceptions about how Housing First could change their client’s autonomy and justice. Therefor we accomplished five qualitative interviews with social workers. We analyzed our empirical material with the theoretical terms; justice, autonomy and intern role-conflict. The results and analysis showed that the social workers considered that their client’s autonomy and justice increases by the Housing First model. We also found that Housing First seems to reduce the social workers intern role-conflict. We found that the reason might be that they do not have to choose between different expectations in the same extent as when they work with the continuum of care model. The result also showed that the social workers believed that the more independent the clients are towards the social services and the social workers demands, the more dependent the clients become towards the social workers, by the means of motivation work.

The thesis aims to identify the most important ethical principles that should be part of the professional approach of helping professionals towards disabled people in wheelchairs, however, their application involves members of the majority society, too. The thesis then refers to the conditions that support application of these principles in helping professionals and the historical development of the care of disabled people in wheelchairs. The thesis includes an important part that presents a conducted research dealing with these principles from the view of disabled people in wheelchairs and helping professionals themselves. Thus the main aim of the research is to compare the two perspectives.

The awareness of the unsustainable path we are heading and the pressing need to act has been growing for the last few decades. Organisations, in particular corporations, play an important role in the necessary changes and they are increasingly being obliged by a growing range of stakeholders to play a positive part in society as corporate citizens. This has led to the current proliferation of initiatives and standards on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and has created confusion and misunderstanding about what is a strategic corporate responsibility approach. We found that current CSR lacks principles of sustainability and a universal ethical guideline. This paper argues that current CSR can be made strategic by considering a scientifically relevant whole systems approach of sustainability as its fundamental objective. We present some implementation guidelines for CSR based on principles of sustainability and on the universal ethical principle of non-harm. Analysis of selected organisations in Brazil and Malaysia using the proposed guidelines provided recommendations and insights on how these organisations can contribute towards a sustainable society.

The diploma thesis focuses on specification of a CSR level in the selected production company. Specifies what is the level of CSR in a given company and uses theoretical knowledge that is applied in the research. It contains suggestions for improving the concept of corporate social responsibility in a given production company.

In consideration of the demographic trends of our population, it is necessary to deal with the old age problems and problems of geriatric patients. The controversial topic of restraints, especially sensitive in association with old frail people, is closely related. The issue of restraints is defined by law. However, the ethical aspects of their application should also be considered. The theoretical part of this thesis deals with the topic of old age and serious problems of this period of life, including mental disorders. It introduces the field of geriatrics and geriatric patients. In further chapters, this thesis discusses the restraints and ethical issues related to their use. By using qualitative research methods, the empirical part of this thesis surveys the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards this issue. It discusses specific restraints and the reasons for which they are used. The results show that the most important value of healthcare professionals is health and the most respected ethical principle is the principle of beneficence. Key Words: old age, geriatric patient, health risk, restraints, ethical principle

Ethical behavior is an inseparable part of business life and can have a major impact on corporate culture in business companies and their communication with clients. The aim of this work was to find out how the behavior of sales representatives of pharmaceutical companies in pharmaceutical pharmacies is perceived, to describe the ethical aspects in this field, and then to propose recommendations for adjusting internal rules, values or ethical code in a selected pharmaceutical company. This task was accomplished by carrying out qualitative research to analyze and deeper describe how pharmaceutical assistants in pharmacies perceive the behavior of sales representatives of pharmaceutical companies. In order to eliminate the identified circumstances in this field, the proposed recommendation for the selected company is a thorough knowledge of ethical principles and the incorporation of techniques into the training program of the company that focus on empathy is proposed. In conclusion, adherence to ethical principles and the right corporate culture in the company can be considered crucial in the context of successful cooperation between the sales representative and the pharmacy.

M. Tech. (Department of Logistics Management, Faculty of Management Sciences), Vaal University of Technology. / The application of business ethics in Supply Chain Management (SCM) activities in the business environment has attracted much-needed attention from research academics and practitioners alike in recent years. SCM activities within organisational processes are subject to various ethical principles when facilitating contractual procedures between supply chain partners. In a broader context, ethical SCM has mostly been applied to the public industry. Less attention has been directed, however, towards private businesses that seek to employ ethical compliance towards SCM processes. In view of the growing importance of ethical conduct in the private industry, the purpose of this study is to explore the factors that determine ethical SCM in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry (FMCG) in Gauteng Province. In this study, a quantitative research approach was employed to examine and test the factors that have an influence on ethical SCM in the FMCG industry within South Africa. A cross-sectional survey design was utilised to collect and test the empirical data collected from 221 purposively selected professional employees and managers in the FMCG industry in Gauteng Province. The collected data were analysed through the use of the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPPS version 26.0) software and analysed using a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics. Specifically, the techniques used to analyse data include frequencies, percentages, mean scores, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlations and regression analysis. Using the EFA technique, six legal components of ethical SCM were identified. These are moral standards, transparency, professional competence, corporate governance, accountability and fairness. Three components, namely supplier assessment and monitoring, relationship commitment and supplier collaboration, were extracted in the EFA procedure. A further three personal ethics components were extracted, namely intrinsic values, honesty and integrity and skills. Descriptive statistics reveal that most managers and professional employees within the FMCG industry believe that they follow the legal aspects of SCM ethics. They also indicated that their firms are effective in managing their suppliers. The managers and professional employees in the FMCG industry also perceived that they espouse a high standard of personal ethics in their SCM activities. The results of the t-tests revealed that female respondents are more likely to adhere to personal ethics than their male counterparts. Results of the ANOVA tests revealed significant statistical differences on the race and occupational area categories of the FMCG employees that participated in this study. Under the race category, Whites and those of the Mixed race have different attitudes towards supplier collaboration when compared to other racial groups. Managers and professional employees from the procurement department have different attitudes on legal aspects when compared to those in other departments such as transport, warehouse, contract management and customer services employees. Pearson correlations revealed that connections between the constructs were either weak or moderate. Regression analysis revealed that among all legal components and personal ethics factors, only fairness significantly and positively predicted supplier management. The study recommends that the FMCG industry should recruit and develop managers and professional employees with a recruitment process that is more structural and process-driven as this promotes a unique brand of leaders that dictate sound and effective leadership processes. To maintain effectiveness amongst managers and professional employees, training remains a catalyst in increasing knowledge, skills and overall competency within the FMCG industry.