Ethics

Business ethics is highly valued by people because it solely reflects the character and personality of the people managing the company. More than acting as a personality mirror, it guides people in their actions and decisions so that they can always generate the best results.

In the restaurant business, employees generate customer satisfaction through fast and quality service. At all times, they should be able to satisfy the needs of their customers and treat them fairly as part of their business ethics. In business, customers have equal rights and giving a big tip to secure a better table is morally unacceptable because it violates the principle of equality among customers. In the owners side, allowing such action to happen is a form of unfair treatment and violation to the restaurants business ethics.

It should be noted that people who do unethical things are more prone to doing the same thing again in the
future, leading them to other various unethical actions.  This is why securing a business contract can be analyzed as the same as paying a big tip, only in a larger scale. Paying larger tips might be ignored by people due to its minimum effects but bribery is a big thing that should not be ignored since a lot of significant things depend on it like money, reputation, career and even the stakeholders. Like the restaurant customers, contract bidders have equal rights in bidding and winning a certain contract and it is legally unacceptable to use their power and money to win the deal. Regardless of whatever purpose they have, bribery is still against the law and violates the principle of business ethics.

My perspective regarding the issue of bribery is still consistent with the moral philosophy that I have described in the Unit 1 discussion board.  It cannot be denied that business is more on making money but above all of it, a consideration regarding the existing intangible policies should also be taken into consideration. The act of being fair in doing business goes perfectly with Kants principle of respect-for-persons. By not bribing, business people respect the right of their competitors to have a chance in the deal and in the higher level it preserves their dignity and good name.