Developing and Applying Knowledge and Skills in Ethics and Professional Morality: An Evidence-based Practice Paper

Abstract

Even without a focused interest in the topic, as we enter the third decade of the 21st Century one would have a difficult time ignoring the steady flow of stories reporting tragic consequences arising from engineering decisions that appear to have omitted ethical components, and of ethical dilemmas arising from contemporary engineering and computer science. Similarly, one would have to be willful to miss an equally steady drumbeat of calls for improved ethics in engineering and computer science education.

Knowledge Management of Business Ethics in Lithuanian Companies

“…However, employees rarely begin to question his or her knowledge and beliefs in the context of business ethics until he or she encounters the first ethical dilemma when no one knows the right answer on how to behave appropriately and how to manage to respond to the interests of all stakeholders. As with any subject in business, business ethics must be learned, and companies' managers must ensure that knowledge of business ethics is managed: ethical knowledge must be created, accumulated, transferred and applied (Winiecki, Catlin and Ackler, 2020) in a systematic, consistent, and transparent manner (Türegün, 2017) to the organization's employees. Only then managers of the organization can prevent the rise of ethical scandals and ensure a sense of justice for all stakeholders about their business activities processes and results.…”