Elinor Joy J. Antonio                                                                                April 3, 2008

BS-IM O0A                                                                                                          IT ETHIC

Book Review # 11

Title: “Business Ethics”

Authors: Norman E. Bowie and Ronald F. Duska

HF 5387 B69 1990

            There are lots of people who become philosophers. They tend to make different kinds of beliefs to discipline and to guide people towards other people. This book helps us to discover our developments as students as well as future managers. With every scenarios of this book comes with an advice by a practitioner.

Chapter 1 – My Position and Its Duties

“The concept of a role is…needed in describing the repeatable patterns of social relations which are not mere physical facts and which are structured partly by the rules of acceptable behavior in the society in question. (Page 4)”

            A role in a society is like a job in which the society is the company or the organization that we are working with. It is our role to act legally and ethically in an organization. It is our responsibility to find our needs and the company’s needs. It is a right and a duty as well.

Chapter 2 – The Moral Responsibilities of Business

“The golden rule, for all its value as an ideal for society, is simply not feasible as a guide for business. A good part of the time the businessman is trying to do unto others as he hopes others will not do unto him.

(Page 20)”

            In a business life there are some rules in which there is losing and there is winning. Life is battle. It makes life worth living for if we tried our best. Like the end justifies the mean. As long as we know that it is right for us, therefore it is right. Many people nowadays are competing to one other just for the sake of money, popularity and power.

Chapter 3 – Morality in the Practice of Business

“We cannot preserve a sense of justice and all that this implies while at the same time holding ourselves ready to act unjustly should doing so promise some personal advantage. (Page 50)”

            Fairness can never be done in a society wherein people are greedy and selfish. Justice will prevail if we know how to fight equally with our competitors. Life is game, thus, there are certain rules in which if you break it, there will punishments and penalties you have to do.