Ethical Environment of Business

The biggest thing that I took away from our examples of poor ethical conduct in the business world is how deceptive and unclear business communication can be. The excerpt written concerning the design of vans for the Nazi party was a particularly effective example. The whole class read and analyzed the paragraphs, but it was only after several minutes of in-depth discussion and some steering in the right direction by Angie that we even knew what the writer was talking about. It was a little chilling to know that we did not even recognize the seriously disturbing nature of the excerpt.

I think it is important to recognize what is important to your own moral character, especially in the business world. You should probably take a step back and analyze any job or assignment you are given in your business career that requires you to use such vague and imprecisely language as can be found in the memo about the vans. If you are required to write in this manner because your company is trying to hide something, you should evaluate whether you should continue to call this company your employer.