Ethical Values at Best Buy

Business ethics (most commonly known as Corporate Ethics) are very important to companies. They show people's perspective's against the world on its' good and bad, its' truth and lie. They try to answer the questions like 'what actions are good?', 'what actions are bad?'. Business ethics are a form of ethics that looks at the moral and ethical problems in the business. It is applied for all business companies and the individuals working in the workplace.




It is a lot harder as a a small business to have the same ethical guidelines as a big business. This being said that does not mean you can cut all ethics out, it just means you may to have smaller guidelines. Avoiding these guidelines would put you in the worst position to were you wont go ANYWHERE! It is not possible to be ethical in a small business it is just as hard.

Best Buy has been teaching their employees important rules to follow regarding ethics. "Best Buy believes that fraud and corruption begin small and at the edge of a business relationship" A women from the Best Buy Chief Ethics Office, Kathleen Edmond, blogged about how Best Buy store employees were recently terminated for breaking the Conduct Policy. One of the employees used foul language with another co-worker during a meeting. She was told to leave and continue her business in a different area of the store. The employee complained that she was having certain 'problems' with that co-worker. In her mind, these 'problems' triggered the violent outbreak. One other problem that a customer had with Best Buy. A blogger wrote on her website that a man was at home he was checking for deals on Best Buy. He did find one and rushed to his nearest Best Buy location around his area. Once he got into the store he searched for the item and they didn't seem to have it anymore. He asked one of the employees about it, and the employee told him to check online on there computers. They didn't seem to have the same item. Meanwhile when he was on the computer he noticed that the website looked incredibly similar to the website he was at at home. They did not have the same information on either website. Best Buy quickly replied to this message and assured that the site was not mean to scam anyone, and that it was going to be replaced with the real best buy.com

"Best Buy expects all its employees to act in accordance with the highest standards of personal and professional integrity at all times, and to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations."

Businesses have had a hard time dealing with ethics. For example, Wal-Mart had a problem giving out the name to one of the other employees about a wrong doing. It was also hard to tell the co-worker knowing the consequences of what has happened in the past. Without ethics, most companies would be a complete mess. Ethics make you a better role model and more responsible for what is going on. There are a few things that ethics do that are good for everyone:

• Show proper respect for authorities.


• Have a singleness of purpose.


• Use effective communication in word and deeds.


• Provide proper rest, recreation, and reflection.


• Show respect for human, life, dignity, and rights.

My opinion on Best Buys ethical policies needs to be followed by more accordingly and carefully. It seems to me that the women that was asked to leave seemed like she really didn't want to be there because if she did, she would have told somebody about her 'problem' with that one employee. She should have also acted in a calm manner. i understand her position where she just had to let out an 'outburst' but it didn't have to be in the meeting. Best Buy is a very well-known and popular electronics store. They should be known for there 100% reliability towards their customers and co-workers. Ethics provide the foundation on which this country exists. Although in America, you have the freedom of choice, if you would like to be successful, ethics are what you want to go by. The main reason for having ethical guidelines is not to provide a cookbook solution to every practice related problem, but to aid in the decision-making process for situations that involve ethical questions.