Explain The Legal And Ethical Issues In Relation To The Use Of Information
Unit 4, P5,M2 Jorg Wigmans
Explain the Legal and ethical issues in relation to the use of information. The explanation needs to include how the business complies with current legislation and how they deals with ethical issues by means on policies and codes of practice.
Legal issues:
Presenting a couple of situations in which Hugo boss has to cope with legal issues.
For instance: Hugo Boss does not use its market position to obtain advantages for itself by dictating prices or refusing to supply goods.
When a company has gathered information they should keep it for themselves.
( data protection act )
Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, is law that promotes or maintains market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. …show more content…
Data Protection Act 1998, this is to protect the information from companies. In this case is to protect the customers. Companies have to gather their information themselves and keep it a secret. They have to obtain the information lawfully. They also cannot sell or tell other companies the information they get from their customers. They can only use the information themselves. And if they done obey by those rules, they can get sued and have to pay a lot of money.
M2, Presenting examples in which the Legal issues has inflicted several businesses.
For example, a well-known example of a cartelisation in the Netherlands was called the 'building fraud' in the 90s.
Big companies made themselves mutual prohibited price fixing.
This way the contract giver paid too much for their construction contracts.
They also divided tasks among themselves.
This gave no chance for other companies to enter the same market.
Another example:
Dutch mobile operators KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile made Price agreements for years.
According whistle-blowers, the telecom companies in the Netherlands where making agreements for years, they would stay in contact throughout alternating and unregistered prepaid cards and providers gave signals by saying certain code words in the media.
Beside that drinks, fairs and conferences where also relatively inconspicuous moments to define a common strategy.
Ethical issues
Use of email
Many companies ( like Hugo Boss ) use e-mails. They e-mail their customers to confirm the order that the customers have ordered. Because it is free and easy to use. The e-mail usually goes quickly to the other people when you send it.
Internet
Many companies block websites that are not appropriated at work, like for example games websites, porn and some of the social networks sites. If the employees visits those websites they’ll get distracted and won’t be able to work properly.
Whistle-blowing
A whistle-blower is an employee who raises a concern about a business practice - either to management within the company or to an outside organisation. Because the company doesn’t want it to go publically they will have to try and fix it
Organizational policies
Every company has its own policies.
For example at Hugo boss you have to be very formal and structured.
M2, Further information about in which situations Hugo boss copes with policies and codes of practise:
Hugo boss does not accept discrimination against an employee, a business partner or any third party on the basis of gender, race, skin colour, ethnic origin, religious belief, age, disability, membership in a trade union or political party, sexual orientation or marital status.
There is to be a peaceful and respectful fellowship at all times.
Explain the Legal and ethical issues in relation to the use of information. The explanation needs to include how the business complies with current legislation and how they deals with ethical issues by means on policies and codes of practice.
Legal issues:
Presenting a couple of situations in which Hugo boss has to cope with legal issues.
For instance: Hugo Boss does not use its market position to obtain advantages for itself by dictating prices or refusing to supply goods.
When a company has gathered information they should keep it for themselves.
( data protection act )
Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, is law that promotes or maintains market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. …show more content…
Data Protection Act 1998, this is to protect the information from companies. In this case is to protect the customers. Companies have to gather their information themselves and keep it a secret. They have to obtain the information lawfully. They also cannot sell or tell other companies the information they get from their customers. They can only use the information themselves. And if they done obey by those rules, they can get sued and have to pay a lot of money.
M2, Presenting examples in which the Legal issues has inflicted several businesses.
For example, a well-known example of a cartelisation in the Netherlands was called the 'building fraud' in the 90s.
Big companies made themselves mutual prohibited price fixing.
This way the contract giver paid too much for their construction contracts.
They also divided tasks among themselves.
This gave no chance for other companies to enter the same market.
Another example:
Dutch mobile operators KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile made Price agreements for years.
According whistle-blowers, the telecom companies in the Netherlands where making agreements for years, they would stay in contact throughout alternating and unregistered prepaid cards and providers gave signals by saying certain code words in the media.
Beside that drinks, fairs and conferences where also relatively inconspicuous moments to define a common strategy.
Ethical issues
Use of email
Many companies ( like Hugo Boss ) use e-mails. They e-mail their customers to confirm the order that the customers have ordered. Because it is free and easy to use. The e-mail usually goes quickly to the other people when you send it.
Internet
Many companies block websites that are not appropriated at work, like for example games websites, porn and some of the social networks sites. If the employees visits those websites they’ll get distracted and won’t be able to work properly.
Whistle-blowing
A whistle-blower is an employee who raises a concern about a business practice - either to management within the company or to an outside organisation. Because the company doesn’t want it to go publically they will have to try and fix it
Organizational policies
Every company has its own policies.
For example at Hugo boss you have to be very formal and structured.
M2, Further information about in which situations Hugo boss copes with policies and codes of practise:
Hugo boss does not accept discrimination against an employee, a business partner or any third party on the basis of gender, race, skin colour, ethnic origin, religious belief, age, disability, membership in a trade union or political party, sexual orientation or marital status.
There is to be a peaceful and respectful fellowship at all times.