DQ-1) Unfortunately, a quick scan of the business news will normally result in reports of unethical business behavior. To prove this point, let's start with a review of the news for stories about fraud and other unethical behavior in business. You can use the University Library to start your search. Once you have located an article share it with the class by developing a summary of the important information. Make sure that you give credit to your source.…
Write up a review of a famous (or not so famous) corporate blunder, which either ruined a company, or dealt it a significant setback. How did the actions of the various stakeholders affect the incident?…
Many organizations and companies are or have been highlighted negatively in the media for their greed and unethical behaviors. “In recent years, the media spotlight has focused on serious ethical lapses in every type of organization—business, government, educational, religious, sports, and others. We’ve all heard about senior managers who line their pockets at employees’ expense, auditors who overlook serious accounting problems, investment analysts who sell stocks they know to be in trouble, insider traders, businesses that overcharge the government, government employees who steal or misuse funds, academics who falsify their research results,…
Zipcar is a business that provides car-sharing programs for people in major, urban cities like Tokyo, New York and London. Zipcar allows people to borrow cars for designated times as needed. In some cases it may be borrowed for 30 minutes, some cases can be several days. Young professionals are eagerly participating in these programs because it allows the convienience allowed in owning a car without the long term cost. Car-sharing businesses have seen a dramatic increase in the last two years with expected growth for the next fifteen years. The idea of car-sharing is viewed as a more environmentally friendly approach to living because it reduces the number of cars emitting carbon into the city.…
Patra, B. P. (2010). "Moral Weakness: An Analysis Of Self Indulgent Actions Of Ceos Of Enron, Worldcom And Satyam Computers.". Vilakshan: The XIMB Journal Of Management, 7.2, 167-182. Retrieved December 05, 2011 from Business Source Premier. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=54078230&site=ehost-live.…
Facts: In 1976, Harry and Kay Robinson purchased a new Audi automobile from Seaway Volkswagen, Inc (Seaway) in Massena, N.Y. The following year the Robinson family, who resided in New York, left that state for a new home in Arizona. As they passed through Oklahoma, another car struck their Audi in the rear, causing a fire which severely burned Kay Robinson and her two children. The Robinsons subsequently brought a products-liability action in the District Court for Creek County, Oklahoma, claiming that their injuries resulted from defective design and placement of the Audi’s gas tank and fuel system. They brought suit against the automobile’s manufacturer (Audi), its importer (Volkswagen of America),…
For baby boomers who have office jobs and mortgages, what does owning an SUV provide?…
Both news sources have revealed the “filth on the floor” of large companies that succeed at the cost of individuals. So far, fines and forced repayment of wages have not stopped the trucking companies from continuing to exploit drivers. Exposure and public outcry have not forced agricultural giants to stop nitrate pollution of the Raccoon River. However, it has exposed and stopped supervisors in Iowa from taking secret donations from corporate interests through the Agribusiness Association of Iowa.…
In 1977, a film was unleashed onto movie goers unlike any other. George Lucas created the ultimate science fiction movie that is still adored by millions of fans; young and old, proud nerds and closet nerds, male and female. Star Wars’ legacy is being passed down through generations, from those born at the time of it’s beginning to their children. Television viewers born in or around 1977 are now in their mid-thirties, which is the perfect time for someone to have a small family and purchase a reliable new vehicle. Volkswagen seized these ideas in their thoroughly entertaining and relatively effective commercial that introduced us to a little boy who wished to demonstrate his Jedi talents.…
The actions Mathias Mueller made for the company were morally right. He did not just want to benefit his own company but also the rest of the world that was effected by these polluting vehicles. The actions that he made were necessary to ensure that one of the largest automobile companies in the world would stay in business and that millions of people would not loose their jobs. At this time, Volkswagen has not been order to pay any fines to the U.S. government but there is an ongoing investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency to look at the damage that the cars may have caused to the environment. The United States has issued a full recall of the effected vehicles and Volkswagen has begun work to make the effected vehicles environmentally…
This book addresses some forms of bad corporate ethics and in terms of business and the social environment. For example Companies going as far as closing down an entire fast food restaurant or meatpacking plant to avoid the creation of unions is wrong. Also the treatment of workers in meatpacking plants is unacceptable. The story of Kenny Dobbins, an extremely loyal Monfort employee was injured at work, and on top of not paying his medical bills, Monfort tried to get rid of Kenny by making his work so unpleasant that he’d hopefully quit. As for Business and the Social Environment, the smell coming from IBP’s slaughterhouse one in particular in Dakota City, was so bad it violated the Clean Air Act because it forced people in the community to inhale toxic emissions. Approximately one ton of hydrogen sulfide was released into the air every day, causing respiratory problems and headaches at such high levels causing permanent damage to the nervous system. It is also very…
PHL 323 Week 5 Learning Team Ethics in the Workplace Case Study Action Plan and Presentation…
I'm the kind of person that loves to work on cars and and doesn't like to sit around inside and do nothing. I really want to be in human resources and work for a big company. I at least want a 300,000 dollar home with a big lifted truck and a a gtr and a 9 second drag car. I want to live in a nice house in a small town. I like towns where everybody knows everybody and it's not loud. I also love cars its all ive ever liked. I've always loved the feeling when you start your car and let it run. It gives me butterflies. I love the feeling of being sucked into the seat of the car or when the tires break loose and the car gets sideways. It's the best feeling in the world. I want to be a human resource manager because most of my…
a) Defining the Problem. Volkswagen's core problem is to decide whom to target and how to communicate the New Beetle's benefits and characteristics, utilizing a launching campaign with a limited budget, which implies deciding which aspects of the product to emphasize, media to use, price to determine, and positioning to use, consistent with the new brand message the company wants to transmit its customers.…
Schwartz, p. and Gibb, B. (1999) ‘When good companies do bad things’, John Wiley and…