11/3/2014 Why Your Company Should Have A Whistleblowing Policy Why Your Company Should Have A Whistleblowing Policy by Tim Barnett‚ Assistant Professor of Management‚ Louisiana Tech University Sam Advanced Management Journal‚ Autumn‚ 1992‚ pp. 37-42 Whistleblowers‚ those individuals who call attention to possible wrongdoing within their organizations‚ are the subjects of much controversy. Some say that whistleblowers are noble characters‚ willing to sacrifice personally and professionally to expose
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Business Challenge #6: To develop the best scratch resistant coating in the world for ophthalmic lenses [Titan] Background The ophthalmic lenses (spectacle lenses) consist of some base material (substrate) like CR 39‚ Polycarbonate‚ Trivex and a surface treatment is given to them to increase their hardness. Currently‚ there are 2 processes of applying this coating‚ i.e. Dip coating and Spin coating. The current scratch resistant (Hard) coating on plastic and polycarbonate lenses available in the
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whether employees are using drugs. Many companies have adopted drug testing policies in the work places. The testing is done to determine whether they use‚ or have used alcohol and drugs such as amphetamines‚ marijuana and cocaine. The companies have implemented the drug testing policies by sharing written policies with all the employees. For that matter‚ the companies have laid diversified strategies in mitigating the effects of drug use in the workplace. They have done this through educating the employees
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What should Howell do? Concisely‚ the standard applied to dismiss workers ought to be clear so that managers can determine the employees justly to be paid off (Gandolfi‚ 2013). If the labor force is not unionized‚ decisions of sacking can be founded on the performance of the employees. This permits the organization to maintain the top performers through getting rid of the weakest. Because of its lawful risks‚ organizations avoid using performance as a layoff basis. In the case of D-Bart‚ the performance
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will have to outsource some of its parts to other company. Outsourcing was first carried out between companies in the same country. With the growth of economy and technologies‚ companies have to start to outsource the jobs to other companies from the other countries‚ such as China and India. That is called as offshore outsourcing. However‚ there are a number of problems with offshore outsourcing‚ such as risk of sharing data. Should the companies practice offshore outsourcing as a business strategy
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What should Betty do? Based on the present situation‚ Betty needs to evaluate the ethical and legal aspect of the situation. Did Betty lied for the Senior Management position? The question is about what is right and what is ethical and‚ what is the right thing for Betty to do? The current proposed action for Betty is‚ whether the action is legal? According to Bagley and Savage (2009)‚ it is vital to address the legal issue first in order to establish the perception that legal compliance is the
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SHOULD COMPANIES EMBRACE SOCIAL BUSINESS? Case Study 1 BUS5460 Management Information Systems Dr. Mark Revels By: Mark A. Torres Should companies embrace social business? Identifying the major that pose a deterrent as to why companies do not embrace social media is comprehensive. In our case study‚ three distinct issues are raised. Those include low adoption rates by employees‚ cumbersome features that employees never use‚ and difficulty
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selected business scenario. Sunica Music and Movies will be implementing the best and affordable security measure and disaster recovery plan that is available. Our company will install the best firewall and security that will ensure that our customers and our company data are protected. We seek to maintain and recruit customers. We will always maintain confidentiality‚ availability‚ intertgity. By doing so‚ we shall and will keep the best computer systems and security that is available. Our goals
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Why do companies need a strategy? Strategy is very important for a business. Without a strategy an existing business can drift away from its customers and become uncompetitive with its environment and eventually the business will stop making profit. This is known as strategic drift. In other words‚ having a strategy is a way to remain competitive or it is a way of forcing a strategic change when an organisation has drifted away from its environment and is staring to fail. Lately‚ these strategic
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this is what you do 007 Volvo XC90‚ 4-Door‚ Sport Utility‚ 3.2 liter‚ Black with Black leather Interior‚ only 60‚500 miles! Specs: VERY clean/well maintained‚ 2nd Owner‚ Carfax Report available (completely clean)‚ Kelly Blue Book priced (good-very good condition)‚ 4 NEW tires 3 months ago‚ power locks‚ sunroof‚ 6-CD player‚ ABS brakes‚ leather interior‚ power mirrors‚ alloy wheels‚ automatic transmission‚ side airbags‚ power windows‚ am/fm stereo‚ A/C‚ cruise control‚ garage-kept. NO 3rd row
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