Managers and Performance Evaluations: Ethical Dilemmas Performance evaluations serve the purpose “to enlighten subordinates about what they should be doing better or differently‚” (Culbert‚ 2012). However‚ they can often become problematic and raise serious ethical issues that would threaten the well being of the employee‚ manager‚ and company in general. There are several ethical issues which can present themselves in performance reviews which can be even further augmented by social issues
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As a population‚ we can use these different terms and types of ethical theory to determine which style‚ form‚ or behavior of ethics fits with our beliefs and culture. Some of these different types of theories include virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. Although these all fall into the category of a theory of ethics and may seem to be similar‚ they are also very different. When looking at the virtue theory of ethics‚ we can see that the term character can be used in the place
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Ethical Behavior of Dan Amos of American Family Life Insurance Company (AFLAC) American Family Life Insurance Company (AFLAC)‚ a Fortune 500 company‚ and their Chief Executive Officer (CEO)‚Dan Amos‚ were recently recognized by Ethiosphere Magazine as the World’s Most Ethical Company for the fourth consecutive year (Aflac Named Most Ethical Company for Fourth Consecutive Year‚ March 2013). This award is given to companies who demonstrate a commitment to ethical leadership‚ corporate social responsibility
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the four different types of ethical perspectives. We will start by describing my ethical perspective; which I found out to be "character" from my results on the Ethical Awareness Inventory Assessment. We will then evaluate the four types of ethical perspectives. Which include character/virtue‚ obligation/deontology‚ results/utilitarianism‚ and lastly‚ equity/relativism. Then we will conclude with a brief discussion on issues one is likely to encounter dealing with ethical dilemmas at Bank of America
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Ethical Issue in Business – Pfizer‚ Examined Staci Holt PHL/323 Cassandra Giles Sunday‚ August 1‚ 2010 Ethical Issue in Business - Pfizer‚ Examined Pfizer‚ Inc (Pfizer hereafter) is an international pharmaceutical firm with $45.2 billion in profits in previous years and has an estimated allotment for research and development around $7.9 billion (Pagnattaro‚ 2005). Currently involved in a legal battle originating from allegations that the company unethically pursued clinical trials in an
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Ethical Principles in the Corporate World By: Brian Renshaw Courtney Kubat Stephanie Angellotto IFMG 300 B04 Abstract Ethical issues are an area of the corporate world that most businesses deal with on a regular basis. The importance is growing with the continuous development of technology. Companies need to be aware of ethical obligations of their products and decisions. Privacy is a problem that occurs due to the fact that companies can access individuals’ information on the
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1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Culture [Culture] generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical orientations for understanding‚ or criteria for valuing‚ human activity. (Wikipedia. 2005) People from different countries have different cultures. People from the same country also have different families and backgrounds. Therefore their behaviours‚ attitudes or values‚ are not
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Culture of Time and Culture By: Stephen Kern As a better understanding of Mass Communication and Society we were encouraged to read the book The Culture of Time and Space by Stephen Kern and analyze the information given from the book and express our ideals and outcomes from it. I believe that the ideas given to the readers from the book were very appealing and interesting‚ especially when combining the ideas of technology and culture. We are usually accustomed to not relate culture with technology;
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Ethical communication is fundamental to responsible thinking‚ decision making‚ and the development of relationships and communities within and across contexts‚ cultures‚ channels‚ and media. Moreover‚ ethical communication enhances human worth and dignity by fostering truthfulness‚ fairness‚ responsibility‚ personal integrity‚ and respect for self and others. We believe that unethical communication threatens the quality of all communication and consequently the well-being of individuals and the society
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Ethical Perspectives Organizational Issues ETH/316 11/28/2012 Ethical Perspectives It is evident that Wal-Mart’s ethical perspective or moral view is contingent on profit or profit potential. The global labor force of Wal-Mart enables this retail giant to continue to grow and succeed by providing lower operating costs. The legal ethics of this company are asserted globally and would withstand scrutiny in most cases. However‚ the virtue ethics of Wal-Mart are questionable about the well-being
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