Ethical and Unethical issues about Coca Cola http://www.bigbrummie.co.uk/ The company has come under fire in the last few months for the way in which its workers are treated in Guatemala. On February 25‚ 2010‚ Coke was sued by those Guatemalan labourers‚ who claim that they‚ “endured a campaign of violence” from the people who worked for the bottling or processing plants owned by Coke. (Unethical) In 1998‚ Coca-Cola set up a bottling plant in Perumatti in the southern state of Kerala. Since
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Ethical Reasoning In ethical reasoning‚ the Trolley Problem is an excellent example of what most people find to be ethical and unethical. Unfortunately‚ there is really no right answer. However‚ the most common answers to the two Trolley Scenarios are: it is ethical to pull the lever‚ but it is unethical to push the very large person. In the scenario of having to pull the level and kill one person verses killing five people‚ most people’s reaction is to pull the level. This was also my reaction
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ongoing challenge of handling ethical matters in the workplace. Ethics is described as the application of everyday moral or ethical norms to business. Moral behavior is driven by the values and beliefs of a person. Moreover a moral person aligns behavior to actions. The Manager’s failure to acknowledge the contributions of the staff constitute an ethical violation because it’s not acting with integrity- a core principle in ethics. According to Navran‚ “ethical congruence is the alignment of
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Quintin Walters Ethical Dilemma Paper 10/21/12 Ethical Dilemmas are very common in the workplace. Ethical Dilemmas can be seen as a controversial thing for the person who is right in the middle of it. I have two ethical dilemmas for situations in a profession. One situation is when a nurse has personal information about one of her friend’s daughter. The other situation is about an employee during his spare time at work created a new spreadsheet program. There are consequences dealing
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Ethical Perspectives Jasmine Coney ETH/316 February 3‚ 2014 Steve Rosales This Ethics Game simulation contained two ethical dilemmas. Like the other simulation that was completed in week 3‚ the simulations is from the perspective of someone in a manager ’s position. In the simulation‚ you must make decisions that could have an effect on the people directly involved with the situation or people with the business. The first dilemma was named the Mysterious Roses and the second dilemma was called
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Ethical Theories Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is most often associated with Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). According to utilitarianism principle‚ a decision is ethical if it provides the greater utility than any other alternative decision. Thus the decision maker must evaluate each decision alternative‚ and then select the one that yields the greatest net utility (Fritzsche‚ 1997). There two types of utilitarianism‚ act and rule. Individual decisions are evaluated
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Is Abortion Ethical? Abortion is one of the very many controversies our country faces. The battle between pro-choice and pro-life has been waged for many years now and still continues today. The big question is; is abortion ethical or not? To determine this there are many questions that need to be answered about the fetus and the mother. Is the fetus a person with rights? Does the pregnant mother have an obligation to the unborn child? Is it ethical to force a pregnant woman to term? Does the
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Ethical Analysis The key stakeholders in this case are Kent‚ an employee in the marketing department‚ recently promoted to Manager‚ and Brad‚ the president of Broadway Corporation. The ethical issues in this case‚ from an individual standpoint‚ are the nudity idea and graphic violence in the Lucky video game. The ethical issues‚ from a corporate standpoint‚ are selling the video machines to the foreign markets and putting the games on the Internet as an adult product. The Consequential Theory
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Ethical Investing I’ll be addressing‚ why I would ethically invest in the two companies I’ve chosen Gap Inc. and L’Oreal Paris. L’Oreal Paris was created more than 100 years ago by a young chemistry student known by the name as Eugene Schueller‚ he had a dream to make hair dye to change the colour of a woman’s hair. The company began when a group of students and he formulated hair dyes that essentially worked. That then was manufactured and sold to hairdresser salons all over Paris. Today
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Ethical Compass John Ludden Test #6 May 1‚ 2012 You’ve seen the spectacular collapses of both for-profit and nonprofit organizations when there are ethical breaches. Just as important are the thousands of decisions with ethical dimensions that leaders must make every day. How can you be sure that your staff‚ and your volunteers are acting with the highest of standards? Leading by example with a strong set of distinct ethical values will prevent problems associated with ethics. As I have grown
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