2. Discuss and illustrate the classifications of ethical issues discussed in the text. According to the textbook‚ Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases‚ an ethical issue is “a problem‚ situation‚ or opportunity that requires an individual‚ group‚ or organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong‚ ethical or unethical” (Ferrell 65). There are fifteen basic classifications of ethical issues in business that can be broken down into three categories
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Ethical Legal Dilemma in Advanced Practice Nursing Ethical Legal Dilemma in Advanced Practice Nursing The profession of advanced practice nursing is characterized by several attributes‚ one of them being the delicate balance between the law and the ethical code. One may argue that the legal system was designed around ethical principles but in the following paper‚ the author will attempt to point out the distinctions that separate and define legal and ethical
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Differences in Ethical‚ Legal‚ and Regulatory Issues in Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer Web Sites Like traditional brick-and-mortar establishments‚ business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) Web sites face ethical‚ legal‚ and regulatory concerns. Although both B2B and B2C sites share similarities in web-based jurisdictional issues and general ethical considerations‚ each site has its own specific concerns due to the end-user relationship of the consumer versus business
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Ethical Issues in Sales: Two Case Studies Thomas L. Carson Ethical issues in sales are an important and neglected topic in business ethics. Roughly 9% of the U.S. work force is involved in sales of one sort or another. But very little has been written about ethical issues in sales. Case 1: Shoe sales [The following case is taken from a paper that I received from a student. I am using this case with the student’s permission. The student did not want me to use his/her name. I have made some minor
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Another consideration in this scenario is the principle of non- maleficence. This ethical principle requires nursing staff to avoid the causation of harm in a way that benefits the patient. It is related closely to beneficence (Martin‚ 2015).To address the issues of non-maleficence for instance‚ the commitment is not to prevent harm only but the nursing staff should not expose their patients to pointless unsafe risks (Foley & Christensen‚ 2016). If the nurses go ahead and wash Gerald they will be
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Ethical Issues The issue of ethical behavior is one of the top challenges facing organizations today. A good definition of ethics includes the thought of doing what is morally acceptable or what is “good” and “right” as opposed to doing what is “bad” or “wrong” (Sims‚ 1992). But why are these issues a concern for organizations? What can they do to promote ethical behavior from their employees? Organizations should be concerned with ethical behavior for many reasons. Even though ethical decisions
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Ethical and Legal Obligations in Accounting Background Accounting is the “process of identifying‚ measuring‚ and communicating economic information about an organization for the purpose of making decisions and informed judgments.” (Marshall et al‚ 2003) The use of this information has widespread application to company managers‚ investors‚ creditors‚ employees and government agencies. For sound decisions to be made based on this information‚ the profession of accounting has created several
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Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Surrogacy Christie Blackwell HCA 322 Dr. Nine Bell June 17‚ 2013 Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Surrogacy Many individuals have a life plan consisting of college‚ marriage‚ and then children. After numerous methods of conception‚ many couples are still unable to conceive a child. A woman who enters into a contract with a couple‚ agreeing to carry and birth a child‚ then hand that child over to the contracted couple‚ who is often unable to conceive
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Ethical Issues in Organizations Krishna Singh BUS 610 September 5‚ 2011 Ethical issues in organizations Assignment on this ethical issue assignment is very important and critical as all the companies or organizations do have some ethical dilemmas or ethical issues. Before I begin to write more on this topic‚ I would like to define what exactly the ethic means whether it is in corporate world or in everyday personal life. According to the Webster’s collegiate dictionary‚ “ethics is the
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Legal Issues in the Gaming Industry Legal Issue in Gaming. When it comes to looking at the legal issues‚ we can that there are loads of them. The cause of legal issues rise when a specific games company copies other people’s work or they take what other games without permission. An example of such issue is when the Arktos Entertainment Group‚ who are the makers of MMO The War Z game‚ were found to have copied the terms of service agreement from the game‚ League of Legends. And as crazy
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