Written Assignment #1 Business Ethics: Written Assignment #1 1. What are the ethical issues? In this situation there are many ethical issues to consider. First of all the whole story is about Jane‚ the superior of Ralph who has a problem with alcoholism. The request from the detoxication center is the first ethical issue for Jane. If she urges Ralph to submit this blood test he would probably be known as an alcoholic and eventually saved in an industry wide database. Due to the fact that
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Ecological Effect of the BP Oil Spill on the Environment Introduction: The BP oil spill‚ (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill the BP oil disaster‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ and the Macondo blowout) was an oil spill that happened in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP owned and operated Macondo Prospect on April 20‚ 2010. This oil spill is considered the largest and most devastating oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The cause of this oil spill according to “the
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December 6‚ 2012 MGMT 382 TTH10 Business Ethics Final Management in any given industry has to make ethical decisions. In an industry with recurring demand‚ it is the responsibility of management to balance the operations of the firm while making sure the company’s reputation is protected. When trying to figure out what is the most ethical decision‚ management will unavoidably impact all their employees’ lives. Nonetheless‚ an ethical decision must be made to satisfy the needs of the owner
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BP Case Study November 10‚ 2011 Professor: Steven Lee Strategic Management Mississippi College British Petroleum[pic] Executive Summary The history of BP was set in motion as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Persia in 1901. William Knox D’Arcy‚ an English entrepreneur hired George Reynolds‚ a geologist and explorer to dig Persia for oil. Reynolds could smell natural gas and was most certain they would hit oil. After
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environmental concerns‚ health & safety‚ addiction and abuse‚ and other issues that impact employees and communities. Kellogg’s recently received an award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for diversity in compliance and ethics. Kellogg’s is also the 2007 national sponsor for Race for the Cure‚ and has a comprehensive program for United Way’s Days of Caring‚ in which the entire company donates time. In 2009‚ the cereal giant Kellogg asked stores to stop selling its popular
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(the conservation of matter/energy)‚ we recognize that neither matter nor energy can truly be "created‚" it can only be transferred from one form to another. | Question 3 | | 0.5 / 0.5 points | Identify the responsibility which holds that a business should be responsible for incorporating the end results of its products back into the productive cycle. Question options: | Backcasting | | Cradle-to-cradle | | Take-make-waste | | Cradle-to-grave | Hide Feedback | | |
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Building a just‚ stable‚ harmonious world for the future generations should be the central organising principle for civilisation. Our ideas about nature have varied through the whole history of environmentalism. This unit reviews the environmental ethics‚ our views and beliefs about nature and environment‚ issue of environmental equity dealing with the environmental crisis‚ environmental justice and its principles‚ racial discrimination at the policy and public level in managing the environment‚ and
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Professor Kathleen Davis BA 3102 4 March 2013 Analysis Paper #1- Management Case 2: Short Shorts In Don’s situation‚ he Don is in a difficult position because he is responsible for implementing the policies and procedures made by Fred for his business‚ possibly even if he agrees with them or notregardless of whether or not Don agrees with them. Depending on how badly he needs the job‚ Don has the choice to leave if he doesn’t agree with The Sandtrap’s policies. However‚ for simplicity’s sake‚
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the company and in the following part‚ we will indicate more on the ethical and unethical issues with the example of Sanlu Group. 1.2 Ethical and unethical issues Business ethics is defined as the study of moral and social responsibility in relation to business practices and decision-making in business. In other word‚ ethics is conforming to the standards of behavior that widely accepted by the social. Ethical behavior can base on three areas in making managerial decision. First‚ choose about
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are stakeholders? • stockholders • employees • customers • managers • supplies • local community According to Friedman‚ can a business do anything in the quest for profits? • No‚ it must not be deceptive or fraudulent Who is Theodore Levitt? • Former professor of marketing at Harvard B-School‚ Ph.D. in economics‚ prolific writer‚ editor of Harvard Business Review‚ coined the term "globalization" has been referred to as the father of modern marketing What is meant by a "nonconsequentialist
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