The Adelphia Scandal The Dawn of Adelphia Adelphia was founded in 1952 by John Rigas and his brother Gus Rigas in Coudersport‚ Pennsylvania with the purchase of their first cable franchise for $300. After 20 years‚ the Rigas brothers incorporated their company under the name Adelphia which derived its name from a Greek word which means brothers‚ an apt corporate title for a business that would employ generations of the Rigas family. Adelphia was a cable television company and built its success
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determine what is “foreseeable” or “reasonable” • Ethics‚ Law‚ and CSR o Ethics: study of right and wrong behavior o Business ethics: study of right and wrong behavior in the business world o Moral minimum: the minimum acceptable standard for ethical business behavior‚ normally considered compliance with the law o Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): the idea that corporations should be accountable to society for their actions • 3 Approaches to Ethics o Duty-based: What are the relevant rules?
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Many people would say‚ “Do as you are told.” But is everything you are told‚ correct? When an ethical decision needs to be made‚ should we look at the situation as a business or a personal stand point? Business ethics is conscious decisions that are made to protect or change one’s business or atmosphere and personal ethics is a conscious from within a person. Based on someone’s beliefs‚ culture‚ religion‚ and experiences on what they consider is right and wrong. In the movie‚ The Paper‚ the
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at Duke Universit y Business Ethics GOOGLE IN CHINA “The Great Firewall” Prepared by Kristina Wilson‚ Yaneli Ramos‚ and Daniel Harvey under the supervision of Professor Wayne Norman (edited by Professor Chris MacDonald) In early 2006‚ search-engine giant Google struck a deal with the People’s Republic of China and launched Google.cn‚ a version of its search engine run by the company from within China. Launching Google.cn required Google to operate as an official Internet Service Provider
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Lewinsky scandal * The Lewinsky scandal was a political sex scandal emerging in 1998‚ from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern‚ Monica Lewinsky. The news of this extra-marital affair and the resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives and his subsequent acquittal on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate
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Business Ethics and Legal Issues by Crystal D. King AIU Online BUSN310 – International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Unit 4 Individual Project March 6‚ 2011 Abstract Antitrust laws were primarily created to put an end to businesses that got too large from blocking competition and abusing their power. Choices offered to consumers can be limited by mergers and monopolies because smaller businesses are not usually able to compete in the marketplace. Even though free and open competition
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National TV and lying to the public. Imagine that President then getting caught. This is the Scandal that caused the first ever resignation in United States History‚ Watergate. The Scandal involved approximately 70 people‚ but only 25 were actually found guilty. Many people who were found guilty were some of President Nixon’s top officials. Including G. Gordon Libby‚ John Dean‚ and H. R. Haldeman. The watergate scandal resulted in a loss of trust in the federal government‚ many people being found guilty
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Running head: Business Ethics 5 Business Ethics 5 Name Course Tutor 12th November‚ 2010 SECTION A I defend Norman Bowie’s arguments in “Relativism and the Moral Obligations of Multinational Corporations” that basic principles do not vary among cultures. Multinationals should therefore uphold universally or otherwise underlying ethical practices that uphold human rights. The basic underlying ethical principles do not vary among cultures and moral relativism is a phenomenon that should
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PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISSTANCE FUND (PDAF) By: PEREZ‚ Chrysalyka C. I. INTRODUCTION PDAF or Priority Development Assistance Fund is a form of pork barrel which has been a very controversial issue in our country today. These are funds given or allocated to government officials in order to support and be spent on community projects and/or repairs and improvements. G. Luis Igaya of Institute for Popular Democracy defined pork barrel
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Business & Professional Ethics Notes Chapter 5: Corporate Ethical Governance & Accountability Modern Governance & Accountability Framework- To Shareholders & Other Stakeholders New Expectations- New Framework to Restore Credibility • A corporation’s reputation could be significantly affected by irritated stakeholders • Enron‚ Arthur Andersen‚ and WorldCom debacles showed the world the faults and vulnerabilities inherent in the old style shareholder-only governance and accountability model •
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