A business cannot claim to be ethical firm if it ignores unethical practices by its suppliers – e.g. * Use of child labour and forced labour * Production in sweatshops * Violation of the basic rights of workers * Ignoring health‚ safety and environmental standards An ethical business has to be concerned with the behaviour of all businesses that operate in the supply chain – i.e. * Suppliers * Contractors * Distributors * Sales agents The two articles below
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the core textbook * “I’m still not sure of what an ethical dilemma is and if my dilemma is a dilemma!”- OK. Questions to ask yourself: * Is my dilemma about an individual who is facing a problem? * Can I justify the problem as a business ethical problem in which an individual is faced with making a difficult ethical decision of some kind (i.e. a dilemma)? * Can I examine the dilemma and justify it as an ethical dilemma meeting the 4 performance areas (p.9) of the marking scheme
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BUSINESS ETHICS ASSIGNMENT – TASK 3 CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…Pg 3 Background on Asia Pulp and Paper Co’…….………………………………………………….……..Pg 4 Question of Ethics – Deforestation and Illegal logging……………………………………….…Pg 5 Wildlife Extinction…………………………………………………………………………….……………………Pg 6 APP becoming sustainable…………………………………………………………………….……………….Pg 8 Recommendations to live and operate sustainably ……………………….…………………….Pg 9 Ethical code for APP……………………………………….……………………………
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Ethics Question: Some argue that aggressively investing in emerging economies is not only economically beneficial‚ but also highly ethical because it may potentially lift many people out of poverty. However‚ others caution that in the absence of reasonable hopes of decent profits‚ rushing to emerging economies is reckless. How would you participate in this debate? As a free-market economic skeptic‚ prior to my readings‚ I felt that investing in emerging markets is more self serving and exploitative
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BUSINESS ETHICS Q.1 a) What are the legal issues involved in this case‚ and what are the moral issues? How are the two different kinds of issues different from each other‚ and how are they related to each other? Identify and distinguish the “systemic‚ corporate‚ and individuals” involved in this case. b) Analyze the ethics of marketing Publius using utilitarianism‚ rights‚ justice‚ and caring. In your judgment‚ it is ethical to market Publius? Explain. Q.2 a) Identify the behaviors
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Sabeel Rehman Business Ethics 10/12/13 Case Study What are the ethical and legal issues at stake in this scenario? A: Karl has to deal with some ethical and possibly legal issues in the marketing of his game “Breakaway”. It is an issue ethically simply because he himself has to find out it is suitable to market a game that primarily gives its focus on nudity‚ violence‚ and gambling. When it comes to legal issues‚ is it legal to market these things in foreign countries and on the Internet
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Business Ethics Gender Discrimination The evolving role of women in the workplace is not readily accepted in society. Despite the illegality of gender discrimination‚ women are being discriminated against in hiring practices‚ advancement opportunities‚ and income in the workplace. In the case study given to us‚ we were asked to suggest best possible ways to control or eliminate gender discrimination. To begin with we started to root causes of discrimination‚ most commonly known to us. One of
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and stockiest. The company now wants to utilize its distribution strength in consumer products and to expand their business. United battery manufacturers have started marketing their own private brand of blades and has achieved some moderate success so far. But in order to utilize its existing resources‚ distribution strength in consumer products and to expand their business Ambassador torchlights have come up with following strategies but which to opt is still a matter of concern: Whether
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Mary L Weed Module 2 Written Assignment Business Ethics SUNY Empire State Summer 2010 Answer the following questions: 1. Shaw and Barry distinguish two different forms of utilitarianism. What are these two forms? Briefly describe each. Act and Rule Unitarianism is the two forms that Shaw and Barry discuss. Act utilitarianism is the belief that it is the right action that brings the greatest contentment to the greatest number of people. It is an idea that believes that the morality
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practice in the workplace. And through the whole book‚ the author has introduced some new management/leadership concepts from those successful Christian leaders’ many years of experience‚ in order to help other Christian managers to learn. I think this is a very interesting book and fresh view for business student‚ especially for unchristian students. Since I came from China that Christian is not very popular in there‚ I am not familiar with this religion. So there are many management ideas in
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