Business Ethics Week 1 Introduction to the Module INTRODUCTION THOUGHTS TO PONDER: • ‘A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business’ (Henry Ford‚ US industrialist 1863-1947) • ‘The one and only social responsibility of business is to make profits’ (the economics guru Milton Friedman) The subject of ethics forms a central element in managerial responses to social forces. In many situations‚ an individual must reach a personal decision in regard to
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chemicals and manufacturing processes are bad for the environment (MDH‚ 2004). Where we can improve our manufacturing process or there exist more safe alternative means to production and use of products that have less impact on the environment then both business and consumers should choose the product with less impact. In this case we are discussing what would have the least ‘possible’ impact on perpetuation global warming. The reason that I personally believe there is more hype than fact to global warming
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Global Business Ethics Case Study Sophie and Carling Ltd. Paris‚ France 1. What are the main ethical issues? a) Corruption: Soroprom CEO handled $75‚000 in cash to Sophie‚ thanks for work and this serves as a gift to her. Sophie accepted that because she wanted to use this money to pay her lawyer’s bill to keep custody of her children. b) “Necessary sex” for the interests: Sophie attracted her supervisors‚ male co-workers. She used “necessary sex” to achieve her ambitious goal‚ she became
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Running head: ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS 1 Ethical Issues in Business Lisa B. Luckenbach Western Governors University ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS 2 Company Q is a small local grocery store chain that has a poor attitude toward social responsibility. After reviewing the given‚ I feel the chain is more committed to profit than social responsibility. Most companies are in a business to make a profit‚ however‚ the difference in
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STATE OF ETHICS AND ETHICAL PRACTICES IN CHEVRON Table of Contents Executive Summary vi 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Origin 2 1.2 Objective 2 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 Limitation 2 1.5 Literature Review 3 1.5.1 The evolution of codes 3 1.5.2 Signs of Code Effectiveness and Success 3 1.5.3 Ethics Management 4 1.6 Research Methodology 5 1.6.1 Research Method 5 1.6.2 Data Collection Method 5 2.0 Company Overview 6 2.1 Company Roots 6 2.2 Global Scope 6 2.3 Technology and Emerging Energy 6
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Understanding Business Ethics Introduction Over this task I will be choosing a business and providing brief background information on my select organisation. The company that I have chosen is in a controversial industry and has its fair share of pressure groups‚ none more so than Governments of several countries. My organisation is in a billion pound industry and in effect manufactures legalised poison. My selected business is Marlboro‚ an international billion pound company based in
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Strategic ethics and social responsibility are two of the most important‚ yet perhaps most misunderstood concerns in the world of business today. By their very nature‚ these fields are controversial‚ and there is no universally accepted approach for solving their questions. On the other hand‚ government is encouraging organizational accountability for ethical conduct‚ and organisations are being asked to prevent and control misconduct by implementing ethics programs. By defining strategic ethics‚ we can
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Chapter 1 Business Ethics- principles‚ values‚ and standards that guide behavior in the world of business Principles- specific pervasive boundaries for behavior that are universal and absolute (freedom‚ speech‚ equal rights) –the basis for rules Values- used to develop norms that are socially enforced (integrity‚ trust‚ accountability) Development of business ethics Before 1960’s: -Questioning capitalism -“living wage” income -New Deal-blaming business for economic woes -Individual
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statements are not transparent‚ investors can never be sure about a company ’s real fundamentals and true risk” (McClure‚ 2010). Transparency has even become more of a necessity since companies like Enron and many others showed the world that complex business structures and unclear financials just hide bad news. It is very helpful to imagine your customer as a member of your family. In most cases people would never want anything bad to happen to their family. No one wants their family to have
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Business ethics compromises of the principle and standards that guide behavior in the world of business. These principles and standards are usually set by different groups outside the business example interest group‚employees‚customers‚legal system etc.that determine whether a business will fail/accepted by society. It evaluates business actions‚ whether individual or collective‚ in the light of their moral adequacy. When considering questions of ethics in business‚ there is a primary
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