Ethics Case Study HCS/335 July 15‚ 2013 Ethics Case Study Ethics are an important aspect of an individual’s personal and professional life‚ as ethics help people determine whether their actions are right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ just or unjust‚ and fair or unfair (Fremen‚ 2009). In any career‚ strong workplace ethics and interpersonal ethics are essential. One situation is the case study involving Dr. William’s office assistant‚ Jerry McCall. Jerry received a call while sitting in for the receptionist
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Business Ethics "Like Nailing Jell-O to the Wall" What are ethics? A simple definition for "ethics" is those standards or morals a person sets for himself or herself regarding what is good and bad and right and wrong. If something is "ethical"‚ it does not necessarily mean that it is legal‚ and vice-versa. This is partially because ethics are "subjective" – that is‚ each person’s ethics are unique to that individual. For example‚ Sally‚ who works at Becker’s‚ may give a carton of milk to a young
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Unit 45: Business Ethics LO 1 – Understand different ethical perspectives in business Introduction – 1.1 Explain the background of theoretical ethical approaches and development of theoretical ethical approaches. Ethical perspectives: Deontological and teleological ethical theory; a. Define Deontology ethical theory Give example of deontology by stating a Philosophical experiences or case laws b. Define Teleology ethical theory‚ Give example of teleology by stating a Philosophical experiences
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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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The classical theories of morality are Aristotle’s perspective called Nicomachean Ethics‚ the Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant‚ and the Theory of Utilitarianism morality by John Stuart Mill. These classical theories create the basis of morality and moral argument. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory regarding the greater good. It rationalizes; the actions a person makes in their life and says they should be directed towards achieving the greatest happiness for
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Susan Gustafson Business Ethics Mark Matthews‚ Ph.D. February 10‚ 2004 Applying Ethics to the Merck Case The purpose of my essay is to show whether the business decisions made by the management team of Merck pharmaceutical are ethical. Using corporate assets for charitable purposes‚ the company manufactures and distributes a drug called Mectizan at no charge to impoverished nations and their inhabitants. I will expound on three ethical theories and then analyze the Merck case according to each
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Ethics and Social Responsibility First Discussion Forum 1. "Ethics has no place in business." Discuss this statement. Frequently many people pronounce the said “business is business”‚ showing a slight taste of immorality‚ where business are purely economic and ethics has no place in business‚ but is very important to know that ethics is essential component of a company. Ethics demand that the most important consideration is the people. Unethical act has a high risk. Every business leader
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Ethics case study Eron Carter HCS/ 335 September 17‚ 2014 Sherry Williams Dr. Williams assistant Jerry does have the training but does not have the ability to make a call for a patient because if he prescribed the wrong dosage amount then there will be in trouble with the patient and also with HIPAA. It will not be in the best interest of Jerry to make this call for Dr. Williams without making a call to Dr. Williams first. In order for this to happen without breaking any laws‚ Jerry needs to have
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Perspective ALGIN V. GULTIA COMA 107 CASE STUDY I. INTRODUCTION He was born on May 5‚ 1969 to Nicanor Tampipi Rellon‚ a teacher and retired Tagum Municipal Agriculturist and Lucia Antalan Lopez Rellon‚ retired public teacher. He finished Bachelor of Science in Education - Magna Cum Laude and MA in Education (Academic) at University of Mindanao‚ Master in Public Administration major in Government Administration at Ateneo de Davao and PhD in Development Studies (Academic). He is married to Sheeder
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Dilemmas Case Studies Professional Accountants in Business December 20112 Contents Introduction ...............................................................................................................................3 Case Study 1...............................................................................................................................5 Pressure to overstate stock valuation ...................................................................................5 Case Study 2...
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