FOCUS QUESTIONS!! BCOR 3010 Course Outlines Name: ___________________________ Part One: Values I: Some Initial Thoughts on Business Behavior Values – desirable principles/qualities Ethics – beliefs about what is right or wrong‚ good or bad in actions that affect others Business ethics – need for compliance‚ aware of contributions it can make‚ consequences inside and out of company * Aware of what you are doing‚ its consequences/ and complications. * Take into account‚ and willingness
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COMM 315 Business Law and Ethics 07-Jan-08 |Law: |Ethics: | |if it’s not written it’s not law |norms | | |cultural values | |
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Ethics of Profit‚ Part 3: The Profit Motive Posted March 29‚ 2011 Filed under: character‚ competition‚ corporations‚ decision-making‚ ethics‚ finance‚profits‚ white collar crime | This is the third in a 3-part series on the ethics of profit. (See also Part 1 and Part 2.) As mentioned in previous postings‚ we should distinguish between our ethical evaluation of profit per se (which‚ after all‚ just means financial “gain”)‚ and our ethical evaluation of the profit motive. After all‚ I don’t worry
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The Ethics of Hardball Can one make an “ethical” decision that is at the same time “good business? Why or why not? Explain your position. Yes‚ one can make an “ethical” decision that is a good business‚ because whatever constitutes ethics for one person doesn’t mean the same for another person. In the classical principle of utilitarianism‚ “an action is right if and only if it produces the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone.” (Boatright‚ p. 33) Should businesses be held morally
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Introduction: "Ethics is the code of moral values and principles that governs the behaviors of a person with respect to what is right or wrong (Burke)". Ethics sets standards on what is good or bad in a person’s behavior or decisions making. In addition it deals with internal values that are a part of the company’s culture and their employees. An ethical issue is found in a case that the actions of a person or an organization may harm others. "Managerial ethics help to guide decision making and
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Discuss. Over the years‚ social and ethical concerns have brought attention to the community that caused much bitter conflict to the relationship between business and society. As people become better educated and more affluent‚ rising expectations naturally follow for major institutions and these developed a backdrop against which criticisms towards businesses have grown. Therefore‚ these created the need for them to assume greater societal responsibilities rather than mere ruthless pursuit of own
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explains. “I even saw one manager use employees’ religious affiliation and medical conditions [against them]. All were unethical.” Instead‚ Lipot recommends that supervisors consider only qualifications and performance when making decisions. Nepotism Business is often “all in the family‚” but Lipot believes that’s not always a good thing. “There are still a few company owners who want to provide work to family members‚ even if it is detrimental to the company‚” he says. Instead‚ Lipot recommends that
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and unchanging values of right and wrong. In the world of business‚ priorities are constantly changing: there is no set purpose for businesses that underpins their existence. As a result of this‚ it can be claimed that natural moral law cannot be applied to issues of business ethics. On a different note‚ natural moral law is very much concerned with good‚ evil and the role of human reason in distinguishing between the two. Business ethics does not often involve clear cut decisions between right and
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Warehouse | | Ethics | | Costco Warehouse | | Ethics | June 5‚ 2011 Authored by: Barbara Esslinger MGT 430 Professor Lindauer June 5‚ 2011 Authored by: Barbara Esslinger MGT 430 Professor Lindauer Overview: Today ethics has become such a controversial topic. It would seem as though corporate fraud and breaches of fiduciary responsibility‚ coupled with greed and selfishness plague every aspect of our corporate environment; therefore‚ a simplified model of ethics which implies
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Ethics in Editing According to Google‚ ethics are “a set of moral principles‚ esp. ones relating to or affirming a specific group‚ field‚ or form of conduct”. Three important ethical codes in editing or journalism is fairness‚ responsibility‚ and useful sources. The fairness ethical code from Los Angeles Times Newspaper states‚ “A fair-minded reader of Times news coverage should not be able to discern the private opinions of those who contributed to that coverage‚ or to infer that the newspaper
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