Ethics in Business From a business perspective‚ working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. In general‚ a stream of orders keep coming in‚ revenue increases and the company grows in the aggregate. The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly it can cause minor glitches as well as problems that can carry serious
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Assignment on Business Ethics Instructions: 1. Write the answers of the questions of this assignment in your own legible handwriting. 2. No assignment will be accepted if it is in the form of typed print out. 3. Answers of each student should be in their own perspectives or in their own experiences of marketing arena. 4. Q. no.1‚2 &3 are compulsory and solve any one from the remaining questions. Deadline for submission- 9 March 2014 Marks-15 (Fifteen) Q.1. What is business ethics ? Describe
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M1. Case Study Assignment: Fraud at WorldCom 1. Who were the major characters in WorldCom? There are a couple of major characters that played their roles in the downfall of WorldCom. Mr. Bernard J. (Bernie) Ebbers‚ one of the founders of the original small long-distance carrier‚ was asked to take charge of the company during its early struggles. It was under his tenure that WorldCom began its expanding pursuits and aggressive acquisitions. Although Mr. Ebbers was he head of the company‚ their CFO
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1. Introduction Precisely define the concept of "ethics" is quite difficult. In a general sense ethics - a set of moral principles and values that govern the behavior of a person or group of people and determining the positive and negative assessments of their thoughts and actions. Ethics associated with inner values‚ and they in its turn are part of the corporate culture and influence on decision making‚ determine their social validity within the environment. Ethical problem arises when the
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The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Trimester 1‚ 2013 71203 Business Ethics Assignment 1 Weighting: This assignment is worth 35% of your final mark. Due date: Your completed assignment must reach the Open Polytechnic by Tuesday‚ 2 April 2013. Instructions 1. This assignment is based on the course material and readings in Module 1. You should draw on a topic in a later module only if it is relevant to the situation you choose for Part B of the assignment. Complete Part A and Part B‚ following
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The Enron and World Com Scandals Enron 1. The board directors failed their fiduciary obligation to protect their shareholders‚ employees‚ and business partners by allowing high risk accounting‚ inappropriate conflict of interest‚ expenses undisclosed off the books activity‚ excessive compensation‚ and lack of independence between the company‚ and board members. I feel the segment that got Enron into trouble was the Executive and finance committee (Brooks). 3. I do believe that they
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Business Ethics and Sustainability Ethics” are the regulations of actions recognized in respect to a particular set of human actions or a particular group‚ civilization‚ etc. In other words ‘Ethics rationalizes morality to produce ethical theory that can be applied to any situation’ (Crane and Matten 2010‚ p. 8). The imperatives of usual managerial performance are so compelling that there is little time or proclivity to deflect attention to the moral content of organizational decision-making
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Amtrak’s Case Study LS312: Ethics and the Legal Environment Unit 4: Assignment Kaplan University Professor Bill Mulherin January 3‚ 2013 Amtrak’s Case Study Corporate social responsibility can create big problems if corporations do not handle difficult situations properly‚ especially when there are accidents involved. According to the eGuide to Ethics and the Legal Environment chapter 2‚ “CSR is a business practice that demands that business organizations look to the effect their decisions
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Business Ethics “Monsanto Attempts to Balance Stakeholder Interest” Write a case analysis of case #1‚ “Monsanto Attempts to Balance Stakeholder Interest”‚ page 308-317. An analysis paper should address the following: (USE THIS GUIDELINE FOR ALL OF YOUR PAPERS) 1. What are the main facts of the case? (Not all the facts/the main facts) Monsanto is an enormous corporation‚ originating as a chemical company at the turn of the twentieth century. Expansion to India and Africa have been stated
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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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