As information technology systems is rapidly improving‚ the ethical issues of a organization as big as AT&T can no longer be ignored. This is mainly because with improving technology trends‚ growing benifits concerning the company will affect both existing and former executives. Since AT&T gathers incredibily massive amount of data from customers‚ how this information is used can be a major concern. For example‚ the personal information of a customer can be traded or sold to other information technology
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Integrating Values-The Legality‚ Morality‚ and Social Responsibility of Wal-Mart’s Response to Sex Discrimination and Pay Lawsuits Natalie Rondon Christian Varillas Shirley Simmonds Francisco Amado Kyle Lozito Nova Southeastern University We certify that we are the author of this paper and that any assistance received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. We have also cited any sources from which were used data‚ ideas of words‚ whether quoted or paraphrased
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Is Business Bluffing Ethical? When people doing business‚ they may use different ethical standards other than what we use in daily life. The majority businessmen manage their business legally; however‚ not all legal business is ethical. I do not think that business bluffing is ethical. I will provide three arguments in following paragraphs which are based on theories of groupthink‚ consequentialist and duties to support my position. First of all‚ according to the theory of duties
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Business Research Report Corporate Ethical and Social responsibility Presented to: Western Governors University Assessment Code: RWT1 – Competency 318.2.2 Student Name: Richard P. Shields Student ID: 92502 Date: August 7‚ 2009 Mentor Name: Rungrudee Suetorsak‚ Ph.D. Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 5 1. Organization Environmental responsibilities: 5 2. Organizational image: 5 3. Organization Increase profits: 6 Recommendations 7 Conclusion
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Standpoint theory maintains that all claims to knowledge are situated in the experience and understandings of a person‚ and reflect the distinct set of relations in which they stand to it. In this sense‚ knowledge is shaped by a person’s cultural perspective and “social location” (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Situated knowledge not only shapes but also limits is one knows‚ while one’s social location is structurally defined in a hierarchical system of power relations (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Due to all claims
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Background of the Study Internet is recently one of the fast‚ convenient ways for people to communicate with other people around the world. Especially with social networking sites‚ people are now able to create their own world online. They can do all the things they want to do even things they can’t do them in their real lives. Most likely‚ teenagers are a great numbers of users and members of the networking sites such as Myspace‚ Hi5‚ Facebook and Friendster. They usually get online and
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the same region or country for generations. • Subculture: a cultural group within a larger or predominant culture distinguished from it by factors such as class‚ ethnic background‚ and religion‚ and unified by shared beliefs and interests • Counter Culture: A culture that has values or lifestyle that are in opposition to those of a current accepted culture. Members of a counter culture openly reject the established cultural values that surround them. • Culture Determinants: The main
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Current Ethical Issues Paper XMTG / 216 December 19‚ 2010 Different people have different understandings of what constitutes ethical behavior. There are laws that help define what is legal and what is not‚ but the differences between moral ethics are not always clear. These types of moral ethics often lead to ethical dilemmas. According to Trevino & Nelson (2007)‚ “it might surprise many people to learn that there were few laws protecting consumers before the 1960s. At the turn of the
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Ethical perspectives- Cross-cultural perspectives ETH/316 July 7‚ 2013 Abstract The Global Company chose to research is a global organization‚ PricewaterhouseCoopers‚ known in the United States as PwC. Ethical perspectives in this global organization and compare the ethical perspectives across cultures that are involved in this global organization will be addressed. This company delivers assistance in quality assurance‚ advisory services‚ and tax. The company consists of a network of
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Current Trends in Business Communication Current Communication Trends in Business Technology advancements over the recent years have made communication possible in different ways. Communication in the business world today can range anywhere from e-mails‚ personal digital assistants‚ text messaging‚ instant messaging‚ and through the use of web-cams‚ just to name a few. These different communication tools allow employees to communicate both internally and externally in a timely and more efficient
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