Ethics Dawana McAfee ETH/316 April 8‚ 2013 George M. Price Ethics Attempting to explain the differences and similarities of virtue theory‚ utilitarianism and deontological is basically from my own understanding of each. I am having much difficulty reading the materials as well as sitting at this computer for any length of time. I believe my reading visual is deteriorating at a rapid pace because of the straining to my eyes. Virtue ethics focuses on a person’s character and morals. This
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Continuing Case: Honesty Testing at Carter Cleaning Company Maria Roel University of Texas Brownsville Introduction In the case study honesty testing at the Carter Cleaning Company‚ there are issues of theft. They find themselves struggling with the processes of screening for honest hardworking employees. The owners‚ Jennifer and her father‚ are looking for a way to minimize the employee turnover and more so is theft prone. Questions and Answers to the Questions What would be the advantages
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Ethics essay – Kantian ethics a.) Explain Kant’s concept of duty Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was concerned with producing an ethical theory that was logical and absolute‚ and did not change depending on the situation‚ countering the views of John Locke and other empiricists of the time. His ethics are based on duty‚ rather than looking at the end product of an action. He thought that his theory was so important that it could be rivalled with the Copernican revolution‚ in that it would
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Differentiaors Staging Economic logic IKEA Table 1 Testing the quality of your strategy The emergence ( ) of strategy Developing the strategy Figure 1.2 Strategic planning process leader Ethics in leadership Classical view of ethics profit maximisation Socioeconomic/broader view of ethics Approaches to strategy ) approach Rational ( Ansoff (1965) Module 4) five foruces (Porter 1980) Processual approach Table 1.1 Evolutionary ( ) approach - sony‚ amazon Systemic approach Strategy
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Question 1 & 2 were answered. The Coca-Cola Company Struggles with Ethical Crises- A Case Analysis The Coca-Cola Company Struggles with Ethical Crises- A Case Analysis Part I What role does corporate reputation play within organizational performance and social responsibility? Develop a list of factors or characteristics that different stakeholders may use in assessing corporate reputation. Are these factors consistent across stakeholders? Why or why not? Corporate reputation can be taken
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as a whole; they need to get with the program or be left behind. I still believe all of these measures are for the sole benefit for Wal-Mart to attempt to change public opinion of them‚ and not due to any real desire on their part to change their ethic culture. Even as they make changes that seem to be socially responsible and ethical‚ they are still fighting with employees concerning pay and benefits‚ as well as communities to enlarge their company at the expense of other small businesses. The business
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much on his previous knowledge of being an engineer. For example‚ the case states “Gary decided to let the other project office personnel handle the administrative work and run weekly team meetings. He asked Paula to work with him in the research lab until they got acceptable results. For the next three weeks they spent virtually twelve hours per day‚ seven days a week‚ in the research and development lab” (Orion Shield Project Case). This shows that Gary did not want anything to
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BUSS 5114 - People‚ Organisations and Leadership Study Period 1 2014 Assessment Task 2: Minor Case Study 2500 words (35% of total grade) Read the Buddy’s Snack Company case study below and answer all the following questions: 1. Consider the situation of Lynda‚ Michael and Kyle. Explain how each employee’s situation relates to Equity Theory. 2. Explain the motivation of these three employees in terms of the Expectancy Theory of motivation. 3. Explain how you would attempt to motivate each
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Morality and Ethics (Exxon Case) As two members of our group are children of sea captains‚ the case of Exxon Valdez oil spill was extremely interesting for our team. It demonstrates that irresponsible behavior of people can lead to the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters of the past century. Multiple factors have been identified as contributing to the incident. In our group’s opinion‚ the most important are: the captain was drunk being on duty‚ the third mate failed to properly
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presents ETHICAL THEORIES SLIDE 1 – INTRODUCTORY SLIDE Ethical theories provide part of the decision-making foundation for Decision Making When Ethics Are In Play because these theories represent the viewpoints from which individuals seek guidance as they make decisions. Each theory emphasizes different points – a different decision-making style or a decision rule—such as predicting the outcome and following one’s duties to others in order to reach what the individual considers an ethically correct
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