Ethics MGT/498 September 26‚ 2013 Ethics In business there will always be the line to act with integrity or to lie‚ cheat‚ and steal. Famous author Douglas Adams once said‚ “To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money‚ and that is sincerity and integrity” (Heathfield‚ n.d). The priority of any business is to serve the needs and wants of the customer and more important his or her stakeholders. Any business decision made in major corporations must
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List 3 lessons about ethics from this article. 1. The first one is the most powerful lesson learned from practicing ethical conduct during Boisjoly’s 27-year engineering career in the aerospace industry‚ is that them‚ as individuals‚ become the result-ant sum of each ethical confrontational event as experienced from the beginning of their careers. 2. The second lesson is what he learned was to never delay informing superiors of bad news so he could protect his integrity
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-special obligations come with contracts between individuals of unequal knowledge or power. From: Kitchener‚ K.S. (1985). Ethical principles and ethical decisions in college student affairs. In H.J. Canon & R.D. Brown (Eds.)‚ New directions for student services: Applied ethics in students‚ no. 30. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Based: Beauchamp‚ T.L. & Childress‚ J.F. (1979). Principles of biomedical ethics. Oxford: Oxford University
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A. Marketing Issues in Business Ethics: Marketing tobacco and alcohol. Discuss the ethics of marketing tobacco‚ marketing alcohol‚ or both‚ in terms any or all of the following: (1) underage customers‚ (2) target marketing ethnic groups and/or women‚ (3) moving questionable practices that have been abandoned in the United States to markets in developing nations. Discuss the ethics of marketing tobacco in ways that are illegal in the United States (i.e‚ to children during television shows
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Ethics and Cultural Diversity Sensitivity Seminar Marsha F. Ward CJA/484 November 19‚ 2012 Robert Metzger‚ M.A. Ethics and Cultural Diversity Sensitivity Seminar Every two months in any major police department across the country police officers attend an ethics and cultural diversity sensitivity seminar. The seminar brings the officers up-to-date on ethics‚ and cultural diversity issues brought to the management’s attention along with future information. The ethics and cultural
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The case regarding Fashion First is a very interesting case as it allows for a discussion to take place in relation to ethics. Ethics could be defined as moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior. In other words‚ ethics allow for individuals to distinguish between right and wrong‚ and to make decisions based on what is right or wrong for any particular situation. In this situation‚ Sandy‚ the part-time bookkeeper of Fashion First is approached with a situation where she noticed
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ethical issues 2. Stakeholders that you would talk to in the task - you are the chief ethics officer (CEO) - describe company that you’re working in - IT related. As a CEO‚ come out with guidelines about the ethical use according to the scenario 3. any laws (maltese laws)‚ if the scenario is not covered in laws (use laws of an EU country or any country) 4. identify the ethical issues - conflict between what it is that you’re supposed to be doing and what the law provides - if there is no
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engaging in Corporate Social Responsibility. Moreover‚ there is moral and immoral approach to Corporate social responsibility. In this report‚ both approaches will be compared‚ highlighting the moral approach to Corporate social responsibility. Ethics Theories and Corporate Social Responsibility So many practices and actions can fall under Corporate social responsibility‚ but they all can be categorized into two – “the musts” and “the electives”. A business must be honest and truthful in regards
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Ethics is a challenging concept for many businesses‚ both domestic and international. It is not a “one size fits all” idea. While one culture may perceive certain actions as ethical‚ another may not agree. Some cultures incorporate ancient traditions into their “code of conduct” of business. In China‚ the saying of “I scratch your back‚ you scratch mine” is part of their business ethics. In Japan‚ one must be careful when expressing certain idioms or respecting certain cultural norms‚ such as
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What would make business people behave more ethical? It seems unavoidable these days that it is all about dot com or tech company going through downsizing or layoff due to economy hard times‚ evolving business climate‚ product profitability and operation cost decision. Although corporate downsizing is an existing and accepted management tool but the morality is still in doubt. Sadly‚ most of the time it is unclear at the worker level why he or she is being terminated at an already profitable
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