Ethical Behavior and the Social Responsibility of Organizations Table of Contents: Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….. 4 Defining Ethics …………………………………………………………………….. 5 Defining Social Responsibility …………………………………………………….. 6 Social Responsibility of Organizations to Internal Beneficiaries Social Responsibility to Employees ……………………………………………… 7 Social Irresponsibility to Employees: Wal-mart …………………………………... 8 Social Responsibility to
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employees to practice sound ethical decision making? Why or why not? Yes‚ it is important because not only do they hold their company’s reputation on the line they also are responsible for the lives of the people that are working for them and the environment that they are working in. When an unethical decision is made it can be penalized with fines and even jail time depending on the severity of the situation. 2) What are the 4 types of corporate social responsibilities by business and should all
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have created hundreds of jobs locally. It has always been my dream to‚ some day‚ be fortunate enough to work for Google. I am very intrigued by the working atmosphere and the focus they company places on innovation and technology. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Google does a fantastic job of adhering to their CSR and constantly adding value to the triple bottom line: people‚ planet‚ and profit. They have multiple websites that detail their philanthropic efforts and state what they believe
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RUNNING head: Apple Corporation: Ethical and Social Responsibility Apple Corporation: Ethical and Social Responsibility Romeo Gamble Strayer University Apple Inc. is an American corporation that is located headquartered in in Cupertino‚ California that designs‚ develops‚ and sells electronics like computer software‚ online services‚ and personal computers. It’s very well known for hardware products like the Mac computers‚ iPods‚ iPhone and
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Egoism vs. Virtue Egoism is a habit of valuing everything only in reference to one’s personal interest or gain. Basically selfishness‚ almost an arrogance and conceit of one’s self and only things that will boomerang Back for self gain. In Ethical egoism we will focus on two psychological egoism and ethical egoism. I will also compare egoism to virtue. Egoism is a totally self-centered‚ self-gaining‚ and self-gratifying belief system and theory. In some strange ways I did began to understand
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MGT 400 Sustainability: Ethical and Social Responsibility Dimensions Faculty: Case Study Henry Siegel Student: Allen Johnson National University December 12‚ 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Issues Raised 4 Textbook Questions 5 References 6 Introduction When making business decisions that impact the environment‚ there are often risks and issues that affect an organization. It is important to identify those issues and risks to promote sustainability.
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According to the text‚ Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong‚ in addition to the four arguments supporting ethical egoism‚ there are five arguments against it. I will present these in the same manner as the others. The first argument against ethical egoism comes from Brian Medlin and it is “The Inconsistent Outcomes Argument”. This argument claims the theory of ethical egoism cannot be true because it fails to meet a necessary condition of morality—namely‚ being a guide to action. The second argument
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Mike Delaney Ethics paper Psychological egoism is the idea that people do everything with self-interest as their main motivator. If people help others‚ so even when people are being altruistic they are ultimately doing so because of the gain that they expect to get in one way or another. Psychological egoism is also a theoretical form of egoism because it describes only what is observed and not the way it is supposed to be like in a normative egoism. Thomas Hobbes felt that without some sort
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contrast to the belief that we should ‘look out for number one’. This ‘bumper sticker’ promotes selfishness‚ the opposite of the desirable virtue that is altruism. This is known as egoism. Ultimately‚ this means that we should act in our best interests‚ only perform acts that benefit or will benefit ourselves. 2. “Ethical egoism is different to what we might call egotism”‚ the idea that we should act in ways that benefit us immediately. In Ayn Rand’s view‚ egotism is natural‚ what all people should live
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ETHICS INTERNET Egoism Reading Assignment: MacKinnon‚ Chapter 3 Thomas Hobbes‚ Self Love‚ pg. 45 Plato‚ Conclusion to the Ring of Gyges Objectives: Explain the difference between psychological and ethical egoism; Discuss the consistency and/or inconsistency of ethical egoism. Define the moral point of view List and describe the 3 levels of the soul Lecture: EGOISM What does egoism mean? A descriptive definition is “a theory that
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