“Resolving Ethical Business Challenges” SUMMARY: Peter had been a human resource (HR) manager for 18 years and vice president for 2 more years for Zyedego Corporation‚ a small company in New Orleans. In the last decade‚ there have been many changes to what potential/actual employees can be asked and what constitutes fair and equitable treatment. Frankly‚ the situation Peter was in was partly his own fault. The first issue began when Gwyn‚ one of Peter’s HR managers‚ was planning on rehiring
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The philosophical theory that I choose to do is called “utilitarianism”. In a brief sentence‚ utilitarianism means the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Basically what this means is‚ doing the right thing is based on how many people your action benefits rather than how much it benefits you. According to the Oxford American Dictionary utility means “the state of being useful‚ profitable‚ or beneficial”(oxford dictionary‚2013). The whole theory is all about how much it benefits and
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Section 1 – Understand how to support the organisation of a business event 1. When organising a business event‚ describe the range of support activities that may be required. Business event is one of effective methods to promoting your business. • Organising a venue: First at all you need to look for suitable venues and cost-effective that will make it possible to deliver a high-quality event. • Equipment: Getting the appropriate equipment and determine the appropriate size example: sound systems
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Utilitarianism‚ is the argument that a man should judge everything based on his ability to promote the greatest individual happiness. In other words‚ even if your actions are wrong‚ they are morally justified if it is for the greater good or‚ the greatest individual happiness. There are many different standpoints on what happiness really is‚ in John Stuart Mill’s essay on utilitarianism he argues that as long as your behavior creates bliss it is accounted for as happiness. Stuart supports his claims
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Project title: Production School: Bishop’s College Centre: 080003 Registration #: Date summitted: Topics Page Description of the business…………………………………… 1 Justification of Location………………………………………… 2 Selection of appropriate labour……………………………….. 3 Sources of fixed and working capital……………………….. 4 Role of entrepreneur…………………………………………….. 5 Type of production………………………………………………
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UTILITARIANISM AND DEONTOLOGY Action we take must have consequences whether good or bad. Utilitarianism is a theory that focuses on consequences that will bring about the best possible outcome of any situation‚ in terms of individuality or people‚ this means some sort of pleasure and happiness must be the result. On the other hand‚ deontology focus on the doing the right thing‚ were your intentions will be understood based on the right thing where everyone in your position would do the same‚ more
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Ethical and Legal Behavior In Business Cory Vance Business Law 2301 Mr. Mellon September 16‚ 2012 With the first scenario‚ you need to review the Ethics Checklist. What are the alternatives? One alternative is to say that you had used drugs illegally in your past but for the last three years you have been clean and sober. Everyone has a past so most people can respect the fact that you have been clean and sober. Another thing you want to consider
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happiness” –John Stuart Mill. Utilitarianism is based on doing what makes a person happier or provides more pleasure to that person and decreasing the things that makes you unhappy. Happiness and the absence of pain are considered the most desirable things to a person. According to utilitarianism‚ no matter what a person does‚ if it increases that person happiness‚ it is perfectly fine‚ and “wrong” if it decreases their happiness. A principle of utilitarianism says that when it comes to making
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academic debate. Because of these negative associations‚ some companies now avoid its use. Shell‚ to take a notable example‚ talk simply of ’corporate responsibility’. I prefer to retain the term because it expresses three key ideas: the idea of ethical responsibility‚ the idea that corporations as well as individuals can be held responsible‚ and the idea of obligations towards society at large. The term ’corporate social responsibility’ was originally coined in the 1930s by Harvard professors A
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LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS August 13th‚ 2012 LAW / ECONOMIC / ETHICAL WHERE THE LAW COMES FROM? • Maintain your property LAW • Rules related to the allocation of scarce resources WHAT DO WE WANT? • Earth at night • Predictability – Certainty – commerce loves certainty o Stable governments equal strong economy o Bank accounts‚ brokerage accounts‚ land titles o Property the governmentally supported right to exclude o Predictable sanctions for wrongful acts o Democracy
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