Analytical Ethical Problem-Solving Ethical dilemmas make us question out moral beliefs and theories‚ search for an understanding of what is going on below the surface.1 Klempner‚ G.‚ (2008). Scenario: ‘Sally has spent the last six months working as part of a team that has developed a piece of software to control a widget grinding machine. The software is due to me completed with one week but Sally knows that it will take at least one month to fully test the software. Sally accompanies her boss
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Why is advertising an ethical problem? If it is‚ it is because it is often intrusive‚ deceptive‚ or manipulative -- or‚ at least‚ this is what people say about it. Another problem is the money and resources devoted to advertising; billions are spent each year (around $500 billion in fact) that‚ perhaps‚ could go to education‚ health care‚ research‚ reforestation‚ or other worthy causes. We’ll come back to this‚ but first we look at the problem of deception. Could argue that it distorts
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Perceived Risk & Gambling As of 2008‚ there were more than 2‚000 internet gambling sites worldwide; with combined revenue of these websites being estimated to be north of $18 billion (Overview of Gambling Regulations‚ 2008). Due to its obscene rate of growth‚ potential harm to its consumers and growing ease of accessibility‚ internet gambling is viewed by many as a major cause for concern. Don’t expect the apprehension towards online gambling to ease up any time soon. Casinos‚ of both
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“Business ethics examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and business organizations as a whole” (“Business Ethics‚” 2010). In today’s society‚ many people pursue careers in businesses for different reasons such as convenience‚ salary‚ and many other reasons that do not include ethics. Unfortunately‚ people’s professional values are no longer mirroring
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The trolley problem is an ethical dilemma that was developed by an English philosopher Philippa Foot. It was designed for the purpose of analyzing how people make ethical decisions in critical situations. The trolley problem describes a trolley that is moving on tracks with non functioning brakes and there are five people tied to the tracks ahead of it. There is also a lever that switches the direction of the tracks in the way where only one person is tied to the tracks. The problem asks people to
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Ethical Scenario A therapist is working at a Physical Rehabilitation Therapy Clinic and a juvenile age 16 is referred to their clinic for treatment of severe burns that has limited the function of the patients arms and hands. Upon examining the child‚ the therapist notices several other burn marks‚ and unexplained bruises on the patient. The therapist works with the child for a couple of weeks‚ and begins pressing the child about how the burns and marks occurred. The child was being physically
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In modern day America‚ gambling is seen everywhere. Whether it is gambling on a sporting event‚ a horse race‚ a game of cards‚ or any other event‚ it is seen as a common practice among many American citizens. The most popular place for one to gamble is a casino. There are many casinos throughout the country‚ and despite the many critics of such venues‚ these casinos are here to stay for quite some time to come. Starting in 1931‚ Nevada took control of the casino gambling market and held a monopoly
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Poseidon are said to have split the Universe by sharing heaven‚ hell and sea with the throw of the dice. Gambling is one of the oldest known pursuits of mankind. Archeological evidence suggests that even the earliest caveman was a gambler. Dice-like objects made from the ankle bone of a sheep or dog called Astragali dating back 40‚000 years have been found. Cave drawings depicting gambling offer further proof of the existence of early gamblers. Pairs of dice have even turned up in the ruins of Pompeii
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the ability to be a company that is visible throughout due to the fact that people are donating money for them to exist. Both types of Companies have a Board of Directors that are stake holders and key decision makers. This paper will identify key problems related to business ethics in a Not-for-Profit and For- Profit organization how they are addressed and what transpired after their actions were taken. Not-For-Profit The ASPCA is a Non-Profit corporation that was established in 1866
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the other photojournalists and television crew did‚ which was opt out‚ and took photographs of the body while the family members‚ who were on the lake shore‚ began to grieve. His editor‚ Robert Bentley‚ made the decision to run the photograph. The ethical question that surfaced when the public reacted to the photograph was to run personal tragedy photographs and exposing more grief on family members of the boy. Aristotle’s cardinal virtues of justice‚ prudence‚ temperance and courage support what
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