Is Lying Wrong? (Or Orderly Dissent) How wrong is it to lie? Take the hypothetical situation where you are in charge of the software for the launch of a rocket that will put a satellite into space. The launch director requires that various people‚ including you and a meteorologist "sign off" on launching the rocket. The weather is very overcast‚ and lightning has been detected in the distance. The meteorologist gives the "OK" to launch the rocket. You‚ however‚ have serious doubts that the
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Ethics Week 1 Assignment Choice 2 A married couple‚ both addicted to drugs‚ is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years pass. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 yrs. old‚ the natural parents‚ rehabilitated from drugs‚ begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them‚ against
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Chapter 1‚ Introducing Business Ethichs What is business ethics? Business Ethics (BE) has been called an oxymoron. By an oxymoron‚ we mean the bringing together of two apparently contradictory concepts. The statement also suggests that there are not‚ or cannot be‚ ethics in business. However‚ there appears to be good reason to suggest that business ethics as a phenomenon‚ and as a subject‚ is not an oxymoron. Whilst there will be disagreements about what exactly constitutes “ethical” business
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skills are necessary for an ethical action. In this case‚ the best course of action for the APN will be to have a conversation with the boy’s parents to assess their understanding of the situation and risk involved for the boy instead of jumping into conclusion from the ER physician report that because the boy’s parents are practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ they have refused blood transfusion. Furthermore‚ requesting the assistance of the ethics committee and legal counsel of the hospital would be
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Business Ethics Case Study 3.5 Leslie Mayorca University of Phoenix BUS/415 Business Law John Lombardi February 3‚ 2011 Business Ethics Case Study 3.5 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is a national weekly newspaper with over 5 million copies circulating‚ with its principal place of business in Florida. It is also known as a gossip paper with some truths and many lies or as some want to call it “twisting the truth”. 2. Was it ethical for the National
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BA 3102 – Summer 2‚ 2012 Video Case Assignment “End Game: Values and Ethics in America” 1. The most ethical decision is if she turns left into town and report the accident to the police. Even if she turns herself in and jeopardizes to lose her school-funding grant‚ she knows she did the right thing and her conscious is clean. She caused a fatal accident that killed the other driver‚ which means she must report to the police. If she doesn’t‚ then her friend should turn her in and help
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Because the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics often helps people work through moral dilemmas‚ it has developed a method for ethical decision making as a resource for those who are confronting value questions. The approach has a number of steps‚ but the broad categories include recognizing the moral issue‚ evaluating alternative actions from various moral points of view‚ making a decision‚ acting‚ and considering the action in retrospect. This Issues in Ethics shows how our publication is part of the
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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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Disagreeing parties tend to maintain that there is only one fair position - their own. But while some situations and decisions are clearly unfair‚ fairness usually refers to a range of morally justifiable outcomes rather than discovery of one fair answer. Process A fair person uses open and unbiased processes for gathering and evaluating information necessary to make decisions. Fair people do not wait for the truth to come to them; they seek out relevant information and conflicting perspectives
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Something’s Rotten in Hondo FLS312: Business Ethics and the Legal Environment May 29‚ 2012 George is faced with a dilemma about how to precede with his plants emissions. While both decisions seem drastic there has to be a decision made quickly. His choice will affect an entire plant worth of workers who also live in the surrounding community that depends on these jobs. And on the other hand the emissions are causing pollution that the company would prefer to ignore. The stake holders
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