The Analyst’s Dilemma (A) This case presents a very typical situation that people encounter while working in the corporate environment. What is ethical‚ what is morally correct and what is just right out against the law are the questions that we all face while working in a corporate environment. Some of the ethical questions are governed by the law facing the situation. For example while working in an investment bank you most probably have access to inside information about upcoming deals that
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Ethics Case Study HCS 335 Holly Martinez de Andino‚ MS‚ RN‚ CLNC August 21‚ 2012 Wendy Herrold Ethics Case Study Week 2 Introduction “Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is
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reporting and internal governance standard of public companies. Ethics Issues The first issue is the lack of independence of the board of directors and their breach of fiduciary duty. The Board of Directors has the legal and ethical duty of monitoring the company’s management on behalf of the shareholders. The members should remain independent and should always examine the company’s operations with great care. In Enron’s case‚ the Board of Directors was comprised of members who were too close
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the company. He found several sites‚ which could possibly question the ethics of the company‚ as well as the culture in which this company represented. In order for Benji to make a decision‚ he will need to base his decision on many critical factors. These factors may include: offers from other corporations‚ the ability to work within the business ethics of New Gen. and the culture of New Gen. Understanding business ethics will be useful
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Case Summary: Between 1966 and 1975‚ Orkin Exterminating Company contracted with their customers a “lifetime” termite protection control if the contracted customers continue to pay the annual renewal fee. But‚ this contract became too expensive for Orkin when US suffered price inflation. It decided to increase annual renewal fee by 40 Percent. Few persistent customers were able to escape the rate increase through an accommodation plan‚ while most customers were not informed about this possibility
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Thomas Hobbes (English – Contractarian) 1. View of the State of Nature a. Human nature w/o government is : i. Egoistic ii. Everyone “equal” iii. Equal rights to everything iv. Warlike v. Psychological Egoism – People are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain vi. Rational vii. Law of Self Preservation + reason contract 2. Psychological / Ethical Egoism a. Psych – descriptive – People are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain b. Ethical
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Enron is a U.S. company that was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay‚ an economist. On the 2nd of December 2001 the company had been filed for bankruptcy as a result of a great accounting fraud. Enron had been expanded by borrowings of money to buy up other companies which lead them to a 75% debt capital. To help encounter this problem‚ Jeffrey Skilling was appointed as head of Enron’s finance department. As the U.S. government deregulated energy prices‚ the price of gas became very unstable. Skilling
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Trading in the company shares was suspended in early 2008‚ followed by the company going into receivership in November of 2008. Who are the main players in this business case? The primary player in the centre of the collapse of ABC Learning Ltd is the founder and CEO Mr Eddy Groves. Mr Groves is currently involved in a court case‚ in the Brisbane Magistrates Court‚ regarding claims of poor disclosure‚
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The American Red Cross Case Study Introduction The American Red Cross (ARC)‚ founded in 1881‚ is an independent organization‚ supported by public financial donations and volunteerism. Its mission is to “provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent‚ prepare for and respond to emergencies.” Despite having a great visionary and doing great cause‚ ARC was‚ and still is‚ facing lot of unethical issues. High rate executive turnover‚ slow response to disasters‚ mismanagement of donations
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Adner 4i Framework Airbus A380 – Big enough for Innovation? • Do Young KIM • Guillaume RIGOIGNE • Jacky LU • Jae Sung CHOI • Ji Won LEE • Sampo VEHKAOJA Introduction Airbus decided in December 2000 to proceed with 555-seat super-jumbo jets in head-to-head competition with Boeing’s 747 for the first time. Before the A380 project‚ both Airbus and Boeing had focused on cornering the Very Large Aircraft or VLA market. Airbus and Boeing had worked together on a study investigating a 600+
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