Ethics and Environment Case Study Project Learning Team C Lynette Barnhart‚ Russell Cortez‚ Eric Hiram‚ Domoniqué Shaw SCI/362 March 28‚ 2011 Howard Schmidt‚ M.S.‚ M.B.A. Ethics and Environment Case Study Project When air pollution is mentioned‚ many think of the city Los Angeles. However‚ Beijing China and Mexico City have become well known for air pollution‚ with Beijing topping the list of worst air quality in the world (Raven‚ Berg‚ & Hassenzahl. 2010). At the same
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Running head: Enron and Ethics Enron: An Ethics Case StudyEnron: An Introduction The previous decades have seen the birth and meteoric rise of several corporate giants such as Microsoft and Apple‚ both of which have all but become household names in this day and age. Neither achieved their level of success overnight‚ especially not since they have long been known to be in direct competition with each other. On the contrary‚ both of them have had their share of scandals and controversies
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societal norms that are legal‚ such as slavery‚ bribery (in some countries)‚ or the lack of oversight in some communities that can be harmful‚ and these examples would prevent me from engaging in such activities. • Do you agree with John Maxwell that the only ethical guideline you need for business ethics is the Golden Rule? How does Gill react to Maxwell’s view of business ethics? A: I don’t agree with John Maxwell that the Golden Rule should be the only guideline to making or determining if a decision
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operations: a) processing transactions stored on magnetic tape to update a master file stored on magnetic tape b) processing transactions stored on magnetic tape to update a database stored on a magnetic disk c) converting source documents to magnetic tape using a computer-based optical character reader (OCR) d) processing OCR documents online to update a database on magnetic disk e) reading data from a magnetic disk into the computer to be printed on a report
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In Ethics Case BYP5-6‚ we are presented with a seemingly harmless accounting issue. Laura McAntee has just been hired as an assistant treasurer for a large retail store. Her new boss used to have her position but has since been promoted to treasurer. While explaining her new duties‚ he has asked her to date checks to pay invoices at a discounted rate‚ but hold on to the checks in order to gain interest on that money. He continues to explain away the practice by saying “everyone does it” and that
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“Toy Story” Movies have been a big hit for many years. Billions of dollars have been spent by people just to watch these fascinating moving pictures. “Toy Story” ‚ which came out in 1995‚ is an excellent example of one of these movies that appeared in theaters. It is an animated representation of what toys do when no one is in the room watching them. Woody‚ the cowboy‚ is Andy’s favorite toy and the leader of all the other toys. On Andy’s sixth birthday his parents got him a Buzz Lightyear doll
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Wal-Mart is the largest grocery chain in the world‚ second largest company on Fortune’s 500 2012 list‚ and the largest employer in North America. Wal-Mart is faced with many dilemmas and issues that can be expected of such a large and imposing organization. These problems include environmental issues‚ employee’s issues‚ leadership issues‚ supplier issues and creating an uncompetitive market. This is not an exhaustive list‚ and Wal-Mart has other dilemmas as well‚ but this paper will concentrate on
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Play Time Toy Company I. Introduction Background Play Time Toy Company is a plastic toy manufacturer. It has experienced rapid growth since founding‚ recently expanding its operations to allow further growth. From 1973 until the early 1990’s‚ the company specialized in seasonal manufacturing‚ producing in direct response to customer orders. However‚ in early 1991‚ the president of Play Time Toy Company‚ Jonathon King‚ was considering a change from seasonal to level production in the
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Virtue Ethics asks the decision maker how the people affected by the decision can achieve happiness. This value states that there is no formula to find a correct decision‚ but the decision maker should consider what behaviors their virtues require in the situation and what impact their behaviors
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Friendly Advice and Quid Pro Quo? Prior responding to the case study questions‚ I would like to mention two points that relates with employee’s unethical behaviour in an organization. The first is one is‚ the role of leaders in influencing unethical behaviour in the workplace. In most cases‚ employee did unethical act for the following reasons: due to lack of motivation‚ while falling in to ethical dilemma‚ and when they are under frustration…etc. When we discuss about unethical act‚ always it is
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