down the property values for surrounding neighborhoods. Luke is every close to his brother who has received an offer to sell his house at an "okay" price‚ but Owen wants to wait to see if he will get a better offer in the future. ABC company does not plan to publicly announce the project for another month and Luke is trying to figure out if he should tell Owen about the upcoming project so he can sell his house before its value decreases. ISSUE Should Lewis tell Owen about
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Case Study: BP Texas Refinery Introduction According to Lewicki‚ Saunders & Minton (2003)‚ adopting an unethical approach to negotiation in business can have serious consequences. A recent explosion at the British Petroleum (BP) Texas refinery on 24 March‚ 2005 reiterated this and demonstrated the effect of an unethical approach to negotiation with the death of 15 contract workers. Ethical behaviour refers to the standards of conduct such as honesty‚ fairness‚ responsibility and trust. (Lewicki
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Unit Assignments Unit III Case Study You have been hired as a consultant by your town’s emergency management coordinator to help develop emergency action plans. One of the reasons you were selected is your expertise in using the General Behavior Model (GEBMO) to assess risks. Your first task is to assess the hazardous material risks at a local gas station. The station has one 30‚000-gallon underground storage tank compartmentalized to hold 10‚000 gallons each of the three gasoline grades‚ and
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PSY430 Ethics in Psychology Case Study Joe‚ a 35-year-old‚ male mental-health counselor‚ received a client referral‚ 35year-old Jill‚ from a community-counseling clinic. He began providing counseling services to her. Jill’s problem was that she was unsatisfied with her current job as a bank teller and was experiencing mild anxiety and depression. Joe had been providing services to Jill for three weeks when she disclosed that she was confused about her sexuality because she was sexually attracted
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River Quaggy‚ Chinbrook Meadows Location of the River Quaggy: Lewisham‚ London‚ UK Date of restoration: Spring 2002 until Autumn 2002 Cost: £104000 Restorer: The river restoration Centre Before: The river Quaggy was channelised and straightened between the 1960’s and 70’s. The river was lined with concrete‚ and surrounded by a concrete wall and high fences‚ which meant it was not accessible to the public or wildlife. Objective of river restoration: To restore the natural beauty of the
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FACTS Luke is an employee at ABC Company. Luke’s managers asked him to work on a new project to develop land bought by ABC. The company plans to use this land‚ which is located on the corner of his brother’s neighborhood‚ for an adult entertainment store. Luke’s brother‚ Owen‚ asked his opinion on whether he should sell his home to a buyer who had offered a decent price or keep it and wait for a better offer. Luke wants to tell his brother‚ but he is obligated to hold the information about
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INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS Inattentional blindness‚ also known as perceptual blindness‚ is the phenomenon of not being able to see things that are actually there. This can be a result of having no internal frame of reference to perceive the unseen objects‚ or it can be the result of the mental focus or attention which cause mental distractions. The phenomenon is due to how our minds see and process information. Closely related to the subject of change blindness‚ it is an observed phenomenon of the
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The topic that the article‚ “River Plan Too Fishy for my Taste Buds” by Bill McEwen shows a lot of credibility by proving the plan of going on with the river rights project should not be allowed and I chose this because McEwen convinced me throughout his article. He showed me his credibility and he can be trusted with all the experience he has. His article can be trusted because it was published in the Fresno Bee‚ March 26‚2009. He publics this because he believes the project is unhelpful or meaningful
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SCHOOL OF LAW Year 2013-14 Term 1 LAW001 ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Instructor: David N. Smith Practice Professor‚ School of Law Tel: Email: Office: 6828 0788 davidsmith@smu.edu.sg School of Law‚ Room 4044‚ Level 4 COURSE DESCRIPTION Issues of ethics and social responsibility arise in all professions and all aspects of life. The failure to anticipate‚ recognize and deal effectively with these issues can have serious implications for individuals‚ companies‚ governments
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VELASQUEZ Business Ethics. Concepts and Cases‚ 6th edn Advertising Death? In 2004‚ New York‚ Illinois‚ and Maryland – possibly to be joined by 30 other states – sued Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co (now part of R. J. Reynolds) for its “Kool Mixx” hip-hop promotions (CD-ROMs‚ DJ contests‚ hip-hop-themed cigarette packs‚ free magazines‚ free “Mixx Stick” radios‚ a website) as targeted at youth in violation of the 1998 tobacco settlement. Although the settlement prohibits ads aimed at teens‚ the
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