For Profits: The Unethical Side of Micro-Lending The original principle of micro lending is to provide start-up or expansion business loans to people living in less advantaged or impoverished countries who are unable to apply for traditional loans due to lack of credit history and/or collateral. Micro-financing is a great tool to create venture capital for those who would have no other means to secure it. The primary goal of micro lending‚ as established by Muhammad Yunus‚ the godfather of microcredit
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morally wrong‚ then experimenting on them is a more serious offence because it causes serious moral problems. Scientists who experiment with animals clearly understand animal experimentation produces ethical concerns and admit
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Journal of Diversity Management – First Quarter 2010 Volume 5‚ Number 1 To Be Ethical Or Not To Be: An International Code Of Ethics For Leadership Ala’ Alahmad‚ University of the Incarnate Word‚ USA ABSTRACT To be ethical or not to be that is the question? Leadership is about setting the right example and making a difference in people ’s lives. You do not have to do great things to make a difference (Ayres‚ 2004). Honesty‚ tell the truth no matter what‚ respect‚ punctuality‚ not judgmental
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Animal testing has been a debate for 30 years as the practice raises ethical and moral questions. Each year‚ more than 100 million animals are killed in the United States ("Experiments on Animals: Overview”). Animal testing is the procedure where animals are used for testing of drugs‚ cosmetic‚ food‚ and chemical testing. It is done before human trials take place so that researchers and scientists can modify the product before asking human testers to try it. With the current technology‚ the debate
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Define the ff: Behavior Organization Human Behavior Organizational Behavior Behavior - the response of an individual‚ group‚ or species to its environment. It also refers to the actions or reactions of an organism‚ usually in relation to its environment. Behavior can be conscious or unconscious‚ overt or covert‚ and voluntary or involuntary. It is the series of actions and mannerisms made by individuals‚ organisms‚systems‚ or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment
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Unethical Marketing of Children’s Lunchbox Foods Brilliantly marketed highly salty foods are being deliberately targeted for our children’s lunchboxes. According to Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)1 the promotion of extremely high salt foods targeted at school lunchboxes is an unethical marketing practice. Four out of five items surveyed by CASH used a combination of at least three marketing techniques to specifically aim at children. "The use of marketing practices targeted at children
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Business people face ethical issues every day which can be very difficult to assess. Some types arise infrequently‚ others occur regularly‚ and we are not even aware of it. So‚ now the question is how this could happen? Researchers and psychologists have been working hard on this issue‚ and eventually found the answer on this question. According to the Yale psychologist David Armor‚ “we are deluded by the illusion of objectivity; the notion that we are free of the very biases‚ we are so quick to
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We Propose: Downloading music is unethical and should be illegal Rebut to Stealing: Yes‚ stealing is wrong‚ however downloading is not stealing. Shoplifting a CD from my local music store would be considered stealing because no one else can buy it. When I download a song‚ no one loses it and another person gets it‚ there is no ethical problem. The concept of right and wrong is only based on what the majority thinks. If the majority accepts downloading then it should not be considered wrong
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Animal Experimentation: Unethical According to Utilitarianism Introduction: One of the most debated ethical issues is Animal Rights. Animals are so much a part of our lives and world that it is impossible to ignore the ethical issues we are faced with pertaining to the treatment of animals. What is difficult about these issues is that although animals have many similar attributes as humans they lack the developed brain function that humans have. Although many animals can feel pain‚ experience
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Standards start to tighten after incidents of unethical behavior shake engineers and contractors Ethics are challenged everywhere‚ it seems. On Oct. 28‚ a U.S. prosecutor indicted Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff for allegedly lying to a grand jury‚ which ended a particularly bad week for the Bush administration. But it was also a bad week for other politicians around the U.S.‚ whose proven or suspected ethics lapses also made headlines‚ if not on the front page. While I. Lewis Libby
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