British philosopher‚ John Stuart Mill‚ believed in an ethical theory known as utilitarianism. His theory was based on the principle of giving the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people. Mill’s moral reasoning for utilitarianism uses consequentialist. On the other hand‚ German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant‚ believed in an ethical theory known as deontologist. He believed that only the principle of actions matter and moral decisions should be made based on one’s duties and rights of others
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John Stuart Mill are two philosophers with opposing views on the morality of an act. Mill’s utilitarianism theory places the focus of right and wrong solely on the outcome of an act rather than on the act itself. He believe that an act is right if the outcome promotes happiness in the majority of others; “it is not the quantity of pleasure‚ but the quality of happiness that is central to utilitarianism” (Utilitarian Theories). Kant’s theory (Kantian) is concerned with the motive behind committing
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Utilitarianism was a movement in the 18th century that soon would become one of the paramount ethical philosophies the world would contemplate. The basic principle of Utilitarianism involves calculation of happiness‚ in which actions are deemed good if they tend to produce pleasure and evil if they promote pain. A fairly simple concept‚ it would coined by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Influence by Bentham‚ another philosopher‚ John Stuart Mill would follow with a very similar‚ yet ideologically
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researchandmarkets.com/reports/2081894/ Foxconn Technology Co.‚ Ltd. (2354) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Description: Foxconn Technology Co.‚ Ltd. (2354) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Summary Foxconn Technology Co.‚ Ltd. (Foxconn Technology) is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company engaged in research & development‚ production and distribution of computer‚ communication and consumer electronic (3C) products. Foxconn Technology is a part of the Hon Hai
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Sociology Module code: HS1003 Social Problems in a Global Context AY 2012/2013 Semester 1 A Case Study on Labour Exploitation by Foxconn in China http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-26/foxconn-workers-labor-under-police-watch-after-riot-shuts-plant (must print) An essay submitted by Ng Hui Min [U1230824D] A Case Study Background on Foxconn’s riots Since 2010‚ Foxconn was introduced to the world and was under massive public scrutiny for its infamous suicide cases located in China (Shenzhen) responsible
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global forefront. Businesses are challenged to act beyond their economic well-being‚ with the ethicality and sustainability of a firm determined largely based on its ability to meet the “Triple P bottom line” of People‚ Planet and Profit10. In 2012‚ Foxconn Technology Group‚ a supplier to electronics giants Apple‚ Microsoft‚ Sony and Amazon.com16 came under public scrutiny for multiple unethical issues. Foxconn’s “hellish” work environment was criticized. It pushed employees to work excessive 60-hour
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Explain both the general principles of Utilitarianism and the distinctive features of Mill’s Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is a teleological and consequentialist theory as it focuses on whether an action is good or bad depending on the outcome‚ regardless of what the act may be. For example an act could be a horrible one‚ i.e. murder but if it brings about a good consequence it’s seen as a good act. J. Bentham devised the greatest happiness principle which states that an action is right if it results
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Corporate Fraud Foxconn Technology Group Background Foxconn Technology Group‚ subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.‚ Ltd.‚ which is the manufacturer targeting on electronic products like PC components‚ is founded by Terry Gou. First founded in Taiwan‚ Foxconn started to establish factory in Mainland China in 1988 and then expands its business very quickly. As the world’s largest manufacturer targeting on contract electronics‚ its clients are all over the world‚ including American‚ European
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one of its key suppliers‚ Foxconn‚ where a recent mass suicide threat posed an ethical dilemma facing Apple and its new leader. The Telegraph reported [11th Jan 2012]: Around 150 Chinese workers at Foxconn‚ the world’s largest electronics manufacturer‚ threatened to commit suicide by leaping from their factory roof in protest at their working conditions. The workers were eventually coaxed down after two days on top of their three-floor plant in Wuhan by Foxconn managers and local Chinese
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Strategos‚ Inc. 3916 Wyandotte Kansas City MO 64111 USA 816-931-1414 Apple‚ Foxconn & Manufacturing Strategy By Quarterman Lee‚ P.E. Strategos‚ Inc. 23 June 2012 C O N S U L T A N TS • E N GI N E E R S • S T R A TE G I S T S www.strategosinc.com 1 © 2012 Strategos‚ Inc. Apple‚ Foxconn & Manufacturing Strategy Steve Jobs and Apple Computer once built a "factory of the future" in Fremont‚ California. They spent $20‚000‚000 and then closed it after just two years. Today‚ Apple ’s
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