Business ethics -Ethics derived from the Greek word ethos – which refers to the conventional customs and norms of a given culture – the term ethics can be understood in two ways: • as a traditional field of philosophical inquiry dating back to ancient Greece‚ which is concerned with values as they relate to human conduct; and • as the systematic study of norms and values that guide how people should live their lives. -Ethics is to do with what is good and bad or right and wrong. The
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Week 2 Case Study Case 9: Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse 1. How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? Effective leaders are good at attaining common goals and objectives in effective and efficient ways; unfortunately for Enron‚ this was not the case. In the beginnings of the company‚ Chairman Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling were efficient in growing their company from a small oil and gas pipeline firm into one of the largest entities in its industry
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Ethics Case Study Nurses are faced with ethical issues and dilemmas on a regular basis. Nurses must understand his or her values and morals to be able to deal adequately with the ethical issues he or she is faced with. Some ethical issues nurses are exposed to may be more difficult than others and the ethical decision making process is learned over time. The purpose of this paper is to identify the ethical issues in the case study provided in the week one assignment. A discussion of how to use
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not discriminatory is one that is same for members of both genders. On the other hand‚ the motive for the dress code was to distinguish men from women. That act of distinguishing men from women was discriminatory in nature‚ and it went against the dress code ethics. The motive for distinguishing men from women is not said. Both men and women were doing the same type of job; it‚ therefore‚ means that there was no need for distinguishing them. Telling women to wear smocks and men not to wear it was
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1. What is ethics? Ethics‚ also known as moral philosophy‚ is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing‚ defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.[1] The term comes from the Greek word ethos‚ which means "character". 2. What is business ethics? Business ethics (also corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It
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STATE OF ETHICS AND ETHICAL PRACTICES IN CHEVRON Table of Contents Executive Summary vi 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Origin 2 1.2 Objective 2 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 Limitation 2 1.5 Literature Review 3 1.5.1 The evolution of codes 3 1.5.2 Signs of Code Effectiveness and Success 3 1.5.3 Ethics Management 4 1.6 Research Methodology 5 1.6.1 Research Method 5 1.6.2 Data Collection Method 5 2.0 Company Overview 6 2.1 Company Roots 6 2.2 Global Scope 6 2.3 Technology and Emerging Energy 6
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answer in… (Ans: space below) Then choose if statement is true or false (1pt ea) Total points (3pts) 6. (Blank) at the top levels of an organization report feeling the most pressured to compromise their ethics. Ans: Mangers Response: See page 4. 7. The interest in (blank) ethics is just a fad that has only recently been created by popular scandals (i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ etc.) reported in the news. Ans: business Response: See page 7. 8. According to the authors‚ most people are
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In a case whose irony is not lost on those involved‚ an article about publishing ethics has been retracted because one of the authors re-used material he’d written for an earlier piece. But the authors and the journal’s editors have turned the episode into a learning opportunity. Here’s the notice for “Ethics and Integrity of the Publishing Process: Myths‚ Facts‚ and a Roadmap‚” published in 2011 by Marshall Schminke and Maureen L. Ambrose: The above article from Management and Organization
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MEMORANDUM To: Reader From: Date: February 4th‚ 2012 Re: Stewart v. State of Arizona (Assignment # 3) Summary: Stewart a man sitting in an Arizona prison has filed a petition of habeas corpus against the state of Arizona. Stewart admitted to his original lawyer James Careful that he committed such murders and he didn’t want to but the voices make it irresistible. Mr. Careful after the first conversation told authorities of the conversation he had with Stewart. Stewart who
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why he or she is being terminated at an already profitable business. All forms of downsizing are unethical and there is no evidence shows that there is real upside to the company after eliminating the employee in terms of profit increase. In any case‚ the affects can be serious for the company business itself and employee. How a company treats immorally downsized employee has in impact to the company itself: It hurts business’s reputation and affects business partner’s confident of whether
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