The business entity Woolworths Limited has developed its own Code of Conduct to help enhance the Company’s reputation by explaining how its legal‚ moral and ethical standards can be achieved every day through its employee’s behaviours and choices. The rules exist to ensure that employee’s: Always act in the best interests of its customers‚ shareholders and fellow colleagues Meet the highest standards of behaviour and appearance Comply with the law and with Company policies Protect Company assets
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Evaluation of a Business Code of Ethics Business codes of ethics are written guidelines use by an organization to set the standards for employees and management conduct and behavior ("Businessdictionary.com‚" 2013). Business code of ethics is important to deal with ethical the rules and principles needed for a successful business. Also known as code of conduct a business code of ethics reflect an organization values‚ ethics‚ objective‚ and responsibilities ensuring corporate responsibility‚ quality
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Development of a Code of Ethics: IT Challenges Societal changes caused by information technology and the resulting ethical usage The information technology advancements continue to impact the workplace‚ societies and cultures. In today’s world‚ information technology is almost part of every business‚ educational institute‚ and even personal activity (Brooks‚ 2010). Computer and internet access have found their way to households‚ schools‚ libraries‚ people’s cell phones‚ banks‚ hospitals‚ governments
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Health Counseling Association adhere to the same code of ethics (Linde‚ 2010). The purpose of the code of ethics is to address the responsibilities of the people the counselor is involved with professionally (2010). This could be clients‚ patients‚ co-workers‚ other professionals‚ and other observers that know we are counselors (2010). We must monitor our behaviors by placing ethical standards on our behaviors. Lynn Shallcross (2011) stated “the code provides us with a clearer professional identity
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Walmart’s conduct was not ethical. Walmart did not act ethically by bringing charges agains Goodman since they did not look at the receipt when she offered. Walmart did not present sufficient evidence to prove that it should be protected by the merchant protection statute. Statement of Facts Goodman did pay for the merchandise and had a receipt for the merchandise she was accused of stealing. The Walmart employee did not look at the receipt that Goodman offered to show them. Goodman was detained
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BP’s Poor Code of Ethics Poor implementation of their code of ethics led to preventable mishaps such as the disasters in Alaska and Texas. Specifically‚ BP ’s defensive approach towards stakeholder management led to lavish compensation for upper level management while creating hazardous working conditions for employees and a burden on all of society in the form of rising oil prices and environmental damage. BP has a poor code of ethics and you can clearly see that they do not follow it like they
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Running head: ETHICS CODE ANALYSIS Ethics Code Analysis-American Counseling Association vs. American Association of Christian Counselors Brooke G. Holmes Liberty University Abstract The various ethics codes of organizations display a remarkable amount of diversity in definition and expectations. Many similarities and differences can be noted within different areas concerning ethics. This paper compares and analyzes these ethics codes‚ focusing on the ethics codes of the American Association
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Ethics Melissa S. Nash Liberty University Abstract The present paper provides an in depth comparison and contrast between two types of Code of Ethics: the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). A brief description of the “Code of Ethics” is defined as a standard that differentiates between right and wrong primarily pertaining to the professional counselor‚ while maintaining a mindset of keeping the best interest of the client. Code
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Outcome 2 – Codes of conducts Computer ethics is a set of moral guidelines of what users should and shouldn’t do when using computers. Through the vast progression of computer‚ technology and the internet in the last decade‚ use of computers has had more of an impact on society and there have been
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Development of a Code of Ethics: IT Challenges Brandon M. Glover Northcentral University In our modern era of business and society‚ Information Technology has become an overwhelming system integrated in just about all aspects of our lives. Cell phones‚ computers‚ social networks‚ websites‚ email‚ etc. are but just a few examples of how IT is used and distributed throughout society. What was once a society that was based on manual transactions and labor has now become predominantly computerized
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