African Investment and Utilitarian Principles “Utilitarianism is a general term for any view that holds that actions and policies should be evaluated on the basis of the benefits and costs they will impose on society” (Velasquez‚ 2010‚ p. 59). The Ford Pinto example (Velasquez‚ 2010‚ pp. 60-61) calculated utilitarian benefits as a straight-line computation based upon monetary values which were placed on costs and benefits and making a decision based upon where the scale showed the greatest net
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fields of metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ and ethics. Firstly‚ Plato’s work with Forms greatly influences metaphysics. He contributes the idea of the Forms which exist as “eternal and perfect ideals that exist in an unchanging‚ perfect heaven" (via Velasquez‚ 2002‚ p. 84). [2] The Forms contrast with worldly matter; this contrast leads to Plato’s next contribution to metaphysics‚ his concept of “Two Worlds.” Plato divides reality into the worlds of senses and forms‚ the latter of which he considers to
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Beauchamp and Norman E. Bowie. Ethical Theory and Business‚ 4th ed. Prentice Hall‚ 1993. (See especially Ch. 1‚ "Ethical Theory and Business Practice.") . Marianne Moody Jennings. Case Studies in Business Ethics. West Publishing Company‚ 1996. Manuel G. Velasquez. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases‚ 5th ed. Prentice Hall‚ 2001.
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References: * Business Ethics – Concept and Cases by Manuel G. Velasquez * Student Presentations in the Ethics Class
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social responsibility into business. There are three arguments against bringing ethics into business. The first argument is that the availability of free markets and the pursuit of profit can be guaranteed benefit to all members of the community (Velasquez‚ 1998). This means that regardless of ethics‚ companies can contribute to the production requirements of the public. For example‚ there are some companies in Saudi which contribute to the provision of some modern medical equipment to the general
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Merck and Co. and river blindness MANUEL VELASQUEZ‚ Business Ethics. Concepts and cases 4th edt.‚ Prentice Hall‚ Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey‚ 1998 River blindness is an agonizing disease that affects some 18 million impoverished people living in remote villages along the banks of rivers in tropical regions of Africa and Latin America. The disease is caused by a tiny parasitic worm that is passed from person to person by the bite of the black fly which breeds in river waters. The tiny worms
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25 October 2008) Taplin‚ Ian M.‚ “New Technologies and Old Work Organization in the US Clothing Industry.” in Rethinking Global Production‚ edited by Ian M.Taplin and Jonathan Winterton‚ 41-59. Vermont‚ USA: Ashgate Publishing Company‚ 2007. Velasquez‚ Manuel. “Globalization and the Failures of Ethics.” In Business Ethics Quarterly. Vol. 10‚ No. 1 (January 2000)‚ 343-352. (accessed October 5‚ 2008).
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there are policies‚ codes of ethics‚ code of conduct‚ organizational values‚ and company cultures‚ lapse in workplace ethics occur every day. “Ethics is the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group. It is the study of morality.” (Velasquez‚ 2001) In the work place ethics results either from expense account fraud‚ involvement in conflict of interest‚ and sexual harassment. It is very important also‚ to have an ethical behavior so; there won’t be any issues with other workers.
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The clown sighting phenomena has been on going for about two months‚ and today‚ is still making it on to the daily news. The once fun and jovial character‚ is now considered frightening and dangerous to the communities their sighted in. Within the past week‚ there have been a couple of clown sightings around the Rochester area that has made way on to the Democrat and Chronicle. Although these sights have been visuals resembling a nightmare‚ “people dressed as clowns reported around Rochester haven’t
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AGRARIAN REFORM 1987 Philippine Constitution Article II‚ Sec. 21 “The State shall promote comprehensive rural development and agrarian reform.” Republic Act No. 6657 - it is the present agrarian reform law implemented nationwide. - known as The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform. - signed into law by the former President Corazon C. Aquino on June 10‚ 1988. - it was implemented the government program known as Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. HISTORY OF AGRARIAN REFORM (From precolonial
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