Shaan Yen Studet ID number: 1241413 Paper code: 285008/16 This essay looks at the ethics involved in a high profile sex offence case recently dealt with in the Auckland District Court. The case was published in the New Zealand Herald on the 3 September 2011. Kantian and Utilitarian theories were applied in discussing four different perspectives of the key participants; The Judge‚ The Offender‚ The Victim‚ and The Public. The Judge‚ Philippa Cunningham‚ discharged the offender without conviction
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VELASQUEZ Business Ethics. Concepts and Cases‚ 6th edn Advertising Death? In 2004‚ New York‚ Illinois‚ and Maryland – possibly to be joined by 30 other states – sued Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co (now part of R. J. Reynolds) for its “Kool Mixx” hip-hop promotions (CD-ROMs‚ DJ contests‚ hip-hop-themed cigarette packs‚ free magazines‚ free “Mixx Stick” radios‚ a website) as targeted at youth in violation of the 1998 tobacco settlement. Although the settlement prohibits ads aimed at teens‚ the
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‚ and to practice the acceptable alternatives as per Answers of Ethics Case Study 1. Here‚ the ethical dilemma is if it is right choice to save the lives of others that stuck on the pediatric wing of the hospital‚ at the danger of losing those human life rescuers themselves. 2. My position for this situation is taking into account the rules gave by the AMA. With respect to giving therapeutic administrations when assignments of these administrations are restricted the AMA position is clear. Choices
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WorldCom. These businesses began with good intentions and ended up internally combusting. All of it was due to the result of GREED. Greed is a disease‚ and has plagued several organizational leaders over time and caused them to go against their good ethics and morals. There are many opinions as to why people commit the acts that they do but the bottom line is that money will sometimes bring out the evil in the best of people and Leaders of Corporate America are not immune. Background:
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Assignment #3: Corporate Ethics Report Card: Wal-Mart [pic] |Tools of Organizational Design – Structure & Systems |Yes/No/Date/$ | | |No info/Comments | | | | |Management Practices & Consumer
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c. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured rating of AZN from A1 to Aa2 in 2007. Assess any potential association between this downgrade and AZN’s arrangements with Merck. Paris‚ July 30‚ 2007 -- Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured ratings of AstraZeneca plc and its guaranteed subsidiary to A1 from Aa2. This downgrade followed the announcement of AstraZeneca’s acquisition of MedImmune for a total consideration of more than US$15 billion
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J Bus Ethics DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-1130-4 Ethical Blindness Guido Palazzo • Franciska Krings • Ulrich Hoffrage Received: 1 June 2010 / Accepted: 22 November 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract Many models of (un)ethical decision making assume that people decide rationally and are in principle able to evaluate their decisions from a moral point of view. However‚ people might behave unethically without being aware of it. They are ethically blind. Adopting a sensemaking
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Ethics and Environment Case Study Project Learning Team C Lynette Barnhart‚ Russell Cortez‚ Eric Hiram‚ Domoniqué Shaw SCI/362 March 28‚ 2011 Howard Schmidt‚ M.S.‚ M.B.A. Ethics and Environment Case Study Project When air pollution is mentioned‚ many think of the city Los Angeles. However‚ Beijing China and Mexico City have become well known for air pollution‚ with Beijing topping the list of worst air quality in the world (Raven‚ Berg‚ & Hassenzahl. 2010). At the same
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Case Study: BP Texas Refinery Introduction According to Lewicki‚ Saunders & Minton (2003)‚ adopting an unethical approach to negotiation in business can have serious consequences. A recent explosion at the British Petroleum (BP) Texas refinery on 24 March‚ 2005 reiterated this and demonstrated the effect of an unethical approach to negotiation with the death of 15 contract workers. Ethical behaviour refers to the standards of conduct such as honesty‚ fairness‚ responsibility and trust. (Lewicki
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In this paper‚ I will explain Kantian ethics and its application‚ by utilizing the surgeon and six patients scenario. The surgeon has five patients who are in need of an organ transplant‚ and without a transplant‚ they will all die within a day. Another patient‚ who is a perfect match for all the other five patients‚ refuses to donate his organs to the other five patients. Thus‚ the surgeon is presented with two different paths‚ whether to go against the healthy patient’s refusal and save the lives
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