Ethical Issues in OB Kris Jones Organizational Behavior Prof. Thomas Stone June‚ 11‚ 2012 Ethical issues have become a significant concern in organizations‚ especially in recent years. Ethics involves the study of moral issues and choices; concerned with what is right and wrong‚ bad and good and define what people should do (Kinicki & Kreitner‚ 2011). One of the problems regarding ethics is organizations and their people don’t always share the same idea about right and wrong and are
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Research Draft of Final Paper on Ethics: Theory and Practice In this course‚ we look at classical ethical theories of utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics. We also look at the different kinds of perspectives on ethical issues introduced by relativism‚ ethical egoism‚ and emotivism. For this paper‚ you will pick an ethical issue to discuss‚ but one that is not a specific topic addressed in our text (thus‚ gun control or product liability would not be possible choices). Some examples
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The cost of tragedy is a huge predicament in society. Having to decide between two moral wrongdoings is almost impossible. With no obvious answer‚ you must decide between the lesser of two evils from an ethical standpoint. While there may be tough decisions to be made‚ you need to ask yourself the obvious question as well as the tragic one. A situation may seem tragic‚ but a truly tragic situation is only when it involves moral wrongdoing. Choosing to eat at home vs eating with your friend for example
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fair to say that a traditionally beautiful person has a higher chance of a “better life” in that they are treated more favorably overall‚ so would aesthetic phenotypes classify as “ensuring a better life for the child” or go too far down into the ethical rabbit hole and lead to‚ essentially‚ justifying and perpetuating racism‚ sexism‚ and other bigotry? Should the ten percent of people who would screen for a tall stature in the child (Scientific American) be allowed to do so‚ or would that lead to
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Ethics What is the meaning of ethics? Actually‚ the definition of ethics is complicated. Some philosophers have attempted to make ethics objectively and universal‚ while others claim moral decision making is a lonely‚ intuitive‚ and wholly individually business of making fundamental choices. Some individuals anchor their ethics in religion; and some believe morality is an odd mixture of received tradition and personal opinion. During the past 50 years‚ ethics has moved from the academic realm of
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Ethical and Unethical issues about Coca Cola http://www.bigbrummie.co.uk/ The company has come under fire in the last few months for the way in which its workers are treated in Guatemala. On February 25‚ 2010‚ Coke was sued by those Guatemalan labourers‚ who claim that they‚ “endured a campaign of violence” from the people who worked for the bottling or processing plants owned by Coke. (Unethical) In 1998‚ Coca-Cola set up a bottling plant in Perumatti in the southern state of Kerala. Since
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Abortion is a controversial topic among society today because it is in fact a moral dilemma that women struggle with today due to religious groups influence and government officials with conservative viewpoints. The abortion debates main focus is whether or not it is right or wrong to end a pregnancy before normal childbirth begins. Women should have the right to make decisions pertaining to themselves because there are a lot of factors involved with pregnancies. Besides abortions‚ these clinics
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Current Ethical Issue in Business Paper Current Ethical Issue in Business Recently the scooter store founded in 1991 has had setbacks that led the company in laying-off 1800 employees. Later that week some 300 employees where brought back to continue working for the company. The scooter store serves some 700‚000 senior citizens and individuals with disabilities by providing their customers with mobility. The scooter store is the nation’s largest suppliers of power wheelchairs and scooters. Recently
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Ethical Dilemma at Northlake The case begins with an intense discussion between the VP of Amalgamated Forest Products Jim McIntosh and Frank the manager of corporate reporting. Frank has disclosed to Jim that he plans to go public in regards to the truth in a report predicting that the companies operating cost would jump to 30 percent instead of Franks prediction of 8 to 10 just because the company would have to build a lagoon for wastewater treatment. Do to Jim’s opposite opinion of the need for
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Ethical Issue: breech of being professional The intention of the code of ethics is to direct and help registered nurses practice ethically safe so no harm can be done to clients (New Zealand Nursing Organisation‚ 2010). Firstly this essay will describe an issue that was conflicting whilst on clinical placement. Secondly this essay will discuss the ethical principle of being professional which is defined in the code of ethics. Lastly this essay will discuss the importance of a nurse being professional
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