Ethical Issues in Sales: Two Case Studies Thomas L. Carson Ethical issues in sales are an important and neglected topic in business ethics. Roughly 9% of the U.S. work force is involved in sales of one sort or another. But very little has been written about ethical issues in sales. Case 1: Shoe sales [The following case is taken from a paper that I received from a student. I am using this case with the student’s permission. The student did not want me to use his/her name. I have made some minor
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the Eugenics program had many issues‚ both technical and ethical. The basis of the Eugenics program - that an individual’s life can be seen as “a burden” and not worth society’s resources - brings up multiple moral arguments. Who is the judge of whether a life is more valuable than another? Does this not give government workers and referrers the jurisdiction to play God? Inherently‚ this program had a multitude of factors that were not taken into account. One issue is the measurements used to quantify
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The article I read was about the ethical issues of importance to nurses regarding genetic and genomic health care. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA)‚ genetics‚ the study of genes and its effects‚ has been of great significance to understand rare diseases such as muscular dystrophy. However‚ a new field of study‚ genomics‚ has emerged bringing hope for a more specialized approach to treat disease. Genomics‚ refers to the “study of all the genes in the human genome together‚ including
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Ethical issues of Philedelphia The central ethical dilemma of the 1993 Jonathan Demme film Philadelphia is whether or not a man who is fully competent at performing his job can be fired simply because he possesses a disorder or exhibits a lifestyle against which the company’s owner possesses a prejudice. According to statutes like the Americans with Disabilities Act‚ it is illegal for an employer to fire a man because of a terminal illness such as cancer or AIDS‚ provided that the illness does
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the business associated would need to change to fill such a void for fear of going bankrupt. Therefore‚ businesses must continually innovate or find areas in which they can create value for society and profit in a sustainable manner. A controversial issue facing the business world today is the use of a business framework known as Multi-level marketing. (MLM) MLM is also known as network marketing and associated with direct sales in the sense that it uses various levels of independent distributors
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Ethical and Regulatory Issues Paper President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law in February 1996. The law modified earlier legislation‚ primarily the Communications Act of 1934. The legislation regulates broadcasting by over-the-air television and radio stations‚ cable television operators‚ satellite broadcasters‚ wireline telephone companies (local and long distance) and wireless telephone companies. The general intention of the Act was deregulation and competition. The
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been willing to do for anyone‚ even ourselves.” Polly Berrien Berends‚ a children’s author and editor‚ expresses the love and willingness that parents have towards their children. The issue of designer babies today is in the hands of the FDA‚ right now they are deciding if it’s too much of an ethical issue for society to grasp. As a supporter of the idea‚ genetically modified babies will not only improve newborn children’s health from diseases‚ but also have the specifications to change certain
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this topic in the college are less reluctant to this controversial topic. As a counselor‚ if we have to deal with the incest victims‚ what should we pay attention to? What should we consider if the victims become pregnant? We need to identify the ethical problem faced by the therapist working with family in which child sexual abuse is suspected or has occurred. The primary focus is paternal incestuous abuse‚ with the recognition that siblings‚ extended family‚ and stepparents may also be perpetrators
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REBELLION VS. CONFORMITY If one believed only in laws or rules that applied to evil‚ selfish‚ violent and mala in se crimes and followed only the laws that were for the protection of others‚ he would still be a criminal. Because he did not conform to some laws that were unjust‚ even if he hadn’t ever hurt a soul‚ he might be called a non-conformist at best‚ as well as a criminal. If one believed that some of the laws were unjust but mostly that the system itself acted unjustly and unfairly‚
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willing to do a little bit of work serving themselves‚ transporting the items home and assembling the furniture for a better price. The typical IKEA customer is young‚ low to middle income family. Ethical Issues Related to IKEA’s Position on Child Labor Besides its success stories‚ in regard to social issues‚ the company confronted the child labor problem‚ which this paper mainly discusses about. In 1994‚ a Swedish television showed a documentary film about children working in Pakistan‚ targeting IKEA
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