Business Ethics across Cultures Article Review Paula Plattner XMGT/216 June 23‚ 2013 Swinton Hudson Business Ethics across Cultures Article Review The idea of globalized business ethics is an interesting idea‚ however what is considered ethical or moral in one culture‚ may not be if importance in another. The following paper looks at two different articles that appeared in the Journal of Business Ethics for two very different countries. The first article is Business Ethics in Canada: Distinctiveness
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16 Ethical Leadership Leaders spend most of their time learning how to do their work and helping other people learn how to do theirs‚ yet in the end‚ it is the quality and character of the leader that determine the performance and results. —Frances Hesselbein1 We say these are the values of the organization‚ and we all live them. Then‚ no matter what the situation‚ we never think‚ “Well‚ I can be slightly unethical today‚ but tomorrow I’ll be better.” It doesn’t work that way. No matter how difficult
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Cited: <br><li>Arrington‚ Leonard J. ed. The Presidents of the Church. Salt Lake: Desert Books‚ 1986. <br><li>Benton‚ William‚ ed. Encyclopedia Britanica. Chicago‚ 1965. <br><li>Bitton‚ Davis & Beecher‚ Maureen U. New Views of Mormon History. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press‚ 1987. <br><li>Doctrine & Covenants. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‚ 1989. <br><li>The Holy Bible. King James Version. Salt Lake City: The Church
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In the United States‚ true equality has never existed. From the Declaration of Independence to modern times‚ the U.S. legal system has failed in any attempt at equality. The ideology of "all [men] are equal but some [men] are more equal than others" has been present throughout the history of the U.S. (Orwell). Inequality has always existed in the United States legal system and continues to exist today; however‚ the inequality presently in the system is not as blatant as what it once was‚ but the
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Week 3 Discussion Discuss the process for holding a project kick-off meeting. Who should attend? What key topics should be on the agenda? Statement This article is to discuss the process for holding a project kick-off meeting‚ who should be invited and what topics should be covered during the meeting. Elaboration What is a kick-off meeting? A kick-off meeting is the meeting held at the beginning of a project. What does a kick-off meeting do? The purpose of it is to provide an opportunity
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Compare and contrast trade unions in Singapore and China. Do you agree with Barr (2000‚ p.481) and Taylor and Qi Li (2007) that the ‘trade unions’ in these two countries are not really trade unions at all? Justify your answer. Introduction With all their faults‚ trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency‚ for honesty‚ for education‚ for the betterment of the race‚ for the developing of character in men‚ than
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alkyltrimethylammonium compounds (ATMAC) (Li and Brownawell 2010). While trying to find the reason why these rivers keep getting contaminated‚ Brownawell found out that the wastewater areas found in surficial sediments around the Hudson River contained Quaternary Ammonium Compounds. High Concentrations of the Quaternary Ammonium Compounds are mostly found in muddy and sediment areas allowing contaminated sewages to continuously occur in urban estuary sediments (Li and Brownawell 2010). Many Quaternary
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Part 2: The Ideal Person Write a 350- to 700-word essay that describes the ideal person according to Confucius. Include the concepts of ren‚ li‚ shu‚ xiao‚ and wen. The ideal person that is described according to Confucius is a superior or noble person. A perfect person that can see beyond of what usual or normal people can see. It is called Junzi. This person is not born from in a day‚ but it is prepared to show his humanity at its best since childhood‚ “and the virtues have been practiced
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analyze. Themes Feminism The themes that we can see from Zhang’s films are feminism and colors. First‚ we would like to discuss and analyze about feminism in his films as woman would be the main key in his films all the time. For example‚ he chose Gong Li as his protagonist in “Raise the Red Lantern” while Zhang ZiYi in the other two films “The Road Home” and “House for Flying Daggers”. “Raise the Red Lantern” is mainly talked about a woman’s fate where she is unable to decide her own future or happiness
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the positive side‚ diversity brings more perspectives and ideas to groups and is a source of innovation and creativity (Watson et al‚ 1993: Wiersema &Bantel‚ 1992) 284-85). As a result‚ the reform of employment system was slow-downed in 1990-1991.((Li‚ Jane Moy‚ Ben LY Sun‚ 2004). After 1992‚ as the political environment became stable‚ the reform of the employment system was speeded up again. As Rawski (1995) observed‚ in 1991‚ nobody knew what to do about redundant workers in state factories.
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