Ethical and Environmental Scan Paper: Enron‚ Google‚ Amazon‚ and Microsoft Ethics and the environmental responsibilities of companies tie directly into those of social responsibilities and occupy a very important position in both incorporating into strategic plans and the company’s value system. In this paper‚ the subject to describe is how the role of ethics and social responsibility is developed into a company’s strategic plan; this will enclose an example of how Enron initiated an overstepping
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Justice: What is the Right Thing to Do? The greatest happiness principle / Utilitarianism Example: The Mignonette & the cabin boy Parker (cabin boy) was an orphan. Mignonette sunk at sea. While on the lifeboat‚ Parker had drunk seawater out of desperation and appeared to be dying. On the 19th day Dudley (captain) suggested drawing lots to determine who should die so that others might live. Brooks (sailor 1) refused. Next day Dudley motioned to Stephens (sailor 2) to kill Parker. All 3 men
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Strictly from a Kantian point of view‚ there is absolutely no way that a lie can ever be justified. It is a complete violation of humanity; it manipulates someone‚ effectively treating them as a means rather than an end‚ into believing something for whatever reason. If everyone lied whenever they felt like it‚ society as we know it would collapse. But‚ on the other hand‚ society would be a grim‚ inhumane place if everyone cooperated in killing the innocent. While it can be argued that the overall
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Ethical Issues in Management Paper Performance Evaluations A performance evaluation is just one of many names of an employee progress report; other common names are employee appraisal‚ performance appraisal‚ and performance review‚ just to name a few. A performance evaluation is an assessment of an individual’s job performance which is conducted by the supervisor. An evaluation is an important tool in the career development of an employee. An employee is evaluated on quality of
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Evolving future of human resource practice Research Analysis Paper As newer generations begin to fill management roles at companies‚ evolving HR practices are positioning HR professionals on the pulse of industry trends–helping them to focus on the idea that employee performance is part of an ongoing evaluation. This evaluation‚ many experts argue‚ should be focused on the future and on inspiring people towards demonstrating new ways of attaining goals set by the company. HR consultants
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HIPAA Violation and Prevention Many healthcare professionals and organizations have not been following the regulations set forth by HIPAA. Whenever violations of HIPAA’s privacy or security laws occur the organizations responsible must be held accountable resulting in a fine or penalty. Penalties provide incentive for organizations to guarantee patient privacy and security. Recently‚ certain people have failed to follow through with the laws and restrictions and were forced to accept the penalty
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Deprivation of liberty quite literally is any policy or action that deprives one or takes away their right of liberty and freedom. Under some conditions and cases‚ deprivation of liberty is permitted and even justified to an extent. However depriving one of his/her liberty in the absence of such conditions‚ through detainment‚ arrest‚ interrogation‚ incommunicado etc.‚ are not acceptable under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many a times‚ deprivation of liberty involves arbitrary
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Is Technology Controlling You? Imagine a world run by technology‚ the government is a computer‚ the police are robots. It’s a world where people have no power or purpose‚ every job has been replaced by technology. Is this really a world in which we want to live or in which we want our children grow up? Do we want to be replaced by technology? Technology was invented in order to help us thrive‚ not to help us punish others‚ and definitely not to hold us back. Stories such as The Maze Runner by James
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English 11-H October 25th‚ 2013 Utopia is Not Possible If one were to ask 100 different people a subjective question‚ one is likely to elicit 100 different answers. This shows that everyone is different and has a wide range of views. Knowing this‚ one can assume that each one of their views on utopia must be equally as varied. Therefore‚ achieving a common utopia is near impossible. A utopia is a perfect place where everyone is happy both in society and in oneself. Motivation; an element of
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The police are some of the biggest violators of human rights in Brazil. Brazil’s police violate peoples human rights by arresting detainees illegally along with treating detainees harshly‚ by allowing the police to get away with torture‚ and by allowing the police officers to get away with murder. The police in Brazil do not follow the countries arrests procedure nor do they treat their detainees properly. The US State Department stated that “Unless a suspect is caught in the act of committing a
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