Ethical Issues 29 January 2014 1. The author of the textbook‚ Barbra Mackinnon‚ cannot come to a specific definition of what exactly ethics is‚ due to the subject being defined by each individuals personal opinion. However‚ a general conclusion can be drawn‚ and that is that we tend to think of ethics as the set of values or principles held by individuals or groups. Another way of accessing the subject is to think of ethics as being the study of various sets of values people may have. This can
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Assignment On: Non Profit Organization By: ABC Dated: NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) 6001 Executive Blvd‚ N. Bethesda‚ Maryland United State‚ 20814 Dear Director‚ Nora D. Volkow: The Drug Free America Foundation‚ organization is a nonprofit agency; founded in 1976‚ it is the drug prevention and policy organization committed to developing‚ sustaining the sustainable community‚ the national and international law and regulations on drug abuse‚ with the vision of improvement are promoted by
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CHapter 16 THE BEHAVIOR OF COSTS Changes from the Twelfth Edition All changes to Chapter 16 were minor. Approach We have retained our approach of putting all C-V-P topics in a single chapter because many schools’ marketing and management accounting core courses start simultaneously‚ and marketing likes to have break-even analysis covered early in the management accounting course. Also‚ if there are students in the course with work experience or‚ in the case of MBA courses‚ with some
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companies should take other than the maximization of return to shareholders and by taking such responsibilities‚ how it may affect the operation of the firms as well as how effectively such actions could have on the society. There have been two main positions on the CSR issue. The first is the Friedmanian one stating that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules
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From the viewpoint of the Rule Utilitarian ethical theory‚ the laws that require lifetime monitoring of some convicted sex offenders are not sensible public safety measures. By applying the Rule Utilitarian ethical theory‚ the moral rule would be: all sex offenders should be monitored for life. If this rule was actualized‚ overall happiness would not increase‚ which means the benefits would not outweigh the harms. The harms would be the privacy intrusion done to the sex offenders and increase of
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Accounting 4304 Written Assignment Questions for Not-for-Profit Agencies For the agency which you have selected‚ provide the following information: I. Basic Agency Information A Name of organization B Address C Executive Director’s name and title D Does the organization utilize volunteer? If so‚ how many and in what capacity? E Describe geographic area that the agency serves F Is the agency affiliated with a state‚ regional or national organization? If yes‚ provide the following
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The three myths in the “Appetite for Profit” book are choosing to eat healthier‚ marketing has little impact on food choices‚ and parents can say no to their kids. The first myth essentially comes down to the availability of healthier food. Not everyone has the option to afford this food because “healthy” food markets such as wholes food can be very expensive. Not only is it expensive‚but stores such as these are not always located in certain communities. The second myth describes the idea that
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Description Duty-based ethics commonly known as Deontology is an ethical theory that uses rules to distinguish right from wrong. As a deontologist you focus more on the action in itself disregarding the consequences it produces. Immanuel kant the founder deontology‚ was a german philosopher who believed that morality and religion should be kept apart‚ therefore he created the philosophical concept “categorical imperative” or “CI”. Categorical imperative is a moral law‚ which must be followed and
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pursuit of maximisation of profits‚ there seems to be a clear deficit of social values and commitment to serving society. This essay will turn the light on how business organisations’ ultimate aim is to generate profits and CSR activities are secondary if not often ignored. The essay takes the position that CSR initiatives are recently being acknowledged as not only beneficial to society but equally beneficial to business over the long term. The lure of quick profits has now demonstrably hurt the
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is an ethical theory that an entity‚ be it a company or an individual has an obligation to conduct its activities to benefit society at large. Carroll‚ in his 1991 article "The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility‚ identifies four areas that make up a corporate social responsibility pyramid: legal‚ economic‚ ethical and philanthropic. According to Carroll‚ “corporate social responsibility involves the conduct of a business so that it is economically profitable‚ law abiding‚ ethical and socially
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