SCHOOL OF LAW Year 2013-14 Term 1 LAW001 ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Instructor: David N. Smith Practice Professor‚ School of Law Tel: Email: Office: 6828 0788 davidsmith@smu.edu.sg School of Law‚ Room 4044‚ Level 4 COURSE DESCRIPTION Issues of ethics and social responsibility arise in all professions and all aspects of life. The failure to anticipate‚ recognize and deal effectively with these issues can have serious implications for individuals‚ companies‚ governments
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would be Oskar Schindler‚ the once opportunistic businessman who‚ later‚ spent every last of his pennies to save his 1200 "Schindler Jews." People often deliberate on why Oskar Schindler did what he did. However‚ the issue of interest should not be focused on why Oskar Schindler did what he did but rather‚ on why no one else did what he did. The exact reason that makes Schindler a hero is that he did what everyone else did not dare to do. The initial depiction made of Schindler is not exactly
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answer in… (Ans: space below) Then choose if statement is true or false (1pt ea) Total points (3pts) 6. (Blank) at the top levels of an organization report feeling the most pressured to compromise their ethics. Ans: Mangers Response: See page 4. 7. The interest in (blank) ethics is just a fad that has only recently been created by popular scandals (i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ etc.) reported in the news. Ans: business Response: See page 7. 8. According to the authors‚ most people are
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Nhóm 1 Analysis: S phân tích Chemical analysis of the woman’s dress revealed traces of blood. The book is an analysis of poverty and its causes. At the meeting they presented a detailed analysis of twelve schools. • analyse / • analyze • analyst • analytic = isolating • analytical • analytically Approach: Phương pháp‚ ti p c n We need to adopt a different approach to the problem What’s the best way of approaching this problem? • approachable / • unapproachable Area: Ph m vi hi u bi
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Q1. Explain how utilitarian might prove a defence for Roche and how a rights-based ethic might instead condemn Roche’s drug trails in China. A. According to the Utilitarian Ethics point of view that support the benefits of greater number of people compare to the loss of fewer people or supports the idea that gives happiness to the majority. As far as this case is considered utilitarian does support Roche’s drug tests on transplant patient because the test helps the company to create medicines like
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Chapter-1 (Nature of Ethics) Ethical Dilemmas The quandary people find themselves in when they have to decide if they should act in a way that might help another person or group‚ and is the “right” thing to do‚ even though doing so might not be in their own self-interest. A dilemma may also arise when a person has to decide between two different courses of action‚ knowing that whichever course he or she chooses will result in harm to one person or group even though it may benefit another. The ethical
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1. What is ethics? Ethics‚ also known as moral philosophy‚ is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing‚ defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.[1] The term comes from the Greek word ethos‚ which means "character". 2. What is business ethics? Business ethics (also corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It
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A Formal fallacy is an error in logic that can be seen in the argument’s form without requiring an understanding of the argument’s content. All formal fallacies are specific types of non sequiturs. * Appeal to probability – takes something for granted because it would probably be the case‚ (or might possibly be the case). * Argument from fallacy – assumes that if an argument for some conclusion is fallacious‚ then the conclusion itself is false. * Base rate fallacy – making a probability
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Letter of Transmittal May 29‚ 2009 Nazmul Hossain Lecturer Department of Marketing Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka Subject: Submission of the report. Dear Sir‚ This is the report on Organizational Behaviour an essential component of Business strategy that you have assigned us on different lectures in this semester. The report carrying essential organizational culture of our Bangladeshi company component bears the proof of our sincerity and professionalism
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Code on Corporate Governance Principle 1 – Establish clear roles and responsibilities Recommendation 1.1 The board should establish clear functions reserved for the board and those Delegated to management. Recommendation 1.2 The board should establish clear roles and responsibilities in discharging its fiduciary and leadership functions. Recommendation 1.3 The board should formalize ethical standards through a code of conduct and ensure its compliance. Recommendation 1.4 The board should ensure that
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