These are central questions in the field of business ethics. There are two approaches to answering such questions. The first one is Milton Friedman’s shareholder theory of management and the second one is Edwards Freeman’s “Stakeholder” theory of management‚ two different views about the purpose and aims of a business. Milton Friedman’s shareholder theory of management says that the purpose of a business is to make money for the owner or the stockholders of the business. Friedman says that there
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Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows The operating systems Linux®‚ Macintosh® (Mac) and Microsoft® Windows® are the main software to every computer system to run properly along with other hardware. These operating systems (OS ’s) are very different in several ways‚ but they also have some similarities too. Linux‚ Mac and Windows use memory management‚ process management‚ file management and security management to operate the computer systems correctly
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Johnson et al (2005‚ p9) argues‚ "Strategy is the direction and scope of an organisation over the long term‚ which achieves an advantage in a changing environment through its configuration or resources and competences with the aim of fulfilling stakeholder expectations." I feel that this gives a clear understanding to the term‚ as it involves the four key areas every organisation needs to manage; firstly‚ what areas the business wishes to operate within‚ i.e. that markets and its activities. Secondly
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Student name Level QCF Level 3: BTEC National Unit number & title Unit 21: Aspects of Contract & Business Law Credit value 10 Assessed by Date issued Deadline date Brief Internally verified Date Signature Aim and purpose This unit introduces you to the operation of the law of contract as it applies to businesses. You will also apply to consumer situations and consider the meaning and effect of standard form contracts. Unit introduction A business can
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Stakeholders are individuals or groups that have some claim on the company. They can be divided into internal claimants and external claimants. Internal claimants are stockholders and employees including executive officers and board member while external claimants are all other individuals and groups affected by the company’s actions. Typically‚ they comprise of customers‚ suppliers‚ governments‚ unions‚ competitors‚ local communities and the general public. Stakeholders can influence the organisations
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Kentucky Fried Chicken There are many stakeholders of KFC the main ones are Employees‚ Customers‚ Delivery services‚ Contracted Vending Companies‚ suppliers and Contracted Cleaning Companies. Employees- • Employees are important stakeholders in the business as they provide the service to the customer who eats at KFC. Without well trained staff the business would not run smoothly. The interest of the staff would be to make sure they have a secure job and a steady wage. If employees
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“Managing for stakeholders” was an interesting selection which clearly defined several possible stakeholders for a business‚ primary and secondary‚ and how important each one is to the survival of the business as is the survival of the business to their survival. Customers‚ bankers‚ financiers‚ employees‚ and suppliers are all stakeholders. The selection stressed how important it was for the executive of a given corporation to have the skill set to manage the relationship between the stakeholders and the
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P. ( 1981‚ Spring). What is “Business Ethics”? The Public Interest‚ 63‚ 18-36. http://www.nationalaffairs.com/doclib/20080708_1981632whatisbusinessethicspeterfdrucker.pdf Carroll‚ A. B. & Buchholtz‚ A.K. (2009). Business & Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management. Mason‚ OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
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been many cases that have made an effort to abolish segregation. Two cases that didn’t just make an effort‚ but did just that were Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education. They were related to each other as well because one changed the precedent established in the other. They also helped the country identify more with freedom than slavery. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case happened in 1892 and was about a man named Homer Plessy who was an octoroon. He bought a ticket and sat in a whites only
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Google Drive vs. SkyDrive vs. Dropbox vs. iCloud Jia Shi Yidi Zhang Nan Song Ly Le INTRODUCTION Along with the development speed of technology‚ the amount of data passing by or consumed by people around the world keeps growing rapidly. The storage devices seem to unable for storing growing data amount. In addition‚ maintenance and back-up of data are needed just in case of accident. To meet the needs mentioned above‚ the cloud computing is developed especially cloud storage which have
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