As Plato once wrote “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act justly‚ while bad people will find a way around the laws.” (Hartman & Desjardins‚ 2008‚ p. 1) How can people define good people and bad people? What factors should people perceive‚ if when they want to act justly? ‘Ethics’ can be standards or rules of morality for those people who have had a problem in choosing between different actions (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich & Ferrell‚ 2011). It is about human conduct which is choices and dilemmas
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argument on whether utilitarian principles should be applied in workplace practices is highly debated as it carries both pros and cons. First and foremost‚ utilitarianism in an organizational context “provides a clear and straightforward basis (Shaw‚ Barry & Sansbury 2009‚ p67)” for developing and testing guidelines and protocols. Pain and pleasure is graded in a scale of continuum to measure intensity of the emotion (Burns 2005). As such‚ organizations can utilize this to derive objective decisions
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Coordinator Name: Jackie Loong Student ID 10189179 Number of words: 1651 Date: 20th August 2013 The definition of an ethical dilemma is a situation that involves conflict between moral imperatives in a way to obey each other. (Shaw‚Barry and Sansbury‚2009) There is no right or wrong answer when decisions are made. In this situation of the case we have Mike‚ who is a new accounts payable employee of the soft wear sales company. Brenda is a long time experienced manager with the
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| BARRY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES COURSE SYLLABUS SPRING 2013 | COURSE NUMBER: BMS 528 SEC 01 COURSE NAME: BIOCHEMISTRY II TERM/YEAR: Spring 2013 (Jan. 9th‚ 2013 – May 3rd‚ 2013) LECTURE ROOM: Hollywood Rm 2 LECTURE SCHEDULE: Friday‚ 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. INSTRUCTOR NAME: Graham Shaw‚ Ph.D. Professor OFFICE ADDRESS: Wiegand 229 OFFICE TELEPHONE: 305-899-3264 EMAIL: gshaw@mail.barry.edu OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday‚
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In today’s world there are many moral issues that take place in society as well as in the business world. On Friday‚ February 4‚ 2000‚ the Washington Post printed an article titled "Underage Smoking Fine Sought for Big Tobacco." Currently and in the past‚ the tobacco industry has fought many moral issues with the Federal Government and the general public. This particular article written by Charles Babington has two problems‚ which are‚ the federal government’s threat to increase taxes and fines on
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provides economic benefits to the community that far outweigh the small amount of water that is pumped which was reported at less than 1% of the annual recharge rate (Shaw & Barry‚ 2010). Is it fair to the owners of this private property to restrict the use of its water? Alternatively‚ does the community have a
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company‚that is to make to make profit. Whereby‚ human nature is motivated by profit. “Free competition‚” said Smith “is the regulator that keeps a community activated only by self-interest from degenerating into a mob of ruthless profiteers.” (Shaw‚ Barry and Barry‚ 2013‚p123) Competition regulates individual economic activity. Private property is central to capitalism. Thus‚the major economic decisions are made by individuals or groups acting their own in pursuit of profit. As compared to other form
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the use of foreign countries as a testing ground for experimental drugs would be unethical. In act utilitarianism we should always ask ourselves what the consequences of a particular act in a particular situation will be for all those affected (Shaw & Barry‚ 2013‚ p.60). A successful drug trial would be a boon for a pharmaceutical company‚ but the use of a foreign‚ possibly desperate and uneducated population as test subjects can lead to dire consequences for current and future generations. This
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that test experimental drugs in foreign countries acting ethically? Drug companies that test experimental drugs in foreign countries are acting unethically. Based on the utilitarianism theory‚ testing experimental drugs is unethical. Based on Shaw and Barry (2013)‚ the utilitarianisms moral doctrine states that “we should always act to produce the greatest possible balance of good over bad for everyone affected by our actions.” In these foreign companies‚ the individuals who are being experimented
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accessible water” (Food & Water Watch‚ 2009). In recent years‚ there has been an ongoing battle over water between local communities and the Nestle Corporation. According to several articles‚ including the Case Study 3.2‚ Battling over bottled water (Barry and Shaw‚ 2010‚ 2007‚ p139). Nestle has been taking over the water in small communities often using unfair practices. Several of these communities have in turn fought the company stating that among other things‚ Nestle is harming the environment and charging
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