people debating the merits and benefits (or lack thereof) of the pipeline such as money‚ jobs and increased traffic in areas along the pipeline. I will analyze the keystone pipeline under the ethical theories of Utilitarianism‚ Duty/Rights Ethics and Virtue Ethics. Merriam Webster defines utilitarianism as “a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number”. Looking at the pipeline from this perspective‚ the
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NAME : ISHAK BIN AB GHANI MATRIX ID : 2011424226 SUBJECT / CODE : OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT / OPM 770 Case 1: Leman Ethics 1. Identify and discuss the major issue(s) in the case. i. Leman’s dilemmas on unusual opportunity vs. ethics of Leman’s organization. ii. Leman’s proposal to make-to-hold arrangement‚ with result approximately 10% saving. 2. What are the key facts of the case? i. Perjawa Steel is one of the distributors ii. There is a luxurious treatment offered by the Perjawa
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Ethics and Social Responsibility First Discussion Forum 1. "Ethics has no place in business." Discuss this statement. Frequently many people pronounce the said “business is business”‚ showing a slight taste of immorality‚ where business are purely economic and ethics has no place in business‚ but is very important to know that ethics is essential component of a company. Ethics demand that the most important consideration is the people. Unethical act has a high risk. Every business leader
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Abstract The paper delves into the topic of ethics and morality. It would try to understand the concept of ethics and morality and the difference between the two concepts. In the paper I would analyse what motivates human behaviour and choices and why those choices can never always be moral and ethical. I will analyse some ethical and moral theories that provide guidelines for ethical human behaviour and critically assess them with the aid of real life examples‚ to determine whether it is possible
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[pic] SUBJECT : Business Ethic SUBJECT CODE : UGB210 MODUL LEADER : Mark Winter MODUL TUTOR : Adeline STUDENT NAME : STEVEN CHANG SERN YEH STUDENT ID : Executive Summary This is an ethical audit report‚ the author will discuss about the ‘snapshot’ of British Petroleum’s business ethics. The report will identify the main ethical dilemmas faced by BP such as manipulating price‚ polluting the environment and violating human rights and employee safety. These ethical dilemmas will
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J Bus Ethics (2012) 106:229–241 DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-0992-9 The Effects of Corporate Ethical Values and Personal Moral Philosophies on Ethical Intentions in Selling Situations: Evidence from Turkish‚ Thai‚ and American Businesspeople Janet Marta • Anusorn Singhapakdi • Dong-Jin Lee • Sebnem Burnaz • Y. Ilker Topcu M. G. Serap Atakan • Tugrul Ozkaracalar • Received: 19 December 2010 / Accepted: 3 August 2011 / Published online: 21 August 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
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"business ethics" is one of the hot topics of the day. Over the past months we have seen business after business charged with improper practices that violate commonly accepted ethical norms. This has led to a loss of confidence in corporate management‚ and has had severe economic consequences. Business ethics serves the important social function of integrating business and society‚ by promoting the legitimacy of business operations‚ through critical reflection. The social function of business ethics is
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Ethics on Abortion There are many ethical issues that are argued over in society. One highly controversial issue however‚ is the problem faced with opposing beliefs on abortion. Abortion‚ literally meaning “the deliberate termination of human pregnancy‚” is the issue commonly addressed by the liberals and the conservatives. Each side has its own philosophical theory on the situation. The liberal theory suggests that a women has the right to decide what happens with her body. The conservative outlook
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS REVIEW A PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS INSTITUTE Creating an Effective Electronic Code of Conduct By Roland Riebl Companies increasingly distribute their codes of conduct to their stakeholders online to make the document more accessible and‚ perhaps‚ to overcome the traditional complexities associated with print codes. Additionally‚ the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 requires publicly traded companies to make their codes available to the public. This
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References: Jones‚ H. B. (1995). The ethical leader: An ascetic construct. Journal of Business Ethics‚ 14‚ 867-874. Ouchi‚ William G. 1977 "The relationship between organizational structure and organizational control." Administrative Science Quarterly. Treviño‚ L. K.‚ Hartman‚ L. P.‚ & Brown‚ M. (2000). Moral person and moral manager: How executives
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