5. What ethical issues have you witnessed or heard about on this company? State your opinions on what should have been done to deal with these ethical issues. a) Conflict on human rights Nokia has been involved in conflict-minerals which engaging in human rights abuses. For example‚ the conflict-minerals took place in Democratic Republic of Congo‚ Central of Africa in July of 2010. The illegal activities involved the extraction and trade of minerals which controlled by warlords. The head of the
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Ethical Issue in Business – Pfizer‚ Examined Staci Holt PHL/323 Cassandra Giles Sunday‚ August 1‚ 2010 Ethical Issue in Business - Pfizer‚ Examined Pfizer‚ Inc (Pfizer hereafter) is an international pharmaceutical firm with $45.2 billion in profits in previous years and has an estimated allotment for research and development around $7.9 billion (Pagnattaro‚ 2005). Currently involved in a legal battle originating from allegations that the company unethically pursued clinical trials in an
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Ethical Dilemmas and challenges are continuing issue Coca-Cola Company Illegal The AFLCIO (2003b) Reports: (a) Retirement benefits for top executives are unfair compared to lower level employees working in the production sectors of the company. AFLCIO reports that cooperate executives receive liberal retirement benefit packages‚ the plans offered to employees are poor and “self funded”.The Proxy Statement for 2003 (Coca-Cola‚ Inc.‚ 2003b) and Annual Report for 2002 (Coca-Cola‚ Inc.‚ 2003a)
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line to appeal to young girls as well. The transition worked but not with backlash of groups like the Spark Movement which aims to end “sexualization” of women and girls in the media With financial struggles during the recession of late‚ many companies have looked to think of ways to expand and grow their business and venture into something out of their norm. Lego was able to do so successfully by creating a new line of toys to go along with their fairly successful lines such as “Lego City” and
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Outsourcing: Is It Ethical? Outsourcing has become a very hot topic in our country over the last few years. Many Americans view this topic as very controversial and unethical. Outsourcing is also known as the offshoring of American jobs. These jobs are being sent to foreign countries all over the world. Under George Bush’s administration the American economy lost 1.6 million jobs. Outsourcing to other countries is not limited to one business sector or profession; almost all professions are
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BUSINESS REPORT ANALYSE THE MAJOR ETHICAL AND ENVIRONEMNT PROBLEMS‚ BY JOHNNY LIM GUAN HOOI STUDENT NUMBER: 0010258586 SUBMISSION DATE: 24th APRIL 2014 WORD COUNT: CONTENTS Section Page Executive Summary Introduction Executive Summary This report have a brief introduction of The Coca-Cola Company and first part will contain an analyse
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The 1950’s-60’s70’s-80’s Miranda Moultrie Nixon Back Again The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state
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Ethical leadership is the process of influencing employees through standards‚ philosophies and beliefs that are based on established standards in the organizational behavior ( Hasan‚ 2013; Buble‚ 2012). Additionally‚ it holds the responsibility of dealing conflict of followers by directing them right (Frank‚ 2002: Hesselbein & Goldsmith‚ 2006). Contrastingly‚ Cumbo (2009) focuses on leader when defining ethical leadership thus consider a leader ethical when inner virtues direct the leader’s decision
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organizational context. Business ethics have been defined as "principles and standards that guide behavior in the world of business." Business ethics is also a descriptive term for the field of academic study in which many scholars conduct research and in which undergraduate and graduate students are exposed to ethics theory and practice‚ usually through the case method of analysis. Ethical behavior in business is critical. When business firms are charged with infractions‚ and when employees of those
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Ethical Perspectives Organizational Issues ETH/316 11/28/2012 Ethical Perspectives It is evident that Wal-Mart’s ethical perspective or moral view is contingent on profit or profit potential. The global labor force of Wal-Mart enables this retail giant to continue to grow and succeed by providing lower operating costs. The legal ethics of this company are asserted globally and would withstand scrutiny in most cases. However‚ the virtue ethics of Wal-Mart are questionable about the well-being
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