West Virginia Attorney General‚ Darrell McGraw‚ is suing Capital One for misleading practices in both lending and collection practices. The complaint was filed to the West Virginia’s Circuit Court and it states that Capital One enticed consumers with a repayment plan by mailing out solicitations disguised as new credit offers (Megan‚ 2010). “Capital One offered to provide credit card holders one dollar of new credit if they agreed to transfer the entire balance of a charged off account to the new
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UNETHICAL ISSUES STIRRED UP BY ALCOHOL COMPANIES The most severe and significant unethical act by Carlsberg is its marketing strategy. Over here‚ we will analyse and interpret a string of unethical marketing activities by Carlsberg. By definition‚ alcohol advertising is one-sided and presents alcohol consumption as a safe and problem-free practice‚ de-emphasizing the potential health risks and negative consequences. • Targeting the young drinkers In 2006‚ Carlsberg spent about US$2
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KFC for Kentucky Fried Chicken is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States (US). It is the world’s second largest restaurant chain overall (as measured by sales) after McDonald’s‚ with over 18‚000 outlets in 120 countries and territories as of December 2012. The company is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands‚ a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurant chains. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders
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Assignment 2: Unethical Advertising Dupree Clark B6003: Ethics in Business Argosy University Professor Marla Brady February 11‚ 2013 To: Harris CC: Human Resource Department Subject: Advertisement Campaign Promoting Bait and switch is a dishonest marketing tactic in which a marketer advertises a very attractive price/rate/term that is really a teaser rate meant to attract customers. One good example of bait and switch is in the mortgage market. In a mortgage bait and switch an agent
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Sports at a High School versus College Level Although the decision may be currently bias‚ because of the strong unity and support exerted by the 300 Club at ______________ Senior High‚ the most favored level of sports would be the high school category. Joining into ones high school sports teams as either a player or audience has many benefits such as building support for one’s school. It can also create opportunities for students applying for college‚ and promote
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Unethical Marketing and its Consequences By Jose Gonzalez Dr. Henry Roehrich Park University MK351 26 January 2014 Outline Purpose Statement: To provide an understanding what constitutes ethics in marketing‚ what are some of the laws and code of ethics that protect unethical practices‚ and provide some examples of unethical behavior in marketing and their consequences? I. What constitutes ethics in marketing? A. Definition of marketing ethics II. What are some of the
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responsible to what a society has defined and regulated to be ethical or unethical behavior. Sexual harassment is one of the unethical conducts that a lecturer can conduct at a university. Sexual harassment is defined as any kind of sexual behavior that is welcome and/or inappropriate for the work place” (Cornell). This paper discusses the unethical behavior of a lecturer to students focusing on sexual harassment as unethical conduct at a university and how the principles and the ethical theories
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To what extent do companies need to make a proactive effort to collect and analyze data possible safety issues? They have to go all the way. I feel safety comes first no matter how much time is going to take you or cost you. They also need to pay attention to all the complaints because that one customer can make the difference instead of getting sued by 100 people. At the same time you are making sure that the customers life is secure and that there are no risks with your products. What mistakes
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how they mistreated their workers. But the region is brimming with countless numbers of factories operated by lesser known firms that Foxconn may not be the worst perpetrator. Human rights group China Labor Watch is trying to raise the issue of unethical labor practices at HEG Electronics‚ a major supplier for Samsung‚ Motorola and LG. According to the group‚ HEG Electronic has started employing underage workers (under 16 years of age) to work at its factory due to the high demand of the electronic
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University Handbook‚ 2011). The disciplinary actions of these offenses show the seriousness in which academic dishonesty is unethical and highly frowned upon; it leaves one to wonder if such unethical practices will carry over into the workforce. The attitude one has toward dishonesty while achieving academic goals can also be reflected in the way one conducts business. If such unethical practices are taken lightly while in school‚ there is always the possibility that they will be taken lightly while working
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