Article 1: Petition asks province to protect zoo animals a) Source: The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/09/17/toronto-marineland-petition.html) b) Date of newspaper: September 17th‚ 2012 c) Summary: This article is about some former employees who worked at Marineland and have filed a petition with 77‚000 names bringing awareness and urging the government to take immediate action to regulate zoos. Premier Dalton McGuinty recognizes the concerns behind
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Tobacco Giant ’s Unethical Research Throughout history many industries manage to be successful enterprises‚ recreational substances like alcohol and tobacco have been under scrutiny in modern times. The detrimental impact on the health of our society has become a matter of concern of our government. Tobacco is responsible for more than six million each year. World Health Organization (2012) The origin of tobacco is ancient it is believed to have begun growing in the America’s in 6000 BCE. Borio
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York Times essay‚ “where Sweatshops are a Dream‚” writer Nicholas Kristof described the horrible living conditions of the people in Phnom Penh. Nicholas writes that the Phnom people believe that having a factory job is a way out of poverty and not as dangerous as scavenging on the street. He goes on to add that Democrats and the Americans are supporting Mr. Obama in the war against dangerous and cruel conditions in sweatshops. Nicholas implies that he knows that sweatshops will help the poor community
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Operating in an Uncontrolled Environment In his New York Times essay‚ “Where Sweatshops are a Dream‚” writer Nicholas Kristof described the horrible living conditions of the people in Phnom Penh. Kristof writes that many who work in sweatshops believe that having a factory job is a way out of poverty and not as dangerous as working a dump. He opens the essay by describing the awful and gruesome living and working conditions in Phnom Penh. Kristof implies that the Democrats and the Americans are
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Peace and Social Justice” B) What are some of the things that have made Dr. Rath`s company unethical? While Dr. Rath believes that his theories and his vitamin products can cure aids‚ cancer and other major diseases‚ not everyone believes in them nor have they been scientifically standardized. On the opposite‚ many will argue that Dr. Rath`s organization and company have been illegal but also unethical. Dr. Rath tried to enter the market in many countries to promote his products. After reading
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Assignment 3.2: Wal-Mart — Sweatshop or Scapegoat? In 1991‚ Walmart became an international company when they opened a Sam’s Club near Mexico City. Just two years later‚ Walmart International was created. Today‚ Walmart International is a fast-growing part of Walmart’s overall operations‚ with 4‚112 stores and more than 680‚000 associates in 14 countries outside the continental U.S. Sweatshops are workplaces where basic worker rights are not respected. In the US‚ sweatshops at the turn of the 20th
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Ethical versus Unethical Behavior Carlos Mercado University of Phoenix MGT 344 November 17‚ 2007 Ethical versus Unethical Behavior Companies establish ethics policies as a way to identify expectations of workers and to offer guidance on handling common ethical problems that might arise in the course of doing business. For an organization to determine whether a behavior is ethical or unethical‚ the terms must be defined. The term ethical behavior refers to how an organization
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better numbers. Consequences of poor handling include “bruises‚ injuries‚ lower weight gains‚ reduced milk yield‚ or lowered pregnancy rates.” (P. ) This goes back to my previous statement‚ that eating meat can be situationally either ethical‚ or unethical. She also developed a scoring system‚ where farms are evaluated on a yes/no basis as to whether or not animals are “stunned correctly‚ are prodded with an electric rod‚ vocalize during handling‚ and slip and fall during handling.” (P. ) with vocalization
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------------------------------------------------- Essay title: “Activists over the world protest against sweatshops. What‚ if anything‚ should be done about sweatshop labour and by whom?” Sweatshop labour is an angle of globalization that has landed into a controversial debate amongst international actors. Stained with negative connotation‚ sweatshops involve unenviable conditions‚ exhausting hours of work and hazardous practices‚ all for extremely low wages. Thus‚ this context of work has driven the incentives
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Enron The affect of the unethical behavior of the profitability of Enron was that the third party “outside” independent auditors was not able to backup and have accounting financial statements‚ some of those auditors and financial institutions may have been misled by the corporation’s net income. If I was an accountant for this company I would have followed regulated federal security laws‚ and if failed to provide prove of documents or financial statements‚ I would admit to my mistakes but also
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