The Lowest Price is Unethical The worldwide corporation name‚ Wal-Mart‚ is best known for its endless selection of products for sale and their everyday lowest prices in town. Unfortunately these attractive characteristics arise from the act of breaking 18th century philosopher’s ethical theories. Wal-Mart is guilty of using their employees and suppliers as a mere means to an ends for the highest corporate profits possible each quarter. Their practices alienate their employees from their work efforts
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BT 365 COST PLANNING AND CONTROL Lecturer: J.K. Ofori-Kuragu September‚ 2006 Course Objectives / Course Outline: At the end of this course‚ you will know: 1. What Cost Control is. 2. Purposes of Cost control. 3. Elements of Cost Control 4. The Introduction to Cost Control Systems. 5. Cost Analysis and Cost planning 6. Costs in Use 7. Introduction to Value Engineering Recommended Texts • A. Ashworth Cost Studies of Buildings • Ivor Seeley
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Definition of E-Procurement E-Procurement is the term used to describe electronic methods of conducting business transactions. The ’e’ in e--procurement stands for electronic. E-procurement can be used in every stage of the process. It can begin with the actual sale coming through to the purchaser and end with the customer’s invoice and payment. E-Procurement is more than just a system for making purchases online. A properly implemented system can connect companies and their business processes
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that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision making: 1. Implicit Prejudice: Bias that emerges from unconscious beliefs Most fair-minded people strive to judge others according to their merits. What makes implicit prejudice so common and persistent is that it is rooted in the
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Congress created the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 after World War II. The Act handled various organizations within the United States government such as departments of the military‚ non military departments‚ Federal Property‚ and lastly the Administrative Services Act of 1949. According to our Authors “these Acts‚ as amended‚ together with voluminous implementation regulations‚ comprise most of the procedures governing the Federal procumbent system”(Feldman and Keyes‚ 1). This law gave
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# 05 / 2010 TI Working Paper # 04/2010 Table of Contents 1. Understanding corruption in public procurement 2. The cost of corruption for procurement 3. Corruption risks and responses 4. Effective and transparent procurement systems Corruption and Public Procurement Public procurement affects all aspects of people’s lives and assumes a large share of government budgets. The acquisition of buildings and land by municipal and national governments‚ the construction of roads‚ the provision
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unjustifiable and not bioethical. Take the example of using gene editing to create “designer babies”‚ picking and choosing certain genes to give babies specific traits and physical features. ”Many people are afraid designer genes could lead to the practice of eugenics—creating only perfect children to improve the human race.”(“Bioethics”). Our society today is not prepared for this type of genetic modification. We have developed a culture where fear of the unknown plays a significant part. Many people
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Money‚ Attitude‚ and Unethical Behavior Business Research Methods December 11‚ 2013 Introduction Many believe that the success of a business is determined by they amount of money they generate on an annual basis. Because of this widespread belief‚ we often see a lack of morals‚ values‚ and ethics incorporated into the business. Many businesses feel as if there is no room for ethics in the business world and that the relationships built should focus solely on the generation
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT MANUAL FOR HEALTH SECTOR First Edition July 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................ PAGE PREFACE 2 ACRONYMS 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 4 2.0 THE SCOPE OF THE MANUAL ...........................................................
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The publication mainly discussed sustainable procurement by applying a highly effective and long-term investment strategy which is called green purchasing. This is defined as the approach to purchasing products and services that considers the economical‚ environmental and social impacts of buying choices (Little‚ Green Purchasing & Procurement Strategies 1). It includes best value-for-money considerations; applying the price‚ quality‚ availability and functionality of a required product or service
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