The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred on April 5th‚ 2010‚ in Raleigh County‚ West Virginia. The mine was located in Montcoal and owned by Massey Energy‚ but bought out by Alpha Natural Resources in 2011. Twenty-Nine of the thirty one miners at the site were killed by the explosion. A state funded independent investigation would later find Massey Energy directly responsible for the accident. (www.sourcewatch.org) The explosion was ignited by high methane levels being a contributed factor. You
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Rashad Heyward Case study 3 The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster 1. An example of cost to the stakeholders by Massey actions is first of all‚ putting their life at risk. Employees risk their lives every day by making the decision to go into the mines without being provided safe environment. Yes‚ the employees knew what the safety problems were‚ but had to overlook them in order to keep their jobs and provide for their families. A second example of cost is how the employees had to put their health
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Today‚ former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship will turn himself into police custody to immediately start a one year sentence for his involvement in the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster. How does a CEO of a company end up in jail for what appeared as a tragic accident? On April 5th‚ 2010 in a West Virginia coal mine owned by Massey Energy Company and operated by Performance Coal Company an explosion would claim the lives of twenty-nine miners and shed light on the many workplace safety violations
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Ethics in Healthcare Jessica Christian Medicolegal and Ethical Issues 2/3/13 According to our book‚ Health Care Ethics‚ ethics is the branch of philosophy that seeks to determine how human actions may be judged right or wrong (p.1). Also the study of ethics is a branch of philosophy that implies that the human mind is the fundamental means by which actions may be judged. According to Google the definition of ethics is the moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior
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Ethical Issues Quality. Batching plants‚ ready mix trucks and other machineries should be certified and be inspected on a regular basis. Weight scales‚ volumetric measuring devices and admixture dispensers should be calibrated frequently. Trucks should be inspected on a regular basis for blade wear‚ build-up‚ accuracy of water measurement and functioning revolution counters. Batching plants should have a process for preventing contamination of cementitious materials. There must be a process for
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Ethical Issues Organizations today are faced with many issues. A major challenge is dealing with and determining a code of ethics. Ethics involves the study of moral issues and choices (Kinicki‚ 2009). Many organizations today are faced with unethical behavior that occurs throughout the company. Ethical and unethical conduct is the product of a complex combination of influences (Kinicki‚ 2009). They stem from the individual who has their own personality and values out to the internal organizational
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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 issues: “The Rain Man” The movie “The Rain Man‚” is a movie with a big ethical issue. Tom Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt‚ who just discovered his dad died and left him hardly anything in his will‚ while leaving his brother 3 million dollars. Charlie never knew he had a brother until this happened. His brother‚ Raymond‚ is an autistic man who is capable of computing difficult mathematical problems but is psychologically attached to daily habits and routines. This makes him thus unable to adapt
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Natural Environment 5 1. Sustainable Packaging and Minimizing Waste Issues 5 2. Water Usage Issues 6 II. Workplace Ethics 9 1. Workplace Ethics Definition 9 2. Findings of Concern Regarding Ethics at the Workplace 9 3. Unilever‚ PepsiCo and Nestlé In Light of Relevant Issues 10 III. Recommendations 12 1. Natural Environmental Issues 12 1.1 Packaging Issues 12 1.2 Water Issues 12 2. Workplace Ethics Issues 13 IV. Conclusion 14 V. References 15 1. Academic Journal
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