Case #1. Zipcar: Refining The Business Model The objectives of this case: The Zipcar case was developed to permit students to closely track the development and evolution of a company’s business model in the very early stages of its life. The case describes the development of Zipcar‚ a car-sharing service located in Boston‚ but with national ambitions. The case includes the very first version of a financial model for the business‚ a version that was developed after significantly more research
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The concept that I found most important in Module 5 was the trust element of the Right to Lead Assessment Model. The main reason I find this concept to be crucial to how to lead people is simple‚ without trust‚ leadership does not exist. If your people do not trust you‚ how can they be expected to stand by your decisions? For example‚ when I was a Senior Airman at my last duty station‚ my supervisor would always get outraged with me when I corrected him on certain job specific tasks that he was
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Part 2 Utilitarian Ethics: act and rule Definition of Act Utilitarian The goal of an act utilitarian is to maximize a person’s overall happiness in the universe. With an act utilitarian the goal will be to “Maximize pleasure and minimize pain” (Waller‚ 2005‚ p.49). An act utilitarian says that people could do that and they would not only make everyone happier but they would also be doing what is morally right. An act utilitarian doesn’t have conflicts over any action being right or wrong.
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If terrorists are granted the same civil liberties‚ such as the right to trial‚ as Americans have‚ should they be required to pay taxes too? While Article I‚ Section 9 of the Constitution states‚ "The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended‚ unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it" and under this provision‚ persons detained by the government are entitled to a judicial hearing to determine if there is any legal basis for their detention;
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believed the sin of Adam was passed on though all humans and was called the original sin‚ moreover Augustine believed God sent Jesus down to die for our sins instead of sending everyone to hell. Natural evil came from the loss of order in nature‚ moral evil came from the knowledge of good and evil that humanity had discovered through disobedience because they choose the lesser good. Those who follow God will live an eternal life however those who reject God would suffer eternal torment. Augustine
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Introduction Standards‚ morals‚ values‚ and ethics have become increasingly complicated in today’s society where absolutes have given way to tolerance and ambiguity. This affects human resource managers‚ where decisions will affect people jobs. Ethics is the discipline that deals with what is right and wrong or with moral duty and obligation (Moody‚ 2013‚ p.24). Human resource management deals with the work force planning and development. Human resource ethics is the application of ethical principles
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SOC 331 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 Moral‚ Legal‚ and Religious Perspectives on Social Justice includes: In Chapter 1 of your textbook‚ justice is analyzed from three perspectives‚ each with its own set of relevant concepts. The text includes three case studies for consideration from each perspective. Select one (only one) of these case studies as the focus of your initial post in this discussion. Then analyze the selected case study from the justice perspective which accompanies it and
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generally based on the moral principles that influence a person ’s conduct. The statement states that different methods of gaining knowledge are affected by ethical judgments in both the arts and the natural sciences. It is my belief that ethical judgments should be based on reason rather than a belief or feeling in the pursuit of knowledge. Ethical judgments stem from two basic systems: utilitarian and deontological ethics. Utilitarian ethics implies that no moral act is right or wrong. Rather‚ the
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• Lecture 03: • Ethics & Social Responsibility Tutor: KW CHING kwching@ntu.edu.sg kwching@singnet.com.sg The environment creates uncertainty for managers Managers must respond and design adaptive organizations Uncertainty – managers do not have sufficient information about environmental factors to understand and predict environmental needs and changes 2 Management as an Integrating Activity Individuals – Organization – Environment Environment (Forces) Organization (Design ) Individuals
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ETHICS IN MANAGEMENT? Ethical management refers to corporate management that not only fulfills economic goals and legal responsibilities‚ but also meets the ethical expectations imposed by social norms in conducting business. There are 5 specific functional areas of management which is covered by business ethics : 1) Ethical management in the workplace. Ethical management is the foundation of CSR (voluntary activities undertaken by a company to operate in an economic‚ social and
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