Utilitarianism and Social Corporate Responsibility The principal of Utilitarianism is often cited for grounds in business related decision making. Business ethics is often misunderstood - for if the main purpose of business is to maximize profits‚ then one could argue Westjet had done nothing wrong in trying to gain an advantage in thier industry. Thankfully‚ ethical decision making involves criteria beyond the ’greatest good for the greatest number of people’. Its criteria are as follows - utilitarianism
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was the ethical dilemma between Abby and George. Abby should contact Tom Brennan‚ the chief operating officer and inform him of George’s request to not contact Breeland in regards to revising the price quote. Although‚ Abby may be labelled a whistle blower among her peers and her supervisor which in turn could lead to negative career aspirations within Ace Fertilizer. What recommendations did you provide? Why? I recommended that Abby disclose the secondary quote to Tom in order to update the
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Human Resource Management: An Experiential Approach‚ Sixth Edition Chapter 12 Managing the Employment Relationship OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to 1. Explain the concept of organizational justice and how it relates to all aspects of relationship building with employees. 2. Understand how actions taken at organizational entry help to build the employment relationship. 3. Know the major laws and legal doctrines governing the employment relationship.
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legislators and regulators to improve accounting standards. Price fixing is the phenomenon of maintaining a reasonable profit margin. Competitors who do this form a cartel. If one of the managers involved contacts the authorities‚ he is a whistle-blower. Financial institutions try to prevent insider trading called Chinese Walls. Financial institutions also have to guard against money laundering‚ where money passes through the banking system in a way that disguises its criminal origins.
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Angelique C. Rufino Book Title: Current Issues in Business Ethics: Edited by: Peter W.F. Davies Reference no: HF 5398 C 87 1997 CHAPTER 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS By: Philip Stiles “The increased interest in corporate governance has mirrored the rise in concern in business ethics generally with the voluminous literature on high profile scandals and failures in firms providing a common base for much descriptive and prescriptive work in both areas. Both subjects‚ too‚ share a key focus
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Carol Patterson UNIT 502 27/11/14 Promote Professional development 1179 WORDS Before a team meeting‚ I evaluate everyone’s needs for professional development via the training matrix and their self-appraisal forms which are distributed prior. I also discuss with my line manager (owner) other objectives which may need addressing. Each team is equally divided into mixed groups informed by my knowledge and understanding of their skills‚ capabilities and capacity. A team is allocated
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(2005). 42 CFR Parts 50 and 93. Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct; Final Rule. Available at http:// ori.dhhs.gov/documents/42_cfr_parts_50_and_93_2005.pdf. Last accessed February 22‚ 2010. Gunsalus‚ C. K. (1998). How to blow the whistle and still have a career afterwards. Science and Engineering Ethics‚ 4:51–64. IEEE Board of Directors. (2006). IEEE Code of Ethics. Available at http://www.ieee.org/ portal/pages/iportals/aboutus/ethics/code.html. Last accessed February 22‚ 2010. Jubb
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with intent to commit another offence and unauthorised modification of computer material is all illegal. Ethical issues. An ethical issue is a code of practise that exists in an organisation to maintain business ethics on use of email‚ internet‚ whistle blowing‚ organisational policies and information ownership. Use of email Many organisations or businesses have a code of practice on the correct use of email Emails are used as an electric memo‚ but
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Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Monique King‚ Lutecia Butler‚ Pola Jaramillo‚ Vernice Cunningham University of Phoenix Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Abstract: Catherine Zulfer‚ a former employee of playboy filed a suit against them alleging that Playboy Enterprises violated provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The former employee reports that playboy retaliated against her for refusing to participate in fraudulent activity against Playboy’s shareholders (Katz‚ Marshall& Banks
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References: entley‚ R. (2002‚ July 11). Blowing a whistle can be good. Computer Weekly. Duska‚ R. F. (1998). Whistleblowing. In C. L. Cooper & C. Argyris (Eds.)‚ Encyclopedia of management‚ Malden‚ MA: Blackwell Publishers. Navran‚ F. (n.d.). Ethics news & opinions: Ask the expert. Retrieved June
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