‘What is ethics and why is it important for thinking about media?’ You should use recent examples from the media in your response.’ Living in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction‚ almost every person has access through radio‚ television‚ newspaper‚ and new electronic media to the latest circulated information. Through this information‚ one is able to shape their opinion about a particular fact. Nevertheless‚ media have the power to form
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Ethics MGT/498 September 26‚ 2013 Ethics In business there will always be the line to act with integrity or to lie‚ cheat‚ and steal. Famous author Douglas Adams once said‚ “To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money‚ and that is sincerity and integrity” (Heathfield‚ n.d). The priority of any business is to serve the needs and wants of the customer and more important his or her stakeholders. Any business decision made in major corporations must
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decisions are clearly unfair‚ fairness usually refers to a range of morally justifiable outcomes rather than discovery of one fair answer. Process A fair person uses open and unbiased processes for gathering and evaluating information necessary to make decisions. Fair people do not wait for the truth to come to them; they seek out relevant information and conflicting perspectives before making important decisions. Impartiality Decisions should be unbiased without favouritism or prejudice. Equity
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others (both psychological and physical harm) (both intentional and unintentional harm) The ethical obligation to intervene increases with the magnitude and risk of harm. Beneficence: Act to Benefit Others -the obligation to make a positive contribution to another’s welfare -the promotion of personal growth -Beneficence often needs to be balanced against doing harm‚ to doing no harm to one party while helping another‚ and respecting autonomy. Autonomy:
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In a case whose irony is not lost on those involved‚ an article about publishing ethics has been retracted because one of the authors re-used material he’d written for an earlier piece. But the authors and the journal’s editors have turned the episode into a learning opportunity. Here’s the notice for “Ethics and Integrity of the Publishing Process: Myths‚ Facts‚ and a Roadmap‚” published in 2011 by Marshall Schminke and Maureen L. Ambrose: The above article from Management and Organization
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Watch the video on Method’s Ethics that relates to its philosophy on environmentally sound products and apply some of the concepts you’ve learned from your reading to answer the following questions: •Why and how does Method integrate a number of environmental practices into its operations? How has its mission and business philosophy affected its choices on creating environmentally safe products? Making people aware‚ helping them make better choices about the environmental profile and health profile
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References: Trevino‚ L.K.‚ & Nelson‚ K.A. (2011). Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to do it right (5th ed.). Hoboken‚ NJ: Wiley.
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The case regarding Fashion First is a very interesting case as it allows for a discussion to take place in relation to ethics. Ethics could be defined as moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior. In other words‚ ethics allow for individuals to distinguish between right and wrong‚ and to make decisions based on what is right or wrong for any particular situation. In this situation‚ Sandy‚ the part-time bookkeeper of Fashion First is approached with a situation where she noticed
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a. Strengths of the analysis include the idea that talking about ethical issues is important‚and that the analysis suggests avenues for improving ethics education. The weaknesses primarily cited by students included the “idealistic” nature of the discussion. Onecommon theme emerged‚ which is that frauds and unethical behavior occurred long before formal business school education. Students often cited this fact as anunaddressed weakness in Professor Waddock’s analysis. b. The average level of moral
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References: Thiroux J & Krasemann K (2012): Ethics: Theory and Practice 11th Edition. Pearson NJ. Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 2): Consequentialist (Teleological) Theory Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 3): Non-consequentialist (Deontelogical) Theory
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