Also, an employee may wish to reveal the conduct of his superior who did something legal, but ethically not clean (let's say he decided to resize the company, laid off a good number of employees forcing the market value of the corporation's shares Continue Reading...
Where other ethical theories can provide some wiggle room with respect to actions -- Ford's attempt at a utilitarian cost-benefit analysis, for example -- human life has a special place in ethics, precisely because it cannot be replaced or repaired Continue Reading...
International Management The European Union is "a unique economic and political partnership between 27 European countries" (EU, 2012). The European Union describes its objectives are relating to the idea that "countries who trade with one another be Continue Reading...
The Large Cargo Freighter (Dreamlifter) delivered major assemblies in the first half of 2007, and the company expects final assembly of the first 787 later in the second quarter of 2007. Boeing also expects to fly 787 engines on an airplane test bed Continue Reading...
Pharmaceutical industries have to operate in an environment that is highly competitive and subject to a wide variety of internal and external constraints. In recent times, there has been an increasing trend to reduce the cost of operation while compe Continue Reading...
corporate ethical breaches in recent times, assess whether or not you believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more conducive to ethical behavior. Provide support for your answer. Unethical behavior has drawn the attention of Continue Reading...
Trading on the stock market is supposed to be fair and the risks involved applied equally to everyone involved. However, when a person is in possession of material, nonpublic information that allows them to profit by trading in stocks, this is consi Continue Reading...
Siemens AG Scandal Siemens AG had over one hundred fifty years of experience making business deals internationally by the time it became embroiled in several bribery scandals in 2006. Beginning in the mid-1800s, the company set up products such as t Continue Reading...
Many of the items she sold as part of her trade were counterfeit, including movies, music videos, clothing accessories, and handbags. But even if her business was legal, she was still stealing company time. Individuals felt freer, because of her ope Continue Reading...
The Decision to Whistleblow: Is It Worth It? The Pros and Cons of Whistleblowing for Whistleblowers One of the main legacies of the outgoing Trump administration will be its evisceration of the inspectors general and other watchdog agencies tasked wi Continue Reading...
MSW college Addressing internalized oppression as a presenting problem Understanding and significance The domain in which social workers practice and the outcomes achieved therein are hence-based essentially on the relationships forged and nurtur Continue Reading...
The costs involved in the medical and pension costs for the candidate could have a significant impact upon the business. The second consideration is the image of the business in terms of the law. Customers today are very sophisticated, and tend to Continue Reading...
Perkins - who had retired at the age of 70 but was coming back on the board - had by this time muscled his way into a powerful position within the HP community; he and his powerful board ally, George Keyworth, held special "technology committee" me Continue Reading...
Insider Trading from a "Utilitarian" ethical point-of-view. The paper discusses types of insider trading, the Utilitarian theory of Ethics and the arguments for and against insider trading. Ethics of Insider Trading Insider Trading generally refer Continue Reading...
APPLYING COOPER'S ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING MODEL Case #1 -- a Questionable Hire On the main issue of the ethical propriety of the group's decision to forego hiring Anne, Cooper's model and other objective ethical analyses would suggest that the grou Continue Reading...
Collapse of Enron Enron used to be one of the world's largest publicly traded companies. Its assets at various junctures were valued at anywhere between $30 billion and $40 billion: greater than the gross national product, for some years, of Malays Continue Reading...
Corporate Governance A regulation refers to a law or rule designed to govern or control the conduct of a person, group, or corporation. Regulation limits, constraints and creates a right, allocates responsibility and limits or creates a duty. Regula Continue Reading...
Augustine is a Christian father of the late Roman Empire -- the traditional date of the "fall" of the Roman Empire is about a half-century after Augustine's death -- while Thomas Aquinas is a thinker of the medieval period. It is worth noting this su Continue Reading...
The price of oil is a significant concern, however, as this impacts on the price of jet fuel (though they are not perfectly correlated). Airlines typically rely on sophisticated hedging strategies in order to control fuel costs, as rapidly rising fu Continue Reading...
If the act of killing another is imply universally banned, the definition of ethical action is greatly simplified, and all gray areas are decided on the side of caution. The above areas of concern are very real; there is evidence that non-voluntary Continue Reading...
However, he must pass the information along in a public manner. If he tells them in the same way he told his father and uncles, this would still be unethical. If he makes a public statement regarding the upcoming profit, however, this would not be e Continue Reading...
Thomas Paine in his essay The Rights of Man suggests that the morality of an issue is based on the equality of an issue. For the existence of all men should be seen as equal. The Monarchy and imperial ways detracts from the equality of mankind and Continue Reading...
Peter Singer's "The Singer Solution World Poverty" Peter Albert David Singer, an Australian philosopher is serving as a professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and laureate Professor at the Center for applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Continue Reading...
Corporate Mission As the largest mass merchandiser in the world, Wal-Mart's work in supply chain execution, research, and policies defines best practices for the broader high volume retailing industry worldwide. Wal-Mart is comprised of three oper Continue Reading...
Global Crossing was a telecommunications company that was afflicted by serious waste and mismanagement. It was the fourth largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, and its failure in the midst of a recession had serious repercussions for the U.S. economy a Continue Reading...
Ethical Position The letter is addressed to Mr. Gross, founder of the Idealab Corporation and therefore one of the chief parties involved in the scandal being discussed. The writer of the letter is obviously displeased with the way that Mr. Gross ha Continue Reading...
Walmart Wal-Mart's Domestic and Global Marketing Challenges Wal-Mart is at once one of the most visible retail firms in the world and one of the most consistently criticized. Due to its poor record on labor rights, its deleterious impact on local c Continue Reading...
Attorneys of every ilk are consistently and constantly faced with decisions that test their ethical considerations. Corporate attorneys faced with illegal activities, divorce attorneys faced with familial consequences, defense attorneys defending som Continue Reading...
Organizational Theory #1 Create a code of ethics for an organization of your choice. For each point in the code of ethics, describe an ethical dilemma that would be resolved using the code of ethics. All employees will conduct business honestly and Continue Reading...
Like most litigations on such complicated issues the company had little to do but show reasonable accommodation, adopt better surface practices and wait out a lengthy period before their liability was reduced substantially by the courts. Ethical an Continue Reading...
In the spying story, the FCNL position is that spying on American citizens (tapping phones) without a warrant is illegal. The FCNL article gives visitors to the site the data on which Senators and members of the House voted for and against legislati Continue Reading...
Developing and Sustaining an Organizational Culture of Integrity During an era in American history when charges of unethical business practices extend even into the White House, identifying opportunities to develop an organizational culture of integr Continue Reading...
Sex Offender Civil Commitment Civil Rights or Societal Rights Civil commitment is a legal process typically introduced into society for the mentally ill, or those individuals whom the Court or other professionals believe are a danger to themselves Continue Reading...
Individual Rights for a Nation Introductory Supporting Analysis The legal and political philosophical principles that ostensibly will advance the Nation of Tagg and its political establishment are the focus of the first section of this paper. The Continue Reading...
Attorney Fink Violated Professionals Rules of Conduct Attorney Fink Violated Professional Rules of Conduct In this case, we are looking at if Melvin Fink violated ethical standards based on the advice that he gave to his client Robin Busy. What was Continue Reading...
The issue of blanket denials for preexisting conditions is so egregious that it has become a national policy debate. In many cases, an insurance company can claim most anything to be preexisting, since both the legal lingual is relatively unclear an Continue Reading...
Introduction Milton Friedman’s quote gets to the heart of the conflict between shareholder theory vs. stakeholder theory. Shareholder theory posits that a corporation’s sole responsibility is to maximize the return on investment (ROI) for Continue Reading...
Stop Online Piracy Act One of the biggest challenges for a variety of firms is dealing with online piracy. Recently, Congress has been debating the different provisions of the Stop Online Piracy Act. This is a proposed regulation that is increasing Continue Reading...
HP and Pretexting Back in 2006, Hewlett Packard's management got themselves into both legal and public relations trouble by the way in which they decided to investigate the source of leaks from their Board of Directors to the news media. The case br Continue Reading...
This law was designed to punish the supplier, not attack the unsuspecting victim of the crime. However, the size of this seizure of merchandise is evidence that these measures simply do not work. Despite existing laws, consumer demand for these prod Continue Reading...
