Where, the organization could be placing their own objective over everything else (including: following various laws and regulations). When this occurs, you have a duty to report such improprieties to the authorities. A good example of how to wrestl Continue Reading...
Privileging the rights and needs of people with financial stakes in the American auto industry runs counter to American ideals of equality and Rawlsian justice. Should we try to restrain, in this and other product liability situations, the litigiou Continue Reading...
The grand jury returned a 112-count indictment against Steve Warshak, company president; his mother, Harriet Warshak; general counsel Paul Kellogg; and former employees Charles Clarke Jr., Steven Pugh and Amar Chavan. A company called TCI Media, whi Continue Reading...
Business Law and Christian Ethics The terms limited liability and liability protection are often used interchangeably to describe business arrangements that limit the amount of a firm's liability, generally to the amount of assets held by the firm. Continue Reading...
Law and Technological Developments Justin Ellsworth's parents should not have been given access to his e-mail correspondence. Notwithstanding the court order, Yahoo!'s decision to disclose Mr. Ellsworth's e-mail to his parents seriously compromises Continue Reading...
S. International Industries could face a situation like this. The existing legislation does not require safety equipment in one country that is standard in most countries. The company then needs to decide on a choice between using the safety equipmen Continue Reading...
adhering to pollution or labor standards). Ethical standards are myriad but some examples can be paying a fair wage, competing fairly, and ensuring that the company does not market a harmful product. Philanthropic refers to the organization's obliga Continue Reading...
Business Law The Differences between Civil Law and Criminal Law: To a layman who is not familiar with the various concepts of Law, criminal Law may be more familiar because of intense interest in criminal cases that are tried in courts of law and t Continue Reading...
Business Law When most people think of securities fraud and corporate misconduct, they will often associate Enron to these ideas. This is because it went from being the tenth largest company in America to one the biggest bankruptcies in U.S. history Continue Reading...
However, as Nick is unqualified for the position, the medical question is moot -- Nick would not be hired because he has no experience. Michelle has some past experience and would be under consideration. Under the terms of the Pregnancy Discriminat Continue Reading...
Inventory Management Strategy. In his book, Streetwise Project Management, Dobson (2003) advocates the use of a just-in-time inventory management strategy to keep inventories low and manufacturing process more productive. This approach, though, wil Continue Reading...
However, Erin Brockovich the movie has a very different ending than the actual civil action under tort law brought against California's Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The Hollywood ending would have been preferable, however life is just not that simpl Continue Reading...
Market Analysis The third principle, that markets that don't exist can't be analyzed, reminds managers that assessing the effects of disruptive technologies is often counter-intuitive to good management practice. Many companies require the develop Continue Reading...
It is important that tomorrow's business leaders understand the good and bad science behind currently marketed drugs, and understand what constitutes ethical and unethical marketing practices. Also, over the course of the past five months, while wo Continue Reading...
Ethics Imagine that it's your responsibility to select an ethics officer for your organization. What qualities, background, and experience would you look for? Why? Would you ever be interested in such a position? Why or why not? An ethics officer p Continue Reading...
twyman-whitney.com/americancitizen/links/lobbies.htmv Adamson, John. Law for Business and Personal Use. Mason: South -- Western, 2008. Lamb, Charles. Marketing 5. Mason: Cengage -- South Western, 2011. Simms, Mary. "What are the Different Consumer Continue Reading...
Social responsibility in this context exemplifies the ethical principles of beneficence, justice, and non-malfeasance. More specifically, examples of beneficent corporate responsibility would be the use of corporate profits to return a benefit back Continue Reading...
A comprehensive approach to ethical journalism might incorporate all three concerns by focusing on the duty to protect the welfare of the people within the U.S. By ensuring that all journalism is truthful, unencumbered by conflicts of interests, and Continue Reading...
Unlike Baxendale, there were no special circumstances outside of the normal business considerations that would have required specific communication to the contractor as to the nature of potential losses to Jose arising from a completion delay. Ordin Continue Reading...
Those discretionary areas include sales and negotiating. These are open to flexibility, argument, discussion -- all within boundaries. The boundaries that fence them in are the non-discretionary functions of the business, those areas where the lines Continue Reading...
There are several ways that BP could have chosen to respond, all of which were "open" to them (i.e. they had free will), yet those chose to take paths that were less moral. Kant's universal law would have them put their responsibility to humanity as Continue Reading...
Accepting Client Assignments Outstanding client service begins with a full understanding of the client organization, its business needs and the position to be filled. An AESC member should: Accept only those assignments that a member is qualified Continue Reading...
It includes a worldview that embraces "corporate social entrepreneurship...the transformation of socially responsible principles and ideas into commercial value." This is to say that leaders need to understand how responding to their "civic duty" me Continue Reading...
Morality is grounded in the profit principle. There are two versions that this principle tells. The first is that good business ethics is said to result into good business (Fieser, 1996). This however is considered to be a weak principle because th Continue Reading...
Ethics and Corporate Responsibility The following will be an assessment of firm referred to as PharmaCARE. The assessment will concentrate on the idea of companies that have encountered negative outcomes as a result of company business activities. C Continue Reading...
.." And "The probability that my peers would undertake the same action is...." It is the difference in the responses given to these two questions, as captured on a seven point Likert scale, that is the measure of the social desirability response bias Continue Reading...
Business ethics has become a serious subject of discussion the world over because of the rather intricate complexities attached to it. There are so many different facets to business related ethical problems that everyday something new emerges that ne Continue Reading...
His team mates attest to the beating incident as unique and isolated and would rather not dwell in it. It also occurred because no sufficiently open relationship has been established between Victor and Tom, which could have avoided the aggressive ac Continue Reading...
Business Ethics When the Truth Takes a Stretching Class Maria Bailey clearly and blatantly misrepresented the size of her start-up business, but shrugged it off saying she knew what she was "capable of doing" and just wanted to show potential clien Continue Reading...
Given the proper incentives -- the ability to profit from hard work and risk taking -- people will strive to do well. Give two or three examples of business competition in which everybody wins. What are the defining characteristics of such games (i Continue Reading...
Ethics One of the most high profile disbarment cases in the United States, the one of Egil Krogh, Jr., reveals the interface between politics, ethics, and the law. In many ways, Krogh was an ideal fall guy for the Nixon administration. On the other Continue Reading...
Business Ethics Case Study -- Harassment on the Job Applicable Ethical Systems The principal ethical system at issue in this case is the concept of equal rights and opportunities and, even more fundamentally, the obligation of employers to protect Continue Reading...
Also people enjoying decent salaries with huge remuneration believe that their level of performance is so high that they are working on low salaries. (Vickers, 2005) at the time of the boom during the 1990s because of the unparalleled stock options, Continue Reading...
However, if I thought there was a good chance that he would follow through I would be both legally and morally obligated to warn someone. 7. The dilemma is whether or not it is okay to kill someone out of mercy to end their suffering. While I would Continue Reading...
Finally, the universalizing stage is often referred to as enlightenment, or having achieved a true understanding of the nature of good virtue. (Fowler, 1995; p.p. 73-145). Clearly, my personal ethical values are heavily influenced by my stage of pe Continue Reading...
Ethics Lapse Business Ethics Mattel: Five lessons learned from its ethical lapse In the 21st century globalized economy, it is not uncommon for companies to use outsourcing to keep costs under control. This is particularly true regarding relativel Continue Reading...
Ethics, Corporate Governance and Company Social Responsibility OCED state-owned enterprises and Privatized companies In the past few decades, emerging economies have launched ambitious plans to privatize their state owned enterprises (SOEs). The vo Continue Reading...
Ethics of Selling on eBay When first examining the inventory of items available on eBay, I was impressed by the degree to which there is freedom to sell almost any kind of item. eBay is a service, and a means for individuals to buy and sell the item Continue Reading...
Law School Application My personal and academic experiences have armed me with the dedication and skills that are necessary for success in law school. I hope to obtain a law degree, allowing me to adapt my unique blend of experience and education to Continue Reading...
Business Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Triple Bottom Line Picture two companies, Company A and Company B. Company A manufactures chemical products and has been on the receiving end of criticism and public outcry for the air and wat Continue Reading...
