Part I Three concepts presented by Palmer (2012) that can be used to help explain the type of culture that contributed to the Columbia disaster are: 1) general endorsement of wrongdoing (Palmer, 2012, p. 69); 2) the stipulation of extenuating circums Continue Reading...
Industrial Relations Employment Relationship Industrial Relations and HRM Globalization and Industrial Relations Industrial Relations in United States of America Current Response to Globalization The paper critically examines the effects of glo Continue Reading...
Ethics Must Be Global Not Local Ethics Must Be Global, Not Local International Business Requirements Global Operations Global Business Ethics The large business units expand their operations in global markets through their own presence as well a 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...
Upper Big Branch Mining Disaster Industrial Calamities Can Be Avoided if Companies Respected the Law Abiding by federal or state industrial laws is necessary since genuine minded legislators have processed the laws and not the profit-minded shark o Continue Reading...
Employment Relations Factors affecting 'Fairness' in the Determination of Salaries Perhaps the first point to discuss is: What is 'fairness'? While historical roots of the word 'fair' mean 'beautiful' in German and Old English, with respect to sal Continue Reading...
Therefore, corporations have had to change their viewpoints and start looking at the long-term consequences of their behavior, as well as looking at the bottom line. Businesses also have to be concerned because consumers have also become aware of e Continue Reading...
In Hartlieb and Jones' study, a company's ethical practices in the workplace are projected onto its products/services, making the products "ethical," resulting to the concept of ethical labeling (583). Further into the 'trend' of promoting ethical Continue Reading...
Ethics of Accommodating Religion As the diversity within businesses increases at an alarming pace with the entire world transforming into a global village, employers, employees and legislators are all concerned about accommodating religious beliefs Continue Reading...
e. By quitting or staging a work slow down. Employers must treat their employees properly or they will gain a reputation for mistreatment, a notoriety that will likely cause severe damage to their businesses as they will be unable to hire and retain Continue Reading...
Organization Behavior Business Ethics in an International Environment Business Be constrained To what extent should a business be constrained by the moral norms of a society? A business organization does not exist with the sole purpose of maximiz Continue Reading...
D., What is Altitude Training section). The Website promoting products that Hypoxico Altitude Training Systems offers, reports that when a person is exposed to hypoxia, oxygen reduced environments, his/her body "struggles to produce required amounts Continue Reading...
Introduction In the contemporary business world, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability are common elements that cannot be overlooked. Both CSR and sustainability aim to contribute to society's goals through various approaches ( Continue Reading...
Ethical Dilemma and Corporate Responsibility Board of Directors RE: Response to Ethical dilemma created by the relocation program I am writing this memo to inform the directors that this company is faced by an ethical dilemma. The ethical dilemma Continue Reading...
Business Ethics and Positive Social Change: The Ford Pinto Fiasco How much is a human life worth? Most people would likely agree that human lives are priceless, but the executives at Ford Motor Company made this type of grisly calculation when they w 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...
Social Psychology 2nd Morality and Group Relations: Possible Bias The article entitled "Morality and intergroup relations: Threats to safety and group image predict the desire to interact with outgroup and ingroup members" as written by Brambilla e Continue Reading...
Environmental Issues, Business Ethics Background history on business ethics The term "business ethics" has contexts in different ways making the history of business ethics vary according to how one perceives the subject. The history is likely to va Continue Reading...
Engineering Ethics This post-mortem report is directed to the British Petroleum (BP) board of directors concerning the BP Texas City refinery explosion incident that took place on March 23, 2005. A series of explosions occurred during the restarting Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Ethics Abstract/Introduction -- No one can argue that the international business community is becoming more and more complex as a result of globalism. In turn, this complexity is driven by an increas Continue Reading...
The latest research shows that the eastern United States has experienced drastic increases in rainfall in the last sixty years, as well as drastic increases in the frequency of the most powerful storms. Some scientists tentatively report that the in Continue Reading...
In Don DeLilo's White Noise, the relationship between humanity and the environment in discussed in light of the television news coverage of catastrophes, and this discussion demonstrates the kind of hyper-conservation emergent as a result of the mo Continue Reading...
Technology and Social Change The Industrial Revolution completely changed the way that human beings live and work. Before the Industrial Revolution, society was dominated by agrarian economies. The Industrial Revolution created a new way of life in Continue Reading...
Also, businesses should be open to the idea of changing the way these relationships are formed and maintained to make way for the changing business environment. "Changing the prevailing relationship a firm has with its stakeholders offers an opport Continue Reading...
It is recommended that Earth Friendly Foods maintain proper records and ensure their accessibility as a measure of preventing the contamination for instance from Salmonella Enterica. Compliance to this record keeping measure should be ensured by fre Continue Reading...
" (Carson, 2) That the correlation between these collected symptoms and the use of pesticides in our predominantly agricultural towns had yet to be recognized at this point in history is important to consider. Though today it still receives troubling Continue Reading...
Labor Relations Steps in preparing for first round of bargaining with the union In preparing for the first round of bargaining with the union would be to review the proceedings from previous negotiations with the company or other companies. In revi Continue Reading...
MARKETING WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO BOTH MARKETING AND OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES? USE EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR ANSWER. Ethics and social responsibility have always been critical issues in both marketing and operati Continue Reading...
Employment and Labor Relations Key Legislation The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (or Wagner Act) protects the rights of most workers in the private sector of the United States to organize unions, to engage in collective bargaining over wages Continue Reading...
Management Scientific management vs. Human relations Management The theory of scientific management's objective was to improve economic efficacy, especially within the realm of labor productivity, where efficiency was quite variable. The components Continue Reading...
The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, is responsible for proposing legislation and managing its implementation, provides the greatest admission to lobby groups via its Directorates General (DGs). DG's are distinct div Continue Reading...
Economists can demonstrate how, in the aggregate, consumers and industry benefit from free trade. In the process of creative destruction, however, some industries and workers are displaced by the changes wrought by free trade. The measurement of be Continue Reading...
Global Warming: Why it is not the greatest fear of the industrializing world, why it is such a great fear for the industrialized world There is a threat that currently looms upon the horizon, in danger of choking the fragile health of the developing Continue Reading...
Vietnam and U.S. Economic Relations Vietnam's economy stagnated for 10 years after the war ended in 1975. In 1986, the Sixth Party Congress approved a broad economic reform package called 'Doi Moi' or renovation that was geared to dramatically alter Continue Reading...
Scientific and Political Aspects of Genetically Modified Foods While there is little controversy over many aspects of biotechnology and its application, genetically modified (GM) foods have become the target of intense controversy. This controversy Continue Reading...
Ethical Frameworks: Case Scenario This week’s case scenario involves Jenna, who has just been hired as a new recruiter at a large staffing agency. Her trainer advises her to tell candidates that the organization will get back to them within two Continue Reading...
Canadian Business and the Law Does Canada have too much business law? This is paper is based on the Canadian business law and all the information so mentioned are related to the book titled "Canadian Business and the Law" which is written by author Continue Reading...
Corporate Mergers and the Public Good The United States of America, during the last years of the Nineteenth Century, witnessed a rash of corporate mergers. The Industrial Revolution had taken firm hold, and the nation was changing rapidly. Millions Continue Reading...
