Law and Ethics in the Business Environment RIGHT FROM WRONG Business Ethics and the Law Business law fixes the minimum standards of behavior for businesses (Bramble, 2013). Enforcing these laws generally consists of fines involved in the exercise Continue Reading...
Ultimately, it was this ethical approach to business that protected the companies themselves and ensured their long-term viability. Individual Influences on Ethical Behavior: Usually, the attitude and business values of an individual are subcompon Continue Reading...
The housing market was already strong, but the elimination of practical reasons for validating lender information opened several doors very wide, each with an unpleasant surprise hidden behind it. First, because realtors earn their commissions base Continue Reading...
While making false statements about the vehicle's history is certainly deceitful and unfair, those types of statements fall far short of the legal definition of "fraud" because they are not considered material to the sale (Halbert & Ingulli, 200 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...
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...
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...
Whichever party files the claim has the initial burden to establish that a valid contract existed (Halbert & Ingulli, 2009). In that regard, any credible evidence such as a tape recording of the original telephone call or of any subsequent calls Continue Reading...
On the other hand, applicable laws do have authority and under the concept of moral relativism, it may be justified that any duly passed law be complied with (Svensson & Wood, 2008). One lesson from this case might be that laws between entities Continue Reading...
Conversely, the individual with integrity understands first, that moral issues never hinge on gender and that casual sex cannot be moral for one person and immoral for another person based on gender, and second, that in any case, a woman's prior sex Continue Reading...
At some institutions, loans of this type were actually called "liar loans" by brokers, a reference to the obvious fudging of information they represented (Markels 2007). A substantial portion (if not a large majority) of new home purchases during Continue Reading...
Business Management -- Diversity Issues Contemporary business managers must be competent in all areas of diversity issues in order to comply with applicable federal laws, state laws, and to insulate their business organizations from potential civil Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, this meant that mortgage lenders no longer had to worry at all about whether or not their borrowers were good or bad risks, since their mortgage debts were sold off to other institutions. That situation triggered widespread ethical vi Continue Reading...
Business Ethics and Communication During Emergencies Communications Directed at Different Audience Members and Stakeholders Anytime a serious incident threatens the lives of employees, the organization must carefully consider how to communicate inf Continue Reading...
Limitations on ADA Requirements: The ADA does not require employers to provide accommodations that pose an undue hardship on the employer or the business entity. The ADA defines "undue hardship" as accommodations that exceed the employer's financia Continue Reading...
The aspect of Steve and Barry's marketing strategy that emphasizes comparable quality for lower prices than its competitors appeals very directly to all parents who pay for their children's clothing. Whereas teens and young adults respond most posi Continue Reading...
The graphics, text, and color of DontDateCreeps.com will strive for a neutral overall site look and feel conducive to a wide spectrum of appeal, because it is anticipated that users will represent wide variation in age and interests, in addition to Continue Reading...
With respect to sexual harassment claims of the quid pro quo nature, one of the most important elements of modern sexual harassment principles establishes specific vicarious liability on the part of employers for failure on the part of management to Continue Reading...
2006; Hursthouse, 1999). Pathos in Car Sales To employ the pathos approach to argument in a presentation in connection with car sales, the salesman would make arguments along the following lines: "This vehicle is the most environmentally friendly Continue Reading...
III. The federal government does regulate foods for safety but plays no role in limiting how much unhealthy foods children eat when in their parents' care. On the other hand, the fact that government programs now make a specific effort to improve t Continue Reading...
Ethics and the Legal Environment George Mackee has a problem. His wife is after him, his boss is after him, and one day soon, the whole community of Hondo, Texas may be after him. George has one very large, very simple problem: He works for Ardnak P Continue Reading...
Ethics of Good Business vs. Gender Inequality in Health Care In excess of any other organization, concerns that deal with patients and their well-being are of utmost significance in the healthcare industry. This is since; individuals in this busines Continue Reading...
Because lending institutions stood to lose anytime borrowers defaulted on a loan, lenders always engaged in a very careful process of ensuring that loan applicants were capable of repaying any debts they sought to take on (Phillips, 2008). Deregula Continue Reading...
The less direct the impact, the more likely the stakeholder is to use consequentialist considerations to just the actions of managers. For example, government did not react to the need for improved governance and pass Sarbanes-Oxley until after mult Continue Reading...
However, some of the most difficult ethical issues involve speculative homebuyers who did not misrepresent their financial qualifications but who understood enough about the housing market and the direct connection between wide-scale mortgage fraud Continue Reading...
Ethical Perspectives Virtue Ethics Generally, virtue ethics emphasizes the motivation, or reason, for any particular act to determine whether or not it is ethical (Hursthouse, 1999). For example, if a person you know with certainty is totally innoc Continue Reading...
The inclusion of good title is an implied understanding in any sale of a motor vehicle or other property whose ownership is normally represented by title papers (Schmalleger, 2008). Voidable contracts are those that are enforceable under certain ci Continue Reading...
Women in Business Key Qualities Women Must Possess for Success in the Business World One of the most important qualities that women must possess for success in the business world is the knowledge and self-confidence that they are equally capable of Continue Reading...
HRM Issues in Global Business Expansion Introduction to Human Resource Management In the last several decades, human resource management (HRM) has evolved into a major component of modern business organizations (George & Jones, 2008). In princi Continue Reading...
Breach of Contract and Failure of Consideration: Black is only obligated to pay the original $150,000 for the equipment. As a fundamental principle, courts do not interfere with the terms or obligations of contracts merely because one of the parti Continue Reading...
Contract Law -- Detrimental Reliance Ordinarily, a gratuitous promise does not give rise to an enforceable contract because of the absence of valuable consideration (Friedman, 2005; Halbert & Ingulli, 2008). Therefore, Gerard's promise did not c Continue Reading...
In that respect, one need look no further for contemporary examples than recent newspaper headlines of corporate ethical violations and executive abuses in business and partisan politics responsible for much of this nation's current economic and ge Continue Reading...
Many of the gaps in protection, such as afforded under Supreme Court precedent to members of suspect classes have since been strengthened by various acts of Congress, such as those in connection with employment discrimination against disabled worker Continue Reading...
In most cases, threats arising from employee conduct can be effectively mitigated by explicit policies and procedures implemented by the organization. In that regard, ethical training of all employees is essential, especially with respect to sexual Continue Reading...
For example, virtually every element of heightened security measures necessitates a corresponding reduction in certain kinds of liberties that American citizens have come to expect in a free society. Both concerns represent rights: it is right to im Continue Reading...
Global Business Environment AT&T Inc. Code of Ethical Conduct and the Telecommunications Industry Over centuries, one of the most challenging circumstances for pronounced businesses has been on the "management of global organizations." Many co Continue Reading...
AT&T STANDARDS AND Business Global business environment is an environment within different sovereign countries and exogenous factors to the home of an organization influence the process of making decisions when it comes to the use of resources a Continue Reading...
Fixtures are considered part of personal property, but in cases where they become a part of real property and cannot be removed, they are considered part of real property. Building on a plot of land is a fixture that is considered part of real prop Continue Reading...
"Yet earnings estimates have acquired a life of their own and often generate more attention from the media and analysts than a company's actual financial results." (Whalen, 2003). More conservative critics of analyst conflicts rules believe that th Continue Reading...
