Ethical Consumer Essays and Term Papers
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Operations Management and Ethics
Richard Branson once wrote that, “If you run one business well, you can run any business well.” (Business). In one short sentence, Branson defined his vision of operations management. Regardless of the business being a record label, an airline, or a cellular phone company, operations management is a process of implementing policies and tasks as necessary to satisfy ownership, employees, and customers (Operations Management). Operations management is also the management of the processes that
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Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics Although Aristotle values friendship, justice and contemplation, friendship and justice are virtues essential for human happiness because contemplation for a human being can be too much to handle. In order for any human being to be happy they must surround themselves with friends and have many friendships. Aristotle considers a friend to be “someone who wishes for and does good things, or things that seem good, for the sake of the other person,
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Ethics in College Admissions
Admissions Essays Most state colleges, as well as, private colleges are asking that prospective students submit an essay based on certain criteria before they can even begin the admissions process. When an essay is written by the prospective student at least two college employees may read the paper and decide based on what the person wrote if they should be admitted to the college. These essays can range from extracurricular activities to why they want
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Ethics in a Workplce
1. Introduction Introduction describing a particular ethical dilemma in the workplace goes here. Paper responds to the questions associated with the case United Virtualities is an online marketing firm that seeks to help companies with their technology by preventing consumers from deleting cookies from their cache memory. United Virualitities’ theory is that the online shopper is ‘technologically challenged’. Meaning that the internet shopper does not know when to delete or keep cookies. Cookies are vital
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Ethics Scenario
Each team should respond in paragraph form to the questions that follow the scenarios presented below. Any disagreements or complications that occur within the team regarding the correct response should be noted in the Learning Team Reflection Worksheet for the week. Individual After the teams have completed their responses, each member should consider his or her individual responses and reactions to the various ethical perspectives. Rate yourself on the scale at the end of this
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Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Business ethics and corporate social responsibility have become an increasing area of focus for organizations today. However, this has not always been the case in the American business environment. Chapter three “Conducting Business Ethically and Responsibly” (R.W. Griffin & R.J. Ebert, p.56 - p.87) concentrates on the development of ethical codes of conduct as it relates to business. The chapter also focuses on the social responsibility an organization holds in relation to everyday decision making.
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The Concept of Business Ethics
The concept of business ethics has tried to change the way businesses operate over the years. Business ethics is a form of ethics that governs the actions of businesses to circumvent the affects business has on every day society. But some question its effectiveness in the application of capitalism. Several case studies have shown that this is the case; many companies place the pursuit of money in front of the pursuit of virtue. Although, the
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Ethics
Some people feel that ethics only has to do with the individual who does wrongdoing and has nothing to do with the organization beliefs of a company as a whole. This has been found to be completely false and these ethical wrongdoings reflect the core values of an organization and can be influenced strongly by management. Two specific examples of corporate wrongdoings involve Sears automotive and Beach-nut Nutrition. In both cases, the companies lacked a
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Ethical and Legal Obligations
The FASB, SEC, and PCAOB Ethical financial reporting is critical to ensure consumer confidence within an economy. Accounting entries record cash transactions in the form of financial reports. Financial reporting is used to interpret and analyze business activities for the purpose of investing and efficient management. Misrepresentations, whether intentional or accidental, can send the wrong signal to interested parties resulting in wrong decisions being made. Companies have an ethical and legal obligation to financial reporting.
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Advertising Ethics
The age of advertising today is not what it used to be years ago. Pharmaceutical companies are spending on average billions of dollars to market their drugs directly to the consumers. With this comes a potential harm to some consumers due to the fact that they feel like they are free to ask for anything that may stop the symptoms they have. Should the FDA take a stand in putting a stop to how certain
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Organizational Behavior Trends: Ethics and Technology Influences
Abstract Managers must be concerned with questions such as how do ethics influence the decision-making process and how is work-related stress affected by technology. Ethics in business is not a new issue. In 1550, Charles V of Spain contemplated the status of the natives discovered in the New World. Should they be slaves or be assigned a higher status? As of today, management is still affected by business ethics and needs to be aware of
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Ethics Theories
Kevin Faini Communication Ethics Professional Code Paper January 26, 2006 Being a future Public Relations Practitioner, I chose the Public Relations Society of America’s Code of Ethics to help answer the assigned questions dealing with professional code. The code I am using was adopted in 2000 and is the set of code that all Public Relations Society member is instructed to use in order to carry out their work in an ethically responsible nature. 1)
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Iphone and Ethical Issues
On June 29, 2007, Apple Inc. launched sales of the iPhone at Apple and AT&T stores across the country. Many hours earlier, enthusiastic customers lined up outside stores to get the first iPhone in their hands. The iPhone is more than just a breakthrough mobile-phone device. It is a strategy that may expand Apple’s sphere of influence. Apple elegantly combined a mobile phone, mp3 player, and personal digital assistant (PDA) on the same machine characterized
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Roy Moore’s Ethics
Moore-ily Ethical A few thousand years ago on Mount Sinai, Moses was given the Ten Commandments, carved in stone, and proclaimed them as laws of God which were to rule supreme over the Israelites. In August of 2001, a monument of the Ten Commandments, also carved in stone, was mounted in the rotunda of the State Judicial Building by Judge Roy Moore. However, people are questioning Roy Moore’s intentions when he used a governmental
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Ethics of Xenotransplantion
With the transplant waiting list growing every day because of a lack of human organ donors, there is much talk of xenotransplantation (the use of animal organs and tissues for transplantation in human) among the scientific community. With the many technological and medical advances, it is quite possible to use organs, or parts of organs to save a life. There have been debates back and forth whether or not this is considered an ethical
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Ethics Case
6. Mae Tom went to Kresge’s store on November 15, 1977, slipped, and fell on a clear substance on the floor. No one ever determined what the substance was, but Kresge’s did sell soft drinks in the store, and customers could walk around with their drinks. Ms. Tom wishes to recover for her injuries. Can she do so? [Tom v. S.S. Kresge Co., Inc., 633 P2d 439 (Ariz. Ap. 1981] I believe Ms. Tom can
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Ethical Issues: Walmart
“WAL-MART SUCKS …. Life out of our communities.” This bumper sticker became the start of a long thought process. As I researched and pondered this small and simple line, I decided that another should be added to this sticker. It should say, “Wal-Mart sucks… life out of our communities, our people, and smaller underdeveloped countries.” In this essay I will focus on one of the many ethical issues surrounding Wal-Mart, labor rights and the
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Deontology- Business Ethics
Good will is based upon Immanuel Kant’s moral reasoning and theory, whereas all individuals have certain moral rights and duties, and all have the moral right to be treated as free and equal. Kant’s theory is similar to the golden rule “Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you”. Good will stems from this theory and it’s important because it is the only good as Kant puts it “without qualification”, meaning
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Ethical Behavior in Management and Business
Ethical Behavior in Management and Business Ethics is the term we give to our concern for good behavior. Its human nature to not only is concerned with our own personal well being, but also that of others and of human society as a whole. Basically, treat others how you would like to be treated. Business ethics is very similar to normal every day ethics. It is related in a way that it involves being fully
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Business Ethics
Ethics in Business - From a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. In general, a stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows in the aggregate. The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly it can cause minor glitches as well
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Ethics and Worldcom
In the case of WorldCom, a national company that began in 1983 and would provide long-distance telephone services, it is hard to determine where the problem begins. The case, as explained in the book, has never really found the core of the problem. We are told that financial reports were falsely created and improper accounting practices were found, but who is to blame? The textbook tells us that several of the former top financial executives
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Consumer Behavior Audit of Partylite
Consumer Behavior Audit of PartyLite Market Segmentation A. External influences 1. PartyLite products are typically bought by affluent to middle income females. The social class associated with PartyLite is either Upper Americans or Middle Class groups who holds their home’s appearance as important. 2. Although either gender can use the product, PartyLite products are typically purchased by females. Due to the nature of how the candles are sold, though in-home parties directed towards female social
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Personal Ethical Codes
Benjamin Ross Bunnell Ethic: Final Paper Wirtz December 17, 2001 Personal Ethical Codes This is really the first time I've been asked to give description of the ethical codes I live by, so I'll narrow them down the best I can. This papers main theme is "My ethical codes," but I want to show you how I plan to conduct myself in and out of the publics' eyes as a student and in the future
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Importance of Responsive Replenishment in Consumer Products and Retail Industries
Introduction It has been said that the only thing more difficult than being indifferent to India is to attempt to describe or understand India completely. Most retail and consumer products companies are no longer indifferent to India. It is the fourth largest economy in the world, in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and is expected to rank third in 2010, just behind the United States and China. Moreover, recent liberalization of Foreign Direct Investments
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Cultural Values and Personal Ethics
When a person tries to sit down and write out how his or her feelings or go about in his or her life dealing with cultural values and personal ethics, he or she may look at themselves in a whole new light. He or she would think that whatever their cultural values are they should coincide with their personal ethics and for most people this may not always be the case. As I took the
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