Ethical Filter Essays and Term Papers
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Ethics and Technology
Ethics and Technology Why is ethics important in an organization? When employees in a company make decisions to act unethically, they affect not only the business itself, but also its shareholders, employees and customers. Employees make a myriad of choices everyday in business, if unethical; they can damage a company's productivity, profits, and reputation. Unethical decisions can come in many forms, the employee who conducts personal business on company time to the production worker who
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Marketing Ethics
Ethics are a set of beliefs which influence how individuals, groups and society behave. Ethics need to be taken into account when marketing a business. Businesses have a social responsibility. The impact of their product and activities on society must be ethical. Ethical responsibilities refer to the moral basis for business activity and whether what the business does is ‘right’. Advertising and promotion are important marketing tools that, when implemented, must be ethical. For example,
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Ethics in Marketing Communication
Ethical Challenges in Marketing Communication Ethics play an integral role in the development and sustenance of any personal or business relationship. Ethics determine the acceptable behaviors within a society and the overall behaviors of a business. Marketers must understand the impact ethics have on marketing communications and develop Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) strategies accordingly. This paper will discuss various ethical challenges facing marketers today, identify internal and external factors on IMC, and formulate two ethical
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International Ethics Paper
Riordan Manufacturing is an industry leader in the manufacturing of plastic injection molding. Currently, Riordan Manufacturing employs 550 people and has annual earnings of nearly $46 million. Their parent company, Riordan Industries, exceeds $1 billion dollars per year in revenue. Currently, Riordan markets their products predominately in the United States but are in the process of developing an International marketing campaign for several countries in Europe with an emphasis on Germany. Ethical business practices
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Pollution: Business Ethics
Pollution is the act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pollution). Pollution is a universal problem. It seems that many businesses and people are unaware of the effect that pollutants have on people. Car exhaustion, tobacco smoking, dumping waste, and emission from factories and plants are just a few ways to pollute our ozone. I will
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Center for Ethics and Business
'Center for Ethics and Business 1. Philosophical ethics Ethics is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human actions. Philosophical ethics differs from legal, religious, cultural and personal approaches to ethics by seeking to conduct the study of morality through a rational, secular outlook that is grounded in notions of human happiness or well-being. A major advantage of a philosophical approach to ethics is that it avoids the authoritarian
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The Influence of Ethics on Decision Making
The Influence of Ethics on Decision Making Ethics can have a big influence on decision-making in the workplace. Ethical behavior in the workplace is behavior that is accepted as morally “right,” rather than “wrong.” (Organizational Behavior). Unethical behavior can be considered illegal, or merely against the norms of society. Employees encounter ethical decisions every day in the workplace, whether they realize it or not. The stock boy must make a decision on whether it is
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Own Ethic
I'd never really thought of placing my own ethics in this site but as several people have asked to this list, I thought "Well, why not?" I began like most people, with a basic concept of being honest, and over the years added to this 'code of ethics' and refined it to what it is right now. Often I have found myself doing things just because I "have always done it this way", not thinking
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Ethical Dillema
Analysis Paper 2: Ethical Dilemma Last summer I had an opportunity to intern for a regional public accounting firm just outside of Philadelphia. During the internship, I encountered my first real on the job “ethical dilemma.” I had been working at the firm for probably 3 weeks before the incident occurred. It happened on a Friday in late June. This was no ordinary Friday, as all of the partners of the firm were out of
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Ethical Reveiw of Lockheed Deal
Carl Kotchian's decision in the Lockheed, Japan business contract was the right decision. Bribes were big part of Japanese business in the 1970's. By accepting the deal, Kotchian provided jobs for thousands of employees for the Lockheed Company. The deal also took care of the Lockheed shareholders, and their families. Conducting business globally in the 1970's sometimes meant paying bribes, or kickbacks to guarantee the deal. Although bribery was not an accepted practice in the
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Health Care Ethics
The basic rights of human beings, such as concern for personal dignity, are always of great importance. During illness, however, these rights are extremely vital and must be protected. Therefore, healthcare providers should make an effort to assure that these rights are preserved for their patients. Likewise, health care providers have the right to expect reasonable and responsible behavior on the part of our patients, their relatives, and friends. This is where the patient's bill
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Advertising Ethics
Advertising is important, because it is informative and beneficial for people to know that a product or service exists. The goal of advertising is to create awareness of the product/ service, establish an identity, provide memorable information, and convince people they're better off it. There's also a truth behind the fact that most of these products/ services advertised aren't needed. But I will agree mostly on the side that advertising is information. It's there to
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Business Ethics
Business ethics is a form of the art of applied ethics that examines ethical rules and principles within a commercial context, the various moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business setting, and any special duties or obligations that apply to persons who are engaged in commerce. Business ethics can be both a normative and a descriptive discipline. As a corporate practice and a career specialization, the field is primarily normative. In academia
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Ethical Relativism and Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin states “ See, in order to improve oneself, one must have some idea of what’s good. That implies certain values”. I believe Calvin is using Ethical relativism here, meaning he does what is right because his culture states that it is right. And I feel that he is saying basically what you feel is right for yourself is right because it’s the moral thing to do. I feel that Calvin did not set
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Treating Aids: A Global Ethical Dilemma
Key Issue: The vast majority of the people infected with HIV and has AIDS do not live in developed countries and do not have an access to therapies. Local governments cannot afford vast reimbursements of health care products and that dispense the citizens of the lifesaving “cocktails”. The issue is complicated by the fact that developing countries have poor infrastructure, poor health care systems and poverty that prevent the distribution of anti-AIDS drugs. The international
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Unforeseen Bonds: Hardin's Rhetoric in “lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping The Poor”
Unforeseen Bonds: Hardin’s Rhetoric in “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping The Poor” As Andrew Kuper, a Fellow of Trinity College of Cambridge and researcher of philosophy, politics, and the modern world, once said “Since the costs to ourselves may be significant, how much ought we to sacrifice?” (Kuper, 1). A direct correspondence of such can be seen in the work of Garrett Hardin, specifically “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping The Poor,” versus Peter
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Martin Luther Kings Christian Ethics in Politics
Henry A. History 390 February-12-2007 Title: Martin Luther Kings Christian Ethics In Politics Thesis: Martin Luther King commitment to economic and social justice went beyond the reflection and dived in the arena of active life. His ethical religious background helped shape his though on civil disobedience for the betterment of minorities. Martins legacy of civil disobedience was rooted in his refusal to separate religious faith and moral considerations from politics, legal matters, and social reform.
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Business Ethics
Business Ethics From a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very good proposition. In general, a stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows quickly. The obvious downfalls when working in this manner are 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 as problems that can carry
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Hacker Ethic Response
In many ways the hacker ethic has helped in the development and furthering of the Internet. For example, the development of programs such as Napster and Limewire have forced companies to find ways to protect their media and take action against people who break copyright laws. As hackers continue to improve and breakthrough barriers, the media world has to constantly be working to improve and prevent these hackers from breaking through. Hacking also has negative
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Ethical Perspective on Assisted Suicide
Ethical Perspective on Assisted Suicide In every state in the United States of America, except Oregon, it is illegal to assist any person in ending their own life. It does not matter what the condition of the person is, how sick, or how much pain they are in. Have you ever considered what position you would take if you or one of your loved ones were in the situation where they would rather end their
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Ethical Computer Hacking
Have you ever been a victim of a cyber crime? Something as simple as a weird pop up that won’t go away? Or maybe something a little bit more serious like your personal web page gets hi-jacked? All this “malicious” damage that causes you much grief isn’t so much the work of a hacker, per se, but more the work of a “cracker” or a “script kiddie”. Now you’re confused right? Well let’s just say
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Ethics Article Review
Ethics Article Review Ethical behavior applies to everyone in their personal and professional lives, ethics are essential for professionals such as accountants because people trust them with their finances, and livelihood. "Ethical values provide the foundation on which a civilized society exists. Without the foundation, civilization collapses" (Smith, para. 1, 2003). In private industry and Government ethical accounting is a requirement for any organization to be successful. If the numbers being input are incorrect or
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The Ethics of Abortion
The Ethics Of Abortion Essay written by Anonymous Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? First before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mothers womb. This
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Higher Immediacy Contrasted with Ethical and Aesthetic
Question: Explain higher immediacy by contrasting it with the ethical and the aesthetic. Higher immediacy or religious faith is the most important achievement made by a person because only faith offers an individual to have a chance to become a "true self". Self is what is done throughout life which God judges for infinity. Consequently, humans have a huge responsibility because those decided choices in life constitute the eternal salvation or damnation. With the religious
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Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues Differ on B2c Vs. B2b Paper
In order to evaluate the differences between a B2C site and a B2B site it is required to know what B2C and B2B represent. B2C is a consumer that shops on the Web and a B2B is a transaction conducted between businesses on the Web (Schneider, 2004). Reviewing ethical, legal and regulatory will provide a better understanding of what the requirements are for a B2B and B2C site. According to dictionary.com, ethical is being in
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