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  • Ethics in Business

    Ethics in Business

    Ethics in Business Ethics and Human Resources Ethics commonly refer to the rules or principles that define right and wrong conduct. In the United States, many believe we are currently suffering from an ethics crisis (Ricklets, Robbins & Coulter, 1996). Behaviors that were once thought unacceptable -- lying, cheating, misrepresenting, and covering up mistakes -- have become in many people's eyes acceptable or necessary practices. Managers profit from illegal use of insider stock information and

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Janna
  • Journalism and Ethics

    Journalism and Ethics

    As times change journalism becomes more and more competitive. Deadlines become tighter, the stories become bigger, and publications struggle to be the best. These factors put individual journalists under a great deal of stress. As a result, many journalists fabricate or plagiarize their stories in hope of not necessarily winning a Pulitzer, but in hope of meeting their deadlines and the demands of their readers. It is unfortunate that these unethical, and often illegal,

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Monika
  • Legality

    Legality

    Today the vast majority of authors get little or no income from copyright royalties. For instance, scientific, technical, and academic journals usually pay nothing to their authors, and most scientific, technical and academic books earn only a few hundred dollars in royalties. Newspaper writers work on salary, and so do magazine writers, or they are free lancers who are paid a flat rate, not a royalty. Only a tiny percentage of authors make any significant

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Ethics Theory Table

    Ethics Theory Table

    University Of Phoenix Material ETHICS THEORIES TABLE Directions: Fill in the brief definitions and sub-theories of each ethical theory, and match the real-world examples listed below the table to the corresponding theories. Finally, come up with your own workplace example that fits each theory. Ethical Theory Brief Definition Sub-theories Real-world Example Workplace Example Duty-based Ethics Deontological ethics is the focus on rightness or wrongness of the action itself rather than the consequences of those actions.

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    Essay Length: 453 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Busines Ethics

    Busines Ethics

    BUSINESS ETHICS 2008 Outline : A) General overview. B) Utilitarian theory. C) Kant theory. C) Rawls theory. D) Conclusion. Foreword: This research paper discusses theories in business ethics. It also considers three cases that illustrate ethics principles violation. Thesis: Nowadays in the era of economic relations and international trade business ethics plays a very important role. Nowadays in the era of economic relations and international trade business ethics plays a very important role. It is

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Code of Ethics Paper

    Code of Ethics Paper

    Code of Ethics Paper One thing that accountants take very seriously in our job training as an accountant is the rigorous code of ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This code suggest that accountants maintain independence from clients and they bear equal responsibility for reporting unlawful or misleading information when normal accounting practice would show to the accountant that such information was questionable or false. Ethics has been defined as the

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Jack
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Many people shop everyday without really thinking about where the products they are buying came from, how they were made, and who made them. If they were to find out that many of the products at these stores were made by people working under harsh and unsafe conditions for only pennies per hour, would they still shop there? Wal-Mart is a prime example of this. This is why I believe it is wrong to shop

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Ethical Filter

    Ethical Filter

    Running head: ETHICAL FILTER WORKSHEET Ethical Filter Worksheet Jeff Sealey University of Phoenix Workshop 3 Ethical Filter Worksheet Value Personal Source with Examples Justify the Value’s Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions. Integrity Jeff was raised as a child and mentored in the Air Force that first and foremost, you have to do the right thing, not the popular thing. Jeff has seen

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce

    Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce

    Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Introduction FastServe Inc. is a $25million company involved in the direct marketing of branded sports apparel. They once had two online websites, one for girls and one for boys. The websites didn’t do well and became and expense and subsequently that division had to be disbanded and the websites shutdown. Due to this shutdown, FastServe will now have to reduce its workforce by 10% in an effort to decrease

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Jack
  • Ethical Awareness Paper

    Ethical Awareness Paper

    The American Heritage Dictionary (2000) defined ethics as a set of principles of right conducts; a theory or a system of moral values; the study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person, moral philosophy. In one moment in life all humankind are exposed to an ethical decision. For such reason, having the ability to make good ethical decisions would enable the person to express

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Max
  • Operations Management and Ethics

    Operations Management and Ethics

    Operations Management and Ethics Operations Management (OM) involves the management and the design of products, processes, supply chains and services. Operations management focuses on using the organization’s resources to deliver a product or service that their clients want. The methods in which OM is carried out in any organization depends the nature of the products or services and can include the managing of purchases, inventory control, quality control, storage, logistics and evaluations. Operations management is

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Yan
  • Ethics - the Death Penalty

    Ethics - the Death Penalty

    Ethics: The Death Penalty We have a system of capital punishment that results in infrequent, random, and unpredictable executions, one that is structured to inflict death neither on those who have committed the worst offenses nor on defendants of the worst character. This is the "system" of the death penalty. The practice of capital punishment is as old as government itself. For most of history, it has not been considered controversial. Since ancient times most

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Bred
  • Moral and Ethical Issues

    Moral and Ethical Issues

    Moral and ethical issues greet us each morning in the newspaper, confront us in the fundamentals of our daily jobs, encounter us from our children's daily school activities, and bid us good night on the evening news. We are bombarded daily with discussions of drug abuse, the morality of medical technologies that can prolong our lives, the rights of the homeless and abortion, the fairness of our children's teachers to the diverse students in their

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Introduction to Ethics - What Are We Like, and What Should We Do?

    Introduction to Ethics - What Are We Like, and What Should We Do?

    Ethics "What are we like, and what should we do?" As humans we are faced with many decisions in life, which in and of itself, distinguishes us from the animal kingdom. I'm sure other animals make decisions, but as humans we take into account our values and morals. In choosing which path to take with some of life's decisions, ethics, are often at the center; heavily influencing our choices between what is right and what

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Anna
  • Ethical Filter Worksheet

    Ethical Filter Worksheet

    Ethical Filter Worksheet Value Personal Source with Examples Justify the Value’s Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions. Attention to Detail We have 40,000 real customers whose rate increased because of some tweak in tables in our database. No one noticed until it went live and customers calling with questions. The customers were very angry and this obviously would affect our business as our

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Artur
  • Legalization of Marijuana

    Legalization of Marijuana

    The question of whether marijuana should or should not be legal has asked for many years. Supporters of legalizing marijuana point to the non-dangerous nature of the drug. Those who favor the ban of marijuana say that it is a gateway drug that leads to other more serious substances. Marijuana has been prohibited since the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers 7.5 billion dollars annually. Since 1993, there have been over

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Bred
  • Ethical Dilema

    Ethical Dilema

    Running head: ETHICAL PAPER Ethical Dilemma Christina Romasanta Georgia Southern University JR II Ethical Dilemma During my mental health rotation at John’s Place, I encountered an ethical dilemma. John’s Place is a center for detoxification and rehabilitation for those who have abused alcohol or any other mind-altering drug. In the stabilized side of the unit, the consumers go through and participate in various forms of group therapy. One morning, for group therapy, the counselor was

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation

    Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation

    Running head: LEGAL ISSUES IN REDUCTION OF WORKFORCE SIMULATION Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation Scott University of Phoenix Introduction Fast Serve, Incorporated is a $25 million company whose main product is direct marketing of branded sports apparel. They have recently decided to end their online retail outlet. Because of this draw down, they must also reduce their workforce. For this simulation, they must decide to layoff 3 employees out of the 5 employees

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Bred
  • Ethical Filter

    Ethical Filter

    The decision to pursue a master’s of business administration (MBA) degree is based on the achievement of both professional and personal goals. Upon the completion of the degree, I expect to have a greater opportunity for promotion to upper level management, the ability to be more marketable in the business industry and a sense of personal accomplishment. Professionally, I have career aspirations to become an executive vice president of a fortune 500 company. My mentor

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Marijuana - Why Legal?

    Marijuana - Why Legal?

    Marijuana: Why Criminal? In a country where freedom is the basis of all social life one has to feel that all the laws are made up to protect them, but that is not necessarily true. When one looks at the laws prohibiting the use of marijuana it is hard to see why it is needed. There are a few basic reasons why marijuana should be legal, and although there are nay sayers , no one

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Ethics in Medicine

    Ethics in Medicine

    Now, a new and unexpected force in medicine is pulling back the covers. By taking a close look at small differences in people's genetic codes, researchers and drug companies are beginning to create racially based drugs and treatments. Given the prospect of targeting treatment, some scientists argue that the subject at least ought not to be taboo. Even if race eventually proves to be a crude and insufficient means of understanding genetic differences, it can

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Bred
  • Legal Process Paper

    Legal Process Paper

    Discrimination can be defined as the “treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit and / or unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice” (http://www.dictionary.com ). Employers have to be careful concerning the treatment of their employees not only in the hiring and termination process, but in day to day business as well. When an employee perceives he or she has been discriminated against by his

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Boeing Ethical Resolution

    Boeing Ethical Resolution

    Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Boeing is a major service provider to NASA and operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Boeing has customers in 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales. Boeing employs over 150,000 people across the United States and 70 countries making it one of the most diverse

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: July
  • Should Prostitution Be Legalized Just like Any Other Businesses?

    Should Prostitution Be Legalized Just like Any Other Businesses?

    Prostitution or women trafficking (so called) is one of the oldest trades known to man and even at the present time, while it is illegal in most areas of the United States, it is still employing many women and is solicited by even more men. Prostitution should be decriminalized because we are paying too high a financial and social cost for the ineffective enforcement of laws against it. The money and the law enforcement personnel

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • Ethics in Insurance

    Ethics in Insurance

    Ethics What do you think of when you hear the word ethics? There are many times in our personal and business lives that we will face dilemmas where we will have to decide what is the right choice. Sometimes the unethical choice won’t hurt us immediately, but time passes things tend to catch up with everyone. What, then, is ethics? Ethics refers to well based standards of right and wrong that prescribe what we as

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike

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