Ethical Legal Obligations Essays and Term Papers
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Ethical Issues for Sales Persons
The major typical ethical issues for sales people and sales managers – review the types, causes and make suggestions on how to address. Ethical conflict is defined as occurring when an individual feels pressure to take actions that are inconsistent with what he or she feels to be right (Correlates p. 343) Whilst analysis of ethical conflict and the various ethical issues is relevant in many aspects of business, it is particularly important in the
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Marijuna: Should It Be Legalized and Is It Harmful
Title: SHOULD MARIJUANA BE LEGAL AND IS IT HARMFUL General Purpose: Speech to Persuade Specific Purpose: To get my audience to be pro on legalizing marijuana Thesis Statement: Marijuana isn't harmful and should be legalized Organizational Pattern: Cause and Effect To the AIDS or cancer patient, marijuana is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional value and is a source of
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Motorola Ethics
Business Plan Component Company Name: Motorola Team Name: Team Four Sources: 1) http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=-107 2) http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/10/26/motorola-bluetooth- lawsuit 3) http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=46-157 Weekly Stock Prices: Wednesday, 02/21/2007 - $18.90 Friday, 02/23/2007 - $19.15 Monday, 02/26/2007 - $19.25 Motorola has a code of ethics (known as their Code of Business Conduct) that commits to a strict standard of integrity. Motorola upholds a system where employees are mandated to show constant respect, abstain from harassing or abusing at any time, and
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Legalizing Mothers
One in 10 children born in the US is born to illegal immigrants every year (Doyle, 2003, ¶18). According to the 14th Amendment citizenship is a birthright obtained regardless of where the parents were born (Bulkeley, 2005, ¶5). In the state of Arkansas there has been a dramatic increase, by 10 fold, of children born to immigrants legal or illegal (Camarota, 2005, ¶58). The parents of US citizens however are not granted the same right
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Work Ethic
As a child we are raised to follow certain rules and regulations and are taught to behave according to our parents’ morals and beliefs. The problem is when we become adults and enter the workforce, we find that some places of employment are aligned with our beliefs and morals and some operate totally against them. Most believe that work ethic comes from within. Our morals and values tend to determine how we behave in the
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Ethics and Steroids
Many athletes of all ages are turning towards performance enhancing drugs as a way of improving their performance by giving them that extra edge. This is not only wrong but its cheating and harmful to the athlete. Performance enhancing drugs have been around for hundreds of years. The Incas of the South America country Peru used the burned leaves of coca trees to give them great amounts of energy when faced with battles, hunts, ect.
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Abortion - Should the Government Have the Legal Power to Take Away a Woman's Right to Make Decisions Regarding Her Own Body?
Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in America today. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth. There are approximately 1.5 million abortions every year in this country. Abortion was made legal in the 1970s. However, pro-life activists argue that it is murder. Should the government have the legal power to take away a woman's right to make decisions regarding her own body? An abortion results in the death of an embryo or
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Legalizing Gambling in Ohio
Legalizing Gambling in Ohio Just a decade ago gambling was limited to two cities in the United States, Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Today there are only two states that don’t have some form of legalized gambling, such as lotteries or bingo. Since commercial casino gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931, the public attitude toward gambling has shifted from prohibition to permissiveness. Pamela M. Prah discovered in 2004, that there are “11 states that
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Legalize Marijuana
Legalize Marijuana To the AIDS or cancer patient, marijuana is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional value and is a source of cooking oil and vitamins. To the paper or cloth manufacturer, it is the plant that provided much of our paper and clothing for hundreds of years and produces four times more fiber per acre than trees. To the
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
Should Marijuana Be Legalized? In this year of the millenium, the American populace, even while in the midst of the most prolonged economic boom in the history of the Republic, is confronted with some serious problems. Any randomly chosen group of people asked to list the most dangerous of these, would include among their immediate answers: “The Drug Problem”. By the “Drug Problem”, do they mean the proliferation in our communities of all illicit, mood-altering,
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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 as problems that can
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Ethics
Running header: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS Case Study Analysis Case Study Analysis In today's Corporate America, diversity is highly emphasized. Starbucks website has an entire section detailing the diversity of the company and why it is so important. Interesting to know is that Corporate America has not always been seeking the limelight when it came to diversity. For a long time it was Corporate American was the white mans world. Things have definitely change and action
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Operations Management and Ethics
Operations Management and Ethics Zeivier Reyes Operations Management and Ethics Operations Management is a competitive strategy that optimizes design, operation, and improvement of decisions made about facilities, inventories, capacity, performance, quality control, purchasing, and so forth(Russell, & Taylor, 2003). Operations management is about the way organizations produce goods and services. The function itself can engage up to 80 per cent of an organization’s resources, including labor, equipment and capital needs. In an era where
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Ethical Business View of New Belgium Brewing
Colorado Technical University Case Analysis #3 Business Ethics Robert Baretich August 24, 2007 Many of the case analysis in this book contain companies who have been under scrutiny for its ethical behaviors. There are some that provide great examples of how an ethical business should run. Through excellent use of social responsibility, employee compensation, and a good product, the New Belgium Brewing Company stands out as an excellent example. The New Belgium Brewing Company
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Ethics in Accounting
Introduction Ethics in accounting and financial decision making is important in today's business world. Many organizations put emphasis on ethics and the financial decision making process with the organization and expect that auditors, managers and accountants will behave in an ethical manner. There are many factors that inspire organizations to assure and push ethical policies. In the last seven years, the world has witnessed stunning financial collapse in many companies that were ranked among the
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Ethics
Ethics It is no secret that the primary goal of all for-profit companies is to maximize shareholders’ equity. One critical difference that distinguishes companies from each other is how ethical they are in their business practices. Thousands of firms and individuals are investigated for fraudulent activity every year. There are both negative and positive implications in striving for higher profit margins. The decision makers of a firm are forced to weigh the likelihood of possible
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Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper
Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper A value is a principle, a standard, or a quality considered worthwhile or desirable. Ethics is a system of moral values that govern a person’s conduct. Values and ethics, together, define a person. Just as individuals subscribe to values, so do organizations and businesses; an examination of any successful company would lead to the conclusion that their subscribing to a value system was the key to their success. Conversely,
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Ethical Behavior and Corporate Social Responsibility
Ethical Behavior and Corporate Social Responsibility Ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility go hand in hand. Business ethics is very similar to normal every day ethics in that it involves being fully aware of what we are doing, including the complications and consequences of our actions. Being aware of ethics in business requires us to be aware of two things. First, we have to have a need with complying with rules, such as laws, customs
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Legal Analysis of the Jena 6 Scenario
Justice is blind. The old euphemism advocates the necessity of impartiality and objectivity in the courts. Seeing crimes for what they are, violations of the law, and not for what they are made out to be. Take for example the case of the "Jena Six", six black students; beat a white student close to death. The case of the Jena Six started out as a High School brawl, which landed a student in the hospital.
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The Legalization of Marijuana
PAPER 1.. THERE IS THREE The legalization of marijuana is a controversial issue that has been fought for and against for several decades. Marijuana is defined as a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant, which is usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria and to heal and soothe (dictionary.com). In the 1930s, the American media spread numerous false stories that marijuana was an extremely dangerous drug and therefore
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Inequality in Legal System
4/17/05 Inequality Paper Inequality in the Legal System In the United States, true equality has never existed. From the Declaration of Independence to modern times, the US legal system has failed at any attempt at equality. ‘...all men are created equal...’ may be what the Declaration says, but ‘some men are more equal than others’ is how the legal system really interprets that phrase. The actual reality of the Declaration of Independence is that all
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Ethics in Accounting
Ethics in Accounting UOP Financial Analysis for Managers I 431 Jun 20, 2007 Ethics in Accounting Ethics and accounting are not always good partners. So many people in positions of power are tempted to cheat; and they do, often. From Enron to Global Crossing, there is no shortage of five finger discounts and dishonesty in the corporate world. Even a company like Bristol Meyers Squibb can be affected by this type of corporate cancer.
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The Abortion Morality Ethics Dilemma
The Abortion Morality Ethics Dilemma Case for discussion: “A 29-year-old married woman is a candidate for a vice presidential position at a large public relations firm. Although she has been taking birth control pills for some time, she now learns that she is pregnant. After considering all of her options, she concludes that a maternity leave to have the baby would cost her the promotion. She also thinks that she might want to have a
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Buisiness Ethics
Introduction Ethics can be considered the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group (Austin, 2006). It is vital for any business to have suitable ethical guidelines in place, especially in the health care industry. To ensure the productivity of an organisation, the manager must have values grounded on ethical principles. These vales assist in leading the organizations policies and principles and help determine how successful
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Legalization of Marijuana
Should marijuana be legalized? To some people it is a no, and to others it is a yes. My own personal view is no that it should not be legalized for various reasons. Marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, which means there are currently no known medical uses for it, therefore, possession in any amount is deemed illegal and punishable by federal law. Drug use causes serious problems in our society today. Legalizing
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