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  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Business Ethics Assignment 1 Introduction This essay is to generally discuss how ethical theories provide guides in valuing human being’s behaviours to be ethically good or bad. We also have a look in different ethical theories to see why they are incompatible. The ethical theories include Utilitarianism, Kantian moral theory, virtue ethics and rights theory. Drawing on two of the theories, we will outline their positions and critically discuss the claim in a business situation.

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    Essay Length: 2,070 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Business Legal Issues - Riordan

    Business Legal Issues - Riordan

    Running head: RIORDAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS International Business Legal Issues Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix BUS415 Business Law 03-2-08 Riordan Manufacturing is an industry leader in plastic injection molding with plants in Georgia, Michigan and now China. With the company’s expansion into a global market, the electronic commerce (e-business) will be a beneficial form of commerce that is currently flourishing in the modern world of global business. The Internet is used to buy and sell goods

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    Essay Length: 1,171 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Bred
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Clearly there are two very valid arguments to consider. On one hand the reason why entrepreneurs go into business is the satisfaction of working for themselves and the drive to become successful. In that the freedom to make executive choices are necessary to work toward that success. If that decision-making right is restrained in favor of others than how can a business owner freely operate? On the other hand there are hundreds and sometimes thousands

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    Essay Length: 740 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Dead Man Walking" Ethics Essay

    Dead Man Walking" Ethics Essay

    "Dead Man Walking" The film "Dead Man Walking" raised an important ethical issue about whether a convicted criminal on death row should be allowed to have a spiritual advisor. I think the moral issue of the movie revolves around whether a spiritual advisor, such as a nun, should lend comfort or support to a death row inmate, such as Matthew Poncelet. I think the issue is important because it involves the responsibility of the spiritual

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Incorporating Professional Ethics Throughout an Accounting Curriculum - Ethics Article Review

    Incorporating Professional Ethics Throughout an Accounting Curriculum - Ethics Article Review

    Ethics article Review The article chosen to review is, “Incorporating Professional Ethics throughout an Accounting Curriculum”. This article discusses how many accountant programs struggle to ensure that ethics is set into the business curriculum of a student. Accountant students are training to enter an establishment based on code of conduct and code of ethics. Therefore, accounting programs should accentuate why ethics is a necessary part of the business studies. The assigned reading which is Accounting

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ethics Article Review

    Ethics Article Review

    ETHICS ARTICLE REVIEW Ethics Article Review December 27,2006 Since the early 2000s there have been many accounting scandals that have resulted public confidence to decrease in accountants. Due to these scandals the need for ethical awareness has became more important more than ever. The SEC and many other programs have since been implemented to ensure such scandals will be put to a stop. Accountancy programs have often has wondered how to include ethics into a

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Vika
  • Ethical Nursing Practice

    Ethical Nursing Practice

    NURSES ARE experts on death. Or so many nurses would claim. While doctors legally certify that death has taken place, nurses are the ones who are there for the dying person and their family. Ethical nursing practice includes the prevention or delay of death. In very rare cases, nurses retrieve people from death. When death is inevitable, they prepare the person for the best possible death. Once death has occurred, nurses carry out rituals of

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Ethics in Business Are an Optional Extra ?

    Ethics in Business Are an Optional Extra ?

    Introduction “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits “(Friedman, 1970) Ethics are of huge relevance to the world of work today and are becoming increasingly relevant to almost any business. However ethics are one of the most complicated aspects of business to study and who can say what really is right or wrong? To answer this question fully I intend to examine examples of good and bad ethical behaviour and the impact

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    Essay Length: 1,299 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: David
  • Should New Jersey Legalize Medical Marijuana and Decriminalize Marijuana?

    Should New Jersey Legalize Medical Marijuana and Decriminalize Marijuana?

    You will not endure pain if you become bound to the drug said Galen, a roman physician in context to gladiators consuming opium to numb their battle wounds. For over 4,800 years marijuana has been used for medical purposes. Until the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act banned marijuana and created uncertainty in Americans. Especially with the with the arrival of new drugs like aspirin which became the new pain reliever and marijuana came to be known

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    Essay Length: 250 Words / 1 Pages
    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Victor
  • Ethics Case Analysis

    Ethics Case Analysis

    The Analyst’s Dilemma (A) This case presents a very typical situation that people encounter while working in the corporate environment. What is ethical, what is morally correct and what is just right out against the law are the questions that we all face while working in a corporate environment. Some of the ethical questions are governed by the law facing the situation. For example while working in an investment bank you most probably have access

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    Essay Length: 1,679 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Ethical Imperative

    Ethical Imperative

    THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE Today’s businesses are entrenched in a great conflict. The interests of the stockholders and the interests of the populace at large seem to be in constant turmoil. On one hand, stockholders desire profit for themselves, and on the other, the general population does not care to be exploited by those whose sole motive is profit. This is a conflict because those who buy a business’s products tend to be in the general

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    Essay Length: 281 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Liberal Views on Drug Legalization

    Liberal Views on Drug Legalization

    There has been a debate on legalizing drug use for quite some time now. Most legalizers are liberals, and their views on drug policy are consistent with liberal views on other issues. This paper will outline the liberal view of legalizing drugs. Liberals do not generally trust individuals to make reasonable choices about drug use, and they think government should adopt policies that attempt to discourage drug use. But liberal legalizers do not like using

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    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Yan
  • Cultural Values and Personal Ethics

    Cultural Values and Personal Ethics

    Cultural Values and Personal Ethics How personal, organizational, and cultural values affect decision making in my personal and professional life is the basis of this paper. This is a vast topic to be covered that requires much reflection and research. We frequently talk about ethics and values in our life, but what are these values and ethics, and how do they affect our lives? According to author David Peters, (2003) "Personal ethics have been defined

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    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Ethics and Profesionalism

    Ethics and Profesionalism

    Ethics and the Professions - Case Analysis 1. Name: Syed Suhaib 2. Semester: Summer 2001 3. Case #: 1 4. Reference: A Few Good Men (Movie 1992) 5. Summary: The movie is about two marines indicted for the murder of a fellow marine in their platoon. Private First Class (PFC) William Santiago died because of lactic acidosis triggered by the assault inflicted by Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Lowden Downey. This assault was the

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Anna
  • Ethics and Social Responsibility

    Ethics and Social Responsibility

    Richie Dunn 2/4/2006 ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Ethics and Social Responsibility in business and government today are very important subjects. There are numerous reasons for businesses to operate in an ethical and socially responsible manner. There are government regulations, corporate belief systems, and basic common sense. There needs to be a overall intent to be ethical and socially responsible in today’s business environment in order to stay successful. Ethics in Business In business today there

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Marketing and Ethics (united Colors of Benetton)

    Marketing and Ethics (united Colors of Benetton)

    Often regarded as a leader in the multinational marketing industry, United Colors of Benetton continues to face the challenge of effectively marketing clothes across racial, cultural, and religious borders. Renowned for using social issued-themed pictures to promote its brand, Benetton has strayed from traditional marketing techniques to provide customers with an idea of the many issues that plaque societies from continent to continent. This unique approach has been met with extreme emotions, and people

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Ethical Issues in Admissions Policies

    Ethical Issues in Admissions Policies

    Ethical issues in admissions policies Learning institutions must constantly be aware of ethical issues pertaining to their admissions policies. The United States Education Department created guidelines that are governed by scores on Standard Achievement Tests. There are cases when institutions have used affirmative action to protect students with scores that would not allow them access unless affirmative action was utilized. Many opposed this practice stating it was biased toward females and minorities. Administrators must be

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Bred
  • Merck - Ethical Decisions

    Merck - Ethical Decisions

    Merck is a multinational pharmaceutical company established in 1891. Merck researches, discovers, develops, manufactures and markets numerous vaccines and medicines through far-reaching programs that help deliver them to the people who need them. Although Merck publishes unbiased, not necessarily the same biases used when preparing research (Bazerman, 2006), health information as a not-for-profit service, it appears that Merck misused data to delay the decision to withdrawal Vioxx. It goes without question that Merck indeed successfully

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Bred
  • Ethical Filter Worksheet

    Ethical Filter Worksheet

    Running head: ETHICAL FILTER WORKSHEET Ethical Filter Worksheet YOUR NAME University of Phoenix 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/Honesty In my experience, being dishonest in business can hurt many other aspects of your life (for example, personal relationships). Many years ago, I used to date a very successful business owner who months into our

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Anna
  • Pharmaceutical Marketing Ethics

    Pharmaceutical Marketing Ethics

    The discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of medicines always involve questions of ethics. For example increasing pressure by governments to reduce healthcare expenditures potentially creates ethical issues for sales and marketing employees as they work to grow in the business. The healthcare industry is highly regulated and most pharmaceutical companies are committed to operating within the law. They have developed their own policies and guidance to ensure that all employees meet the highest ethical standards

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Ethical Perspective

    Ethical Perspective

    Ethical Perspective In the following paper I am going to describe the four different ethical perspectives. I will start by describing my own personal ethical perspective as described by the University of Phoenix Ethical Awareness Inventory. After I describe my personal ethical perspective I will evaluate all four of the ethical perspectives starting with character/virtue based. I will then continue with obligation/ deontology based and results/utilitarianism based. I will conclude with a brief description of

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    Essay Length: 1,153 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Yan
  • Harmful Legalization

    Harmful Legalization

    Harmful Legalization The United States government has seen fit to pass laws prohibiting the sale, manufacture, and possession of dangerous and destructive substances such as marijuana. In opportunistic and negligent haste, fringe aspects of society are seeking to undo laws regarding the restriction of marijuana. These factions have ignored the risks associated with marijuana, falsified information regarding its medical use, and ignore the greater issue with regards to the legalization of harmful substances. LSD, angle

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    Essay Length: 1,023 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Ethical Perspective Paper

    Ethical Perspective Paper

    Introduction In this paper, I will be discussing the four ethical perspectives 1) Character/Virtue 2) Obligation/Deontology 3) Results/Utilitarianism 4) Equity/relativism. I will also be discussing my own results from the Ethics Awareness Inventory. What are my Ethical Perspective and Ethical Style? Character/Virtue What does character/virtue focus on? Character/virtue focuses on having a good principle of moral. An individual that has a good moral of principal has a strong behavior and belief in being honest. People

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

    Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

    The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics on the IACP web page serves the same purpose as the comparable code of ethics for many other public servant agencies. Chiefly and principally I believe they are a set of values that are not just the stated policy of conduct expected of law enforcement officials. They are a set of values that the officers who swear their allegiance to not only abide by but should believe in out

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Business Ethics Ethics is a branch of philosophy that inquires into the nature of ultimate value and the standards by which human actions can be judged right or wrong (“ethics,” Collegiate). Ethics is not primarily concerned with the description of moral systems in societies. That task, which remains on the level of description, is one for anthropology or sociology. In contrast, ethics deals with the justification of moral principles. A Brief History of the Study

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    Essay Length: 250 Words / 1 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Anna