Ethical Legal Obligations Essays and Term Papers
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Business Ethics
Wikipedia defines ethics as “elements of professional practice that are part of dispute resolution or which have some great potential for: bodily harm, urban planning, medicine, law, politics and theories of civics (Wikipedia, 2005).” Today when a person turns on the news all they hear about is the ethical crises making the headlines. Companies have to protect themselves from ethical issues like embezzlement, fraud, or misuse of company products or services. An ethics statement explains
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Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle In Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle makes the case for the fulfillment of Eudimonea, the greatest happiness and good that a person can achieve. He states that there are 3 ways in which creatures, human specifically go about trying to fulfill Eudimonea. The first is through pleasure, be it sensual, tactile or mental. Through this basic ingredient me experience such things as food, games, and science fiction novels. The 2nd part of Aristotle’s Eudimonea is honor
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Ethical Awareness Inventory
Ethical Awareness Inventory The following paper will examine the ethical inventory for the author. The author will interpret his results from a previously performed ethical awareness inventory and apply them to his personal and professional development. The author will also include a statement explaining how his educational experience has impacted his ethical thinking. The author took a personal ethics inventory in which he outcome stated that the author bases his ethics “on an individual’s duty
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Legality of Same Sex Marriages
Legality of Same-Sex Marriages The proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the most significant issues in contemporary American family law. Presently, it is one of the most vigorously advocated reforms discussed in law reviews, one of the most explosive political questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of
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Why Prostitution Should Be Legal
Why should prostitution be legal? Can anybody tell me what is considered to be the world’s most ancient profession? (doesn’t require education, mostly involves women) Some researchers confirm that prostitution is indeed the most ancient profession, while others argue with it; however, everybody agrees that trading sex for money has existed for quite a while. According to Wikipedia, prostitution began in the 21st century BC in Near East, most likely as a religious custom, and
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Making Ethical Decisions
The requirements for the Unit 1 Individual Project is to review the case study entitled, “Shutdown at Eastland” on page 89 of text book Ethical Theory and Business by authors Tom L. Beauchamp and Norman E. Bowie. After reading the article, the assignment is to develop a plan to close the assembly plant in Eastland, Michigan. This essay will explain the terms of the close, employee notification and provide suggestions for separation benefits. It will
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Abortion Ethics
The argument of abortion has been raging since the Supreme Court case, Roe vs. Wade, in 1973. This court case has divided the country into two factions: pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-life advocates argue that abortions are murder and extreme levels of child abuse. While pro-choice advocates believe abortions are a justifiable means to end pregnancies. The pro-choice argument is that the fetus is not yet a human being and its rights should not override that
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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 I have experienced the benefit of having integrity at my workplace. I was given the task of training a difficult new employee and reporting back to management with daily assessments. My manager trusted that I would keep all of our meetings and correspondence confidential. She also expected
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Legal Aspects of Events in India
Name: Ashton Souza Course: Legal Aspects of Events A report on the legalities faced by event management companies while organizing events. Introduction: As with any business, it is important as it is hated to have laws that govern it. So events too have to be governed by laws and taxes. However special laws have not been formulated since Event management is not deemed as an industry and the general laws given below effect the Event
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Legal Environment of Business
Final Exam Legal Environment of Business 2003 Question 6: Pizza Hut case: Is either franchisor or franchisee liable for sexual harassment? If so, what type of sexual harassment occurred? Please fully explain your answer. In this case, the franchisee is liable for the hostile work environment sexual harassment type. However, the franchisor should not be held liable unless it can be proven that it has central control over the day-to-day employment decisions of the subsidiary.
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Legal Process Paper
Employment laws come from federal, state, and local government sources. Their application depends on factors such as how many people are employed in a given organization, the number of employees in each location, and the minimum number of employees specified in the employment law statute. For example, as of 2005, federal laws such as Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to private employers, employment agencies, educational institutions, and state and local governments
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Global Ethics Collide in online Accounting Education
Global Ethics Collide in Online Accounting Education Dr. Orapin Duangploy, CPA, Fiesta Mart Professor, University of Houston-Downtown Dr. Dahli Gray, CPA, CMA, CFE, Strayer University ABSTRACT Contrasting philosophies (e.g., utilitarian, deontology), this paper addresses global student cultural differences regarding ethical considerations within online accounting education. General comparisons are made within a discussion of equality between traditional face-to-face versus online education. Suggestions are provided to facilitate harmonization of diverse ethical perspectives in online accounting education where
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Ethical Filter Worksheet
Running head: ETHICAL FILTER WORKSHEET Ethical Filter Worksheet 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 I've learned from the early stages in my life that a man only has his integrity to hold on to when all else fails. Throughout my experience working in various law firms and institutions where integrity is
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Ethical Decision War on Iraq
Ethical Decision War on Iraq This is a critical period for the UN. Underlying the discussion about the war on Iraq, is a struggle for the governance of a world order. Will the unilateralism of the US, as the main superpower, dominate-- or will decisions be made multilaterally, through the UN.? Disagreement within the Security Council, as well as world opinion, has been mobilizing with astonishing speed, slowing the American headlong rush to war. Public
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Assessment of Legal Astuteness - Target
Dear Bob, You have asked me audit our company and develop a plan to improve or sustain the legal astuteness level of our company, and to make sure it is a part of everyday business. Astute is defined as having or showing shrewdness and perspicacity, or otherwise a strong knowledge of. The law establishes guidelines, which function as an ethical floor, a line that if crossed will, and should, result in consequences. Therefore legal astuteness
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Legal Aspects of Business in India
CASE SUMMARY Sylvia Cooper, a business school professor was delivering an executive education seminar for 30 senior managers of a fortune 500 company. Coopers secretary sent the material that she required for the presentation on Thursday at 2pm through federal express. Cooper found that the package was missorted by federal express and had been sent to savannah, Georgia. She had a good image about FedEx and always took its example of service for excellence.
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Business Ethics and Religion
Business Ethics 2 Business ethics is certain behavior that a business follows when dealing with people in the business world. Many businesses have made a bad reputation for themselves because they are only interested in making money, an example of this would be the Enron case. Many of today’s top corporations have been fined a lot of money for unethical decisions. Ethical behavior in business improves the well-being of the individuals because it promotes things
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Ethics in the Workplace
When I was first in college I found quickly that I needed a job. The only job I could find within walking distance of my college campus was at Subway making a dime above minimum wage. Within a few months of starting I learned that even the Assistant Manager wasn’t making lots of money; she only made a dollar above minimum wage. The Assistant Manager had a family to support and was working as many
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Ethical Dilemmas in the Insider
Ethical Dilemmas in The Insider The movie The Insider is based on real-life events from the mid-nineties. Jeffrey Wigand was vice president of research at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, but was unsatisfied with the direction that the company was heading. He was fired when he started to vocalize concerns about just how dangerous cigarettes actually were and about the fact that the company was adding chemicals that made the cigarettes even more addictive. An
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Ethical Dilemma: Transparency or Confidentiality?
Corporate scandals at Enron corp., Tyco International Inc. and WorldCom Inc. demand for transparency in public reporting of financial data. It is highly desirable and lawfully required that each organization does diligent efforts to improve transparency in financial reporting as a means for the public to regain the confidence in the business community. It is believed that information sharing is a powerful positive action and an ethical duty of business. Transparency is desirable at all
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Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper
Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Values are a belief, a mission, or a philosophy that are meaningful to a person or organization (Posner). Whether they are personal, organizational, or cultural values, these values not only define ethically acceptable boundaries for the decision-making process, but also steer the individual towards the most socially accepted decision (Finegan). Values are commonly understood as preferences or indicators for what we believe. These values are quite interesting to describe.
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Drug Legalization by Seth Sprague
Page 1. I think that society should permit the use of drugs for recreational purposes. After all, over twenty years of troop sweeps, police actions and military rhetoric, the evidence is all around us. The war on drugs has flopped. It has been more then ineffective and has actually made things worse. We as American citizens have to wake up and realize that there will never be a "drug free" utopia that we have been
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Chemical Restraints and Patient Rights: An Ethical Issue
In a secure psychiatric ward a psychotic patient has abruptly become violent shortly after his last scheduled dose of Ativan. It is three in the morning and the night shift nurse has a decision to make. Should she wake up the psychiatrist and request that he come and assess the patient, or should she administer the PRN medication of Zyprexa that the physician had previously authorized in the patient's chart? According to a strict interpretation
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Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation
Running head: LEGAL ISSUES IN REDUCTION OF WORKFORCE SIMULATION Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation University of Phoenix Enterprise Risk MBA 560 Ronald Ramsey Oct 15, 2007 Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation In the Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation (University of Phoenix, 2007) FastServe Inc. is faced with the need to downsize their organization. In order to make an educated decision in regards to who shall be downsized management has
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Ethics
According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, ethics is “the study of standards of conduct and moral judgment. The system of morals of a particular person, religion, or group. Morals, “is dealing with or capable of distinguishing between right and wrong, of teaching or in accordance with the principles of right and wrong” (2002). As it pertains to the Christian perspective, Nelson’s Bible Dictionary states that biblical ethics is “living righteously, doing what is good and
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