Ethical Perspectives Essays and Term Papers
1,063 Essays on Ethical Perspectives. Documents 51 - 75 (showing first 1,000 results)
-
Analysing the Role of Internal & External Environment, Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics in Parmalat & Awb
ANALYSING THE ROLE OF INTERNAL & EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MANAGERIAL ETHICS IN PARMALAT & AWB By John Geevarghese (ID 21639689) INTRODUCTION : Goal of this assignment is to carefully understand the crucial role of Internal / External Environment, Social responsibility and Managerial ethics in the rise and fall of well known organisations like Parmalat, AWB and others. The only way to understand the active roles of these factors will be by understanding it
Rating:Essay Length: 3,609 Words / 15 PagesSubmitted: November 12, 2009 -
Business Ethics
Describe an ethical problem you have encountered or might encounter in your workplace. How would you approach the problem and reach a decision to solve it? Business ethics defines how a company integrates core values - such as honesty, trust, respect, and fairness - into its policies, practices, and decision-making. Business ethics also involves a company's compliance with legal standards and observance to internal rules and regulations. Business ethics is, in part, the attempt
Rating:Essay Length: 1,773 Words / 8 PagesSubmitted: November 12, 2009 -
Ethical Dilemma Case Study
Ethical Dilemma Case Study Part of my duties at the VA is to update patient information. This is work that we perform mostly as “busy” work. When a patient visits a clinic they are provided with a sheet that asks them if their Name, Address, Phone Number, and Next of Kin information is correct. We have some down time in our office, so this is what we do to fill in the gaps. There
Rating:Essay Length: 297 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: November 12, 2009 -
Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics
Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics Ethics is one part of philosophy that will always be studied, and like most subjects in philosophy, will never be viewed the same by everyone. There are so many cultures that have so many different beliefs about the way a person's life should be lived out. Things like religion, poverty, and mental health all contribute to our beliefs in ethics. Some people believe that the mental state of a person or
Rating:Essay Length: 1,240 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: November 12, 2009 -
Computing Ethics and Cyber Law
1.0 Introduction _____________________________________________________________ Information Technology (IT) is gradually becoming one of the hottest topics globally regardless of which age group you are in. Due to the fact that IT enables us to be more efficient and effective, the demand for technology multiplies yearly. Therefore, there is a rapid growth in the technology industry globally, especially the software industry. For the past few years, Malaysia has been slowly in the Information Technology area. Malaysians are more
Rating:Essay Length: 5,391 Words / 22 PagesSubmitted: November 12, 2009 -
The Sociological Perspective
There are many different perspectives in sociology. There are three main views that are used by almost all sociologists, though. These are the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives. The functionalist perspective emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability (Schaefer 13). Functionalism uses the macro-level approach. Macrosociology concentrates on large-scale phenomena, or entire civilizations (Schaefer 13). The functionalist approach holds that if an aspect of social life doesn’t
Rating:Essay Length: 549 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 12, 2009 -
Ethical System of Inquiry
Ethical System of Inquiry Ethics in Management March 4, 2007 Ethical System of Inquiry "The Code of Business reaffirms what each Motorola employee stands for: Doing the right thing. Every day. No excuses” (Ethics and Code of Business Conduct, 2007). In developing a system of inquiry, I chose to use the ethics code for Motorola Corporation. Motorola's Key Beliefs have been in existence for decades, and Motorola continues to have a strong culture of corporate
Rating:Essay Length: 1,214 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: November 13, 2009 -
The American Drug War – a Conflict Theory Perspective
In the mid to late 20th Century, the United States has experienced several states of Cultural Revolution. The Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the anti-War Movement during the Vietnam era, and the increasing presence of a widespread, politically active and highly vocalized youth counterculture led the United States government to feel that maybe, they were losing control of their population. The white, upper class men, who for centuries had dominated the political realm, began
Rating:Essay Length: 837 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: November 13, 2009 -
Management Planning and Ethics
Management Planning and Ethics Paper Planning, as mentioned in the text, is concerned with the future impact of today’s decisions. Usually, the need for planning is apparent after decisions have been made in The company I work for. I always find that it’s easy to postpone planning and because of it, constant short-run solutions are put into place. In our organization, planning is usually what takes the most time, which we are not given
Rating:Essay Length: 1,148 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: November 13, 2009 -
16 Blocks: Jacks Ethical Dilemma
Jack Mosley’s ethical dilemma – 16 Blocks The movie is about a New York City Police Officer Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) who reluctantly accepts the duty to escort a witness, Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) 16 blocks from the City Jail to the Courthouse. Jack is a detective with considerable experience, dependent on alcohol, operates as a loner who is marking time for retirement and pension. Eddie is a chatterbox who tests Jack’s patience and questions
Rating:Essay Length: 596 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 13, 2009 -
Ethics in Accounting and Financial Decision Making
Ethics in Accounting and Financial Decision Making In today's business world, many organizations place a great emphasis on ethics and the financial decision making process within organizations, however, all organizations don’t have a code of ethics or they apply to someone officers of said organization, with some different according to status. However, experts believe that it should apply to all employees and for those organizations with out a code of ethics; they should provide an
Rating:Essay Length: 583 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 13, 2009 -
Ethics at Work Across Borders
Ethics at work across borders An American businessman was transferred to Italy from the home office in Connecticut. On his first assignment, on a worm July day, he accompanied a shipment of several trucks loaded with butter from Switzerland to the company’s plant in Milan. When the trucks reached the Italian border, they were waived to the side of the road. There they stood as the customs inspectors passed other vehicles through. It soon became
Rating:Essay Length: 4,279 Words / 18 PagesSubmitted: November 13, 2009 -
Accounting Ethical and Legal Obligations Pape
Introduction: Ethics is first of all, the quest for, and the understanding of, the good life living well, a life worth living. It is largely a matter of perspective: puffing every activity and goal in its place knowing what is worth doing and what is not worth doing, knowing what is worth wanting and having and knowing what is not worth wanting and having. The purpose of ethics in business is to direct business man
Rating:Essay Length: 1,157 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: November 13, 2009 -
Sociobiology - Problems with the Sociobiological Perspective
Introduction Sociobiologists believe human behavior has developed through evolution in the same manner that physical characteristics have. They describes how psycho-sexual gender differences have evolved by using a Sociobiological method of explanation. They say that these gender differences are based on two indisputable biological facts. First, humans as biological beings have a propensity for maximizing their reproductive success in order to ensure that their genes will be passed on and they will "survive" through their
Rating:Essay Length: 2,411 Words / 10 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Medical Ethics
There are many responsibilities as a health care provider. There are rules and regulations, there are orders and guidelines to follow. As a nurse, there are many ways to provide non-pharmacological nursing care. For example, restlessness or insomnia can be treated with something as simple as a glass of warm milk and a stomachache can be eased by passing flatulence which is increased by mobility. As a nurse, there are also many pharmacological drug orders
Rating:Essay Length: 852 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Ethical, Religion and Personal Values
Personal, Organizational, and Cultural Values Affect Decision Making in Your Personal and Professional Lives Decision making in our personal, as well as our professional lives, is basically a byproduct of life itself; which is governed by our lifelong experiences and endeavors. In life, we encounter different circumstances that cause us to react in a certain manner; consequently, all reactions are based on our personal and cultural beliefs that are instilled in us at an early
Rating:Essay Length: 1,154 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Ethical Issues - Obedience to Authority
Discuss ethical issues arising from studies of obedience to authority. Ethics are standards which distinguish between what is right and wrong, and psychological studies must comply with certain ethical guidelines. Studies face issues regarding whether the study is acceptable and justified. Some of these guidelines include deception, consent, psychological harm, right to withdraw, confidentiality and a thorough debriefing, which were produced to help psychologists resolve ethical issues in research and protect participants. However, in some
Rating:Essay Length: 521 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Ethics of Decision Making at Workplace
Ethics of Decision Making In The Workplace Abstract Ethical decisions in the workplace can be very difficult to make depending on the situation. Sometimes we must rely on our personal ethics and what is in the best interest of the group or of the individual. Ethical decision making in today’s business world is encountered on a daily basis. Many of the results of decisions are based on company policies or ground rules established. Other decisions
Rating:Essay Length: 1,805 Words / 8 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Business Ethics: A False Hope
Business Ethics: Midterm paper The business world has always relied heavily on contractual agreements while conducting business. These contracts while written in ink, are set in stone. Once your business partner signs his/her name on the dotted line the pact has been sealed and nothing else needs to be said. But what happens when you take away the physical contractual element and everything is agreed upon through one's word? The world of business ethics is
Rating:Essay Length: 1,720 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Work Place Ethics
To have ethical behavior and integrity in the workplace it is essential to create an effective value-based code of ethics that is followed by all. A strong deterrent to unethical behavior is ethical leadership. The perception of an employee is greatly based upon what they hear and more important what they see from their superiors. What then are the downfalls of unethical behavior in the workplace? In today’s workplace, all over the world, you
Rating:Essay Length: 4,183 Words / 17 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Ethics in Movie Wall Street
7/1/2005 LBSU 300 Autism Before completing the assignment of reading “Thinking in Pictures,” by Temple Grandin, I did not have much knowledge about autism. My only understanding was autism was some sort of neurological disorder that is seen similar to mentally handicapped individuals to someone with little understanding, like myself. I am very thankful to have been given an assignment like this one that gives me more knowledge of something I should already have in
Rating:Essay Length: 629 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 14, 2009 -
Crossing the Innovation Chasm: An Industry Perspective
Innovation within the national system of innovation is considered central for economic growth and consequently for addressing the social imbalances currently in existence. It is critical in addressing some of the national priorities, namely, poverty reduction, job creation, sustainable development and improving the quality of life. However, the national system of innovation is constrained by the disconnect between the knowledge generation sector and the commercial sector, referred to as the innovation chasm. It relates to
Rating:Essay Length: 340 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: November 15, 2009 -
Business Ethic
Part I. Case Development Working in Human resources can make it very difficult to meet friends at work. Many Human resources professionals avoid being too friendly with employees outside of the department and there are employees who keep their distance from being too friendly with Human resources personnel. I did break this rule several years ago when we hired a new employee. This employee and I hit it off immediately and we became very good
Rating:Essay Length: 2,730 Words / 11 PagesSubmitted: November 15, 2009 -
Business Ethics
Business Ethics 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
Rating:Essay Length: 2,347 Words / 10 PagesSubmitted: November 15, 2009 -
Robots Are Ethical?
Ethical questions South Korea is one of the world's most hi-tech societies. Citizens enjoy some of the highest speed broadband connections in the world and have access to advanced mobile technology long before it hits western markets. The government is also well known for its commitment to future technology. A recent government report forecast that robots would routinely carry out surgery by 2018. The Ministry of Information and Communication has also predicted that every South
Rating:Essay Length: 319 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: November 15, 2009