...7 Step Case Analysis Copyright infringement has been a recurrent ethical issue that has revealed its presence in a multitude of industries throughout the realm of business for numerous years now. Of the thousands of products that have been reproduced and distributed without the authorized use of the copyright holder, it can be argued that the downloading of music is one of the most controversial matters pertaining to this era of mass internet usage. One of the most significant examples of such a case can be found in the Napster copyright infringement that occurred early in the twenty-first century. Napster proves to be a unique and worthy example for the reason being that the online file sharing service had been recognized to directly infringe the exclusive rights of artistes by freely distributing their musical projects online. Napster was developed in 1999 by Sean Fanning and Sean Parker, and it served as an independent, internet-based peer-to-peer file sharing service. The service used digital technology that created the opportunity for users to transmit and retain sound recordings. The service quickly gained immense popularity especially among students across the United States, who became the largest proportion of Napster’s subscribers. As Napster’s reputation grew, several recording companies such as A&M via the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) began to contest Napster, in order to regain dominance in the music industry. This...
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...|Date Completed 11/30/2014 | Purpose and Overview The purpose of this assignment is to help you prepare for successful, enjoyable participation in a positive team experience for Units 8–10. In this assignment, you will research and compose descriptions of a fictitious anonymous company's five functional areas. Further, you will explore organization’s code of ethics and executive summaries of reports to understand what they are and how to compose them. Your main task is to develop a broad overview of the mission and purpose to be prepared to participate in the team activity for Unit 8. Note: Your assigned role for the team is not needed or related to this assignment. As you complete this assignment on this template, refer to information provided in the unit 7 studies. Specifically, utilize these provided resources and perform research to satisfactorily complete this assignment. • Teamwork Activity Challenge. • Organizational Structure reading. • Functional Areas Managers reading. Important: This assignment is due Sunday of week 7. Learners completing it on time will be performing Unit 8 as part of a team. Learners without a successful, timely assignment cannot be on a team. Important: Utilize paragraph structure in your document, not outline format, and support your ideas with references. References can include those identified from both the Internet and a library. Hint: The following template will guide...
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...Introduction An organisation’s ethics determines its reputation. In today’s competitive market, in view of globalisation and technological advances, it is especially essential for organisations to practice ethical business behaviour to build a strong public image to garner the support of consumers and employees. Although practicing good business ethics has many benefits, it remains as a constant challenge for organisations, as the potential for unethical behaviour is illimitable. In recent years, the cases of corporate misconduct in Singapore have been on the rise. In June 2011, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean announced that commercial crimes, including fraud and cheating, rose by 13% as compared to 2010 (Othman, 2012). As most organisations have established codes of ethics to guide their employees regarding their ethical responsibilities, the imperative issue here is how effective is the code of ethics in regard to instilling ethical behaviour. In this essay, we will firstly look at the definition of ethical behaviour and an overview of the ethics program. Next, the effectiveness of the code of ethics and the criteria for it to be effective will be addressed. Lastly, a conclusion will be made to determine if the code of ethics is the most effective method for instilling ethical behaviour. Ethical Behaviour in Organisations Ethics as according to Wood, et al. (2006) can be defined as a behavioural code that explains what is good and right, as opposed...
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...Ethics is a term that refers to a code or moral system that provides criteria for evaluating right and wrong. An ethical dilemma is a situation in which an individual or group is faced with a decision that tests this code. Many of these dilemmas are simple to recognize and resolve. For example, have you ever been tempted to call your professor and ask for an extension on the due date of an assignment by claiming a fictitious illness? Temptation like this will test your personal ethics. Ethics deals with the ability to distinguish right from wrong. Accountants, like others operating in the business world, are faced with many ethical dilemmas, some of which are complex and difficult to resolve. For instance, the capital markets’ focus on periodic profits may tempt a company’s management to bend or even break accounting rules to inflate reported net income. In these situations, technical competence is not enough to resolve the dilemma. ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM One of the elements that many believe distinguishes a profession from other occupations is the acceptance by its members of a responsibility for the interests of those it serves. A high standard of ethical behavior is expected of those engaged in a profession. These standards often are articulated in a code of ethics. For example, law and medicine are professions that have their own codes of professional ethics. These codes provide guidance and rules to members in the performance of their professional responsibilities...
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...Critical Thinking and Ethics Critical thinking and ethics go hand in hand when it comes making decisions or problem solving. Whether the problems needing a solution are in a professional setting or part of a person’s personal life ethics are a huge influence on the course taken by an individual. Learning how to use critical thinking to influence these decisions can be very beneficial to everyone. Critical Thinking and It’s Steps Critical thinking can seem like a very complicated process but with practice it can be applied to everything in life. So what exactly is critical thinking? “Critical thinking is the objective analysis of an issue in order to form judgment” (Ridel, 2015, pg. 7). Although there are many different definitions for it the one above explains more clearly what it consist of. What it doesn’t include is the six steps in the critical thinking process. Step one is remembering, which is simply being able to remember key terms or facts. Step two is understanding, being able to explain in one’s own words what was remembered. Step three is applying, which is using a certain idea to get desired results. Step four is analyzing, being able to break an idea down into parts or steps. Step five is evaluating the quality of a certain idea. Step six is creating, which is being able to create a whole new idea based off the original (Ellis, 2014). Problem Solving Using Critical Thinking Decisions are made every day by everyone to solve problems. Some problems are of monumental...
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...rule rather than the exception. The composition of the RNLA and of the armed forces has also changed. We no longer have conscripts in our army; we have all-volunteer forces, forces that wish to reflect society on a number of important counts. One of the significant consequences of the changes in respect of the new task and composition of the armed forces is the confrontation with different cultures and with different and new values and standards. To ensure that military personnel are able to deal with this situation in a professional manner, education in ethics is extremely important. This article elaborates on why this is the case and how such a professional attitude can be achieved. Section 1 contains an explanation of what exactly constitutes ethics, with section 2 taking this a step further and concentrating on the division of general ethics into corporate ethics and professional ethics. Another division takes us to the ethics of military practice. Thus section 3 deals with a number of...
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...definition of Ethics, * To discuss Principles of Ethical Conduct * To identify the Ideas organizing Principle of Ethics * To provide a systematic way of making ethical decision. * To encourage, motivate you to think about Ethical Decision you make. Meaning of Ethics Ethics: * Ethics provides a set of standards for behavior that helps us decide how we ought to act in a range of situations. In a sense, we can say that ethics is all about making choices, and about providing reasons why we should make these choices. moving from a primary focus on teaching employees to master the knowledge, skills, and job behaviors and apply them to the day-to-day activities (Making Choices: Ethical Decisions at the Frontier of Global Science) * Ethics refers to principles that define behavior as right, good and proper. Such principles do not always dictate a single "moral" course of action, but provide a means of evaluating and deciding among competing options. * The terms "ethics" and "values" are not interchangeable. Ethics is concerned with how a moral person should behave, whereas values are the inner judgments that determine how a person actually behaves. Values concern ethics when they pertain to beliefs about what is right and wrong. Most values, however, have nothing to do with ethics. For instance, the desire for health and wealth are values, but not ethical values. (www.josephsoninstitute.org) Concepts organizing Principle of Ethics 1. Autonomy...
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...Define the situation In this scenario, a water company installed a computer system two months ago which has reduced the need for supervision of employees as it allows members of the company to take on much more responsibility than was previously possible. As a result of this improved system, the company has made a decision to make on of its four team members redundant to decrease costs. They must choose this person based on their individual merits. The actors in this scenario are: Anna Knowles: Has only been with the company for six months. Is well qualified with a large amount of experience. Is a single mother and her child has hearing and speech difficulties. Ben Stamford: Is over 50. Is well liked, a good worker and is capable of handling times of crisis. Is an asset when dealing with difficult customers due to his experience in living in the local area. His wife has a well paid and steady job. Ravi Desai: Lacks commitment to the job and has a high absentee record. He claims he has ability to take on a more responsible role but has had little chance to be promoted as his talents are not valued. Has three young children. Maureen O’Donnell: Is a relatively new employee. Is hardworking but still has difficulty meeting deadlines. Claims she has been overloaded and needs help developing her self management skills. Her husband has been made redundant and she has three young children. Before we make a decision on who to keep, we have to critically evaluate the advantages...
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...Ethics and Compliance Program An ethics and compliance program is essential for all organizations contrary to the beliefs that some may have. Effective ethical and compliance initiatives are a combination of high moral, spiritual, with ethical beliefs that are formulated and executed with obedience to the law as well. Some feel that ethics are derived from logical reasoning or observation. Others may feel it is the gut feeling that decides ethics. Companies with no ethical program stand the risk of limited or no success with unethical behavior. Leadership must be the leading example of the ethical and compliance program. Planning an ethical and compliance program could be a huge undertaken in the beginning, but the benefits are astounding and worthwhile (Rae & Wong, 2012). This plan for the 186th Air Refueling Wing’s (186 ARW) Communication Flight in Meridian, MS will reside within the Quality Assurance (QA) shop whose office sits beside the commander. The QA shop will maintain and update the plan as necessary. This plan will establish an ethics and compliance program that will consist of knowing the importance of ethics and compliance guidelines, establishing and maintaining the code of conduct to include the formal letter from the Communication Flight Commander, method of code introduction, establishing an ethical culture, handling ethical issues to include reporting, and knowing the policy regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to include its...
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...Ethics in business 1. Ethics is a moral principle that governs a certain behavior. 2. Ethics impacts businesses in many ways. As expressed in the material, ethics is the foundation of every business. It is the way we conduct business, the stance that we take, the direction of the company, the success of the company, all depend on the ethical value that each business has. 3. The ethical process is a series of movements. The first step is disagreement, engage in dialogue, develop good reasoning skills, value difference, uncover assumptions, evaluate alternative views, and finally modify proposals. In the first step the business is able to bring out the ideas and throw them around, to determine where there could be some disagreement. In step two, we are able to engage in dialogue so that we may value differences, that take us into step three. Here we develop and understand the value of our opinions, that we lead us into the assumption phase. Here we look to all the alternatives that we can think of, and finally we modify the proposals to get to the set goal. 4. The advantage to disagreement is allows us to exam reason, increase the pool of resources, reveal proposal limits, create opportunity for learning, and can promote a more inclusive and realistic proposal. The disadvantages to disagreement are delayed action, stifle participation, could favor argumentative types over others, could threaten cooperation, and create winners and losers. 5. Dialogue and...
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...Running head: MAINTAINING PATIENT CONFIDENCE: AN OVERVIEW Maintaining Patient Confidence: An Overview of Nursing Aspects Glenn E. Reihing RN CEN Grand Canyon University NRS – 437V Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare Professor Terri Bond November 10, 2013 Maintaining Patient Confidence: An Overview of Nursing Aspects Maintaining a confidence with another person has always been a sacred trust and duty within the medical community. It was important enough that it is in both the Hippocratic Oath and the Nightingale Pledge. The nursing oath not only looked at the patient’s privacy but the family unit as well. The foundation of trust and respect is built upon the notion that the patient can tell their medical provider whether it is a nurse or doctor anything and it will be kept private. Patients expect the medical community to maintain that duty. There are situations when confidentiality may conflict with other ethical ideals. A breach of confidentiality occurs when a medical professional discloses information that the patient reasonably expects to be private. When a confidence is divulged, it then is reasonable for the patient to assume that anything they have disclosed revealed. It is a sign of disrespect to the patient that the nurse would make known medical information that they would reasonably expect to be consider private. This type of breach can destroy a bond of trust developed between the patient and their clinician. If the patient does not believe their...
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...----------------------- Course: MGMT 1125 Business Ethics Type: Online Term: Fall CRN: 20181 Credit Hours: 3 Lab Hours: N/A Class Day(s): Classroom Location: Angel Class Time(s): Daily Instructor Information: Name: Jasmine McMillan, MBA Email: JMcMillan@sctech.edu Phone: (404) 783-2713 Availability: By appointment only. Please call or email to schedule. Response time: 48 hours for emails. 24 hours for cell phone calls. Course Description: Business ethics in organizations requires values-based leadership from top management and purposeful actions that include planning and implementation of standards of appropriate conduct, as well as openness and continuous effort to improve the organization’s ethical performance. Although personal values are important in ethical decision making they are just on of the components that guide decisions, actions, and policies of organizations. This course will allow students to learn the burden of ethical behavior as it relates to the organization’s values and traditions. Students will also learn about a firm’s ability to plan implement ethical business standards and how to structure resources and activities to achieve ethical objectives in an effective and efficient manner. Course Objectives The course is intended to demonstrate to the students how ethics can be integrated into strategic business decisions and can be applied to their own careers. Competency Areas The course uses a case study...
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...prepare for successful, enjoyable participation in a positive team experience for Units 8–10. In this assignment, you will research and compose descriptions of a fictitious anonymous company's IT Systems functional area and four main IT departments to demonstrate the organization’s support and interrelationships between the departments. Further, you will explore organization’s code of ethics and executive summaries of reports to understand what they are and how to compose them. Your main task is to develop a broad overview of the mission and purpose of each IT department to be prepared to participate in the team activity for Unit 8. Note that your assigned role for the team is not needed or related to this assignment. As you complete this assignment on this template, refer to information provided in the Unit 7 studies. Specifically, utilize these provided resources and perform research to satisfactorily complete this assignment. Teamwork Activity Challenge. “Organizational Structures” reading. “Functional Areas Managers” reading. * IMPORTANT: This assignment is due Sunday of week 7. Learners completing it on time will be performing Unit 8 as part of a team. Learners without a successful, timely assignment cannot be on a team. IMPORTANT: Utilize paragraph structure, not outline format, and support your ideas with references. HINT: This template will guide the compositions, reference list, and appendix. Further, this template provides extra instructions to guide...
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...Critical Thinking and Ethics Gen/201 September 7, 2015 Prof. Critical Thinking and Ethics Every person from toddler to adult is faced with the daunting task of decision making each day. Some of these decisions are basic, like what you will make for dinner. While some are more complex decisions that will impact not only you but those around you as well. Many decision are made by jumping to a conclusion based on our core values and we forget to analyze the potential impact. This is where critical thinking can come into play and help provide a system of checks and balances to our decision making. Critical thinking may sound intimidating and time consuming but really we do it every day, sometimes without realizing it. This form of thinking is nothing more than coming to a conclusion or judgement based off some analysis, and the ability to question the matter at hand. We do not realize we do this so often because it is natural to approach a decision using three key processes in critical thinking: understand, analyze, and evaluate. When you’re conscious of using these steps you can apply them not only to decision making, but also problem solving. Knowing what the problem is and understanding it is the foundation of thinking. Being aware of the issue or what is wrong will allow you to further dissect the situation for further evaluation. At this point in the process you can apply different theoretical solutions that incorporate your ethics and even remove your...
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...Running head: ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS IN PRACTICE Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Grand Canyon University May 9, 2012 Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Patient confidentiality is part of the Nursing Code of Ethics and it is a nurses’ duty to uphold confidentiality of patient information (American Nurses Association, 2012). However, there are certain situations in which a confidentiality breach is acceptable, such as when a patient voices harm to themselves or others and certain sexually transmitted diseases STDs). The following is a breakdown of the ethical implications of a breach of confidentiality, the ethical theory, the alternatives to breaching confidentiality using the framework of ethical decision making and the role of the ethics committees. Ethical Implications of a Breach of Confidentiality A confidentiality breach is when patient information is disclosed to a party that is not a direct part of the patients’ healthcare team without obtaining the appropriate patient consent (American Medical Association, 2012). It is important for the nurse to maintain confidentiality to gain the patients trust, except in situations that are required by law to be reported. When confidentiality is breached many ethical implications arise. Some of these implications are losing a patients’ trust and disclosing information to parties that is not required by law, which could cause harm to the patient. In the article “Bioethics on NBC’s ER:...
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