...can mislead a corporation into short-range thinking. The result of this analysis should be the realization that to properly govern a company, the board should have effective representation from all important stakeholder groups, and/or effective access to and information from representative groups or ethics experts. This analysis will highlight the value in appointing "outside" directors (who don't rely on the organization for their livelihood) and also women directors to insure that all aspects of an issue will be understood and argued effectively. Question 5 Jack might blow the whistle if he thinks that the wrong decision is made or if the process is suppressed or if too much delay is involved. This would (did) involve regulatory sanction including fines, shut down, loss of market, loss of profit, and ultimately loss of control to creditors. If Jack doesn't blow the whistle, costs of ultimate clean-up and new process installation could rise. If the decision by the board is just to wait and see what happens, they will not be able to argue that they took "due diligence" measures to keep abreast of the health risk unless they initiate some research into the sonox problem, even if it is a periodic literature search or a retainer arrangement with a...
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...Introduction In marketing, issues such as price discrimination, cheating of customers, bribes, dishonest advertising, price collusion posed by competitors, overselling and unfairness to employees especially in prejudiced hiring and unfair remuneration, all present big ethical problems in business. These discrepancies are bound to happen since they occur during interactions among humans which is inevitable in marketing. The issue then is how to manage them and suppress them and their accrued consequences. A researcher is mandated to get accurate and reliable information from the respondents. They are at times lured into deceiving the respondents into not what the actual research actually entails. The act of lying or even cheating is ethically unacceptable. On the other hand, they may be too considerate about the interests of the respondents, thus collecting insufficient information that is not fit for the research. In this case it will be unethical in that they did not accomplish what they were mandated to do. •Section 2: Analysis of the situation Methodology In order to curb the problem of unethical behavior in marketing, we need to identify the major setbacks and situations during which ethics are not adhered to. With these then we can identify possible solutions for every one of it. The first one to consider is the credibility of a marketing research. The integrity of a research is usually hampered by activities such as deliberate withholding of information to both...
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...Ethics problems in cosmetics industry St. Thomas University MAN 510 Management Ethics Professor Raúl Fernández-Calienes 3/05/2014 Rong Li Abstract A cosmetics industry is called “beauty economy’, which includes the make-up, skincare and hair production and so on. Due to the beauty of nature, there is a huge demand for the cosmetics in the economic market. The corporations of cosmetics are the main supplies of the beauty products. As the blooming development of cosmetics industries, some phenomenon is involved in argument, which have exert an harm on people and the society even though they do not violate the current law. In this research paper, three main ethics problem will be discussed. This paper will give a brief background on each phenomenon, and then give the arguments and problems of it by using the ethics theories and case. Finally, some suggestions and measurement will be given to each problem. Key words: ethics, animal-test, advertising manipulate, double standard, Corporate social responsibility Introduction Cosmetics industry is called “the beauty economy”, devoted to develop the products of skincare and make-up both for woman and man. Due to the pressure from employment and mating (lipstick effect), people, especially woman most likely tend to spend their money on buying cosmetics, in order to enhance their beauty on their appearance and body. Consumers in America spend $45 Billion on cosmetics and beauty...
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...JOVITO OLAZO v. JUSTICE DANTE TINGA (Ret.) AM. NO. 10-5-7-SC, December 7, 2010 FACTS: This is a disbarment case against retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Dante O. Tinga (respondent) filed by Mr. Jovito S. Olazo (complainant). In March 1990, the complainant filed a sales application covering a parcel of land situated in Barangay Lower Bicutan in the Municipality of Taguig. To implement Proclamation No. 172, Memorandum No. 119 was issued by then Executive Secretary Catalino Macaraig, creating a Committee on Awards whose duty was to study, evaluate, and make a recommendation on the applications to purchase the lands declared open for disposition. The Committee on Awards was headed by the Director of Lands and the respondent was one of the Committee members, in his official capacity as the Congressman of Taguig and Pateros (from 1987 to 1998); the respondent’s district includes the areas covered by the proclamations. The complainant claimed that the respondent abused his position as Congressman and as a member of the Committee on Awards when he unduly interfered with the complainant’s sales application because of his personal interest over the subject land. The complainant alleged that the respondent exerted undue pressure and influence over the complainant’s father, Miguel P. Olazo, for the latter to contest the complainant’s sales application and claim the subject land for himself. The complainant also alleged that the respondent prevailed upon Miguel Olazo to accept,...
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...Christian Ethics Problem Chapter 6 1. From a Christian perspective, why did Marxist communism fail? Answer: Marx did not believe that there should be religion. This doctrine of atheism would force believers into revolt. When you truly love God, no one can change your heart. Plus, the lack of personal property and instead having commutative property is not supported by Christian doctrine. If there were no incentives to do better, no one would want to do better. We have to be selfless. If we do well, we should share our wealth with the poor. The Bible says “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:6, ESV). The forced distribution of wealth antagonizes this. 2. Which is a more Christian form of government, democratic capitalism or democratic socialism? Answer: There should always be a balance of the two, mixed capitalism and some socialism. If the government is given too much power, the opportunity for sin to seep through is too great. We need the government to provide the three basic functions Adam Smith stated. There will always be humans sinning against humans on this earth. For that transgression, there should always be a process to go through. The law given to governments is backed by God, because He gave it to them. However, too much power should not be given to the people in the free market. There should always be someone stepping in on behalf of the wronged to establish...
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...a team of Three (3 or 4) Imagine you are a consultant who has come to the Hasbro Office to discuss moving on from the debacle of Hasbro Interactive. You need to show that you understand the problem, understand the causes of the debacle, and have some recommendations for what HR practices may mitigate these problems happening in the future. Your task is to create 10 minute presentation to the management team which will be delivered electronically. Step 1: Read the Hasbro Case available on LMS under the Assessment button. Step 2: Lots of potential problems potentially contributed to the downfall of Hasbro interactive. Choose what you think are the most important factors in the failure of the business. Below are a number of quotes from the case that identify possible issues for you to focus on. Innovation/Conflict Issue: Ms. Daya’s changes were not welcomed at Hasbro Interactive, where employees bristled at anything that they perceived could dampen innovation and creativity Communication Issue: “We have Hasbro personnel at Hasbro Interactive. They do not feel the need to consult with us because they believe that they know what is going on with the brand. But they can’t do the research that we do and they don’t have the consumer insights that we use to manage our business.” Ethics/Risk Issue: “I learned that there is a fine line between investment and loss. Herb Baum would talk investment and Al Verrecchia would talk about loss and they were both talking about the same...
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...Self-rating I always deal with problems derived from either customer or colleague. Even I think I am dealing with the problems, I realise that I did not dealt with the thing correctly and if I do, why is the problem there? So, in recognizing problems, I will try to remember where a thing I did wrongly started to emerge. When I get the root of the problem, I will try to use different kind of alternative solution for the problem that might occur in the future rather than the same solution I use that is causing me problem. Also, I will consult those who have bigger experience in dealing with that same field of problem and ask them the tips and method to tackle the problem. That is how I will improve my problem in recognizing and defining problems. Talking about using my verbal skills, I noticed that I managed to deliver my intended message clearly and precisely to my target receiver as the objective are to give maximum understanding to the listener. My orders, requests or speeches are short, quick and precise. The problem is that sometimes, I forgot to observe the norms and ethics in speaking and so I abandoned the value and relationship between parties when dealing. To overcome that, I will need to slow down and think precisely about the pros and cons of what I am speaking and try to get used to it. I will also think as if I am in their shoes as the receiving parties. “Practise makes perfect”. This quote will motivate me that, by slowing down and think about the possible...
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...an organization is thinking of implementing a New It Initiative they must ensure that they are well organized and fully understand the length and time a project may take. According to Cook “ Project failure occurs when a project is significantly over budget, takes must longer than estimated timeline, or has to be terminated because of so many problems have occurred that proceeding is no longer judged to be viable.” With Memorial Health System failed implementation of a CPOE system they had many problems including an over budgeted project, Lack of belief in project, Insufficient leadership support, Failure to respect uncertainty, Failure to anticipate short-term disruptions, and initiative undernourishment. In this paper we will discuss all six of these problems along with give possible solutions to each of them. Failure to respect uncertainty: When the system was finally implemented it was had a lot of bugs in the system. They implemented the system at all of facilities. Because of this as well as a few other issues such as lack of training the system was taken offline and they continued with the old system. The solution to this problem would have been to implement the system in one location instead of the entire hospital. This place can be used as the test facility in which you can do two things. One you can work all the bugs out and the other would be to use it as a training facility where you can send employees to get training on a system that is up and running. This will...
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...SUMMARY Recently there is something wrong with the performance of our company and I think what we should do is to upgrade the office furnitures. Because more and more of our employees claimed about the poor working condition. We can reduce the surgery fee and the sick days from the employees after the upgrade. Therefore, we can increase our productivities a lot. THE PROBLEM 1 Increase health problem- More of our employees are having health problems because of the uncomfortable furnitures. 2 Sick days increase-Because of their health problem, employees asked for the extra vacation day. 3 Surgery fee increased- Three employees had to have carpal tunnel surgery, and another had back surgery 4 Insurance fee increase- The insurance carrier was threatening to raise its premiums. 4 Productivities reduce- The day-to-day productivity of the office reduced THE REASON The problem came up from last year. If we don’t care about the problem, it will cost us a lot. For example , we already have three employees need to do carpal tunnel surgery . Cost of surgery and rehabilitation is in the range of $5,000 to $10,000 (data from :http://www.mycarpaltunnel.com/surgery-release-carpal-tunnel.shtml).And we have one employee need to have back surgery. According to the data from www.ehow.com. This procedure costs an average of $12,000to$15,000. So far the maximum cost is approximately $45000. And if we ignore that, the number of employees who need surgery would double in the next...
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... VII Appendix 7 1. Introduction- a The purpose of this survey is to gain a prospective view on what goes on inside a alcohol anonymous program and the benefits and experiences people gain from it. I also want to see how the community gets involved with people who have alcohol problems and the actions taken by the community to get help for these people. b The epidemiology of the program i surveyed is to study; the patterns that go on for people with alcohol related problems, the causes of these patterns and the problem itself, and the effects this problem has on the person and people related to that person. c. The intent of this survey is to collect all the necessary information need by someone with alcohol related problems therefore allowing them to access this information and receive help. II. About the organization: St Joseph's Gift Of Life Walk in or Phone St. Joseph's Chruch Rev. Jon Murry 208 South Main St. Attleboro Ma 508-226-1115 III. About the Program A.The program takes in people from the community with alcohol abuse problems to try and help cope with these...
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...Buenavista Plywood Corporation The Problem The problem confronting Mr. Antonio Garcia, the Plant Superintendent of Buenavista Plywood Corporation is how to deal with the absentee rates of the employees from Bohol such that the production of the plant will operate at capacity, with adequate workforce and the interests of the company and employees be served. Objectives More specifically, the problem resolves itself into the following objectives which Mr. Garcia has to achieve in the course of action he has to take: 1. To maintain a stable and reliable workforce; 2. To protect the company’s reputation by avoiding confrontation with formal union groups; 3. To address production problems and costs; 4. To meet the rated capacity of the plant; 5. To safeguard the long-run profitability and stability of Buenavista Plywood Corporation. Situational Analysis The Buenavista Plywood Corporation was organized in Cagayan de Oro City in 1950 by the Santiago Family. Don Jose Santiago, the present head of the family, was well qualified to carry the traditions of this prominent family. The Santiagos have been involved in politics in nearby Bohol, the ancestral home. They had been pioneering industrialists in the plywood business. Don Jose had been an early advocate of local processing of lumber as opposed to the shipping of log abroad. VISTAWOOD, the trademark chosen for their plywood, was one of the first export plywood production in the Philippines. Late in the...
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...to discuss the staff management problem Arthur Reed faces every summer. Arthur Reed, a supervisor at the Blue Grocery Stores, has an issue with hiring temporary workers in sufficient numbers to cover the sick and vacationing workers for the summer months. As warehouse supervisor in charge of two shifts on the shipping dock, Arthur usually manages to run the shifts smoothly every year except in the summer months. During the summer months, Arthur faces a shortage of staff when most of his senior staff call in sick or take vacation. Arthur runs into this problem every summer and does not look forward to the frustration of trying to hire sufficient temporary workers this summer. Although Arthur has earned the respect within the industry and has 20 years experience in the grocery industry, when it comes to dealing with staff shortage, Arthur does not know how to manage the problem. If Arthur knows he will faces this problem yearly, then why does he not plan ahead to avoid the frustration? Perhaps Arthur is not managing his staff as well as he can because he is lacking in supervisory skills; otherwise, he would not have run into this problem every summer. What are the problems? Staff management and on-call workers are the problems. In my opinion, Arthur is having a problem managing his senior staff because he is not communicating with them effectively regarding scheduling vacation and call-in sick days. The reason he keeps having the same problem every summer is that there are no...
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...there for learning but they want to network with other people within the class. They are looking to make connections in order to have more connections for a later date, maybe for a better job or for something they may need in their current company. The vacationer mindset person is there to get away from everything not to learn. They want to get away from the office and enjoy their time away. The prisoner feels as if they were forced to be there and they come in mostly with a closed mind about the training they are attending. Rosner also speaks about some problems that people have within their organizations and how some of these problems are misdiagnosed because the proper people are not in the proper positions with the proper training. Rosner quotes from Valerie Oberfie, a former vice president at Disney University that has done business consulting and training for corporations. She says that to avoid misdiagnosing a problem businesses should do their homework (Rosner, 2009)....
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...Title: Problems Encountered by Irregular BSMAR-E Students of University of Antique INTRODUCTION Time spent at college is fond memory and happy experience for most, college life is not without its rough patches and problems. While each person’s are unique to their current circumstances, I know that there are few problems that almost all college students deal with at least once during their time at school. Academic performance really means three things: this means the ability to study and remember facts, it also means being able to think in relation to facts and thirdly, further means being able to communicate one’s knowledge verbally or practically. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In the society of university, students form their own interpersonal relations with their fellow students. They discuss commonalities and bond until they form sense of trust in each other. There are students who had given full load of subjects that a student in the specific year and semester. These students are called regular students. Every students in the block aims to pass every class, and some may even aim to pass with high marks, but not every student in the block can achieve this goal. Failure in a subjects or more require/s to repeat the course either in the summer or the following year. These students are called irregular students, but not all regular students became irregular students because they failed a subject or more. Some students became irregular because they are shifters from...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction This research deals on the common factors that affect the study of BEED-2ND year students and their academic performance. These factors are the problem of the 2nd year BEED students in their studies. It has been an interplay of so many factors on gender, IQ, study habits, age, year level, parents educational attainment, social status, numbers of sibling and etc. This research focuses on the factors that affect the studies of BEED-2nd year students and their academic performance. These factors can help students on how to face these problems in their studies. This study also can help the parents and the teachers understand the problem of their students. Furthermore, this research helps us as a future teacher because if we know the problem of our students we can understand them clearly especially on financial aspect. Theoretical Framework One of the problems that besets our educational system is poor study habits several studies found this problem challenging and therefore, efforts have to be exerted in order to determine the root cause. According to Lass and Wilson(1965), students fails not because they do not have intelligence to understand why they are studying, not because their lesson are too difficult for them but because they do not know how to study or understand what study means. Students failure in his academic subject may not be to lack of intellectual capacity, but perhaps it may be due to negative attitude...
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