...Value/Belief Pattern Despite 1.7 million people in the US identifying themselves as Asian Indians or Indian Americans in the 2000 Census, Indian immigrants are not highly as a group in America because they usually speak English...and values acquired in India prior to immigrating to the US. Despite their numbers, however, Indian immigrants are not highly visible as a group because they usually speak English and do not tend to concentrate in distinct neighborhoods. Moreover, because many are highly educated there may be a perception that their assimilation into American culture is an automatic by-product of that education. However, not all Indians in the US are highly educated or successful professionals. Even among those who do fit that profile, many maintain customs, traditions, and values acquired in India prior to immigrating to the US. In addition, it is common for Indians who have settled in the US to bring aging parents to live with them who may not have previously lived abroad and do not always speak fluent English. Majority of the Indians from the Northern part of India are practicing Hindu religion. Hindus try to teach their children about Bhagavath gita and Ramayana (religious Book). They practice all Hindu festivals and visit temple on special occasions. Indians who migrated from the southern part of India are mostly Christians. They try to attend church every Sunday and try to lead their children in same religious path. Many elders believe in the traditional Indian...
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...It was based on ethics reasoning rather than on faith all the philosophers who followed would base their ideas and theories about morality and facts Why do many people consider Socrates to be a martyr for truth and integrity? Socrates is considered by many to be a martyr for truth and integrity because of his courage and adherence to traditional beliefs. He was charged with charges of atheism, treason, and corrupting the youth of Athens – all death penalties, just for questioning tradition. Even in spite of all the powerful people he offended, no one seemed too eager to kill him and his cell door pretty much remained open for him to escape. Yet, when his execution day arrived, he drank his cup of poison and died. Socrates was determined to force the people of Athens to accept responsibility for their choice of comfortable superstition over logic and reason. What is the primary focus of the virtue of ethics theory? The primary focus is one’s character, especially the personal disposition to act well in various circumstances. What really guides our behavior as humans is not ultimately self-centeredness or explicit commitments to moral rules or results but rather the deep patterns of each of our personalities and behaviors. . Explain the basic concept of a right. The basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are considered to be entitled, often held to include the rights to life, liberty, equality, and a fair trial, freedom from slavery and torture...
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...Ethica Corp. Portfolio Management Final Report April 5, 2016 Executive Summary Client: Ethica Corp. Investment Purpose: Invest $100,000 CAD in 5 stocks Time Horizon: January 29, 2016 - March 24, 2016 Geographic Restrictions: Must include 2 Canadian stocks, 1 American stock, 1 European stock, and 1 Asian or African stock. Investment Criteria: No sin stocks, no financials, no cross-listed stocks, strong CSR, no scandals, and debt levels of less than 40% of total assets. Our chosen securities were: * YAHOO! Inc. * Canadian Utilities Limited * Alimentation Couche-Tard * NEC Corporation * Jungheinrich A.G. After the selection process had been completed, we carefully monitored the behavior of each stock, as well as the exchange rates for the country they were operating in, anticipating future trades and rebalancing. We were able to do this by updating an Exchange Rate Matrix, as well as a Correlation Matrix, which had been constructed during the selection process and used as a decision making tool on scheduled transaction days. Portfolio Performance Ethica Corp.’s portfolio finished down -2.44% over its time horizon. Our unsatisfactory returns were largely due to poor performance in NEC, but were partially offset by a significant gain in YHOO. Jungheinrich rallied shortly before the end of our trading period, but provided a negative return as a result of an incorrectly timed sale of half its position. Canadian Utilities Limited and Alimentation...
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...The Case of Scott Starson Biomedical Ethics Group 6 February 26th, 2013 The decision to treat any patient by force poses many questions. There are very few occasions where one might imagine treating a competent person in defiance of his or her express wishes. The moral principle of respect for autonomy coupled with statutes that protect patient rights forbid forced treatment. Yet there remain medical professionals who have disagreed with a patient’s choice and take the matter to court. When considering patient rights it’s important to define the difference between refusing a blood transfusion for religious reasons and refusing medications that affect one’s mental health. A case that highlights the difficulty of determining competence is that of Scott Starson. Starson, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, was committed to a psychiatric hospital after having uttered death threats. There, he refused any medication for his disorder as he claimed it would ruin his career as a theoretical physicist. This was a decision that professionals disagreed with. However, the Supreme Court of Canada deemed Mr. Starson competent and able to make his own medical decisions. The main topic of concern is whether doctors should be allowed to impose treatment on a competent patient. Firstly, I will argue the point that every individual should have the right to choose their own medical treatments. Conversely, that those who suffer with a mental health issue cannot always appreciate and...
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...Ethical Dilemma CJS/211 Ethics in Criminal Justice October 29, 2015 Carl Christopher Instructor: Janet Evans There are many dilemmas that not only this country is facing, but the world as a whole. Whether it’s the gap between the rich and the poor, or the world’s hunger, we as a human beings face dilemmas in our lives on a daily basis. I for one, being an African American man with children feel there’s some dilemmas that I face that are specific to my being an African American man. The one that I would say I find very challenging to deal with is the overall problem we have with the police brutality occurrences that continue to happen and plague this country. In this paper, I will discuss why the problem is challenging and why it’s creating ethical dilemmas for not only me, but for a lot of individuals that feel the way I feel. Police brutality has been an issue that has been around for as long as I have been on this earth. I myself have experienced some form of harassment from the police but never in the capacity that we have been witness to in recent years. Because of the explosion of smartphones and social media, police brutality has been brought to the forefront of what I feel is one of the most important ethical dilemmas that we face today, particularly in the African American community. Do we as a people say enough is enough, and fight back, or do we continue to stay the course and hope things change for the better? Now for myself, this...
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...Personal values are referred to the principles which define a person as an individual. Trust, reliability and honesty are the personal values which establish the way a person would confront the world and associate with the people. Our personal values give us the confidence; about what we deem as desirable and important. For living a successful, contended and happy life, an individual should establish their personal set of ethical values and standards. Establishing personal values would help one enhance their relationships, personality and self-esteem, and endorse productive decision making Ethical values may vary from the humdrum, like the belief in punctuality and hard work to more of psychological, like harmony of purpose, concern for others and self-reliance. Every individual has distinct ethical values and standards. My personal ethical standards and values have contributed to what my life is today. Values are the personal standards of what one believes as wrong or right. While, ethics refer to a structured set of fundamentals which impart the composition of what is taken as suitable in a group of people. My Personal Values, Ground Rules and Ethics I started acquiring ethical values since my childhood, observing the ones who were most close to me like my mother and my father. With the passage of time, and as I grew older, I acquired values from the external resources like church or school or even from my neighbors who I met and associated with in my everyday life...
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...MGT 3213/ MGT 3214/MGT 3219 – BUSINESS ETHICS. Task 2: Group Assignment – 20 %. Submission Date: OCT 29 , 2014 Presentation Date: OCT 29, 2014 * SELECT ONE CASE STUDY ONLY CASE: 1.0 Web Porn at Work Al Smetana is the founding president of a medium-size, Midwestern manufacturing firm, Rayburn Unlimited. He’s proud of the way his company has grown, and done so on the basis of an organizational culture committed to honesty, integrity and the intrinsic value of each individual. But now those values are being put to the test. It began when Al Smetana learned that an employee had tapped into the company’s computer system and figured out how to read people’s e-mail and to learn what websites they visited. Determining who the culprit was wasn’t difficult. When confronted about it, the employee admitted what he had done. Al Smetana immediately terminated his employment. But as he left, the employee said angrily, “Just ask Lindley about his computer usage,” referring to Craig Lindley, associate vice president for human resources and an old friend of Al Smetana’s. Although Al Smetana did not trust the discharged employee, he was disturbed by his comment and reluctant to let it go. So he called Craig Lindley into his office and asked him about it. After a few minutes of gentle questioning, Craig started weeping. When he recovered himself, he explained that for the past year or so he had been hooked on pornography on the web and at the office sometimes spent an hour...
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...What effects do organizational structure and compensation have on ethical behavior among chief executives at ARC? As noted earlier, within the organization there is an extremely high rate of turnover at the top level of management. With this turnover, there essentially is a breeding ground for unethical leadership. With all managers at the top receiving a handsome severance package, it is no wonder why many take the position only to leave in less than a year. The instability at top trickle down throughout in the organization. This trickle-down effect is what allows the unethical conduct on the frontlines. A company restructuring and a strong foundation is needed to stop this unethical behavior from happening. What are some of the reasons for the ARC’s ethical dilemmas, and how can the organization guarantee that these problems will not recur in the future? The one factor that this case boils down to is money. The majority of the organization’s problems is based off of the fact that money rules the world and power the desires of mankind. With that said, there are still many issues within the organization on their handling of donor money. Everything from receiving to distribution of these funds needs to be more closely monitored. This stems from the lack of formal leadership in the head of the organization. There is too much turnover within the organization and it is leaving the ARC in shambles. With the constant changes in leadership styles from CEO to CEO, the employees are...
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...Ethical Lens Perspective The results of my ethical lens inventory were very informative. My preferred lens was identified as “none”. I was almost right in the middle of the lens grid, but this did not apparently mean I was well balanced. According to the report, I either have a mature ability to use the right tools in a given situation or I am paralyzed in the belief that everyone has a valid point. I would like to think I am a little of both, and because I do have a lot of work experience in various different fields I think I tend to lean more towards the ability to use the right tools. My core values are autonomy, equality, rationality and sensibility; which means I can see how protecting individual rights and the communities well-being are connected. For me, the best solution is both consistent and flexible. My classical values are temperance, prudence, justice and fortitude. I think this means I’m pretty even keeled and that I am pretty calm and fair when dealing with various different situations. My key phrase is “I make ethical choices for myself and others” and my definition of ethical behavior is “Do the right thing”. The descriptions in the report says this best – I define an ethical person as one who does the right thing, but don’t judge others when they fall short as long as their intentions were honorable; when any core values conflict, I look for a way to harmonize them and help others to do the same. My tools for analyzing problems are reason, experience, authority...
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...LEG500, Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Strayer University LEG500 13 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Marketing, Product Safety and Intellectual Property PharmaCare, week10 Assignment LEG500, Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Strayer University LEG500 13 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Marketing, Product Safety and Intellectual Property PharmaCare, week10 Assignment Review of PharmaCARE/CompCARE To first establish whom each entity is; PharmaCare is one of the world’s most successful pharmaceutical companies. A compassionate, decent well operated business that manufactured high-quality goods that saved millions of lives and increased the condition of life for millions of others. PharmaCare designed a top-selling diabetic medication that could have reduced the progression of Alzheimer’s disease; their pharmacist began reformulating the drug to increase the effect. CompCARE came into being in order to steer clear of FDA investigation; PharmaCARE created a wholly owned establishment, CompCARE, to function as a compounding pharmacy to sell the new creation to people on a prescription basis. CompCARE set up business in an upscale administrative center near its main corporate office, and to conserve money and time, did a quick, low cost makeover and appointed a man by the name of Allen Jones to run the operations’ clean room. * Research three to five ethical issues relating to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulations...
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...GlaxoSmithKline Ethical Issues 2012 What happened (facts) GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world. They are based in London and they sell their products all over the world. Back in 2012 they were confronted with legal issues and plead guilty on 3 criminal counts. GSK paid a settlement of 3.5 billion dollars to support those charges. Unethical and illegal actions performed by GSK during that period ran from bribing doctors, to misreporting data from a trial and manipulating medical research data. Case Analysis (stakeholders) The stakeholders involved in this case were consumers, upper management, doctors and stockholders. Consumers were negatively affected because they were unconsciously taking ineffective and potentially life threatening medications. Upper management is directly responsible for the illegal actions. Some of the doctors who received bribes from GSK lost their medical license. Stockholders lost money because there was a negative impact on GSK reputation and stock. Model projection Information rights & obligations: On individual level they were unethical in withholding information and furnishing wrong information regarding their products. Society did not know this and this was against the law on political level. Accountability & Control: here it was a case of who should be held liable for unethical behavior affecting all the aforementioned stakeholders. In my opinion the upper management of...
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... Instructor Name: Ethica Tanzeen Lecturer, School of Business, U I T S. Submission Date: 8th august 2011 Letter of Transmittal 8th august 29011 Ethica tanzeen Lecturer, School of Business. UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES Subject: Application for accepting term paper on Recruitment and Selection process of Qubee. Dear madam, We have the pleasure to submit here with the term paper titled “Recruitment selection process of qubee” as a requirement for our Principles of management.(MGT 141) Based on discussion and survey, we have incorporated the necessary materials to finalize that term paper. We are particularly grateful to Ethica tanzeen(lecturer, School of Business) for his co-operation in helping us to achieve our purpose. We also acknowledge our gratitude to those persons who have helped us and passed their valuable comments on the draft term paper. If you need assistance in interpreting this term paper please contact us at any time. Sincerely yours, • Md. Alamin Hossain • Md. Arif Miah Acknowledgement By the cordial mercy of Allah, now we will be able to submit our report to our honorable teacher Ethica tanzeen we...
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...BUS 309 Week 8 Assignment 2 The Worlds Most Ethical Companies Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 2: The World’s Most Ethical Companies Due Week 8 and worth 300 points Review the Ethisphere Institute's list of the World's Most Ethical Companies, located at ethisphere.com/worlds-most-ethical/wme-honorees/. Research a sampling from the organizations from the list, and identify one (1) company that you believe treats its consumers, the environment, and employees in an exceptional and morally praiseworthy manner. Write a five (5) page paper in which you: 1.Determine at least two (2) ways in which the chosen company behaves in a morally responsible way toward each of the following: a.consumers b.the environment c.employees 2.Predict the effects that these morally conscious decisions would have on the company's bottom line. 3.Review the company's policies from a critical perspective, and list at least two (2) areas where the company could improve its treatment of consumers, the environment, or employees. Justify the response with specific examples. 4.Use at least three (3) quality references. (Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.) Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: * Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format...
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...consider the purpose for utilitarian’s is tracing or determining which actions are considered moral from those that may be considered immoral, by determining if a selective action is useful. In simpler terms utilitarian’s stand on the fact for most actions to be considered as a moral one, the good has to outweigh the bad. Most people operate with good morals in their day- to-day decision making. If someone should ask what reason makes one feel morally obligated to act in a certain way. It would be very important to see the good that should result. It is known that deontological ethics means a set of ethical and moral standards for health professionals when they perform their professional duties. These notions were derived from Latin word “ethica,” Greek word “ethice”- ethics and morality study, and Greek word “deon”-duty (Krylov & Mikhalevich 2012). Today medical ethics includes the following aspects: scientific, which is studying ethical rules of health professionals’ activity, and practical which is development and application of ethical rules in professional activity. The quality of performance of deontological rules by health...
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...determined by its usefulness in bringing about the most happiness of all those affected by it. Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism, which advocates that those actions are right which bring about the most good overall. Jeremy Bentham identified good consequences with pleasure, which is measured in terms of intensity, duration, certainty, propinquity, fecundity, purity, and extent. John Stuart Mill argued that pleasures differ in quality as well as quantity and that the highest good involves the highest quality as well as quantity of pleasure. Herbert Spencer developed an evolutionary utilitarian ethics in which the principles of ethical living are based on the evolutionary changes of organic development. G. E. Moore, in hisPrincipia Ethica (1903), presented a version of utilitarianism in which he rejected the traditional equating of good with pleasure. Sarbanes Oxley Act-high light The legislation came into force in 2002 and introduced major changes to the regulation of financial practice and corporate governance. Named after Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley, who were its main architects, it also set a number of deadlines for compliance. An act passed by U.S. Congress in 2002 to protect investors from the possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) mandated strict reforms to improve financial disclosures from corporations and prevent accounting fraud. SOX was enacted in response to the accounting...
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