...Ethics and Diversity According to “Dictionay.com”(n.d.) “Ethics is defined as a system of moral principles, or the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc”. Apple has upheld the finest code of ethics amongst the top US companies. According to “Apple Suppliers Code of Conduct” (n.d.), “suppliers must be committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct when dealing with workers, suppliers, and customers” (Ethics). Externally Apple holds their business integrity above the normal company standard. Corruption, extortion, and embezzlement, in any form, are strictly prohibited. Supplier shall not violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices (FCPA), any international anti-corruption convention, and applicable anti-corruption laws and regulations of the countries in which operate, and shall not engage in corruption, extortion or embezzlement in any form ("Apple Supplier Code Of Conduct", n.d.). Controlling is one function of management that Apple strives at doing. Apple monitors the way their products perform and make the appropriate updates when needed. Apple also makes sure their goals, as a company, are being fulfilled, meeting customer’s needs and increasing sales. This also lets apple be diverse because no other business is doing busy they way they right now. Apple has also introduced the Iphone and the Ipad and has taken the world by storm with these two products. This also helps them with being diverse because...
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...Individual Instructions & Assignment Consideration for Ethics and Diversity Proposal | Choose two ethical considerations and two diversity considerations that could potentially impact the division of the company selected for your team project.Write a 350-500 word proposal for your HR Director.Provide details about what the considerations are. Justify why they were important for your strategic HRM planning process. Provide recommendations for addressing these considerations.Suggest specific recommendations for best practices for dealing with each consideration. Provide a rationale.Format your proposal consistent with APA guidelines. Supporting sources: Course content readings and University of Phoenix Library. | Day 7 (Monday) | 15 | Ethical Considerations of Marketing Research by Terry Masters, Demand Media Marketing research has experienced a resurgence with the widespread use of the Internet and the popularity of social networking. It is easier than ever before for companies to connect directly with customers and collect individual information that goes into a computer database and can be matched to other pieces of data collected during unrelated transactions. The way a company conducts its market research these days can have serious ethical repercussions, impacting the lives of consumers in ways that have yet to be fully understood. Further, companies can be faced with a public backlash if its market research practices are perceived as unethical. Ads by Google ...
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...Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. The white racial group has always been viewed as one of political power, financial weath, high social standing. This is very true for so many white families in the United States. Many white families come from Old Money and have made careers in politics.We have a social class where the wealthy and the most social is at the top of the pyramid. Compared to other races, such as Black and Hispanic, our average yearly income is much higher. White/Caucasians are usually at the top of the economic scale. According to the Income Inequilaity Map, " White Median Income” it is indicating $25,000 to $30,000. The Hispanic income shows less than $15,000. African American population is displaying $20,000 to $25,000." Though this does not reflect all cities in America it has been proven that Whites do earn higher wages than minorities. It is also more likely a White candidate...
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...Case #1 Webb vs. City of Philadelphia This case involves Kimberlie Webb and the City of Philadelphia (mainly the police department). The case was heard by the United States court of appeals, third circuit in 2009. The suit was filed because Webb believed her religious rights were being decimated against. Webb is a Muslim woman who servers on the Philadelphia Police Department. Webb asked permission to wear a headdress that would not cover her face or ears due to her religious beliefs. She was disciplined for failing to comply with Police Department Directive 78 (which basically states that all officers must wear a certain uniform and dress in a certain way in order to appear uniform and unbiased). The Philadelphia Police Department stated that in order to obtain their overall collectiveness could not allow Webb to wear her headdress because it would be obvious what her religious beliefs were and would allow citizens to see that the Police Department is impartial, meaning they could lose the trust and respect of the community. The Judges in this case dismiss the case because for a group of people to be uniform (collectively similar) their cannot be any appearance of religion and that all those who serve must appear neutral to better server the community. Anything to separate identity could be costly when it comes to the overall good of protection. The Judge(s) decide this because if it seems that the police department is partial then citizens may not or will not...
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...A Business Proposal to Make Ethical and Diversity Considerations to Improve the Strategic HRM Planning Process. Prepared for Jane Doe HR Director ABC Restaurant & Pub Prepared by XXXXX Personnel Director ABC Restaurant & Pub December 24, 2012 ABC’s Restaurant & Pub Ethical and Diversity Considerations to Improve the Strategic HRM Planning Process. I have gathered information over the last five weeks about department policies and best practices pertaining to ethical and diversity considerations. Based on these findings, the following proposal is presented to improve the strategic planning process. Diversity and ethics are buzzwords and are used frequently around the workplace. There are areas within both where making small changes could result in large benefits for the company’s HR strategic planning process. These considerations are important for the strategic plan because they encourage a positive company culture and decrease legal risks that could otherwise result in the demise of the company. Diversity As a restaurant and bar located in the middle of a military-base town, our personnel records indicate management has been hiring primarily a specific demographic type (women ages 18-30). Management has hired this demographic type over other demographic types more qualified. Even in an effort to appeal to specific customers, this bias can come off as discriminative and reflect negatively on the company. Two areas in need of consideration...
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...Ethics and Values of the GA Department of Human Resources, Division of Developmental Disabilities Janice Johnson LDR 520 – Organizational Ethics Instructor: Dr. Bahaudin Mujtaba 4/28/04 University of Phoenix Ethics and Values 1 Ethics and Values of the GA Department of Human Resources, Division of Developmental Disabilities The Georgia Department of Human Resources serves people of varying ages, ranging from adolescents to the geriatric, and those individuals with the most severe problems. This department is the contact point for those individuals in need of treatment for mental illness, addictive diseases, or substance abuse. Georgia is the home of seven regional hospitals, twenty-five community service boards, and numerous private providers. Not only does the department treat these individuals, but also they are screened for admission to state hospitals, and are given follow-up care upon discharge (Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases, 2004). Various different community-based services are available that promote the recovery for individuals afflicted with mental illness and addiction, and the development of independent living skills necessary for...
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...Williams Class: MGT307/Organizational Behavior and Group Dynamics Instructor: Susan Mills August 16, 2010 When I think about organizational behavior and why is, it so important for individuals to understand the terminology and concepts of organizational behavior, I think about the meanings of both organization and behavior. Organization has several meanings, one is the act or process of organizing and another one is a group of people who work together to perform duties and goals. Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations (Clark, 2009). Organizational behavior gives a better understanding to human behavior, cultural differences, diversity, communication, business ethics, and change in the organization. Understanding organizational behavior helps one to understand how people feel, think and react in a well structured organizational environment. Employee behavior can have an impact on the behavior of the other employees. In this paper I will discuss the terms and conceptions of organizational behavior. Organizational culture is the shared beliefs and values that influence the behavior of organization members in the internal environment (Organizational Behavior 2008). Depending on the state of their culture may determine how successful an organization can be. Operating with clear vision, well developed and well communicated beliefs and values gives organizations “strong cultures”. Culture...
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...APRIL 25, 2015 MGMT 204 CRN: 34272 Current Human Relations Challenge: Organizational Ethics Ethics is the moral standard of right and wrong behavior (Lussier, 2013, pg. 72). Organization as defined by Lussier is “a group of people working to achieve one or more objectives” (Lussier, 2013, pg. 457). Organizational ethics is code of conduct for businesses. In this paper, three different ethics studies, from the Business Journal of Ethics, are examined. They are “Boardroom Diversity and its Effect on Social Performance: Conceptualization and Empirical Evidence,” “The Corporate Ethical Virtues Scale: Factorial Invariance Across Organizational Samples,” and “When Organizations Don’t Walk Their Talk: A Cross-Level Examination of How Decoupling Formal Ethics Programs Affects Organizational Members.” Boardroom Diversity and its Effect on Social Performance: Conceptualization and Empirical Evidence” This article, written by Hafsi and Turgut, is a study of the relationship between boardroom diversity and corporate social performance. They compare diversity in boards (encompassing director’s gender, ethnicity, age, experience and tenure) and diversity of boards (consisting of board size, director independence, director stock ownership, and board leadership duality) and incorporate that into the effects of corporate social performance (CSP). They state that boardroom diversity affects organizational performance created the need for Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 (Hafsi et al...
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...Internal and External Factors MGT/230 September 23, 2011 Internal and External Factors Normally when someone thinks of diversity, he or she will usually think that it is only about race and gender. When it comes to the four functions of management, it is much more than that. Diversity in Starbucks incorporates ethnic group, age, personality, thinking style, religion, job position, education, sexual orientation, and personal background. These are just some of the types of diversity that Starbucks faces on a daily bases and must deal with in to implement a successful management system. Diversity not only affects a Starbucks internally but also externally in the sense that it must protect its public image to customers and creates a higher standard of competition with other businesses. Leading in any business also can be considered as a practice for diversity management because it gives the understanding that in order to fix external diversity problems; it must start by working with the internal diversity problems. (Starbucks Blog, 2011) A perfect example of this is when allegations surfaced in June 14, 2011 of a Long Island Starbucks being anti-gay after a customer posted a blog on her personal website of a manager yelling at a gay employee that they are not interested in in his politics or beliefs and his thoughts were down right offensive to his co-workers and that they are not welcomed in Starbucks. (KIROTV, 2011) This caused thousands of customers to post angry comments...
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...Hershey’s wants employees to feel empowered in their decision-making. Empowerment makes for a positive work environment. Since managers are to use the function of leading to stimulate employees, managers must lead in a positive manner. On Hershey’s website, the corporate philosophy states that Hershey’s “maintains a strong "people" orientation and demonstrates care for every employee.”(The Hershey Company) That is a grand portrayal of leadership for employees all over the globe. No matter what language is spoken every employee wants to feel valued and appreciated. The function of controlling allows managers to monitor progress from every corner of the world. Diversity can be more than a person’s race or ethnic background. “Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people in an organization.” “Diversity encompasses race, gender, ethnic group, age, personality, cognitive style, tenure, organizational function, education, background and more.” The effects of...
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...MGMT6012 Management Perspectives Sydney Week 5 3/21/2016 Organisational Diversity 3/21/2016 Diversity What does “diversity” mean to you? How does it apply in the workplace? 3/21/2016 Introduction • Diversity is always a sensitive issue. • People who belong to a “minority” group often feel labelled, stereotyped, and marginalised in the workplace; • People who belong to the “majority” group are often unaware of the consequences of the collective action of the majority. 3/21/2016 Introduction • We all hold bias and prejudices simply because we notice difference and it is important not to try to obliterate difference and diversity in an attempt to redress prejudice. • Ignoring difference, for example, can be as damaging as highlighting it in a negative manner. 3/21/2016 Introduction • The literature around inclusiveness is the direction in which this field of study and practice is going. • The idea that we work towards an inclusive workplace for everyone, recognising everyone as a diverse member of the organisation is important, and leverages the strengths that differences bring in to the workplace rather than squashes them. 3/21/2016 What We Cover • The concepts of diversity, exclusion and inclusion • Different roots of diversity in the workplace • The experience of prejudice in the workplace and the limitations it places on organisational performance 3/21/2016 Objectives By the end of this module...
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...Internal and External Factors Internal and External Factors Introduction Capital One is a successful business. The bank has applied the four functions of management which are planning, organization, leading, and control to aid in their success. Each component is important and it is hard for one to function without the other. There are internal and external factors that affect these four functions of management. The following will explain how these factors affect the functions of management in Globalization, Innovation, Diversity, Ethics, and Technology. Globalization Capital One Bank, as a credit card giant and one of the worlds’ strongest banks, has evolved with the current market. Globalization allows businesses to interact and trade past traditional geographic and political boundaries. This allows businesses, like Capital One Bank, to platform commerce. Production, customer service, development, and marketing strategies are internal factors to globalization according to the intelligent business plan website. The external factors include new market environments in which any and every business has to be accustomed to (Taylor, 2012). Knowing this information concludes that the manager has to exemplify immaculate planning skills. Planning specifies the goals to be achieved, weighing discrepancies, positive and negative outcomes, and appropriate options to achieve the goals presented. Globalization also includes branding and so on. This should be developed internally to know...
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...My Ethical Perspective Samantha Sacco Westminster Ethics add value to a person and in turn, to society. Ethics require a personal code, a set of beliefs and values that help us to make meaningful choices. The key word in this last statement is, “choice.” Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of humanity is the diversity of thought and lifestyle. I believe that ethics and diversity go hand in hand, as each individual has developed their codes based on their personal experiences and backgrounds. It is this fact that I do not believe in one set of ethics for all people, but rather a mix of ethics. I found each set of ethics interesting and could relate, on some level, to all of them. Behind each set of ethics, there is an underlying motive driving the choices that we make. Ancient philosophers believed that ethics were a means to perfecting human existence. The code that existed for the theorists of the ancients reflects the time that they lived. There is a comforting simplicity that was drawn in ancient ethics and in ideal world these ethics make sense, to me. For instance, Socrates compares human values to the tools of a carpenter, a carpenter must not only possess such tools, but he must know how to use his tools, in order to be successful (Euthyd. 280b-d) I love the idea of values being tools. Tools exist to build, our values also help us to build the existences we wish for ourselves and those around us. This fundamental idea is simple but profound and powerful when analyzing...
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...Antoinette Bias MGT/230 Week 2 September 1, 2014 Erica Richmond Internal and External Factors Management is impacted by the external and internal factors of technology, globalization, ethics, diversity, and innovation. For the Walmart Corporation, the internal and external factors are applied towards maintaining their position as a leading retailer. A comprehensive strategic plan includes a situational analysis that considers internal strengths and weaknesses. Walmart’s current strengths and weaknesses provide a wealth of insight helpful in accomplishing internal goals and internal analyses can provide advantages for achieving external goals, as well. External opportunities include things such as gaps in the market that no company is currently serving, new markets and other clear growth opportunities. External threats include new product releases from competitors and new competitors arising in the market. Globalization Globalization is a process of interaction between companies, people and governments of different nations. Investments and international trade guide this process. Information technology is also an important part of this process. Environment, culture, economic development and political systems are all effected by globalization. Many think globalization is a new process but quite the contrary. For many, many years’ people have been buying and selling...
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...management, which are affected by internal and external factors. Internal factors are business events that happen within the corporations while external factors are business events are carried outside the actual corporation. Planning involves setting goals and outlines for the direction of the company. Organization happens as the company goes about achieving these goals that were planned. Leading is important to management because leaders are needed for success. The leaders of the company must train and motivate employees to reach the company goals. Controlling plays a major roll by having a say in the direction your company goes. Other factors that affect the four main functions of management are globalization, technology, diversity, innovation, and ethics. These factors affect the four functions of management by influencing the decision making process that occurs within management. Globalization Globalization is an external factor because this event takes place outside the actual corporation. This event is described as the spreading of businesses and technology throughout the world. For example, The Coca-Cola Company began in the state of Georgia. Since its introductions to the world in 1886, Coca-Cola has expanded and coke products are now in over 200 countries according to The Slayor Foundation’s article Globalization and the Coca-Cola Company. When companies plan to globalize, consumer needs must be considered. If the demand for the product is not high where a company...
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