...Can actions be judged to the extent to which they maximise happiness? Define utilitarianism: Is an ethical theory in normative ethics that has a core belief that the actions can be judged as right or wrong if they lead to a good consequence. Define: Act utilitarianism is a form of utilitarianism created by Jeremy Bentham. Act utilitarianism is a theory that states happiness can be calculated via the 'the hedonistic calculus'. This included factors such as profundity, intensity, duration and others. Each of these are used in relation to the action and then one can calculate the best outcome. This led to Bentham arguing that every action can be deemed right if it leads to maximising utility. Therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that actions can be judged to the extent which they maximise happiness However, one can argue that act utilitarianism allows for barbaric actions to be taken place, which seem immoral. For example, torturing thousands of people in order to save millions. This entails some individuals will have to suffer hugely. This leads to swine ethics where cruel actions can be deemed good just because they lead to good consequences. However, one can argue that this form utilitarianism is a favourable one. That's because it is an egalitarian theory, which matches well with the concept of democracy. Since, democracy is for the people, by the people, one can assume that it is therefore right to support the majority. This would mean that act...
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...Assignment: u10a1 Final Health Care Organizational Ethics Plan Project Due Date: 12/14/2012 Ethnic is based on the rules and guidelines an individual uses to govern his life, as well as the manner in which he interacts with others. A personal code of ethics is a necessary ingredient to achieve success or overcome adversity. In the absence of rules, it's difficult to hold oneself accountable for poor decision-making or bad behavior. On the other hand, organizational ethics are the principals and standards by which businesses operate. They are best demonstrated through acts of fairness, compassion, integrity, honor and responsibility. The key for business owners and executives is ensuring that all employees understand these ethics. One of the best ways to communicate organizational ethics is by training employees on company standards. While ethical behavior in medical practice has been demonstrated to be beneficial to patients and medical staffs, unethical behavior has caused significant injury to them. Performing ethical behavior in healthcare by, for example, preserving patient confidentiality, medical staffs should respect patients’ autonomy, abide by their obligation to reciprocate patients’ trust, and preserve public confidence in the staff-patient relationship in healthcare. In a long run, patients who trust their medical providers to safeguard their secrets are more likely to seek prompt care for stigmatized health conditions and to disclose sensitive information...
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...seek support, as required. 5. Where your work has been deemed as unsatisfactory, you will be permitted to resubmit the assessment. Refer to RGIT reassessment policy and procedure. 6. Unless the assessment task specifically allows pair work or group activities such as brainstorming, you must submit their own original work and are not permitted to copy the work of other students. Plagiarism is never acceptable. 7. Assessments must be submitted on their due dates. 8. Extensions are permitted in consultation with the trainer. Performance objective Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills required to influence groups and individuals. Assessment description Using the workplace scenario information provided, you will plan the implementation and resourcing of an organisational change strategy, consult with various stakeholders, and implement a key part of the change strategy. At all stages, you will build support for the implementation. Note: You will need to keep copies of the work you undergo in this Assessment Task for further use in Assessment Task 3. Procedure 1. Review the simulated business documentation, including policies and procedures, in Appendix 1 ‘Max Lionel Realty’. Review templates contained in Appendix 2 ‘Templates’ for possible use or adaptation in completing assessment task requirements....
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...MGT/330 10/16/2011 Derrick J. Walters Management Paper Tyco is the organization that I will be talking about in my paper. I will evaluate the planning function of management. I will explain the influence that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have had on management planning. Last I will analyze at least three factors that influence the company’s strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning, by the end of this paper I hope that I will have explained all the function’s related to management involving Tyco. Surrounded by actions accepted by the management team, planning is always the main task required where management will lay down the goals and foundation that the business will follow. From a professional viewpoint, goals are established in connection with the views related to the organizations general mission. Tyco has a mission statement that reads, "We will increase the value of our company and our global portfolio of diversified brands by exceeding customers' expectations and achieving market leadership and operating excellence in every segment of our company." (Tyco.com, 2004, 1). The best way of accomplishing such goals, calls for the management team to explain the best plan possible that would improve work for the organization. As those significant factors, must weigh greatly upon the management supervising the Tyco international divisions. Legal issues that would be related to management planning...
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...Leadership JAT Task 2 Dawn Power WGU E1. Goals Goals are important to the success of a group. Goals are a major factor in motivation. Goals must provide task direction and help to achieve desired results. Goals should give a team something to reach for and align with the team’s mission and strategy. Goals must be specific and challenging and not general or unrealistic to accomplish. Our team realized the importance of goals in the beginning and that is why we were able to achieve every goal that was set in the initial meeting. The following were our goals that we set for the group: 1. Be prompt for all calls-each team member usually arrived 10-15 minutes early for every call that was scheduled. 2. Respect for each other’s time by communicating to the team leader if unable to participate in the calls-each member of the team made every call that was scheduled. 3. Everyone was expected to participate in the calls-every member of the team actively participated in the calls providing feedback when needed. E2. Motivation Strategies Motivating a team can be more challenging than motivating one person because each person within the team has different personalities, values, beliefs and goals. If a team can capitalize on each team member’s positive traits that they bring to the group, it will enable the team to be motivated and achieve more. Every team needs some form of motivation to accomplish its goals. Our team effectively established motivation...
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...planning. Boeing is a leading maker of high-end aircraft for commercial, military, satellites, and missiles. These aircraft are necessary to carry cargo and passengers. Boeing is a global company that serves customers all over the world. There are strict regulations for companies such as Boeing due to the safety and performance concerns with air travel. Because of strict regulations Boeing has to conduct extensive planning so they can operate efficiently. For Boeing business planning is a very complicated process that is influenced by many internal and external factors. Boeing has remained successful over the years because of their strong ethics and planning abilities. Boeings planning function of management is the process of setting goals and objectives for the company to achieve over a set period of time. It is vital to the success of Boeing’s plans to include activities and tasks that upon completion will ensure they reach their goals. It is also necessary to take into account variables and unexpected occurrences that may hinder goals. For Boeing it is vital for each major department to use this method of planning. Boeing is still successfully efficient because they set goals in each major departments such as: sales, engineering, product testing, and all other departments. For every goal Boeing has a set of guidelines that explain how the goal will be achieved. All personnel should be involved in the guidelines. Boeing’s ultimate goal is to be efficient to the highest level. ...
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...longer is it acceptable simply to make good products that satisfy customers while complying with laws and regulations. Businesses are now called upon to consider – and, indeed, intentionally to manage – the wider social and environmental consequences of their actions, beyond the requirements of the legal and regulatory settings in which they operate” (Charles River Center, 2008). Thus it is important for Charles River Printing (CRP) to include this concept into its sustainability vision and mission in order to make it as part of their daily operations and grow as a responsible company. To build the strategic planning practices (SPP) for CRP it is important to develop action plans, the timeline for its planning; the level of stakeholder engagement; the governance structure; risk assessment and mitigation plans; and most importantly measure its progress (Pojasek, 2013. p.1). While doing this it is important to integrate the policies and strategies with respect to the economic sustainability, social responsibility and environmental stewardship of the company. Moreover, the goals have to be aligned with the mission, vision and core value of the company and vice versa. The first step is to develop the SPP would be to understand that of its parent company RR Donnelley. The plant manager should try to align the SPP of CRP with the parent company to have a common methodology and then improvise the strategies, while keeping in mind the long term goals of the company. CRP can follow international...
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...of management, analyzing various factors that influence strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning. As well as analyzing the effect that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have on management planning. As discussed by Team D, we most certainly agree that we learned the stated, not only as a team, but as individuals. We all come from different walks of life and backgrounds; this diversity is what makes working together as a team so great. We all agree that we can apply what we learned to our professional or personal lives. Analyzing week two, we agreed that we had an inside look on what the six steps are during the planning process. These steps are situational analysis, alternative goals and plans, goals and evaluation, goals and plan selection, implementation, and finally monitor and control. We agree these steps are most important in the planning process and play an important role in setting up alternative goals and plans. We also concur it is a good idea to have an alternative plans, in case the original plan falls through the cracks. Having a backup plan is a great way to run a business and minimize risk. Areg from our team shared an example of how he has applied this to his life, when he was coaching basketball his duties were to analyze the other team and make plans, so the team goals would be accomplished. The kids in his team had to be monitored and controlled as well as the other team to make sure my kids are staying healthy and...
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...preparing a presentation for the board of directors about the organization’s direction. Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, with speaker notes, in which you address the following: Evaluate the planning function of management as it relates to the organization’s goals and strategies. Use steps in the planning process outlined in the text. * Analyze the influence that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have had on management planning at BP. Provide at least one example for each. * Analyze at least three factors that influence the company's strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. http://www.scribd.com/doc/95091675/Management-Planning-Presentation Planning Part of the management function that involves setting goals and deciding how to best achieve them is called planning. [ Setting goals and developing plans helps the organization to move in a focused direction while operating in an efficient and effective manner. Strategies or plans are then developed for moving the organization closer to its goals. Types of Planning There are four types of planning a company can use; strategic, tactical, operational and contingency planning. Planning is part of making a decision and a manager can use the following types of planning in making short and long term decisions for a company. Strategic Strategic planning is an “organization's process of defining its...
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...APPENDIX 1: Course Check Lists for PLAN, PLAB, and PLAD programs SCHOOL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING PLAN / UP001 CURRICULUM STUDENT NAME: _____________________________________________________________ *STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN ACADEMIC HISTORY* CHECKLIST PLAN 01 (Year 1) FALL 2013 __________ PLG 100 Intro. to Urban & Regional Planning __________ PLG 120 Understanding the Planning Process __________ ECN 104 Introductory Microeconomics __________ POL 123 Urban Local Government __________ Elective: Lower Level Liberal Studies (TABLE A) GEO 108 PLAN 02 (Year 1) WINTER 2014 __________ PLG 200 Planning Principles __________ PLG 220 Planning Studio I __________ ENH 617 Applied Ecology __________ SOC 104 Understanding Society __________ Elective Lower Level Liberal Studies (TABLE A) PHL 306 PLAN 03 (Year 2) FALL 2014 __________ PLG 300 Theories in Urban and Regional Planning __________ PLG 310 Statistics for Planners __________ PLG 320 Planning Studio II __________ Elective Lower Level Liberal Studies (TABLE A) PHL110 __________ Elective Professionally-Related http://www.ryerson.ca/calendar/2014-2015/pg3639.html , PLAN 04 (Year 2) WINTER 2015 __________ PLG 400 Introduction to Policy Planning __________ PLG 410 Planning Analysis __________ PLG 420 Land Use Planning Studio I __________ Elective Upper Level Liberal Studies (TABLE B)__________________________ __________ Elective Professionally-Related...
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...secure on their bearings. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) cited Kokosing Construction Company Inc. as well as two engineers from ODOT (The Ohio Department of Transportation) who signed off on the plans that lead to this collapse. Multiple parties were involved and affected by this accident. Some parties carried out the investigation on those who caused the...
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...MANAGE OPERATIONAL PLAN BSBMGT515A Table of contents 1. Introduction (1) 2. Operational planning within The Iconic (2) 3. Components of operational plan (3) 4. Budgets (4) 5. Forecasts (5) 6. Environmental Scanning (6) 7. Key performance indicators (7) 8. Acquire Resources (8) 9. Monitor Operational Performance (9) 10. Monitor and review operational performance (10) 11. TOWs analysis on The Iconic (11) 12. Summary (12) 13. Reference list (13) Introduction (1) Planning means factoring in all aspects of what needs to happen in the future in order to ensure that it all gets done in the time available. In a business environment we use operational plans to ensure that targets are met within given timeframes and to satisfactory quality standard. There are three types of plan used at different levels within an organisation: * Strategic plan * Business plan * Operational plan The strategic plan is developed for long-term planning and covers a period of about five years. The strategic plan specifies the missions and goals of the organisation including decisions on how resources, both capital and human, will be allocated to meet organisational goals. A business plan sits between the highest-level plan (the strategic plan) and the operational plan. A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals and objectives that are to be achieved to meet the strategic objectives of the organisation. The...
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... Scanlon Plan Scanlon Adoption Plan at Engstrom Problems and Solutions? 2 Introduction to Engstrom (I) A privately owned business manufacturing mirrors for trucks and automobiles Located in Richmond, Indiana 209 employees Use Scanlon Plan as an incentive for staff 3 Introduction to Engstrom (II) Creation 1948 late 1990s Troubles:unprofitability,production delays Ron Bent hired 1998 Dec.1999 Scanlon plan is voted by 81% workers Downturn in industry 2005 46 employees lay off June 2006 Need a new solution! May 2007 Economical Context 1948 1990s 1999 2005 2007 Contents Introduction to Engstrom Scanlon Plan Scanlon Adoption Plan at Engstrom Problems and Solutions? 5 Scanlon Plan Developed in 1930s by Joseph Scanlon, a cost accountant by training and a steelworkers’ union official at a steel mill facing bankruptcy. The heart of the plan is the concept of participative management. The three plan components: • the submission of suggestions for improvement by employees at all levels • the structure of the company committees that evaluate the suggestions • then the sharing of the fruits of increased productivity through monthly bonuses Ideally work together to drive big changes in behavior and attitudes! 6 Contents Introduction to Engstrom Scanlon Plan Scanlon Adoption Plan at Engstrom Problems and Solutions 7 Scanlon Plan Adoption at Engstrom (I) Employees signed a Scanlon Bonus Plan Agreement at...
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...considers it his duty as well as the duty of the employees at the Department of Human Services to contribute to the growth and stability of Kavas economy. The Department of Human Services plans to preserve and protect Kavas valuable resources by establishing a greater presence in Kava and giving back to the country and all of its population who have helped Kava. The Department of Human Services plans to aid in cleaning up and restoring Kava on its way to recovery. It is the job of the director of strategic planning at the Department of Human Services to help this country recover so it can have continuous growth and success. The goal of the Department of Human Services is to protect the health of the needy as well as to provided essential human services, especially for the people who are the least able to help themselves. We at the Department of Human Services would like to help Kava recover from the disasters it has faced and to help Kava overcome any challenges that it presently has. The Department of Human Services will accomplish this by addressing all of the issues in the business scenario, the forces involved in the problems formulation, and the organizational and environmental obstacles that are impacting key stakeholders. After evaluating the business scenario and going over the plan of the director of...
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...Harry assumes his people are poor planners, whereas he does not realize that he forces his instructions on them when they are ready to plan. Moreover, Harry believes his business to be smooth since his revenue is high and the clients are happy. Finally, Harry, not being updated with technology, argues with his clients, the necessity of technology. 3. The owner’s checks which have been coming in on time have kept Harry’s business running. 4. Firstly, Harry has been committing extra resources to complete projects on time. Secondly, he has been paying his employees in excess of the market rate to keep them with his company. Thirdly, he has not been paying attention to the CFO’s warning of the ROI getting weaker by the day. Lastly, in spite of these difficulties, Harry has been interested in expanding his business into other states. 5. The paramount factor for me, if I were a...
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