...significant increase in unethical business practice” (Nonis and Swift, 2001, p. 2). The value a person believes in defines his or her character. According to University of Phoenix Week Six Overview (2008), Ethics Awareness Inventory Scoring summary reports the author’s ethical profile most closely align with character and least aligned with equity. Some of the character qualities that the author possesses consist of honesty, integrity, dependability, and loyalty. The learner’s personal values align with the core values of the commissioned corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, which consist of leadership, service, integrity and excellence. According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008): Leadership provides vision and purpose in public health through inspiration, dedication, and loyalty. Service demonstrates a commitment to public health through compassionate actions and stewardship of time, resources, and talents. Integrity exemplifies uncompromising ethical conduct and maintains the highest standards of responsibility and accountability. Excellence exhibits superior performance and continuous improvement in knowledge and expertise as a public health officer. (para. 1) The author is proud to incorporate these values...
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...company is part of global conglomerate Raymond Group. In year 1959, Raymond was the first company introduced a polywool blend India to creating the world’s finest suiting fabric the Super 204s made from the superfine 11.6 micron wool. It produces wool-blended and premium polyester viscose worsted suiting. Besides, textile company was also diversified in engineering and aviation. Name of largest manufacturer of steel files in the world belongs to Raymond, accounting 30% of market share. Raymond’s textile plant is located in Thane, Vapi and Chhindwara. In 2011 the company launched 600th Raymond Shop outlet. In 2013 Raymond Premium Apparel crossed Rs.1 brand mark, and the company marked the Pan–India launch of ‘Makers’ brand. Raymond culture: Core values of the company are quality, safety and respect. With continuing excellence and integrity, these are the tools, the intangible brick and mortar that allow Raymond Ltd to build the future, Raymond Ltd believed in creating close collaboration within their team and each one of their clients. The following values guide the daily action of all their employees and partners are: Integrity : Raymondite are all required operating business with highest moral standard. Quality : Achieving the excellence result in all the Raymondite do. Safety : Raymond Ltd protecting the well being of all their employees. Respect : Raymond Ltd recognized and appreciated everyone’s contribution towards company. Continuous improvement : Raymond Ltd required...
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...|COMPANY BACKGROUND | |INTRO | |Davao Packaging Corporation (DAPACOR) is the premier producer of world class packaging products targeting the agricultural, | |industrial, and consumer markets. | |DAPACOR's core products include: corrugated carton boxes, plastic films and sheets, synthetic twine, sticker labels, and | |recycled resins. DAPACOR is an organization of skilled individuals dedicated to the pursuit of Quality, Excellence and | |Innovation. It has highly-advanced and state-of-the-art equipment that boost its capabilities to exceed its customers' | |expectations. | |DAPACOR's customers are assured to get on-time delivery, all over the world, of high quality and modern packaging that is | |tailor-made for their specific needs, helping them to excel in their own highly competitive industries. | |In its more than 25 years of customer focused service, DAPACOR evolved from a production center of...
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...many factors that can determine the decision to go back to school such as finances, career growth, looking for a better job, or to fulfill personal goals. That made me think about the reasons why I was going back to school. I think for most students, why one would want to return to school is an easy question to answer. After much thought, the important question is not why I was going back to school but how I was going to finish it. I needed to evaluate the reasons why I did not complete school and narrow down the key factors that will make me successful this time around. The variables for academic success are different from student to student, but some of the key factors for all students are goal setting, time management, and academic integrity. Goal Setting Goals are essential to any type of success. Goals serve as a directive and energizing function. It affects the persistence of participants and affects action by leading to arousal and discovery (Locke & Latham, 2002). Goals will keep someone motivated, focused, and provides a sense of direction necessary for academic success. However, simply creating goals will not lead to academic success. During my early academic career, my lack of goal setting led to academic failure. It was difficult for me to achieve my goals without having a clear understanding of what I was trying to achieve. I realized that it would take a reliable process of goal setting to achieve academic success. Using S.M.A.R.T. goal approach has been...
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...------------------------------------------------- August 30, 2014 Saint Leo University ABSTRACT This core values essay is about how Verizon’s integrity and ethics play a role on its training program. Verizon is a Dow 30 company with a workforce of over 180,000 diverse employees worldwide. Customer satisfaction is what Verizon depends on for it success. Verizon believes in providing quality, reliable, and innovative products to its customers along with outstanding customer service to ensure their customers are satisfied. I will be addressing the following five questions in this essay to further inform you about how Verizon’s integrity and ethics play a role on its training program. How does the training function support organizational strategy at Verizon? How does training provide a competitive advantage to Verizon? What role do ethics and integrity play in training Verizon? What does Verizon do differently that makes it one of the top 12 training companies in the U.S.? What do you think Verizon could do to improve its training function further? I will begin with how does the training function support the organizational strategy at Verizon. How does the training function support organizational strategy at Verizon? Verizon training function supports its organizational strategy by providing employees with the learning and development needed to maintain pace with fast changing technology and produce a great product to their customers every day. Their commitment to employee learning and development supports...
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...specific ethics theory. Similarities and Differences in Ethics Theories Understanding the similarities and differences between virtue theory, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics starts with describing each ethic theory. According to Boylan (2009), virtue theory has a definition of cultivating excellence in life and constituting an aspect of the “good person”. Utilitarianism according to Boylan (2009),” is a theory that suggests that an action is morally right when that action produces more total utility for the group than any other alternative” (p. 153). Finally, according to Encyclopedia Britannica (2012), “deontological ethics, in philosophy, ethical theories that place special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions” (Deontological Ethics). The similarities between the three theories represent the good in people, how they strive for excellence, and justified good. The differences in the three theories begin with the ethics and morality. Virtue theory describes a person’s character, cultivating “excellence in all we do” (Boylan, p. 43, 2009). Striving for excellence can be challenging, specifically deciding what is the most choice worthy decision in life. Utilitarianism addresses ethical and morality issues by addressing the net balance of good consequences over bad...
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...(Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint). Now, you have to pay for the software or utilize the trial periods Microsoft offers which are preinstalled on new computer purchases. There have clearly been more computers produced and sold as a result of Microsoft being a monopolist in my opinion. As with the Saint Leo Core values and Microsoft, Here are my views: Excellence, I would say Microsoft displays excellence and that fact that their product has held top in the software industry proves this core value. Community, Microsoft has exhibited a sense of community in itself and in the development of such great products which has challenged a lot of us to learn just as SLU community core value states. Respect, With respect to their competitors, I would say Microsoft may lack a sense of respect. After all, they are a monopoly and monopolists see to it that monopolists benefit, not consumers. In relations to SLU core value and Microsoft, the company has respect in that they have “free exchange of ideas” that has made them the number one leader in software development. Bill Gates and his team have exchanged tremendous ideas to create, produce and sell such great products. Personal Development, here at SLU states that “All members of the Saint Leo University community must demonstrate their commitment to personal development to help strengthen...
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...Critical thinking is a rich concept that has been developing throughout the past 2500 years. The term "critical thinking" has its roots in the mid-late 20th century. We offer here overlapping definitions, together which form a substantive, transdisciplinary conception of critical thinking.Critical Thinking as Defined by the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, 1987A statement by Michael Scriven & Richard Paul, presented at the 8th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Education Reform, Summer 1987. Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness. | | | | | | It entails the examination of those structures or elements of thought implicit in all reasoning: purpose, problem, or question-at-issue; assumptions; concepts; empirical grounding; reasoning leading to conclusions; implications and consequences; objections from alternative viewpoints; and frame of reference. Critical thinking — in being responsive to variable subject matter, issues, and purposes — is incorporated...
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...Accounting and the Public Interest While this concept of public interest is imperative to the accounting profession, it is not always well understood. According to reflections by Dellaportas and Davenport (2007), serving the public interest in the accounting field is done on two levels. The first, individual professional judgment, relates to how accountants apply expertise to achieve excellence in the provision of services. Excellence in this capacity refers to integrity, objectivity, independence, confidentiality, adherence to technical and professional standards, competence and due care, and general ethical behavior (Dellaportas, 2007). The second, institutional processes, refers to professional accounting bodies that develop processes which produce high-quality standards intended to benefit end-users of financial reports (Dellaportas, 2007). By developing value on the individual level and fostering an environment in which that value may thrive, public accounting can meet the needs of public interest. Whether or not the needs of the public interest align with those of the private interest is up for debate. According to Lee Parker (1994), “private interest can be defined as the latent motivation of ethical codes to protect the interests of the professional accounting body corporate and its individual members.” Such interests include political power, social status, and influence (Parker, 1994). In order to preserve these self-interests, it is necessary to fulfill the public...
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...10 Characteristics for Effective Management April Flory HSM220 April 25, 2014 Susan Anderson 10 Characteristics for Effective Management Having a good understanding of the organization’s vision is important because you will want to move the company into that direction. In addition, a person will want to know what the vision is because it may go against their beliefs. Having good communication skills is important to be able to effectively communicate the vision statement to others, such as employees or community. In addition, as a manager a person will have to effectively communicate what needs to be done in order to follow the vision. Having good communication skills is knowledge-centered. Any situation needs someone that can look at it from all sides to find the best solution for all involved. Becoming a critical thinker is a learned trait, knowledge-centered. A well-organized manager can get more work done and in the long run that can save money for the organization. Saving money for the organization means more money that can be spent on needed items, or even opening up a new department. Organization skills can come naturally, but it is not a value, so knowledge-centered. Analyzing data will allow them to continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. Analyzing data is a skill that needs to be learned, knowledge-centered. If a manager is going to get employees to do the work they are assigned to do they will need to know how to...
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...EFQM Excellence Model What does it mean? The EFQM is the abbreviation of European Foundation for Quality Management and is a not-for-profit membership foundation in Brussels, established in 1989 to increase the competitiveness of the European economy. The initial impetus for forming EFQM was a response to the work of W. Edwards Deming and the development of the concepts of Total Quality Management. What kind of model it is? The EQFM has a model which provides a holistic view of the organisation and it can be used to determine how different methods fit together and complement each other. The Model can therefore be used in conjunction with any number of tools, based on the needs and function of the organisation, as an overarching framework for developing sustainable excellence. There is not a specific type of companies which can participate in the competition some of the main areas we can find here are: education, energy & utilities, healthcare, IT & Technologies, Manufacturing, Material, NGO/Associations, Public Administration, Retail, Services and Transport & Logistics. But in order to become a member of this organization you must pay a fee which is based on the annual turnover of the organization Annual Turnover | Category | Standard Fee | More than 1 billion Euros | A | €11,000 | Between 100 million and 1 billion Euros | B | €5,500 | Between 5 million and 100 million Euros | C | €2,700 | Less than 5 million Euros | D | €1,350 | What...
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...definition and different meaning for each person, but as a personal definition for me this big word means integrity, respect, principles and values. There are three theories in regard ethic they are; virtue theory, utilitarianism theory and deontology theory. They have similarities for example one of them is do the right thing in any circumstance and of course depending of the person’s viewpoint. The definition of virtue theory, utilitarianism and deontology is the following; “Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach which emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that which emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism). Suppose it is obvious that someone in need should be helped. A utilitarian will point to the fact that the consequences of doing so will maximize well-being, a deontologist to the fact that, in doing so the agent will be acting in accordance with a moral rule such as “Do unto others as you would be done by” and a virtue ethicist to the fact that helping the person would be charitable or benevolent.” (Hursthouse R, 2012) Virtue theory looks for the good, the excellence and could be classified as the character of the person. Utilitarianism theory emphasizes more in the action that produces more utility for a group than an individual’s interests “the greatest good for the greatest number.” Boylan...
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...Ethics and ethical theories: a road map for teaching ethics in business schools Joan Fontrodona (IESE Business School, Spain), Manuel Guillén (University of Valencia, Spain), and Alfredo Rodríguez-Sedano (University of Navarre, Spain) Introduction A three-dimensional framework to explain ethical theories Ethical approaches of business firms Teaching ethics experiences using this framework Discussion of the teaching experiences Conclusions References 1 2 6 9 10 12 13 Introduction This paper tries to contribute, in some way, to the urgent need recently warned by Benedict XVI: “the university, for its part, must never lose sight of its particular calling to be a "universitas" in which the various disciplines, each in its own way, are seen as part of a greater unum. How urgent is the need to rediscover the unity of knowledge and to counter the tendency to fragmentation and lack of communicability that is all too often the case in our schools!”1 This seems to be a challenge for both, Catholic and non-Catholic universities. The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical framework that helps to conceptualize ethics and to clarify the characteristics and limits of the different ethical theories. In other words, students without philosophical background will find here a synthetic “road map” of ethical approaches. This framework has been previously published in a book in Spain2. In this paper, authors will describe the model and discuss how it has been successfully tested...
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...Companies Awarded by Philippine Quality Awards San Miguel Yamamura Asia Corporation (SMYAC) - a joint venture company of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd. (NYG) - is the country's major manufacturer of glass bottles. Inaugurated in July 1991, it started commercial operations in July 1992. SMYAC designs and produces glass bottles for the food, beverage, spirit, and pharmaceutical industries - both for domestic and export consumption. Products are exported to the U.S.A., Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa. The facility has the capability to produce glass bottles of different shapes, sizes, and colors. It is also capable of producing ultra-lightweight bottles called Glasslite and bottles with Applied Color Label (ACL) using heavy metal-free (HMF) paints. SMYAC's equipment are the most advanced in the Philippines as they are equipped with fully automated dust-free batch plant, an enclosed clean room, and state-of-the-art production and inspection machines from Europe, America, and Japan. In addition to this, SMYAC is equipped with an Electrostatic Precipitator (EP), an air pollution abatement system that performs the collection of combustion particles, which is recycled into minor raw materials used in glass production. For total quality and productivity management, SMYAC is one of the first companies in the Philippines to be certified in ISO 9000 by the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) through its accreditation in December of 1992 - merely six...
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...compare are virtue theory, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics Boylan (2009) stated “Virtue ethics is also sometimes called agent-based or character ethics. It takes the viewpoint that in living your life you should try to cultivate excellence in all that you do and all that others do. These excellences or virtues are both moral and non-moral” (p. 133). Boylan (2009) stated “Utilitarianism is a theory that suggests that an action is morally right when that action produces more total utility for the group than any other alternative” (p. 153). Boylan stated “Deontology is a moral theory that emphasizes one’s duty to do a particular action just because the action, itself, is inherently right and not through any other sorts of calculations—such as the consequences of the action” (p.171). Now that all three of the theories have been defined it is time to see what they have in common and how they differ. They are all similar in the fact that each theory tries to explain and lay a foundation on how individuals and societies can conduct themselves in an ethical manner. Virtue ethics and Utilitarianism both have traits that force individuals to not just think of themselves but also others. Those who utilize virtue based ethics cultivate excellence in what others do and Utilitarianism focuses on doing what is best for the greatest number of people. They both differ from Deontology because Deontology does not focus on consequences. I feel that it is important to think of how your actions...
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