...Ethical and Moral Issues in Business Kenneth H. Niuman University of Phoenix Ethical and Moral Issues in Business How do you differentiate between ethics and morality.?How does ethics impact governance in business organizations. Ethics and morals may seem the same on the face of it, but if one were to analyze, there is definitely some difference. Morality refers to an adopted code of conduct within an environment and a set of agreed upon rules for what is 'right' and 'wrong'. Morals have formed the spine of modern society, religion and every individual's conscience. The conceptions changed in time and take on a new meaning. For example, killing a human being is immoral in any society but when on the battlefield soldiers are given medals for killing their enemy soldiers.. In a way, morality is in sync with ethics. While one is abstract in understanding, the other is defined and in the form of written code. Morality addresses the ethical queries on the moral outcome of a specific situation. The code of conduct formulated probes prohibitions, controversial behavior, standards of belief systems and social conformity of morally 'right' behavior. Moral codes define 'appropriate' and 'expected' activity. Community morality is usually defined via commentaries and codes of authority. Morality is better understood as an assimilation of beliefs about the essentials to lead a 'good' life. It is not to be confused with religious or fanatic or political preception. Moral codes are...
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...Intro Ethics are more important in today's society and business environment than ever before. To really understand this case, it is necessary to understand the times and societal norms of when it occurred. In short, did Ford design the Pinto's fuel system in an ethical way, and should they have redesigned it later? The reason that this case has gotten so much attention is that Ford did not update the fuel system in 1978, because the cost-benefit analysis favored leaving it unchanged. Ford Motor Company defended their decision to not make the production changes in the Pinto by saying that they had used a risk/benefit analysis. They said that they had used this analysis because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) required it from them (Leggett, 1999). Is a risk/benefit analysis really appropriate if the defect in question might lead to someone being seriously injured or killed by a company's faulty product? Conclusion Business changes with the times. In order for a person to decide whether or not Ford behaved ethically, they must consider the standards that corporations follow because of today's society. Business ethics used to be an unfamiliar idea to society, and it was not always practiced as it is today. Today's standards for companies require that profit and other common business concerns should be irrelevant if the question is whether or not to protect people from injury or death. Reference Leggett, C. (1999). Life as...
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...What is business ethics? There are many different definitions of business ethics. In general, the term is used to mean a form of applied ethics in which a system of ethics and morality is applied in the business world. The exact application of business ethics will differ from organization to organization, and place to place. Different organizations deal with different stakeholders, different clients and customers, and different dimensions of the work world, industry, and market. The way business ethics must be applied is determined by the nature, mission, purpose and goals of a given company. The universal purpose of business ethics is to ensure that companies treat their workers, partners, clients, and any other involved shareholders or stakeholders with ethical and moral integrity. Business ethics used to be taken for granted and assumed, almost as an extension of the personal ethics of those involved in the business. In more recent years, however, following different issues including the 2001 Enron scandal, individuals and businesses have focused more on analyzing and formalizing business ethics (cf WiseGeek, retrieved 2010). A Model Organization: Integral business ethics in terms of social issues, legal issues, and profit. Taking a fictitious restaurant food supply organization called The Ultimate Deal, as an organization that serves as a model of business ethics, the practical implications of business ethics can be explained. The Ultimate Deal, as a restaurant...
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...Ethical Organizational Profile MGT 216 January 24, 2011 Ethical Organizational Profile Smiles Dental Office is a new dental facility in San Diego California, which focuses on customer care first. With a highly trained staff and courteous demeanor Smiles Dental Office take pride not only in our work, but also in our customer’s satisfaction. Smiles Dental has announced the expansion of the company to the Philippines. Smiles Dental Office’s goal is to continue the same quality customer care in the Philippines that began in San Diego, California. Smiles Dental Office’s current employees include two dentists, three hygienists, three assistants, two receptionists, one accountant, and two to three interns. Products and services include cleanings, fillings, bridges, crowns, dentures, implants, extractions, and whiting. Our Mission: The mission of Smiles Dental Office is to provide quality products and services to all patients leaving them with a smile they are happy to share. Core Values: Smiles Dental Office has an agreed upon sense of purpose and it is important to our success at Smiles Dental Office. Our goal is to provide the public with advanced products and services to improve their quality of oral health. We aim to provide outstanding service to our consumers and each other and continually work toward improvement. Using teamwork we are committed to fulfill society’s need with the most current technology available. * We will make everyone feel safe,...
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...Ethical Simulation After taking part in the ethics game, a couple of issues were presented which needed to be addressed in me taking part as a Quality Control Manager in the G-Bio Sport Company. Decision making steps were used differently for each issue to have the ability to address the issue in the correct fashion. I used two different ethical perspectives, and two different ethical lenses to make my decisions in this simulation. Even using these perspectives, and lenses my management decisions were not affected or influenced throughout the simulation. This simulation does bring up valid insights in how issues come up in my business. The first of the ethical issues presented in the simulation was a product shipped out to the consumer market by G-Bio Sport was tainted with an elevated amount of GBS-Fibranafren. During the most recent QA testing 100% of the products shipped to consumer markets contains an elevated amount of GBS-Fibranafren. The amounts are far beneath the FDA regulations, but exceed the levels we have permitted internally. The risks to consumers being affected by the product are low, but consumers with compromised immune systems could have a slightly higher risk of reactions with continued use of the product. I know based off of the lab results that 100% of the batch shipped to the consumer market is tainted with GBS-Fibranafren. In the second scenario the issue was to decide whether to sell a product that does not meet U.S. safety requirements in a foreign...
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...Ethical and Moral Issues in Business Carlos I. Maldonado MGT 216 Organization Ethics and Social Responsibility February 3, 2011 University of Phoenix Ethical and Moral Issues in Business Moral and ethical issues are always present on each morning newspaper, the daily news, and on our surroundings. They confront us in the fundamentals of our daily jobs and encounter us from our children's daily school activities. We are daily bombarded with discussions of drug abuse, the morality of medical technologies that can prolong our lives, the rights of the homeless and abortion, the fairness of our children's teachers to the diverse students in their classrooms, and sexual morality. Dealing with these moral and ethical issues is often perplexing especially when individuals are trying to think through an ethical issue and determine what questions to ask and what factors should be considered. Morality is a term used to cover those practices and activities that are considered importantly right and wrong; the rules that govern those activities; and the values that are embedded, fostered, or pursued by those activities and practices (Richard T. De George, 2010). Ethical or moral norms apply in business, just as they do in all other areas of human life. There is not separate or esoteric set of norms that apply to business and do not apply elsewhere. People in business are no more allowed to cheat, steal, lie, harm others, violate their rights, and so on, than anyone else. People...
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...Setting up Lightroom 5 * Click the icon located in the center of the Desktop. * Once open tether the camera to Lightroom 5. Click File > Tethered Capture > Start Tethered Capture (Note: make sure the camera is connected to the usb cable and computer. * The Tethered Capture Settings window will open. I have already set up where it will be save. Just click ok. * You will notice a new pop up. Check to ensure that the camera is noticed. If it isn’t noticed it will look like the screen below. Take a practice shot. You should notice a new photo popped up in the bottom of the screen in the thumbnail section. * Make sure that you are in the Print Module. Located in the top right side of the screen. * Once in the Print Module look at the center left side of the screen. You will see Template browser. Under Users Templates will be the different settings. All of the photo, with the exception of the 8.5 x 11 size prints will be on 5 x 7 paper. * Once you pick the photo size look at the gray screen where the portraits display. On the top left side of the gray screen will be some text that start with Page 1 of 1. Below the Page 1 of 1 text look to see if the paper size is correct for the template you selected. Then look below the size and ensure that the Canon Printer is listed. Note if any other printer is listed, you need to call me. * Once the size is picked, look at the lower right of the screen and click Print. Clicking...
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...Title of Your Abstract I. M. Author, U. R. Too1), and Y. R. Younot2) Department, Institution/Company, Town, State/Country, 1) Department, Institution/Company, Town, State/Country 2) Department, Institution/Company, Town, State/Country Email address of corresponding author Summary: Clearly state what is new in this first paragraph. The degree of novelty and clearness will be some of the major evaluation criteria in the review process. Relate your work to what has been already done. This section should describe your major achievements and represent a summary and conclusions of your contribution in a nutshell. Please do not submit papers that have already been published elsewhere. A maximum of 200 words should be appropriate for this section. Keywords: Provide a maximum of five keywords here. Motivation Here is some space to describe the background of your work. Cite references using brackets [1]. You may refer to the figures if appropriate to illustrate basic structures, device designs etc. (Fig. 1) not forgetting to describe what the reader should read out of this figure. |[pic] | |Fig. 1: One-column figure example. Briefly characterize here the main idea of the figure. | Results It is mandatory to present sample results in your abstract. Illustrate your approach and...
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...COPIER CONFUSION CASE STUDY Abstract The Business Company, Inc., badly needed new copying machines. The company had 20 machines, but they were old and copy quality was poor. They broke down frequently. And to change paper size from 8.5 x 11 in. to legal-size, the user had to remove one paper tray containing 8.5 x 11 in. paper and replace it with a tray containing legal-size paper. Newer machines had two trays, one for each paper size, that permitted changing paper size at the push of a button without changing paper trays. The company’s purchasing agent, thought this would be a labor-saving feature and decided to include it in a specification for purchase of new machines. The copying machine industry called this feature, “dual-cassette” design. John Richards, the company’s purchasing agent, thought this would be a labor-saving feature and decided to include it in a specification for purchase of new machines. The copying machine industry called this feature, “dual-cassette” design. The Business Company issued an invitation for bids for purchase and maintenance of 20 replacement machines. The solicitation included a specification that called for a machine that would permit “copying both 8.5 x 11 in. and legal-size paper without manually changing the paper trays.” The term dual cassette did not appear in the specification. John received bids from several companies, including Copies Incorporated, a reputable manufacturer...
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...PROJ598 – Contract and Procurement Management Copier Confusion The Business Company, Inc., badly needed new copying machines. The company had 20 machines, but they were old and copy quality was poor. They broke down frequently. And to change paper size from 8.5 x 11 in. to legal-size, the user had to remove one paper tray containing 8.5 x 11 in. paper and replace it with a tray containing legal-size paper. Newer machines had two trays, one for each paper size, that permitted changing paper size at the push of a button without changing paper trays. John Richards, the company’s purchasing agent, thought this would be a labor-saving feature and decided to include it in a specification for purchase of new machines. The copying machine industry called this feature, “dual-cassette” design. The Business Company issued an invitation for bids for purchase and maintenance of 20 replacement machines. The solicitation included a specification that called for a machine that would permit “copying both 8.5 x 11 in. and legal-size paper without manually changing the paper trays.” The term dual cassette did not appear in the specification. John received bids from several companies, including Copies Incorporated, a reputable manufacturer. Copiers had greeted the invitation for bids with great pleasure. Their inventory included 30 of their Model 125 copying machines, which they were phasing out. The Model 125 had only one tray, which held 8.5 x 11 in. and legal-size paper, but legal-size paper...
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...LANNER RECIPE & MEAL P Crossbow PRINTABLES D V IC E P R IN T IN G A Once again, thank you so much for choosing Crossbow Printables! I hope you love your planner pages and that they will keep you organised for many years to come. GENERAL PRINTING The best program to print these planner pages with is Adobe Reader, which you can download for free from the Adobe website (please Google Adobe Reader and follow the links as they vary per country). The quality of your planner pages will depend on your printer and paper quality, but I have designed them to be simple and elegant so that they look great through both home and professional printers. You can either print the Recipe & Meal Planner as a whole, using the guidance below, or print individual pages from the planner. To print an individual page, open the Planner PDF and press print, then under the ‘Pages to Print’ section in the printing options select the page/pages you would like to print. Select how many copies you would like and remember to make sure you have selected the correct paper size before pressing print. A4 PRINTING Once you have opened the planner PDF with Adobe Reader and pressed print, you will need to make sure you have A4 paper chosen in the ‘Page Setup’ area. If your printer can auto-duplex the pages, you can stand back and do a happy dance while your pages print! If not, print the odd pages first by clicking this option under the ‘Pages to Print’ section, then re-insert the pages and print the even pages...
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...Dear all Subject; confirm of monthly newsletter As we have the meeting about producing newsletter every month. I would be include all of the detail that we agree to all staff. Our newsletter would be producing in every months. The newsletter would consist of the industry spotlight, health at work, employee spotlight, new client information and News upcoming event. For the company procedure of document guild, The written style for all document would be concise, friendly, and professional in keeping with the mission statement of our Burleigh Accountant company and keep the file in appropriate folder which we have Administration, Marketing , Staffing and General policy and procedure. All document would have the company logo, company hyperlinks with pointing hand shape and the signed by senior accountant. I will follow the key style requirement as; The format of the page will use * A4 paper size with page margin as 2.54 cm. the header or footer 1.27 com from margin line. * The standard font for document is Arial 12. Heading would be bolded with heading 1 in 14 pt and Heading 2in 12 pt. * Autometic heading style would be created and used to ensure consistency in heading * The printing must be double –side * For our newsletter, we will use the business newsletter template from Microsoft word and Use the fonts contained in the newsletter template. The number of page is no more than 3 pages per newsletter. The content should keep bright and clear which consist...
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...Ethical Issues MGT/216 10/24/2011 Jennifer Stephens Ethical Issues Business ethics are a set of ethics that a business, a group of businesses, or an organization of any kind sets for themselves. These ethical standards are usually similar throughout the business world with varying degrees of differences. Unfortunately, the manner in which ethics are adhered to varies from business to business. Usually businesses are started and maintained with one major goal in mind, make a profit. Economist Milton Friedman stated that “management should make as much money as possible while conforming to the basic rules of society…” (University of Phoenix, 2007, para. 43). ). Unfortunately, this driving factor causes some businesses to set aside what is ethical to meet their financial goals. This happens to varying degrees, and the effects can be as minor as a guilty conscience or as serious as a death. Chapter two of the text tells a story about a man that spent a summer in the late 1960s handling asbestos, which later caused his untimely death (University of Phoenix, 2007). This would not have been an ethical issue if the business that this individual worked for had not been aware of the dangers of asbestos; however, the corporation did understand the dangers of it, and therefore this was a gross misjudgment in ethical behavior. Businesses face many challenges internally. It is a constant challenge for businesses to practice and maintain proper ethics company wide...
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...THE POWER OF EDUCATION phoenix.edu Bachelor of Science in Business with a Concentration in Human Resource Management The Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB) undergraduate degree program is designed to prepare graduates with the requisite knowledge, skills, and values to effectively apply various business principles and tools in an organizational setting. The BSB foundation is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practical application, while examining the areas of accounting, critical thinking and decision-making, finance, business law, management, marketing, organizational behavior, research and evaluation, and technology. Students are required to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the undergraduate business curricula through an integrated topics course. The Human Resource Management Concentration helps students develop an understanding of the fundamentals of human resource management and its strategic relevance in business. The concentration addresses the legal and ethical components of the decision making process involved in the human resources environment. The Human Resource Management Concentration introduces students to the basic concepts of human resource management, and allows further study in the areas of employment law, risk management, recruitment and selection of employees, international HR, change management, compensation and benefits, employee development, and performance management. Students will also develop an understanding of the critical...
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...Running Head: CASE STUDY Case Study Team MGT/216 09/13/10 Teacher Abstract Take a step back into the past, 1971 to be exact, imagine being a proud new owner of a popular and affordable vehicle, the Pinto. The vehicle is perfect for the tight budgeted and built by a trusted company (Ford). Then the unexpected happens, it is in a rear end accident. Upon the accident the car explodes. Sounds like a bad dream, right! (See video link in PowerPoint presentation) The following discusses a similar story that will from here forward be in reference as the Pinto Case, in which Ford was accused of being at fault for selling a shoddy car to the public. Were they at fault? What was the ethical dilemma? What were the social pressures? All of this and more is here within in detail. Pinto Case Study When Ford Motor Company had to determine what action to take in regards to the pinto many considerations were made. The company had to decide whether to install a baffle on the Ford Pinto to prevent the possibility of a puncture in the gas tank by a bolt from the bumper. The issue was found during a test done after the car was in production and on sale in the U.S. The gas tank is in the back of the car. During a rear-end test it was found that if a car travels more than 20 miles per hour and is hit from behind it is possible that a bolt from the bumper can puncture the gas tank. This can cause an explosion. Ford had the choice...
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