...Assignment for Course: MGT 5015 Legal, Ethical, and Social Values of Business Submitted to: Dr. Frank J. Cavico, J.D. LL.M Submitted by: James Jones N01456933 Date of Submission: March 12, 2013 Title of Assignment: Integrating Values – The Legality, Morality and Social Responsibility of, “Is it moral for the University of Notre Dame to pay their college football players?” CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used this data, ideas of words, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student Signature: Jill Burgess *************************************************************** Instructor’s Grade on Assignment: Instructor’s Comments: Table of Contents Introduction Many students who are currently active players for their university's football team are struggling to make ends meet. They simply don't have the funds to buy new clothes, tools for education, or even food not supplied by the university. To make matters worse, the NCAA has created policies restricting players from pursuing avenues of being compensated for services. These policies make living situations for many of the players very uncomfortable. In business, there are...
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...Ethics Reflection Alicia Zisumbo STR/581 September 23, 2014 Shad Slaughter Ethics Reflection A strategic plan is an important part of business development because it defines the organization’s strategy, decision-making and the path the company takes in order to succeed. The social responsibility an organization has on the community is how it accomplishes its business while it meets its obligations to society and the environment. Ethics plays a strong role in a company’s strategic plan because the public persona will determine if the company is successful or not. Corporations must remember that the decisions made not only affect the company and its employees, but also the stakeholders and the communities that drive the business. A business has an ethical responsibility to uphold the commonly held beliefs of society because it is society that ultimately makes or breaks a business. A perfect example of this is currently being played out in the media regarding the image of the National Football League (NFL) and its stance on domestic violence. The NFL brings in millions of dollars a year from ticket sales, merchandise, sponsorships, and TV ads. It is a very prosperous business to say the least. The NFL has a code of conduct policy that must be followed by its employees (players, coaches, etc.). The Ray Rice scandal is currently marring the image of model behavior in the NFL. As an avid NFL fan, I have been watching this scandal unfold with the start of a new football...
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...The strongest weapon in the United States is a patriotic American just like Pat Tillman he was a heroic person that ever existed in the United States.Pat Tillman was born November 6,1976,Fremont California. he never gave up on football he always exceeded and pushed himself.Tillman went to high school at Leland High School where he excelled football where landed a scholarship at Arizona State University. Pat Tillman was a professional American football player in the National Football League who left his sports career and served in the United States army.His wife was Marie Tillman. He dies when he was only 27 years old he died a very young age.He was killed in action in 2004 at Afghanistan.Tillman was killed by friendly fire but the administration...
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...in Business Ethics and morals are rules on how we as individuals and as a society should follow. These rules, both written and implied, are how we are viewed and judged. This paper will discuss the differences between ethical issues and moral issues, the differences between personal ethics and business ethics, and show how a violation of these rules brought down one of the Goliaths of college football and caused a premature end to the era Jim Tressel at The Ohio State University. Ethics and morals are sometimes used interchangeably. Ethics is defined as a systematic attempt to make sense of our individual and social moral experience, in such a way as to determine the rules that ought to govern human conduct [ (George, 2010) ]. A moral is the distinction of right from wrong. The difference between the two is very slim and marginal. Morals are what define our personal character, whereas ethics lean on the side of how society is supposed to act [ (wisegeek) ]. As close as ethics and morals are, the margin of difference between personal ethics and business ethics is even more narrow. Business ethics is how people conduct themselves in the workplace and how the company produces goods or perform services to increase their overall worth and profits. Personal ethics are principles of good behavior and a moral code of conduct that we use to govern our daily actions [ (Peters, 2003) ]. When these two collide, the individual will have to decide if their personal ethics will be compromised...
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...Death of a Salesman As all Americans can attest to, the American Dream is a benchmark that is strived for one’s entire life, as one is constantly trying to find their purpose and figure out how best to achieve prosperity. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman spends his entire life identifying how he can achieve his personal American Dream. Willy strongly believes that fame is accomplished by being attractive and well-liked, and that it depends very little on one’s work ethic. This is precisely what Miller warned against when he stated that “it’s a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one’s self”, as Willy carries the false conception that if he is well-liked by others, he will realize his American Dream. In Death of a Salesman, Miller uses flashbacks like these as alterations of time that allow the reader to understand why the characters actions led to tragedy, and how Willy’s fate can be avoided if one uses hard work and dedication, rather than popularity, to attain their individual American Dream. Willy’s deranged perception of success is mainly shaped by Ben’s influence, because Ben had the opportunity of becoming rich through his personality and presence, which is exactly what Willy is striving for. Willy frequently immerses himself in flashbacks, in which he converses with Ben, and allows Ben to convince him to the point where he even tells himself “that a man can end up with diamonds on the basis of being liked.” In contrast, Charley attempts to break...
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...Match-Fixing: the Culprit of the Loss of Integrity in Italy’s Football Leagues Roxanne Teacher: Dee Submission Date: 31/08/2015 Abstract The purpose of this report is to reveal that match-fixing has occurred in Italy over the past decade and to explain whether the measures taken by Italian government reduce football corruption. Resulting from high profitability and domestic-owned football structure, match-fixing has become an enormous problem. This report also demonstrates two match-fixing scandals in 2006 and 2011, which mechanisms are pursuing sportive and economic results, respectively. According to the European code of conduct, the manipulation of match-fixing is unethical. To protect the integrity of the sport, the Italian government punish the perpetrators heavily and investigate the criminal organisations privately. Owing to this contribution, corruption decreases significantly. Therefore, a conclusion that under the government’s help, Italy football matches achieve its integrity can be made. It is recommended that by increasing the punishment level for the perpetrators, educating football players and founding a well-sourced security department, match-fixing can be tackled. Table of contents Contents Abstract i Table of contents ii 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Discussion 1 2.1 Background Information 1 2.2 Comparison with the Code of Conduct 2 2.3 Measures Taken to Tackle Corruption 2 3.0 Conclusion 3 4.0 Recommendations 4 References...
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...Introduction Joe Paterno is a famous football coach at Penn State. As a college football coach, he has won more games than any college coach, active or retired. He made Penn State an elite football program. During his time, he has won multiple championship and bowl games. Joe Paterno was a mentor and teacher to many football players and students. When any student who goes to Penn State, he or she will know the name of Joe Paterno. Even so, he faced an ethical issue that will haunt his legacy. A man named Jerry Sandusky coached under Joe Paterno. Police accused Jerry Sandusky of sexually molesting and arrested him for doing this. Another coach who witnessed Jerry Sandusky sexually molesting a boy told Joe Paterno. After Joe Paterno gained knowledge of the situation, he informed his athletic director. Both he and his athletic director did not call the police. The ethical issue for Joe Paterno was covering up for Jerry Sandusky while not calling the police. What seems to be the basis of the issue? Abbie Identify ground rules that manifested the situation. Abbie What ethical change, deficiency, or conflict brought it about? MELISSA The incident that brought scandal to Penn State University is the allegations of child molestation and endangerment that Jerry Sandusky, Penn State assistant football coach, was accused of. The ethical deficiency that this situation displays is the leadership of Penn State did not report an issue...
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...With Tillmans loyalty, work ethic, and modesty, his name and personality will never be forgotten. The reason Tillman was loyal is his personality and how he played and how worked. He was loyal in a sense that he had family members that were in the U.S. Army. He felt that he was loyal to his and would join the Army if something happened to the U.S. Not only did show loyalty by joining the army after 9/11, but he showed how you can be loyal to yourself, teammates, fans, and his team. He did it by showing that he wasn’t the only person on the team that did something. When he was drafted by the Cardinals he said “Thank you for...
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...as the KKK for example. Our group has mostly examined racism against African and African Americans. We believe the term “African”, in it self, is racist. Do you see anyone calling a white American, a European American? The answer is no. Why can’t we call the group labeled African Americans, Americans? When our group goes to a TCU football game, we cheer for the team as a whole. At TCU a black football player is called a football player. A white football player is also called a football player. If a sport as simple as football can get past discrimination of white and black, how come America cannot? People like Johnny Lee Clary, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela are great examples of attempts to over come black racism. Peter J. Paris makes many great points in his book Virtues and Values: the African and African American Experience. Paris uses leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. to empahsis that troughout the hard times, African virtues and values stood strong. The virtues and values Paris hit mostly on were: Beneficence, Forbearance, Practical Wisdom, Improvisation, Forgiveness, Justice, and Public and Private Ethics. Paris uses many examples to show how King and Mandela practiced and believed in all seven of these virtues and values. By having role models of this stature follow these virtues and values, it made it easier to keep the sacred...
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...that wants to be successful. The fictional company that I would start would be a sporting goods store. The business name would be “Big Jays Sporting Goods.” This business would offer everything that the sportsman would need at a low price. Our mission statement is “To provide the best products at a low cost.” What makes us different from other sporting good stores is that we will make ever customer feel like family. A vision is to become one of the top sporting goods store in the United States. Our primary products will be seasonal sporting goods from football to camping and everything in between. There are many sporting goods store that we will have to compete with. To stay ahead of the competition our products will be sold at a wholesale price. Our many goals are to have the products on hand when the customer needs them. We plan on keeping a well stock warehouse. Our target market will be local little leagues, pee wee football teams and people that play sports for recreational purposes. The staff will be professional trained to help our customers pick the right equipment for their teams. Well will offer the best sports equipment available at the time. We will work with sport equipment manufactures to get the best price so that we can pass the savings on to our customers. We want to create a loyal customer base to help us become successful like other big name stores....
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...different kinds of sports. Genetics like muscle fibers, muscle growth, and most importantly, height, determine whether somebody will be naturally gifted in the sport that they actually play. That’s not the only reason and if anything hard work and the culture of somebody affects sports performance more than genetics do depending on the work ethic of an athlete. If a person is genetically un-athletic, training every day to where it becomes a part of their culture will help them achieve their goal of becoming an elite athlete. Nowadays when you see people dunking, beating world record times in track, and protecting the quarterback from...
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...Community NFL's Involvement and Responsibility to the Community NFL Play 60 is a campaign designed to tackle childhood obesity. Introduced in October 2007, by the National Football League, NFL Play 60’s goal is to make the next generation of youth more active and healthy by encouraging young fans to be active for at least 60 minutes every day. The NFL has dedicated over $200 million to the health and wellness of children, while also implementing in school, after school and team based programs to get children excited about being active. Childhood obesity is a national epidemic. The current generation of children is projected to be the first generation not to live longer than its parents. Only 8 percent of elementary schools provide daily physical education which has led to 33 percent of children in America being obese or at risk to be obese. NFL players from around the league have donated their time and money to encourage kids to get active. Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers just recently did a commercial promoting the campaign as well. Players from the Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, and Miami Dolphins also supported NFL Play 60 by participating in the Annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House. The players taught children that attended football skills and did some football drills with them as well. Factors that Influence the NFL's Social Responsibility A variety of factors, including education, health, and community, define NFL Play60. The school...
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...Lindsay Bentzinger & Alex Voelker High School Volleyball Coach Industry/Profession We are going to research about a high school volleyball coach. We would like to do research on this topic because it relates to something we want to do in the future. Coaching is a passion of the both of ours, and we want to pursue it. We are doing research on the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU). Organizational Profile The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union started in a Des Moines Presbyterian Church. This organization was founded to serve high school girls better than any other organization had. Basketball was becoming a popular sport for girls in small schools in Iowa in the 1920’s. The Iowa High School Athletic Association decided they would not sponsor girls, so the IGHSAU was born around 1925. In their constitution it states, “The purpose of this Union shall be: To promote, direct, protect and regulate amateur interscholastic athletic relationship for junior high and secondary girls between member schools and to stimulate fair play, friendly rivalry, and good sportsmanship among contestants, schools and communities through out the State of Iowa; and shall be without profit to itself except that it may handle and accumulate funds as herein provided.” They are the only organization in the nation solely devoted to interscholastic competition for girls. Over 70,000 girls in Iowa compete in an IGHSAU-sponsored activity. Stakeholders The stakeholders in...
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...theology preached that the Puritans should live a pious and consecrated lifestyle. The doctrine emphasizes work instead of leisure led to the development of the Puritan’s aversion to leisure and sports. However, the followers still participated in their own forms of recreational activities including music, arts, and sport. The Puritans saw it as their duty to spend all their time productively and to avoid all idle time including sport, which was widely considered an idle activity. The only physical activity prevalent in the Puritan way of life was manual labor (Jable, 1976). However, the Puritans began to see sports as a service to God and the means to higher calling. The Protestant Ethic has seven cardinal rules that include time ethic, worldly asceticism, achieved status, individualism, work ethic, goal directedness, rationalization, and goal directedness. These tenets have led to the exaltation of individualism, achievement, and competitiveness in everything especially in sports. Kelly explains that, the church was defensive in regarding to sports, which indicate that religion comes before since and pleasure. however in catholic teaching, sport was part of their life , that makes them more proactive and beneficial, as the protestant did in their society. 3. Civil religion can be defined as the religious values that a country upholds seen through the lens of ceremonial rituals held during sacred days, public rituals, sacred places, and symbols. Jean-Jacques Rousseau coined...
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...Effective Communication Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………..4 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………5 Chapter One: History of Ethical Theory Development Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….…6 Definition of Ethics Business Ethics and Individual Ethics: Is There a Difference?…………………….…..7 Virtue Ethics…………………………………………………………………………............9 Practical Wisdom……………………………………………………………….14 Eudaimonia……………………………………………………………………...15 Kantian Ethics……………………………………………………………………16 Ethical Egoism…………………………………………………………………………….....18 Consequentialist Ethics.……………………………………………………………………..21 Chapter Two: Corporate Social Responsibility Introduction 27 Corporate Social Responsibility 27 Summary 34 Chapter Three: The National Football League’s Blackout Policy is Unethical Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….…35 The History of the NFL Blackout Policy: The Legal Test…………………………………..37 The Economic Test: Do Blackouts Have a Positive Economic Benefit?...............................39 The Philanthropic Test……………………………………………………………………….43 The Ethics Test………………………………………………………………………………47 Summary……………………………………………………………………………………..51 Chapter Four: Effective Communication Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….....50 Effective Communication Defined………………………………………………………..…50 This Student’s Display of Effective Communication…………………………………….....51 Written Communication………………………………………………………………...
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