affirmative dimension consisting of things we should do — keep promises, judge others fairly, treat people with respect, kindness and compassion. Sources of Moral Obligation Moral obligations can arise from three sources. The first, strangely enough, is law. 1. Law-Based Moral Obligations. Good citizens have a moral as well as a legal obligation to abide by laws; it is part of the assumed social contract of a civilized society. If a law is unjust, however, (such as those that mandated ethnic and
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Human Resources Manual Table of Contents Human Resources Manual 0 3 Policy & Procedures Manual 3 1. PERSONAL CONDUCT 4 1.1 Dress Code 4 1.2 Personal Communications 5 1.3 Gifts & Gratuities 6 2. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 7 3. SEXUAL HARASSMENT 8 4. BUSINESS EXPENSES 11 5. INDUCTION 12 6. HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT 13 6.1 Smoking 13 6.2 Alcohol, Drugs (& Other Substance Abuse) 14 6.3 Manual Handling 14 6.4 Workers’ Compensation 15 6.5 Total & Permanent
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Corporate Social Responsibility & the Law Assessment 1: Individual Essay Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined by Ferrell et al (2011) as “an organisation’s obligation to maximize its positive impact on stakeholders and minimize its negative impact”. CSR can therefore be viewed as a corporation's agreement with the world. CSR is most commonly used alongside the “ethics” term but they actually differ as ethics are the guidelines to be used for business decision
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him, and he has broached the subject of assisted suicide with his long-time physician. Is there a way, he asks his physician, to have his death look like it was from natural causes so his children could collect on the policy? CHAPTER QUESTIONS 1. What ethical responsibilities do health care professionals have to their patients? 2. What ethical rights do patients have?
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Procedures for Social Media for you to review with your child prior to their use of our school-based technology. I encourage every parent to pay very close attention to your child’s use of computers, cell phones and other electronic devices as they can present a very real
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for employment purposes. The background check company, ADP Screening and Selection Services, will prepare the background report for the Company. ADP Screening and Selection Services is located at 301 Remington Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, and can be reached by phone at 800-367-5933 or at their Internet Web site address www.adpselect.com. The background report may contain information concerning your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, mode of living, and credit standing
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Code of Business Ethics Third Edition Reprint Third Edition tA B L E o F C o n t E n t S oUR EtHICAL FoUndAtIon, oUR CoRE VALUES And oUR KEy dRIVERS ........................1 Our Code of Business Ethics ..........................................2 We are passionately focused on business results and customer success. ........................................14 Fair Dealing .....................................................................14 SECtIon I EtHICAL BEHAVIoR We
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of this guidance 6 1 | Good equality practice for employers: equality policies, equality training and monitoring 7 What’s in this guide 7 What else is in this guide 8 Equality policies 10 Who should have an equality policy? 11 Leadership 12 Assessing the impact of workplace changes on equality 12 Telling people about the policy 12 Involvement and consultation 13 Staff forums 13 Equality training 14 Workforce monitoring 15 Do I have to monitor equality? 15
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Introduction The term ‘organizational justice’ refers to the extent to which employees perceive workplace procedures, interactions and outcomes to be fair in nature. These perceptions can influence attitudes and behavior for good or ill, in turn having a positive or negative impact on employee performance and the organization’s success. The concept of organizational justice extends traditional models of work behaviour that tend to conceptualize job demands, job control and social support
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