ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases This page intentionally left blank F O U R T H ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases g E D I T I O N CHARLES E. HARRIS Texas A&M University MICHAEL S. PRITCHARD Western Michigan University MICHAEL J. RABINS Texas A&M University Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Fourth Edition Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard, and
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Occasional Paper 5 The Recovery of Trust: Case studies of organisational failures and trust repair BY GRAHAM DIETZ AND NICOLE GILLESPIE Published by the Institute of Business Ethics Occasional Paper 5 Authors Dr Graham Dietz is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on trust repair after organisational failures, as well as trust-building across cultures. Together with his co-author on this report
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Question 1 The ethics defined by an organization are 1) social ethics. 2) professional ethics. 3) individual ethics. 4) legal ethics. 0 / 0.1 points socioeconomic ethics. Question 2 Which of the following statements about laws is least accurate? 5) 1) 0 / 0.1 points People in accounting and finance should be aware of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Anything published on the Internet is in the public domain and can be used 2) freely. 3) Assume that anything produced privately after 1989 is copyrighted
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back to his father, whom worked at the plant before he did and started after High School just as Frank did. Frank started out as a yard man just like his father before a serious accident injured his leg; Frank then went on to work in the corporate accounting office and later becoming a manager of that section. Jim finds himself in an argument with Frank over some reports he generated on pollution and cost benefit analysis of implementing new strategies to oversee the reduction of pollution into the
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Joshua Westcott Kohlberg’s Moral Development April 30, 2012 As children’s cognitive abilities mature and expand, so does their ability to reason about moral issues. If we can begin to understand the ways children reason about moral issues, it might help parents and therapists better attune themselves to each child, so as to help each child develop in a positive direction. By attuning to children, the parent or therapist will be better equipped to reason with children at ‘their’ level
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emphasized the ________ aspects of management. A) ethical B) people C) technical D) human E) global Answer: C Explanation: C) Until the late 1980s, business school curricula emphasized the technical aspects of management, focusing on economics, accounting, finance, and quantitative techniques. Course work in human behavior and people skills received relatively less attention. Over the past three decades, however, business faculty have come to realize the role that understanding human behavior plays
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Catherine A. Downie Sherry Newcomb This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. (From a Declaration of Principles jointly adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association
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|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |Axia College/School of Business | | |XBIS/219 | |
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company accounting department currently needs to hire another managerial accountant to focus on the company internal (managerial) accounting system. The CEO is uncertain and not convinced that a managerial accountant is needed at this time. A managerial accountant would benefit the company in a great way. The internal accounting system and developing important accounting information would be the accountant main focus. The managerial accountant would also hold up the company code of ethics. Internal
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GIVING VOICE TO VALUES (What would I say and do if I were going to act on my values) Description 1 Value Clarification: What is a value? Exercises to reveal values. Value Formation. (Please use the exercises in the attached notes, or anything else you can find in books on values) 4 2 Comparative Religions: Inter-religious sensitivity, understanding and common action to build a world on shared values. Breaking through stereotypes. Communalism and Building community. (Video presentation on
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