There have been four serious financial crises and countless more corporate scandals with global implications in just the last decade. All of them driven by greed and corruption, all of them led by dynamic, charismatic business leaders who initially showed fantastic promise, innovation and financial leadership. And it seems with the most recent of these crises, many of the key players in the 2008 global recession have not only not been punished, but are still in the same positions of power and able to continue their transgressions
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Hatem Al Rifai GM520: Legal, Political, and Ethical Dimensions Professor: Bijan Zayer Week 2 Assignment 1. State the administrative agency, which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interest you (briefly). How will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? Provide the URL to the website where the regulation change proposal is located. (Check your URL to be sure it takes the reader to the actual regulation)
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that products meet high expectations and have earned the company a loyal customer base. Patagonia recycles and use organic products for a healthier lifestyle. Their unconventional corporate culture is based on commitment to environmental, moral, ethical, and philosophical causes. “Despite its merits, Patagonia falls short in some areas, according to our judges. Although customer service was rated as excellent overall, one judge griped that the company’s unusually strong guarantee is “hidden’ and
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Ethics Essay ETH/316 Kevin Forsberg Ethics Essay Ethics are a set of moral principles that guide a person’s behavior and are shaped by social norms, cultural practices and one’s religious upbringing. Ethics are beliefs that help direct people to know what is right and wrong, good or bad in terms of human behavior. There are many different theories that involve ethics such as virtue theory, utilitarianism and deontological. These theories have
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Ethical Perspectives Paper Part I: Please provide answers to the following: 1. Identify the relevant facts of the Ford Pinto case: In 1970 Ford introduced the Pinto, a small car that was intended to compete with the then current challenge from European cars and the ominous presence on the horizon of Japanese manufacturers. The Pinto was brought from inception to production in the record time of approximately 25 months, where a normal car usually takes 43 months. This showed an expedited time
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Substance abuse occurs across all occupations, generations, and cultures. About 1 in 10, of all nurses, is either practicing while impaired or currently in recovery for the abuse of drugs or alcohol (Thomas & Siela, 2011). Substance abuse rates by nurses mirror the rates of other occupations, therefore they are not at an increased risk, per se, however, their overall patterns of use are unique because of the easier access to controlled substances in the professional work environment (Tanga, 2011)
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The Dalkon Shield Case Study Report Abstract The case study involving A.H. Robins Company will discuss blatant lack of due diligence of the product Dalkon Shield. Ignoring appropriate measures to ensure safety or the product along with misleading aggressive promotional strategies and literature show the malicious intent of the company for short-term profits, despite the fatal and devastating impacts on the public. The Dalkon Shield Case Study Report Unethical Practices As inventors
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However, that’s not as straightforward as conveyed in a great deal of business ethics literature. Philosophers have been discussing ethics for at least 2500 years, since the time of Socrates and Aristotle. Many consider ethical beliefs to be legal matters. For example, what becomes an ethical guideline today is often translated to a law, regulation or rule tomorrow. Many companies use public relations as a diving board into the world of ethics." " " Public relations are a huge way that companies can
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The Whistleblowing Case Studies There are various cases about whistleblowing, one of them is the case of Motorola CFO, Paul Liska.1 He has been fired after giving a presentation. In the presentation, Liska pointed out to Motorola directors that the cell phone unit, Mobile Devices, missed its sales projection for the preceding three months. Liska intended to attack Sanjay Jha, the head of Motorola’s cell phone division, by doing the presentation at the board meeting. The whistleblowing occurred because
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Wikileaks 2006 saw the formation of what would soon become a world player in journalism. Julian Assange created Wikileaks as a whistle-blower's resource, a place where those with something important to share could do so without retribution and with full anonymity. Information dumps from the United States government, corporations, and even private groups and individuals drew mixed results and painted a strange picture of this organization. Its proponents tout it as returning to journalism's
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