Business ethics and deontology Adelphia Communications Company was a family business company and later incorporated by the founders’ sons. It was ranked sixth of the largest cable selling company in the U.S. Its revenue exceeded $ 2.9 billion annually with its offices located in 32 states having subscribers exceeding five million (Barlaup, 2009). However, in 2002 a financial analyst realized that some funds were missing in the books of the company leading to investigations. Later, the SEC announced
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Module 1 Case Assignment ETH501: Business Ethics Saturday, April 26, 2014 A Master’s paper submitted to the faculty of University of California In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Graduate Diploma in Master’s Degree in Business Management Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to provide a critical analysis of the 2002 collapse of Adelphia Communications as seen through the lens of Immanuel Kant deontological ethics. This analysis will be accomplished
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early. What you have done, and why? Would you have considered it is a moral decision? If so, on what basis would you have made it? 2. Assess the morality of what the curious applicants did from the point of view of egoism, utilitarianism, Kant’s ethics, Ross’s pluralism, and rule utilitarianism. 3. In you view, was it wrong for the MBA applicants to take an authorized peek at their application file? Explain why you consider what they did morally permissible or impermissible. What obligations
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Contents Assignment of monetary value 3 Whistle-blowing 9 Competitor Intelligence 13 Business Ethics 16 Is business ethics important, if so why? 16 Assignment of monetary value Utilitarianism and cost-benefit analysis are indispensable tools, in the situations where people have to make decisions. In a free society, individuals, or voluntary associations of individuals (whether corporations, nonprofits, households, or informal gatherings) often need to make decisions
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Global business practices were embedded into the framework of the corporation and allowed AIG to conduct business successfully overseas. The company found its new home in New York in the 1940s and continued to operate fairly in the insurance market. When Greenberg took over as CEO, the company was not performing well. This forced Greenberg to adapt a win at all cost approach to business. Although his concepts are driven by innovation, they do not account for ethical practices and ethics was not
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Q1) What is Ethical analysis and discuss its Application: in Corporate Decision making? Ethics is unique among disciplines in that practitioners often cannot agree on a common definition of their topic. Ethics Scoreboard can't solve that problem, which is many centuries old. Here it attempts to put forth definitions that explain what words mean when they are used on this website.] Values: Those qualities of behavior, thought, and character that society regards as being intrinsically good, having
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Business Ethics UTALITARIAN What are the most important types of ethical standards to apply in business activities? Utilitarian ethic claims that something is right to the extent it diminishes social costs and increases social benefits. Ethic of rights, closely associated with Kantian duty ethic, claims that one should always consider and respect people’s rights to freedom and well-being. Aristotelian virtue ethic evaluates the moral character of persons or groups. As articulated by Mill and
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Individual Business Ethics Case | Read Business Ethics Case 3.5 at the end of Ch. 3 of The Legal Environment of Business and Online Commerce. After reading the case, be prepared to answer the questions that follow. | 3.5 Business Ethics The National Enquirer, Inc, is a Florida corporation with its principal place of business in Florida. It publishes the National Enquirer, a national weekly newspaper with a total circulation of more than 5 million copies. About 600,000 copies, almost twice the
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NICOL Maëlle ISEG BFS5 1A [Nom de la société] | [Adresse de la société] ------------------------------------------------- FINAL ASSIGNMENT Business ethics NICOL Maëlle ISEG BFS5 1A [Nom de la société] | [Adresse de la société] ------------------------------------------------- FINAL ASSIGNMENT Business ethics Should executives have to be offered bonuses to do their job well when other employees are expected to do their job well in the absence of bonuses? Should executives have to
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Current Ethical Issue in Business Kathryn Sumner PHL/323 November 30, 2015 Chuck Thompson Current Ethical Issue in Business Enron had one of the biggest ethical scandals of the 21st century. The company’s unethical practices was the downfall of the company. Let’s start with a little bit of history about the company. Enron was formed by the merging of two different companies, Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth in 1985. Kenneth Lay was the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Enron. Lay
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