Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications COM/295 October 5, 2015 Dr. Lodessa S. Washington Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications Volkswagen is the latest car manufacturer to be caught in the act of purposely manipulating emissions tests results in some of their vehicles. Over the years, several other manufacturers including General Motors, Ford and Honda have also been exposed for the same unethical behavior (Biesecker, 2015). In Volkswagen’s case, the long-term
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Business Data Communications and Networking 9th Edition Jerry Fitzgerald and Alan Dennis 1-1 Introduction to Data Communications 1-2 Outline • Brief history of Data Communications – Communications, Information Systems and the Internet • Data Communications Networks – Network components, network types • Network Models – OSI model, Internet model, transmission via “layers” • Network Standards – Standards making, common standards • Future Trends – Pervasive networking
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Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications: WMATA Rail System Gwenda Woodland COM/295 August 10, 2015 Sandra Norris Ethics & Credibility in Business Communications: WMATA Rail System The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) has been plagued with various problems within its system and on the Metro rails lately. These issues are causing Metro riders much grief and they do not feel safe or find the Metro to be dependable at this time. The problems that
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functions and work with a minimum of direct supervision # 5 In downward communication management attempts to ____ activities within an organization while with lateral communication management hopes to ____ them. Answer control; coordinate # 6 A manager is faced with having to lay off some of his staff due to financial losses that the company has suffered. Which of the following channels of communication would be most appropriate for sharing the news with employees, given the sensitive
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Effective communication is essential to the success of any business organization. Since the world is becoming a global village it is of utmost importance to effectively communicate within and outside of an organization. However, due to large organizational sizes and tall organizational structures it becomes difficult to get any message across. This creates boundaries in the organization, internally in terms of various departments and externally in terms of customers. To overcome this dilemma, in
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To: Mike Smith, Supervisor From: r, Intern Date: January 29, 2014 Subject: Memo for Potential Response to Correspondent’s Letters Due to your request for potential responses to the many letters regarding questions/concerns about wooden vs. metal bats, I have gathered information that will allow us to provide several different responses that will satisfy the questions that the writers have for us. With all of the letters being sorted into 5 different categories, I was able to write an adequate
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To: | Executive Committee Members and Harold C. McBride | From: | Andrew M. Fisher, Senior Planning & Development Manager | Date: | March 15, 2010 | Subject: | Internal Audit Discovers $2.3 Million Error in Prior Cost Estimate Report | Earlier this afternoon, our internal auditing department completed their quarterly examination of my division and notified me of a significant, material error that was discovered in the amount of $2.3 million. This multi-million dollar inaccuracy was
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Business Plans: Implementing and Designing Professor Laura Alderson MGMT 3510-001 University of Memphis By Keara Collins 1 April 2014 Business Plans: Implementing and Designing Each and every day Americans are striving to become more independent in the business world. Being a business owner is very exciting, but it requires knowledge, work, skills and maintenance. One of the best ways to design and implement a business plan is to write the vision and do the research. There are procedures
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without asking their permission first," said consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow (6). I believe there should have been a better way of doing this research for the sake of all people and their feelings. Facebook’s ethical obligation in their communications to the general public is to be truthful, respect privacy, deception and the right to be informed. Facebook gives individuals the power to share as part of their mission to make connections with others. However, Facebook has not yet responded
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[pic] Tariq Rafique "A confident speaker can handle weak areas of ppt presentation". Usually, in a presentation we speak to a group of people in one of three situations: (1)When we are doing most of the speaking ourselves either to inform or to persuade, (2) when we have more give and take with our audience, to answer questions, or (3) when we solve problems as a group. Certainly, most people would agree that terms such as speech or lecture imply that the speaker is doing most of the talking
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