The British University in Egypt Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Political Science Department of Business Administration Module: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility – 14BBST04I Module Leader: Dr. Sahar Badawy & Dr. Tarek Ali Project Title: The Nubian Village Resort Case Study Table of Contents: Section A Introduction………………………………………………………………..…………….3 NHS Case………………………………………………………………..………………4 Relating to Utilitarian Theory.…………………………………………….……………5 Relating
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Cory Wilhite Business Ethics 205 Dr. Victor Ranft 3 December 2013 Flight In the 2012 drama-filled film “Flight” featuring Denzel Washington as pilot Whip Whitaker, many ethical dilemmas are encountered. Captain Whitaker was put in a very tough situation in which he was piloting a plane with 102 passengers on board. The plane’s mechanics fail and Whitaker and his co-pilot Ken Evans are left trying to find a way to safely land the aircraft while saving as many lives as possible. The way Whitaker
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Definition: Ethics in Global Business: The system of moral principles and rules that become standards for a group or for professional conduct. Summary: In Emerging Global Business Ethics, Jane Gebhart focuses on a publication called “Supercharging Corporate Performance. This article argues that “corporate ethical practices create an organizational climate capable of motivating the innovative and risk-taking initiatives that are essential to achieving and sustaining corporate excellence”. Focusing
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disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come”, said Obama (Telegraph, 2010). We will use the four well-known moral frameworks discussed throughout the semester (utilitarianism, contractualism, ethics of virtue and deontology) to analyse why and how heavy the impact that disaster had on society under different points of view across international actors and the BP company itself. I. The Facts On April 20, 2010, the methane gas from the
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I plan on someday owning my own business, I would like to have a dessert shop, but I also have an interest in opening a tattoo shop with my brother. When I do open up one of these, or both perhaps, businesses I will take great efforts and do much research to develop a fair and safe list of ethical rules that I will make sure everyone that works for me, including myself, will follow. One of these rules would be to make sure that my employees are treated fairly and that they are given the opportunity
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Business globalization can be both exciting and challenging. One must study the country and its culture to better understand what is expected from the manager. In our textbook it says that learning the country’s customs and language is an important step to being able to better communicate with the local business people. I think that learning the language is a good way to show the people you are going to be working with that you are serious about what you are trying to accomplish. Learning about the
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Medical research is an important step in gaining new knowledge about how the human body functions and to develop new medicines to combat diseases. Working with human participants during a clinical trial involves a certain set of ethics as the lives of the participants are at stake. In 1999, one of the largest and most prestigious medical research facilities, Duke University Medical Center, had federal funds temporarily suspended as an investigation into the research process was conducted (Weiss,
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Decisions, Decisions As a purchasing agent for Zircon Delivery Services, I am faced with many challenges in my job. One of these challenges includes choosing a potential supplier, out of ten candidates, for upgrading one of Zircon’s computing facilities. Recently, a sales rep for Computer-Whiz approached me with the opportunity to take my family on a trip to the Bahamas. The sales rep indicated that the offer would solely be a way of building a relationship. However, nothing in life is free
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Ashley Stotts Strategic Plan Part 3 April 26, 2015 I am an employee at the Cleveland Municipal School district. My career is highly interactive with inner city children. Every day I am excited to go to work because these children bring something new to my attention on a daily basis. My co-workers and I follow certain regulations that our bosses think will make a decent and ethical work environment. Getting this hands on experience everyday leads me to believe that there are more standards that
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Many issues arise in businesses, and promises or offers in return for “new business” or some of other sort of return doesn’t always end up working out well. Ethical and law issues could arise out of miscommunication, false promises, or as simple as forgetfulness or carelessness. Bob was nice enough to offer $1000 as a thank you to Martha; it was a nice gesture/promise, what Bob didn’t realize is he “offered” to pay $1000 to Martha and Martha accepting it that means that there was a “Meeting
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