went with business administration. I did not like business because of two reasons. First of all, I was not interested in dealing with numbers, money in particular; secondly, at that time on, if someone asked me to describe the defining characteristic of businesspeople with one word, venality would be the first that came into my mind. In my opinion, I thought that business people do not and should not care about anything other than maximizing profit; otherwise they are not good business people. But
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Business Ethics Reflection Jean J. Kesner XMGT/216 April 1, 2012 Jeff Harris Business Ethics Reflection We all face ethical dilemmas from time to time in our lives. Making the right decision when faced with these dilemmas is what separates people apart. We all have values and morals that we have been taught or learn from experiences through our lives. Some peoples morals and values are much stricter than others, but nonetheless we all have them. After being hired at my new job three years
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Business Ethics Reflection XMGT/216 July 22, 2012 Business Ethics Reflection In my previous position as a business manager, I had different types of responsibility that were given to me by the Company to run their Telecommunication store properly. After working and training myself for a few months, I was able to employ people who would work full time in the customer service section, such as taking payments from clients and answering the phone. Therefore, I was happy to employ some of my friends
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Business Ethics Reflection Business Ethics Reflection Before the ethical dilemma can be described, the understanding of values, morals and virtues must
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Assignment: Business Ethics Reflection Jessica Ybanez-DeLeon XMGT/216 April 3, 2011 Gary Cedrone Business Ethics Reflection Upon thinking back over several ethics dilemma I’ve encountered throughout my employment with the State of Arizona for 18 years, although there are many to choose from, only one comes to mind. My duties and responsibility were to establish and enforce child support cases. In this employment all employee’s were given access to many computer data base such as; social
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that the environment there was especially conducive to circumstances that led to a person facing ethical dilemmas, and demanding resolutions for them. Practically every work day brought an ethical dilemma that could directly affect the company's business future - be it about how to, and how much to, reduce pay checks for sub contractors' for poor quality jobs, or controversial and doubtful spec loans performed by the joint construction company, amongst others. During my employment there, I faced
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While working as the Assistant Director of a Summer Camp (for the sixth consecutive year), there was a child, a 10 year old girl, and her younger two brothers. I noticed this particular 10 year old little girl (Krystal) because she not only had a dynamic smile, but she was very loving and very protective of her two little brothers. The ethical dilemma that soon surfaced was the neglect of her mother. Krystal and her brothers often opened the summer camp with me, meaning they were the first children
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My Reflection on Business Ethics Introduction: For the purpose of this paper, I will briefly talk about my experience in class this semester as a business student. The university has started a new academic period to complete a course. It was rough at first but as time when by, things became quiet and I became more involve in class. I had a great experience with class members who were totally engaged in the class and we had a lot of stimulating conversations. While the pace was so fast, a
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Morrisons breaks pledge on low prices Link: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Retail_and_leisure/article1475669.ece The ethical issue was related to credibility of a company. It was about Morrisons the supermarket increased prices of some products marked with “I’m cheaper” sign after promising to cut prices permanently on over 1000 goods six months ago. The supermarket claimed the rise in prices was only a reflection of “commodity inflation” and still “lower than they would have been” without
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following: Note: Your reflection may include graphs and other data. 1. Discuss decisions that you would change. 1. Discuss decisions that had a positive impact. 3. Present your strategic outlook for your functional area in the simulation. 1. Recommend future decisions for your functional area in the simulation. 1. Submit the attached “Assignment Designation Form.” 1. Discuss the overall performance of the business compared to competitors using the
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