Discussion Case: Organizational Ethics and the Law Classification of Ethical Work Climate Discussion case “Alcoa’s Core Values in Practice” exemplifies Aluminum Company of America’s implementation of a strong values-based ethical climate by insisting decisions of employees and what they do be aligned with company values. Analysis of Alcoa’s core values relative to Victor and Cullen’s typology, suggest Alcoa follows a principled-local method to ethical climate where personal morality; company
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fired but trained. After they fired the social workers the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services implemented several changes to their policies. If these policies had been implanted before this case would have been prevented. • Was justice served in this case? Why or why not? I believe that the sentence that Vanessa Jackson received was too lenient. The purpose of punishment is not only to make the person pay for what they have done but also as deterrence. Vanessa Jackson committed
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these laws. Laws cover the whole body of a state at all levels. Rule of law is important because; * It helps government to regulate its power. * Rule of law makes everyone equal before law. * Rule of law provide formal and procedural justice. In its first sense it refrains government from abuse of power and makes it rational. In its second sense it makes everyone equal and
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to the Ethical Decision Making concept of the management. When making an ethical decision, we basically follow four main rules. It including: Utilitarian Rule, Moral Right Rule, Practical Rule and Justice Rule. The decision make by Alan Joyce was simply against the Utilitarian Rule and Justice Rule. Utilitarian Rule is about did the decision made to produce greatest benefits for the biggest number of people. Which also mean which action results in the most good and least harm? When the
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never been a straight answer, one will fail to manifest in the future. Likewise, even the most enlightened philosophers, such as Plato, have yet to conclude a thesis. But Plato did believe that we can create balance and order in our society through justice. Plato’s teachings of moral obligation are still followed today, but many laws and regulations, such as the death penalty, ultimately contradict the most cerebral philosopher of all time. Plato believed that a person’s moral obligatory behavior
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Addressing International Legal and Ethical Issues LAW/421 December 18, 2013 Addressing International Legal and Ethical Issues International legal and ethical issues are extremely important to know how to deal with when you are going to join into or do business in any other country other than the U.S. In this stimulation of CadMex Pharma and Gentura, they are facing several international contracts, transactions, ethical issues and sublicensing agreements. CadMes Pharma is a pharmaceutical
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In the Crito, Socrates makes some surprisingly strong claims about the moral authority of the state, which might even seem to be inconsistent both with another fundamental claim he makes in the Crito and with certain claims he makes in the Apology. I shall argue that although these claims seem to be in some tension with each other, the crucial claims about the authority of the state in the Crito can plausibly be interpreted in such a way as to remove any real inconsistency with the other claims.
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Ethics Essay Chris Espinoza ETH 216 July 8, 2014 Ellen Kennedy Bob witnesses a crime committed by John, and is debating on how he should approach the situation. According to Kant's "deontological ethics" everyone who has a good will, will follow universal law without regard to the consequences. So Bob should follow the law, report a crime and the perpetrator to the police, and "disregard the possible consequence" of, perhaps, losing his good friend John. So, hard and fast, on Kant's deontology/duty
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the employees, as well as to the managers, the importance of keeping the company’s cultural values. Fairness – a high ranking officer should be penalized not lower than that of a rank-and-file employee committing the same nature of violation. Justice – Henry Darger immediately admitted his mistake which should merit a consideration. Another thing, the rank-and-file’s violation is far different from what he did, as the fired employee not only violated a company policy but also the right to privacy
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The Certainty of Punishment in Law for The Pursuit of Justice in Antigone and Measure for Measure The concept of justice hinges on the beliefs of any given individual, human influences must always ultimately crumble and be brought to justice in the face of what is morally correct and divine. Punishment, conflict and pursuit of justice are major themes in both Sophocles Antigone and Measure for Measure. Antigone is laden with violent imagery; countless arguments causing conflict between Antigone
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