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    Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values Between for-Profit and Not-for-

    Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values between For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Organizations Fedno Trompe PHI 445 Personal & Organizational Ethics Prof. Elaine Phompheng May 04, 2015 Part I The non- profit organization that I chose for this assignment is the American Cancer Society. About 4 years ago I lose my mother with lymphoma; her death left pain and gaping hole at the core of my life puzzle. For that I would like share

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    NYCPD Case Summary

    system’s response time increase, and the problem was that, After Virginia Edgerton told the project director about this potential problem he did not care and told her to drop the matter. The two courses of action based on the Utilitarianism and Ethical Egoism theories, could be this two courses of action, which were 1. Edgerton keeping the potential overload problem to him self. 2. Edgerton following the project director’s orders and do nothing. The ethical theory that can be applied is, Utilitarianism

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    Enron Scandal

    Enron as an ethical dilemma can only be described as a travesty. The violations of ethical code and moral obligation ceased to exist while the company was alive. A tremendous contributor to the scandal is Arthur Anderson, who was Enron’s outside auditor since 1985. Arthur Anderson was able to hide major losses from Enron. Many projects that had failed through Enron seemingly went unnoticed as they were covered up by Anderson. Not only was this illegal, but it was ethically wrong of Anderson and Enron

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    Affirmatve Action

    Affirmative Action The intention of this paper is to make a real argument against the performance of affirmative action using logical arguments ethical theories, and perspectives. This paper will examine in what way a Utilitarian, Deontologist, Virtue Ethicist, Relativist and an Ethical Egoist would debate against the use of affirmative action. The case will be made by demonstrating why this practice is unquestionably unethical and discriminatory. Affirmative action is frequently used to give subgroups

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    Matrix

    actual similarity or difference you have identified and then check each box that contains that attribute. You may insert or delete rows as necessary. |Attribute |Teleology |Deontology |Utilitarianism |Egoism |Relativist |Virtue |Justice | | |Assess the moral worth |Focuses on the rights of|important philosophies | important philosophies |Definitions of ethical |Based

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    Business Ethics

    The existence of Ethics has been acknowledged for quite a long time as a part of philosophy study of human conduct. In the past few decades, Business Ethics has become such an important issue that it was added into business majors’ curriculums in business schools and studied and applied widely in firms. As people become more aware of all the right – wrong – good – bad relating to the world of business, Ethics comes to set the guidelines for behaviours and conduct within an organization. However,

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    Bus 309 Wk 3 Quiz 2 Chapter 2 - All Possible Questions

    Someone who holds that everyone should let self-interest guide their actions is a 1. Personal egoist 2. Personal hedonist 3. Impersonal egoist 4. Impersonal hedonist 1. The view that equates morality with self-interest is 1. Stoicism 2. Egoism 3. Hedonism 4. Platonism 1. Psychological hedonists hold that humans are by nature 1. Virtuous 2. Selfish 3. Altruistic 4. Immoral 1. The view that we should always act so as to produce the greatest possible balance of good over bad

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    Whistleblowing and Ethical Motivations

    Whistleblowing and Ethical Motivations Marie Whitehead Soc. 120 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Prof: Christopher Messer March 31, 2014 The term whistleblower was first used in England and referred to the practice of British police officers blowing a whistle when a crime was being committed. This would then raise the alarm to other law enforcement officers to alert them that something was endangering the public (Princeton, n.d.). Today, however, the term shares a much broader

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    Overfising

    Done By: Azeeza Mubarak H00088813 Table of Contents Part One: Report Abstract 3 Part Two: Overfishing Summary 5 Part Three: Overfishing Stakeholders 9 Part Four: International Implication 14 Part Five: Conclusion and Recommendations 15 References 18 Introduction The human needs and wants are satisfied by the existed natural resources in our environment. Simply, we

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    Four Ethical Theories In The Tennessee Titans

    Being in charge of a team means having to make decisions that impact both yourself, your team, and your fans. As a result of this, it is important to have a strong foundation of ethics and morals in order to make the right decision that could not only help yourself, but the people around you as well. There are a total of four ethical theories, but I would only use two of them if I was the general manager of the Tennessee Titans. The first of which being Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is when you

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