ADMS 3660 MIDTERM NOTES Chapter 1 and Parable of the Sandhu Case * Watched video on Disney and how they treat employees, work is a performance etc. * Ethics is the study of morality * Morality refers to the standards that an individual or group has about what is right/wrong, good/evil. * Business Ethics concentrates on moral standards as they apply to business policies, institutions, and behaviour * Corporate Social Responsibility refers specifically to a description
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Importance of Study Ethics | * Lecture & tutorial(F2F) | Thiroux, Jacques P (2008) Ethics: Theory and Practice. 9thed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. | 2 | 4 | Topic 2: Ethical Theories * Consequentialism & Non-Consequentialism * Ethical Egoism * Utilitarianism | * Lecture & tutorial(F2F) | Thiroux, Jacques P (2008) Ethics: Theory and Practice. 9thed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. | 3 | 4 | Topic 2: Ethical Theories * Kant’s Moral Theory * Natural Law Theory * Virtue Ethics
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CASE DEVELOPMENT Weaknesses in traditional performance evaluation methods - An Ethical Challenge GROUP 8 11BM60041- Partha Pratim 11BM60048- Sumitpal Singh 11BM60058- Shilpa Taneja 11BM60110- Rana Vishal Singh Weaknesses in traditional performance evaluation methods - An Ethical Challenge Abstract/Situation Description The standard performance appraisal does not adequately address employer concerns in maintaining ethical and legal compliance. Globalization and increasingly stringent antidiscrimination
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Ethical Decisions Angel Embry HCS/335 September 9, 2015 University of Phoenix Ethical Decisions In an era where corporate ethics scandals make the front pages daily, companies in the U.S. have become increasingly vigilant in incorporating and enforcing ethics codes for their businesses. J. Joseph, (2000) says, “Maintaining ethical practices in your office can mean better business, happier, more stable and more secure employees, and a downstream to your community. Disregarding them can mean
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Globalization and the Future Tom Lombardo, Ph.D. Introduction Globalization is perhaps the most significant and pervasive contemporary trend. Humanity is moving from a set of relatively autonomous nation states to an integrated global reality, more ruled by international corporations and organizations, and economic and ecological interdependencies, than national and political ideologies and issues. Fueled by global communication, technological networking, expanding transportation systems
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Summary: The Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) had a very strong value based- culture. Every decision and every action an employee made must be aligned with the company’s values. Fred Fetterolf the president of the company in 1985, decided the company needed to document the values that all employees must live by: Integrity; Environment, Health and Safety; Customer; Accountability; Excellence; People; and Profitability. Alcoa had implemented a global ethics and compliance program, and the focus
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Ethical Dilemma Worksheet Incident Review |What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly. | |Officers responded to a domestic violence call. The couple admitted that they were having a verbal argument and assessed situation | |and claimed that things are under control. The couple then denied service from the officers. | |What are the most important facts? Which facts
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In Plato’s “The Republic” Book II, a philosopher by the name of Glaucon is introduced. He believes that the value of justice needs to be examined further. He does not agree with what Socrates’ defines as justice. Socrates believes that justice is a worthy goal as both an end and as a means to an end. Glaucon offers to play the devil's advocate to Socrates’ view of justice by saying that justice has no intrinsic value and only the consequences matter. Glaucon uses Thrasymachus’ argument, from
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Howard Roark is the embodiment of the perfect human being, as envisioned by Ayn Rand. Although utterly selfish, he is the only one in The Fountainhead to live his own life. From a young age one is taught that ‘it is better to give than receive’ and that to live a life of altruism is much more ethical than to live a life of selfishness. However, Roark does not follow these teachings. He denounces altruism - he lives a life of independent thinking which is not tainted by the world. Although his ways
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January 25, 2015 IFSM 304 5125: Ethics in Information Technology Paper A-Application of a decision-making framework to an IT-related ethical issue IT Related Ethical Issue The computer is a great invention that is used in every field including corporate offices and private homes. Computers have made our day to day tasks easier to do and made a great impact in our society that is still evolving and changing each day. Workers are able to do their jobs more efficiently and allow interconnectivity
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