Assignment Introduction Eclipse Airlines is having some ethical problems that may be leading to the company’s image being tarnished and set askew. The company has no set standard for disbursing ethical training and thus, the standards that the company has set forth regarding ethical treatment of customers and situations cannot be carried out in a consistent and justified manner. According to the briefing that was presented, the only manner of ethical training that is being disseminated among the management
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Trident University International Kenya Bartley Module 1 SLP ETH501: Business Ethics Dr. Bonnie Adams January 23, 2015 Deontological Ethics is defined as a person must act a certain way for no other reason than because it is the right way to act. In which a way, that a person should act a certain way because it is my duty to do so. Acting on morals, they are either right or wrong on principal and we have a duty to do well no matter the circumstance. The philosopher Immanuel Kant laid the
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have been brought to her? How should employees react when ordered by their employer to do something they do not believe in or feel uncomfortable doing? In discussing whether Vinson should been charged with criminal fraud, it can be analyzed from ethical perspective which can truly judge whether she was morally responsible for the wrong or not. In order to determine whether Vinson was morally responsible for the fraud, these three criteria should be fulfilled first: causality, knowledge and freedom
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Summary Larry Shepherd is an Aeronautical Engineer, working for Extraterrestrial Delivery Service (EDS). This company has dealt with a scope of business ventures as listed below: ▪ Private parties looking for opportunities to put up communication satellites ▪ Delivering supplies to the International Space Station ▪ Placing astronomical science instruments into space Larry’s job the first few years at EDS presented him with several challenges. First, there was a rocket
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MANAGING ORGANISATION’S MID-TERM EXAM Case #1: Tucker Company (p.395) Q1. Sketch out a simple organisation chart showing Tucker Company’s three division, including the location of the laboratory. Why would the laboratory be located in the military jet engine division? Answer: President/CEO Tucker CompanyVP- Commercial Jet Engine Division VP – Military Jet Engine Division VP- Utility Turbine Division
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Running Head: ETHICAL ISSUES AND MULTI-NATIONAL ENTERPRISE Veronica Mason Theory Digest Ethical Issues and Multi-National Enterprise University of Maryland University College October 13, 2012 Ethical issues and Multi-National Enterprises Today’s global marketplace presents ethical dilemmas for multinational corporations. Research has shown that ethical decision-making process becomes particularly challenging when the ethical standards in the company’s home country are higher than those
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Executive Summary Whistle blowing is when an employee raises a concern about wrongdoing or malpractice in the workplace that has a public interest aspect to it. Persons who act as whistle blowers are often subjected to retaliation by their employers. Therefore it became important to protect whistle blowers by introducing the Disclosure Protection Act (Act 26 of 2000). The purpose is to provide procedures and offer protection to employees against organisational detriment. Even though the Act intends
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services as well as a satellite version of broadband” (University of Phoenix, 2011). Competition among the local, long-distance, and international markets is obvious (University of Phoenix, 2011). The Senior Leadership Team at Global communication created a plan to expand and globalize the company. The strategic goal of the plan is to create new business by serving customers in both local and long distance markets across the country. Global Communications will open up new call centers in India
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positions. Ethical Dilemmas provide some of the most challenging decisions for a company to address. The response to these dilemmas should only be made after careful group decision-making techniques are in place. In the Global Communications scenario, the company specializes in the telecommunications industry and had to make tough choices on ethical issues and changes within the company. This scenario provided an example for the class to investigate similar ethical dilemmas within companies
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Week 1: Business Ethics and International Responsibility - Discussion The World Bank Situation (graded) Class, please read Chapter 2, problem 5 from the Jennings text, p. 72. This week, we will discuss the Wolfowitz situation at the World Bank. Consider the questions at the end of the problem as you make comments in the threads this week. What are the ethics here? Was Wolfowitz trying to do the right thing? Does that make a difference ethically? Throughout the week, I will bring in further
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