also must find out the criteria that parents use in order to decide which hospital to use for their children if acute care services are needed. Expanding its market beyond Cleveland should also be something that the hospital should explore. The issue that Akron Children’s Hospital is experiencing is the fact that it does not know which strategies to use in order to expand and overshadow its competitors. While Akron Children’s Hospital is one of the largest pediatric care providers with 253beds
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Christian Garland BUSI 472-B06 An Examination of Fraud in Business 6/2/14 Liberty University Abstract The paper will examine the concept of fraud in a business environment. Fraud is defined as any purposeful communication that deceives, manipulates, or conceals facts in order to create a false impression. There are many different kinds of fraud that can be committed, which include paying employees under the table, schemes, and tax irregularities. Some of these including paying employees under
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Chapter # 1 1. Why Business Ethics? * Business decisions under great scrutiny Global financial crisis created diminished stakeholder trust Deals with questions about whether practices are acceptable No universally-accepted approach for resolving issues 2. Business Ethics * Comprises principles, values, and standards that guide behavior in the world of business 3. Principles: Specific boundaries for behavior that are universal and absolute Freedom of speech, civil liberties 4. Values:
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ETHICAL ISSUES INVOLVING WAL-MART STAKEHOLDERS Employee Stakeholders DISCRIMINATION The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed fifteen lawsuits against Wal-Mart since 1994. Of these, ten are still pending, and five have been resolved. FEMALE EMPLOYEES Although women account for more than 67 percent of all Wal-Mart employees, women make up less than 10 percent of top-store managers. Wal-Mart insists that it adequately trains and promotes women, but in 2001 a Wal-Mart
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General overview of organizational ethic policies Forbes magazine raised the issue in an article entitled, “Not Qualified for Obamacare’s Subsidies? Just Lie-Govt. To use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility” (2013, p.1). With the recent debates on whether or not Obama care is a critical component to ensure that individuals will receive health benefits, the ethical conversation must be debated throughout the United States of America amongst corporations and educational institutions
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the community. Goals, Ethical Principles, and Community The Franciscan Alliance is a large organization that is focused on helping the general public. Within their financial limits, the organization offers help to every patient, regardless of race, creed, color, and financial status (The Franciscan Alliance, 2013). The well-being of the patients is always the top priority to the organization. This means that the health of the individual takes precedence over any other issues within the treatment
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the ethical issues that come with these advancements. Computer ethics boils down to a “what is right and what is wrong” mentality. While one person’s view on computer ethics may differ from another person’s view, one basic idea should always be kept in mind when making ethical decisions, “Do unto others as you would have done to you.” If everyone obeyed this “golden rule” we would not have nearly as many issues with computer ethics. To better understand some of the computer ethics issues surrounding
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The function of leading is the process of motivating employees to perform at their best. Hershey’s is a company that truly values their employees as the company’s website clearly states. Hershey’s mission statement reads, “Bringing sweet moments of Hershey happiness to the world every day. To Hershey’s employees this means winning with an aligned and empowered organization…while having fun.” This is a reflection of the organizations culture and its dedication to company employees. Controlling
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Name: Wong Ka Yan UID: 3035104544 Assessment 2- Case Synthesis: Morgan Stanley 1. Basic Empirical Facts of the problem Du Jun, former Morgan Stanley managing director was jailed for seven years for trading with inside information. He brought shares of the Chinese commodities trader after realizing the proposed acquisition of oilfield assets while he was helping it to sell bonds. He was then ordered to compensate HK$23.9 million to investors who sold him shares in 2007 after his conviction with his
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The Knapp Commission was formed by the then Mayor of New York City, John Lindsay in 1970. Mayor Lindsay selected five citizens of the city to head the investigation into the heavily corrupt New York City Police Department (NYPD). Whitman Knapp was appointed as the chair of the two year-long investigation that ultimately reported that the department was heavily involved in bribery, extortion, gambling, and even murder. It was through this investigation that the term “rotten apple” was created in
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