This example proves that while expanding globally, any responsible corporation needs to carefully calculate what legal, ethical, social, and environmental impact it might have in a host country. Nike protected them by hiring a man to go to these countries and assess the situations in each country. His findings were that the countries fed their employees and with some minor issues the countries were not doing anything out of realm from that country. In their turn, host governments should also
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Ethical Behavior and Morality in Organizations begin with “The Tone at the Top” Executive Summary Unethical behavior in organizations creates many intractable problems which climax in fraudulent acts. When behavior in an organization is not ethical regulations are broken, and the likelihood of legal suits increase. Fraud in Enron and Adelphia in the early 2000s led to big bankruptcy filings resulting in huge losses in investments. Employees also lost jobs as well as significant portions of
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Religious Diversification Today Religious diversification in the workplace is an issue employers will always face. Management of this diversity is necessary so that employees can reach their full potential, maximize productivity, and create a positive work environment by which everybody is accommodated. By understanding the positives and negatives of having religion and spirituality in the workplace, it is clear that there are advantages and disadvantages. Positive aspects of integrating religion
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Do Inmates Deserve a Second Chance? Cari Adee, James Crooms, Latandra Sain, Taylor Cotter, Rodney Henry, Breanna Johnson, Latonia Pitts BCOM/275 7/20/2014 Do inmates deserve a second chance? Every time that you turn on the news you see it: School shootings, babies being left in the car by parents, people selling and doing drugs, people being murdered, raped and assaulted. According to the inter press services, in the last three decades people that are in prison have increased almost 790
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Every Day Issues for Managers • • • • • • • • Solving problems Managing conflict Delegating tasks Motivating others Handling absenteeism Hiring and firing Allocating resources Communicating Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Important Long Term Issues for Managers • Responding to globalization • Managing workforce diversity • Improving quality and productivity • Stimulating innovation and change • Helping work-life balance • Improving ethical behavior •
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Y’Lonn James Yolanda Serrano ACCT504-10563 Case Study #2 02/05/2016 Situation a. Missing Internal Controls: Monitoring control is the missing internal control weakness. This monitoring provides “eyes and ears”, so that no one person or group of persons can process a transaction completely without being seen and checked by another person or group. This control involves understanding how companies monitors its control and how effective the monitoring is. The clerk should not be the only
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able to work together to solve problems and get work done. Ethical work habits are always important when it comes to almost any job but more so when you are not supervised. Technicians need to be trusted not to slack off or do anything considered unethical when not being watched. Another very important thing is “the ability to learn and improve on your own” (Jason Bright) meaning the ability to have an issue than learn about that issue and use that to improve yourself and your
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to follow these guidelines, but I soon realized that people are not always that nice in return. People have different values and beliefs that might not always be similar to that of your own. As I grew up, I started working and came across similar issues in the workplace. I realized that some people would do whatever it takes to better themselves in the company, whether it is giving misleading information or bettering themselves by using another person to get there. These types of situations are common
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1. What is the ethical dilemma facing Wal-Mart in this case? Do Wal-Mart’s associates also face an ethical dilemma? If so, what is it? Wal-Mart faces the ethical dilemma of Quality of Life. While there are many components discussed in the book that comprise quality of life, the one component most subject to violation by Wal-Mart would be Maintaining Boundaries. The flexible schedule system being implemented by Wal-Mart does have business value, but at what cost? Wal-Mart rationalizes the system
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Cambridge TECHNICALS OCR LEVEL 3 CAMBRIDGE TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS BUSINESS COMMUNICATION H/502/5413 LEVEL 3 UNIT 6 GUIDED LEARNING HOURS: 60 UNIT CREDIT VALUE: 10 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION H/502/5413 LEVEL 3 UNIT 6 AIM OF THE UNIT Effective communication is a key area in terms of its contribution to business success. When studying this unit learners will gain a thorough understanding of the types of business information used both internally and externally
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