one-page summary of the following readings: Hoffman, D. (2004) ‘The Ford Pinto’, in Gini, A. (ed.) Case Studies in Business Ethics (5th edn.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, pp. 222 - 228. Kelman, S. ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique’ and Leonard, H. & Zeckhauser, R. ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis Defended’ in Hoffman et al. (2001) Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality, New York: McGraw-Hill, pp 104-116. Class Discussion: A. Egoism Rank the following
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provided for clinical nurses in their complex roles in care of patients, education, research and management of some parts of health care system in the country. A national code can provide nurses with culturally-adapted guidance and help them to make ethical decisions more closely to the Iranian-Islamic background. Given the general acknowledgement of the need, the National Code of Ethics for Nurses was compiled as a joint project (2009–2011). The Code was approved by the Health Policy Council of the
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"Real leaders concentrate on doing the right thing, not on doing things right." As defined by Rushworth Kidder (1995), an "ethical dilemma" is not a choice between right and wrong, but a choice between two rights. For example, considering a bribe would be a "moral temptation"; deciding whether scarce resources should go to a gifted curriculum or a dropout-prevention program would constitute a dilemma. Dilemmas arise when cherished values conflict. A principal who values both teacher autonomy and
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Ankur Patel August, 19 2012 Monday & Wednesday 11:40am -1:20pm Word Count: 799 Case 66 “Whose Property?” Derek Evans was a primary contributor in the development of a management software. The software Derek helped develop is intended to improve customer service and make Information Techs job’s much more efficient. The new company Derek works for is much larger than his old company where helped develop the software in question; Derek implemented this software only on his workstation
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Ethical Code of Conduct Name Course Lecturer Date Ethical Code of Conduct Ethical conduct of employees All employees in this company must follow the following Codes of Conduct. * They should know the mission of the company and promote its progress by meeting the set standards and duly observing all our regulations. * Read well, comprehend and duly obey the organization’s procedures, both national and international. Where they do not understand the procedures, they should seek
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your response to the following Checkpoint in the Assignments section of eCampus. Using Chapter 5 of Introduction to Business as a resource: Imagine that you are starting your own company. What will be the ethical code of your company? In a 200- to 300- word response, draft an ethical code of conduct listing the rules and principles that your company will use in decision-making. This may involve how you operate your business on a daily basis, how you treat employees, how customers are handled
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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR EMPLOYEE Gender Male Female SECTION: 1 (Code of Conduct) Q 1: I know every rights, duty and obligation towards my employer and my organization. A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neutral D. Disagree E. Strongly Disagree Q 2: The organization follows the “Ethical Code of Conduct” and uses the moral codes included in the Code of Conduct appropriately. A. Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Neutral
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This supports ethical Principle 8.07 – Deception in Research The Bible has had a profound effect on billions of people, both believers and non-believers. Some ethical principles that can be derived from the Bible include the importance of caring for the stranger, the poor, employees, the environment, and animals. Demonstrating the importance of keeping honest records, Scripture (Proverbs 11:1, NIV): “A false scale is an abomination to God; but a just weight is His desire.” Researcher’s also have
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case and the ethics violations you see took place within the company you chose: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Compliance-&-Enforcement-News On their website, The Washington Ethical Society (2013) defines ethics as “the elements essential to human well-being and proposes principles to be used as guidelines for generating an ethical culture”. They go on to say that “ethics also refers to the specific values, standards, rules, and agreements people adopt for conducting their lives”. Jones (2013) explains
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An Examination and Reactions to the Movie Antwone Fisher MCPY 600 August 16th, 2007 The movie, Antwone Fisher is a wonderful and thought provoking film full of symbolism, pain, and hope. Antwone Fisher takes the audience through a journey of various subsystems of communities: prison, orphanage, foster care, homeless shelter, and the Navy. However a community encompasses more than a system. Community is ever changing, evolving
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