only one social responsibility of business to use its resource and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud” (Wheelen & Hunger, 2006, p. 57). It is however frustrating when addressing dilemmas which occur when ethical considerations appear to be tacked onto real business of organizational decision making-almost as an afterthought (The William Institute, 2006)
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not get upset. Jane wants to be viewed as a team player in order to advance in the firm. So Jane follows her senior's instructions and ignores the misstatement. Which ethical theory did Jane use to make her decision? A. Egoism B. Justice C. Virtue ethics D. Utilitarianism Which of the following situations would be considered ethical? A. The cashier at Wal-Mart gives you $5 more than you were supposed to receive and you don't do anything about it B. You accidentally back into a car at Wal-Mart and
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C H A P T E R 5 Business Ethics and the Legal Environment of Business Learning Objectives After studying this chapter you should be able to: 1. Understand the relationship between ethics and the law and appreciate why it is important to behave ethically. 2. Differentiate between the claims of the different stakeholder groups affected by a company’s actions. 3. Identify the four main sources of business ethics, and describe four rules that can be used to help companies and their employees
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Running Head: ETHICS IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT Ethics in an Academic Environment Americans want to be more, have more, do more, and know more. America is a choleric, driven culture and that is one of the very reasons that make it such a distinguished nation. Americans in their desire for more may have compromise their ethics. Are people willing to get ahead at any cost? Most people in American society live busy, hectic
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....... 15 V. THE MICROWORLD OF PARTICIPATION...... 17 VI. APPENDIX A......................................... 19 a. Shields and Bredemeier...................... 19 a.1. moral maturity: what are psychologists looking for?............ 22 a.2. game thinking............................. 24 a.3. moral confusion........................... 25 b. Stoll, Lumpkin, Beller, and Hahm.............. 27 It has been recognized for centuries that sport can contribute to education values that make for
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Ethics - Ethics Imagine a 15 year old student in philosophy class. After discussing why should you or shouldn't you judge other societies, and getting in depth with ethics, the teacher decides to tell a story to the class. She says"..there is a tribe in the Amazon(Brazil) were they show love and respect by cutting body parts.It would be a good sign if your father cuts a finger of a son...." she then asked the class ".... if you end up in the Amazon, would you stop a father cutting a sons finger because
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Critical Evaluate “Stress” & “Ethics” of Foxconn A string of suicides occurred at Taiwanese-owned Foxconn in China in recent years has drawn great media attention (BBC, 2010). 20 Chinese universities worked as a team to pursue the story behind the Foxconn which they described as “labour camp” (Chan, 2013). As the major manufacturer of Apple, Foxconn should undertake the due obligations but Apple also cannot avoid its responsibility. A case study “Apple’s efforts fail to end gruelling conditions
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REI- Recreational Equipment INC. A Company that Rules Social Media and the Internet. Taryn Joyner 19 February 2016 Capella University MBA6044 Professor Leinaweaver Introduction to REI A. REI stands for Recreational Equipment, INC and was founded by Lloyd Anderson in 1936. REI is a national outdoor specialty retailer and the Nation’s largest consumer co-op with 5.5 million active members in addition to its own line of Apparel. REI offers products from many
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Gung Ho Gung Ho, a movie by Ron Howard, depicts the differences in culture and work ethic between Americans and Japanese. It shows how each group handles conflict in the work place, as well as at home. The main characters and leaders are faced with dilemmas and have to figure out how to work as a team to keep the automobile manufacturing plant up and running smoothly. According to Western Washington University (2011), there are many different sociological differences between the Japanese and
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According to the Knights commission, “during the 1990's over half of Division I-A institutions were sanctioned or placed on probation for various rules violations” (as cited in Jordan, Greenwell, Geist, Pastore, & Mahony, 2004). The list of ethical dilemmas that leaders of athletic programs find themselves is almost limitless. According to Lumpkin and Doty (2014) some of these difficult circumstances include, “whether to play concussed athletes, change athletes’ grades to keep them eligible, violate
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