Assignment: Background Read the following Case Scenario and then attempt this task Enron: How the Failure of Leadership, Culture, and Unethical Behavior Brought a Giant to its Knees Background A company with humble beginnings, Enron began as a merger of two Houston pipeline companies in 1985. Although Enron faced a number of financially difficult years, the deregulation of the electrical power markets took effect in 1988, and the company redefined its business from "energy delivery" to "energy
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Is Managerial Ethics? Criteria for Ethical Decision Making Utilitarian Approach Individualism Approach Moral Rights Approach Justice Approach Factors Affecting Ethical Choices The Manager The Organization What Is Social Responsibility? Organizational Stakeholders The Ethic of Sustainability and the Natural Environment Evaluating Corporate Social Performance Economic Responsibilities Legal Responsibilities Ethical Responsibilities Discretionary Responsibilities Managing Company Ethics and Social Responsibility
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for Thinking About Ethical, Social, and Political Issues Five Moral Dimensions of the Information Age Key Technology Trends that Raise Ethical Issues ETHICS IN AN INFORMATION SOCIETY Basic Concepts: Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability Ethical Analysis Candidate Ethical Principles Professional Codes of Conduct Some Real-World Ethical Dilemmas THE MORAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS Information Rights: Privacy and Freedom in the Internet Age Property Rights: Intellectual Property Accountability
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Faculty Member Details: Dr. Prageetha G Raju Room No. D-203 Ph: 8790794397 E-mail: dr.prageetha@gmail.com Consulting Hours: Students can visit my room any time between 9 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. (only if needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Description: The management of complex organizations requires an understanding of the nature of human behavior in corporate and other organizations
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use the four functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, but the best managers understand how internal and external factors affect these four functions of management. Globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics are some of the internal and external factors that can and do influence routine decisions managers must make while planning, organizing, leading, and controlling their respective businesses. Managers also use delegation to manage the different internal
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Introduction Martha McCaskey, who had been working for Seleris Associates, a medium-sized consulting firm based in Chicago, for 18 months in the Industry Analysis Division (IAD) faced a difficult situation. Having been assigned the role of project leader in a study to be conducted for one of Seleris’s most lucrative clients, McCaskey was assured that, upon successful completion of the project, she would be promoted to group manager. Seleris’s client, a semiconductor manufacturer based in California
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1) Ethics in marketing Pinar Cankurtaran The focus of marketing has traditionally been a predominantly firm centric one. With their narrow focus on profit maximization, marketers have paid little attention to the diversity of stakeholders who are influenced by their actions. However, increased scrutiny of corporate actions in today’s business environment compels all functions of the firm to adhere to ethical business practices founded on principles that are honest, fair and transparent to all
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and delivering value to the customer. Without a transfer of value, a customer doesn’t feel welcomed and may shy away from a specific business. A firm’s honesty plays a major role in establishing a customer base and retaining one. This idea of ethics in the field of marketing is incredibly important as dishonesty is frowned upon and the marketplace will respond negatively to a dishonest firm. Firms are in a constant battle competing with one another trying to create the best marketing mix. Having
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The Effectiveness of Business Ethics in Education and Today’s Workplace October 13th, 2012 Introduction What do Bernard Madoff, Kenneth Lay and Rob Blagojevich all have in common? They all operated with no apparent ethical behavior even though each had received educational backgrounds in which ethical business practices were taught. As L. Zingales states, “While every firm can have its bad apples, when these apples are at the top, it suggests that a company has either a corrupt culture
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Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User Business Ethics: A Stakeholders and Issues Management Approach, Fifth Edition Joseph W. Weiss VP/Editor-in-Chief: Melissa Acuña Acquisitions Editor: Michele Rhoades Developmental Editor: Daniel Noguera Editorial Assistant: Ruth Belanger Sr. MarComm Manager: Jim Overly Marketing Manager: Clinton Kernen © 2009, 2006 South-Western, a part of Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced
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