Memo To: CEO From: elementary division manager CC: Date: 9/1/2012 Re: Urgent Elementary Toy This memo is report about defective product being shipped. This memo also discusses how to handle the defective product and possibly saving Main Event Solution money without hurting customers. This memo also discusses the risk and reward for each situation. Decision Process When determine alternative choices for Main Event Solutions, I would use a decision making model. The first step would
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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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Solutions to selected exercises from those assigned in outline (Chapters 1, 2 & 3) Message for Analysis (p. 31) Students will recognize this document as ineffective because it presents so many barriers to communication. The memo • Creates emotional barriers right from the first sentence (accusing employees of lying and cheating, later calling them names), preventing readers from perceiving the intended message • Presents a restrictive and authoritarian attitude, reflecting an environment that
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capitalism is often criticized for the ignorance of its responsibilities toward the human society and environment. In this case, Mr. Jenkins had written Davis a memo on the board’s behalf instructing her not to comment publicly about malt liquor before clearing her remarks with him (337). Davis felt threatened because she had to either conform to the memo or
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very questionable behavior. Companies like Goldman and Sachs utilizing questionable trading techniques in order to gain a financial profit while leaving behind companies in the dust and eliminating hundreds if not thousands of jobs in the process. Ethics is more than doing what’s right or wrong. It’s a way of life and how we can have an effect on others. Question 1: Go back through the case and make a list of each action or practice that could be called a gray area. The Layering Strategy: This
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PRESENTATION: Pending Case summary: Dennis felt Zack invaded his privacy by reading his personal emails The little communication and emphasis put on the personal computer usage guidelines and implementation Summary of Recommendation: Listen to Dennis and Zack story to understand their reaction Review the email and internet policy to make sure it fits the corporate culture Make sure all employees understand the Vitruvius code of conduct and usage guidelines Case Analysis: Vitruvius Sportsware
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Organizational Issues – Ethics Game ETH/316 December 12, 2012 Organizational Issues – EthicsGame The EthicsGame is a simulation program of University of Phoenix on real-world situations. It was written as a tool to help educate students on ethical decision-making. The simulation The Mysterious Blogger was chosen by the author to analysis is based on a company called G-BioSpot. A leading edge sports nutrition and supplements company founded by Carson Nelson, and Rian Miller. After working in
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After watching the video "Making Ethical Choices," I must say that Brian shows no ethics whatsoever!! Brian's emotional intelligence(the ability to recognize, interpret, or respond appropriately to his emotions or other people), mindfulness(a manner of acting and interacting with your immediate environment), ethics(showing standards for right and wrong, good and bad, and moral and immoral), and competence(the ability to accomplish your goals) were totally absent from the whole scenario. Brian's
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WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT TO: (readers' names and job titles) FROM: (your name and job title) DATE: (complete and current date) SUBJECT: (what the memo is about, highlighted in some way) In the world of professional writing and rhetoric one must think of the culture of the audience you are writing to and for. The culture's ethics as well has a professional writer and rhetor's plays a huge role in their decision making. Every group whether it be an organization or a discourse community or the
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TO: CEO, CFO, and R&D Director of Healthy Children, Inc ! FROM: Jenny Liu - ABC Consulting Firm ! RE: Nutritional Bar patent issue and humanitarian aid ! DATE: April 19, 2014 ! ! INTRODUCTION: In this memo, I will provide facts and information on an action plan to address the critical issues that it’s facing on production of nutritional bars for malnutrition children around the world. FACTS SUMMARY: One of the main focus for Healthy Children’s mission is to ensure the company’s humanitarian
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