Code of Conduct Preface “Don’t be evil.” Googlers generally apply those words to how we serve our users. But “Don’t be evil” is much more than that. Yes, it’s about providing our users unbiased access to information, focusing on their needs and giving them the best products and services that we can. But it’s also about doing the right thing more generally – following the law, acting honorably and treating each other with respect. The Google Code of Conduct is one of the ways we put “Don’t be evil”
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CROSSROADS When I read the first draft of this manuscript it provided a genuine "aha" experience. I felt that "tempered radicalism" was a concept that had been waiting to be invented. Meyerson and Scully, in my view, have grasped an important idea and have written about it in a careful and an illuminating way. It's one of those papers, I suspect, that some people will react to by thinking: "I wish I had written that!" Further, I can see others I know well in the field as fitting the description
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Vishny* January 1999 Abstract This paper outlines and tests two agency models of dividends. According to the “outcome” model, dividends are the result of effective pressure by minority shareholders to force corporate insiders to disgorge cash. According to the “substitute” model, insiders interested in issuing equity in the future choose to pay dividends to establish a reputation for decent treatment of minority shareholders. The first model predicts that stronger minority shareholder rights should
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Vishny* January 1999 Abstract This paper outlines and tests two agency models of dividends. According to the “outcome” model, dividends are the result of effective pressure by minority shareholders to force corporate insiders to disgorge cash. According to the “substitute” model, insiders interested in issuing equity in the future choose to pay dividends to establish a reputation for decent treatment of minority shareholders. The first model predicts that stronger minority shareholder rights should
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SOCIAL PERFORMANCE, PART II Briefly describe your company and then benchmark the codes of conduct used by similar companies in the industry. Critique the codes of conduct of at least three (3) similar companies in order to write codes for your company. XXX, Inc. is a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world. It was founded in 1995 and has revenue of over $700 million. It helps companies and consumers all over the world to engage in trusted communications and
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Management and Control of the Corporation Kenneth Weddle LEG 205 Strayer University Professor John Taulane September 2, 2015 Shareholders, as the owners of the corporation, are entitled to many legal rights. The most important goal of the corporation should be wealth appreciation for shareholders and many times this is not codified in a specific legal right (Velasco, 2006, p. 409). More often these rights need to be specified in the corporation’s incorporation documents or bylaws. Velasco
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Business Law & Bankruptcy Assignment #3 Joan sits on the board of ManBank, a large publicly held bank located in New York City. Her friend Bob asks her for a loan of $300 million to start a new airline. Joan researches Bob’s background and discovers that Bob worked as an assistant regional manager for a Midwest airline for 12 years, and during Bob’s tenure there, his region increased sales by 28%. Based on this information and on her friendship with Bob, Joan recommends Bob for the loan, and
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Credibility Key Concepts: Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, is a book by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, that explains the importance of credibility in creating a healthy relationship between a leader and its followers. The book starts by describing the significance of leadership in any constitution. The authors made a point that leadership once used to be conferred by rank and privilege, but in present days, leadership is only an aspiration (Kouzes & Posner, 2011, p.2). People choose
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Burger Bots: Burger Making Machines That Will Revolutionize the Fast Food Industry Discussing the loss of human jobs to machines, Andrew McAfee, co-author of the book Race against the Machine, says “we ain’t seen nothing yet.” In the United States, the fast food industry has one of the highest employee turnover rates at 50 percent, costing the industry about $3.4 billion in recruiting and training. Many chains are already looking for ingenious ways to take humans out of the picture, threatening
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Buchholtz, 2003). Business ethics is, therefore, meant to guide controversial issues in a company environment. These issues include corporate social responsibility, discrimination, unlawful practices, corporate governance, bribery or corruption, insider trading and other irresponsible business behaviors. Ethics is at times guided by local frameworks chosen by different companies. These structures act as a way of enhancing their image and public trust, but it is a requirement that values is guided
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