Ethical Role of the Manager In a broad construction of the ethical role of the manager, managing and leading can be said to be inherently ethics-laden tasks because every managerial decision affects either people or the natural environment in some way—and those effects or impacts need to be taken into consideration as decisions are made. A narrower construction of the ethical role of the manager is that managers should serve only the interests of the shareholder; that is, their sole ethical task
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(2012). Cadbury Twenty Years On. Villanova Law Review Stiles, P. and Taylor, B. (1993) ‘Maxwell-The failure of corporate governance’, Corporate governance-an international review, 1(1), pp. 314-327 Boyd, C.: 1996, ‘Ethics and corporate governance: The issues raised by the Cadbury report in the United Kingdom,’ Journal of business Ethics 15(2), 167-183 Parkinson, J. and Kelly, G. (1999) the combined code on corporate governance, Political Quarterly, 70, 1, 101-7 Lutz, S., Eberle, D. and Lautter
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Creating an Effective Code of Ethics for Widget Tech Inc. 11/23/2009 David G. Montague | Summary Widget Tech Inc. is in need of update the company’s current code of ethics due to growth of the company and the changing workforce. Research has been conducted to revise the current policy and address topics that were previously overlooked. Widget Tech Inc. is a company that stresses both corporate and personal integrity. We not only comply with laws and applicable regulations; but we
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Geoffrey M. Cox Macroethics. Personal Responsibility in an Age of Global Problems Review Assignment Make a summary of the author’s main contentions This study starts with the point of view that classic ethics are failing when they are confronted with many global problems. Compared to other periods of time, the world is able to connect nowadays. Because of the possibilities of the media, nearly ever person has qualitatively and quantitatively choices. The author emphasizes that we
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Journal of Business Ethics (2007) 75:273–284 DOI 10.1007/s10551-006-9252-9 Ó Springer 2007 Cultural Values and International Differences Bert Scholtens Lammertjan Dam in Business Ethics ABSTRACT. We analyze ethical policies of firms in industrialized countries and try to find out whether culture is a factor that plays a significant role in explaining country differences. We look into the firm’s human rights policy, its governance of bribery and corruption, and the comprehensiveness, implementation
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discussing Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) using Anglo-American and Primark case studies as examples. First, I will discuss what is meant by ethical business behavior. Second, I will discuss how Anglo-American and Primark apply ethics into their business practices. Third, I will discuss what the costs and benefits are to an organization when they behave ethically. Finally, I will choose one component from Svennson & Woods’ model from “A Model of Business Ethics”, and discuss
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LAWS 310 - WEEK 7 ASSIGNMENT: YOU DECIDE Widget Tech Inc. Code of Ethics Professor: Sheila Hostetler LAWS 310 Devry University Review of Widget Tech Inc. Code of Ethics Table of Contents LAWS 310 - WEEK 7: YOU DECIDE Summary…………………………………………………………………..………..3 Introduction……………………….…………………………………….………..…3 How to Create a Code of Ethics………………………………………….....…....…4 Components of a Code of Ethics…………………………………… .……………4 Conclusion…………………………………………………..…………………….....6 Sources…………………………………………………
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Global Business and Ethics Global Business and Ethics The phenomenon that is globalization has assisted in the elimination of a myriad of business related ethical issues—well maybe not. Globalization has managed to bring to the forefront a number of ethical issues corporations and individuals are confronted with on a regular basis. Globalization. Two such ethical business issues that have highlighted surround the act of bribing officials and the act of employing children, on a full-time basis
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Ethics MGT/498 September 5, 2013 Ethics Organizations have more to think about than profits when developing a strategic plan. Ethics and social responsibility have become important topics to consider and include in today’s organizations strategic plans. This paper will explain the role of ethics and social responsibility in strategic plan development while taking into consideration stakeholder needs. I will also include an example of a company overstepping ethical boundaries for stakeholder agendas
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academic business ethics is relatively recent, its intellectual roots are found in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business and society literatures originating in law and in business in the early and middle 20th century (Marcoux). The corporate focus is evident in the titles of early works of academic business ethics that have done much to shape the subsequent discussion in the field. Velasquez’s "International Business, Morality and the Common Good" 1992 paper takes business ethics to be
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