Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the e-Economy: A Commentary Abstract The paper addresses the concepts of business ethics and corporate social responsibility in the old vis-à-vis the new economy. The effects of globalization and its impact on the transition from the industrial to the digital era are explored. Although the behaviour of business organizations has always had a profound worldwide impact, with the decline of the nation state economic power has, for the first time
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responsibility to ensure that work places are safe when work is outsourced. Strategic decision makers must consider many aspects when pursuing international strategies (Coulter, 2013, p.198). Before doing business internationally, however, strategic managers need to explore, examine, and understand as best as they can, the important issues in the international environment (Coulter, 2013, p.198). Although outsourcing work has its advantages, the drawbacks must also be considered. Some safety concerns
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Offei MGT/448 Global Business Strategies Case Study Nike: The Sweatshop Debate July 5, 2012 Professor, Marc Mosko Nike, the sweatshop debate Nike Inc. was started by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, who met each other in 1957 Before going into business, Knight became a certified public Accountant (CPA) the original Nike Inc. was founded in 1964 by Phil Knight and his friend Bill Bowerman with a collective investment of 1000 to fund the business tries (Nike repository
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response to trends in globalization, technology, diversity, e-business, and ethics. Use at least five references from the reading assignment, Internet articles, Electronic Reserve Readings articles, or HR journal articles to support your paper Format your report according to APA standards GLOBALIZATION The globalization of Human Resource is characterized and challenged by increasing levels of decentralization. Most international and domestic organizations address this challenge by maintaining
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Synthesis on Ethical Foundations Of An Enterprise By: Rufino A. Santos III For many years people in "business" have had the reputation of needing to be ruthless in order to succeed. We've all heard remarks and jokes that perpetuate such stereotypes and caricatures, to the effect that there is no such thing as an honest person in business. Such comments would not be made unless there were at least some truths behind them on many occasions. We all know examples of people in business who have done
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management is a straight forward job. Even though you will go through obstacles, a manager must be able to fix whatever problem comes their way. In the Orion Shield Project, we see how Gary was faced with a lot of obstacles that resulted in ethical, legal and contractual issues. Technical Managers are always pulled in different directions but time management skills are essential in order for a manager to succeed. Gary did a wonderful job presenting the technical data but was unavailable when his team presented
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KPMG's Tax Shelters Tax shelter is a legal way to reduce taxable income, which in turn reduces taxes. By utilizing legal tax shelters, it is possible to avoid taxes without evading them illegally and suffering consequences. However, in the case presented by Tanina Rostain. KPMG has used tax shelters as a form of tax evasion rather than tax avoidance. My goal in this paper is to discuss how the concept of Groupthink and Rationalization played a role in the partners decisions, point out when tax
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Question 1(word count 897) From its humble beginnings the McDonalds organisation has continuously looked to engage everyone within the business to help identify and solve problems and has made the elements of leadership, participation, team-based structures, strong adoptive cultures, employee empowerment and the open sharing of information key pillars in which it has built itself from the ground up. Sustainable development has also been at the forefront of the McDonalds organisation and is an
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Legal Ethics & Issues Assignment Melchar Polk LAW/421 September 30, 2013 Professor Michael Carrozzo To be successful in conducting international business transaction it is imperative to have a real good written contract. Generally, contracts are the most common method that is being utilized by any type of businesses. When conducting a business transaction internationally, the contract clause must be very precise. It is extremely significant not only to spell out the rights of each
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Ethical Behavior and Morality in Organizations begin with “The Tone at the Top” Executive Summary Unethical behavior in organizations creates many intractable problems which climax in fraudulent acts. When behavior in an organization is not ethical regulations are broken, and the likelihood of legal suits increase. Fraud in Enron and Adelphia in the early 2000s led to big bankruptcy filings resulting in huge losses in investments. Employees also lost jobs as well as significant portions of
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