RUNNING HEAD: Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World Ethics and corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World Legal 500 Professor Assignment 3 Key Characteristics of Stakeholder There are different type of stakeholders, primary stakeholder, secondary stakeholder and key stakeholder. Stakeholders can be groups, organizations, and or individuals who have interest in an organization project outcome. Stakeholders can include those that may have strong
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interests of the community or that is injurious to the public good (p. 165). Employees cannot be fired for fulfilling legal obligations or for exercising their legal rights. Donna has every right to file for worker’s compensation due to her chronic bronchial problems. Her medical problems are probably a result of the mold around the air vents. Tom and Ayesha are exercising their legal rights to file a complaint with Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and Equal Employment Opportunity
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Corporate Governance and Ethical Responsibility Research Paper Essie Sullivan Dr. Cantrell Legal 500 Law, Ethics & Corporate Governance February 11, 2013 1. Determine at least three (3) different internal and external stakeholders that Dr. DoRight might have to deal with on a daily basis at the hospital. Hospital facilities are definitely significant in the well-being of patients and expertise of its medical staff personnel. However, Dr. DoRight has been hired as the President of
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MARK GLANTZ LEGAL 500 April 22, 2012 Describe what steps you would take to address the following scenario involving skills, competence, and abilities? My method for addressing Jennifer’s shortcoming consists of termination based on the employment at will doctrine. As Halbert and Ingulli (2012) report in Law and Ethics in the Business Environment, employment at will gives employers broad discretion to fire employees for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. This legal doctrine gives
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Assignment 1: Employment-At-Will Doctrine Due Week 3 and worth 200 points As a manager and supervisor of an accounting department, discuss the following issues related to the employment-at-will doctrine and liability of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s behavior and actions. Jennifer, a recent graduate, has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon being hired, she engages in a number of different behaviors that need your attention. * For each
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Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance AnnMarie Seidler Dr. Charity Lanier Legal 500 October 30, 2013 As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a midsize company that is preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), I discover several personnel problems that require my immediate attention. It is my duty to be familiar with the Employee-at-will Doctrine and any exceptions if any that may apply to the employees and my employer. While preparing to deal with our personnel problems I discover that
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Assignment 3: Legal and Ethical Considerations in Marketing, Product Safety, and Intellectual Property Major Dr. Lynn MacBeth Law and Ethics in the Business Environment September 8, 2013 Ethical issues related to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety. “Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade…it is a great power…part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind” (Halbert, 2012). This is a very powerful statement
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Week 3 Assignment 1: Whistleblowing and Sarbanes-Oxley Shirmere N. Gardner Dr. Susan Gerber LEG 500: Law, Ethics & Corporate Governance January 25, 2015 Abstract This text will examine the key characteristics of a whistleblower, as well as the details surrounding the JPMorgan whistleblowing event. The extent to which whistleblowers are protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) will also be elaborated. Key Characteristics of a Whistleblower Whistleblowers
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1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. The employees can reasonably expect privacy in the workplace in places like restrooms, parking lots, lounges and in the kitchen area. But generally speaking it is really difficult these days to have complete privacy. 2- Explain whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony
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Body Language I can speak to you without saying a word. I can tell you exactly how I feel about you without opening my mouth. This means of communication is called body language. Body language is a large part of our communication today. Some of us are able to read body language very well and there are others who simply can’t hear it unless the words are spoken. There is an art in being able to express one’s self by merely moving the body in one fashion or another, or by contorting the
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