AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION Statement of Ethics (http://www.marketingpower.com/AboutAMA/Pages/Statement%20of%20Ethics.aspx) Ethical Norms and Values for Marketers PREAMBLE The American Marketing Association commits itself to promoting the highest standard of professional ethical norms and values for its members (practitioners, academics and students). Norms are established standards of conduct that are expected and maintained by society and/or professional organizations. Values represent
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The Moral Compass nd understand moral theory. In fact, you have a moral philosophy – but you may not think of it that way. Every time you have a conversation about what someone “should” or “ought” to do, you doing moral philosophy. Your moral converations may be very personal – whether you should return the five dollars extra change the clerk gave you at the video store – or very broad – whether national security is more important than personal freedom. Whatever your moral conversations are about
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ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases This page intentionally left blank F O U R T H ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases g E D I T I O N CHARLES E. HARRIS Texas A&M University MICHAEL S. PRITCHARD Western Michigan University MICHAEL J. RABINS Texas A&M University Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Fourth Edition Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard, and
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IFRS: FASB and IASB Fair value measurements provide users of financial statements with an accurate picture of the value of a company’s assets. Both IFRS and GAAP require firms to include information regarding fair value measurement practices in the notes of financial statements. Under either system, companies will be required to report assets at either book value or fair value, depending on the situation. As a general rule of thumb, all assets in the same class must receive the same valuation treatment
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Organizational Research/ Analysis Paper Organizational Research/Analysis Paper: Starbucks In 1971 Starbucks was founded on a love for coffee. Three businessmen, Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl, had a desire to share that love with Seattle by opening a small coffee shop known as Starbucks Coffee, Tea & Spice. Ten years later Starbucks had grown to four retail stores located throughout the Seattle area. Whole bean coffee was sold at all four locations. Upon reaching 100
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there is no truer industry where digital communications and social media interactions between the customers and their preferred brand is of utmost importance than within the cosmetic industry. According to Richardson, Gosnay and Carroll (2010), E-marketing allows companies to more specifically attract new customers, to adapt to the needs of their customers and most importantly strengthen their brand and reinforce the relationships with existing and new customers. Therefore access to social networks
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Chapter 1 Ethical Reasoning: Implications for Accounting Discussion Questions 1. Select one of the world’s religions and give a concrete example of how the Golden Rule applies in that religion. "Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal." The Dalai Lama Students may use the Internet as resource when researching the use of the Golden Rule in
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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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Ill to train restaurant staff and management in the consistent procedures of the restaurants operations and create a culture that has continued. The 2008 CEO Jim Skinner worked his way up from Trainee Manager. Skinner is also a man of values and ethics: When McDonald’s was blamed for the obesity problem, he helped direct the company to take responsibility and help create a solution rather than pass the blame. Thus, Skinner can be seen as a moral leader. McDonalds prides itself on leading from the
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ownership must be considered to see if it’s effective and can handle the growth. Marketing strategies have to be evaluated to see what’s working, what’s not, and what’s cost effective. Daily operations and employee inventory are looked at as well. Some employees job descriptions can be changed to help the daily operation run smoother. A general manager can relieve some of the responsibilities the owner currently has. Ethics is probably not considered when most businesses start to expand. The business
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