Ethics Case | | BYP1-6 | | Wayne Terrago, controller for Robbin Industries, was reviewing production cost reports for the year. One amount in these reports continued to bother him—advertising. During the year, the company had instituted an expensive advertising campaign to sell some of its slower-moving products. It was still too early to tell whether the advertising campaign was successful.There had been much internal debate as how to report advertising cost. The vice president of finance
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“Not all good and evils are equal” (Garrett 2010). For the purpose of this paper the author was given a scenario. Jerry McCall is an office assistant that works at a doctor’s office. In this scenario, Jerry is presented with a problem where he can choose to prescribe medication with out the doctor’s authorization. Looking at this scenario from an ethical perspective the author will examine different aspect to what Jerry should do. For the author’s perspective, she believes that Jerry’s medical
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Aristotle on Virtue Lisa Wilson Dr. Malone Date 12/5/2015 Confucius and Aristotle are some of the greatest thinkers in the history of mankind. While Confucius was born in China and spearheaded a new way of perceiving morality, Aristotle was born in Macedon/Greece and also immersed his philosophical work to addressing moral thinking.Both philosophers have addressed similar subjects with major points of divergence and convergence. On virtue, these two
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Applying Ethics In Practice Lonneka Sharp BSHS/335 October 27, 2015 Stephanie Chupein Ethics In Practice As a human service professional if I was to ever be in a situation, where my personal values became ethical issues. I would be distraught, because nobody would want their personal values or issues out in the open for the public to know. For example when I and my client / patient discuss about personal issues or values and my client/ patients takes your personal information
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would agree have a moral or ethical aspect to them. In this sense, these values are actually much the same as what we mean by “virtues.” It’s just that we are approaching them from a self-motivated aspirational stance, rather than a judgmental or self-disciplinary position. The word “value” is both a noun and a verb; it has inherent in it only the concept of goodness–like “virtue”–but also the act of wanting, desiring, or personally “valuing” something.... “Much research has been done over time and
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Ethics have become an organizational priority. In the 21st century, ethics is neither a luxury nor an option. There is a growing impatience within society with selfish and irresponsible actions that impoverish some, while enriching the crafty. Hewlett Packard demonstrated its commitment to ethical integrity under the leadership of Carly Fiorina. The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard said of her six-year tenure, “Some of the most important choices I ever made were firing people who weren't conducting
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Personal Code of Ethics My personal code of ethics is one that encompasses elements that point to me true north: integrity, respect, shared goals, compassion, open-mindedness and communication. I realize that my ethical self-identity will evolve over time and will need to be assessed and refined periodically as I practice ethical decision-making skills, but I will constantly: 1) Strive to be aware of personal biases and core beliefs that may result in me not identifying a situation as an
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that happiness is the essence that leads to living well. The definition of happiness is different for everyone and it could be something that we could work towards but ultimately it serves as the purpose of life. In order to accomplish happiness, virtue ethics play an important role. For Aristotle, it does not mean that people should act because it is morally right, instead, the end of happiness should justify the way of getting to the end. As humans are prone to extremes, either deficit or extreme
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Since the beginning of the last century, there has been a trend of egregious business behavior. Governments and regulators have been required to tighten guidelines and regulations to assure the protection of the public. Unfortunately, greed has proven to be too strong to resist, and they have caved in to conflicts of interests. Corporations are now facing global measures designed to expose and control bad ethics and governance practices, but this is only one side of the situation. They cannot afford
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HSM 230 Week 7 Assignment Building an Ethical Organization Part 1 To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/HSM-230/HSM-230-Week-7-Assignment-Building-an-Ethical-Organization-Part-1 You are proposing a new Ethical Organization, and working on the business plans to create this organization. One of the first tasks is to draft a mission statement and a values statement (with core values detailed as well) for your organization. As the organization grows, the stakeholders will
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