PharmaCARE: Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World PharmaCARE: Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World In any type of business or organization there are ethical issues, conflicts, and successes revolving around relationships. It is those relationships considered one of the key areas of making the business function. The relationships between customers, the employees, managers, supervisors, shareholders, investors and suppliers all shape the course
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2. What measure can and should be taken to make it easier for corporate employee to “blow the whistle” on a fraudulent scheme they uncover within the firm? Employee handbooks are usually given to employees when they are hired. Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that new employees read the handbook, still there is no guarantee that employees read and understand the whistle-blowing policy. The measure can be taken is by finding out the root cause of employees resistance on blowing the whistle
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accountancy, 103(4), 41-48 Davis, S., Lukomnik, J. and Pitt-Watson, D. (2010) Corporate governance in the wake of financial crises Mintz, S. (2012). Whistleblowing and bystander apathy. Available at http://www.workplaceethicsadvice.com/2012/08/whistleblowing-and-bystander-apathy (Accessed 24 February 2015) Fitzergaland, D. J. (2013) Whistleblowing Cohan, J. A. (2002), ‘I Didn’t Know and I was Only Doing My Job. Has Corporate Governance Careened Out of Control? ‘A Case Study Of Enron’s Information
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activities going on in their division or the company. In such way, it help employees release stress, more importantly, this will give the company a chance to make change internally before the negative message spread out. However, when there is a whistleblowing
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remaining true to our religious and moral convictions” Velasquez M (2012:427) (Source: Velasquez, Manuel, G. 7th Ed., 2012, Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Prentice Hall.) Discuss this statement and consider how the phenomenon of “whistleblowing” may be minimised within a company with reference to the following: The legitimate rights of the company, its shareholders and fellow employees The way in which a company is organised Consider how the following Ethical Theories may inform
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Employment-at-Will & HR To The Rescue LEG500 Professor Kapalko 2 February 2014 Summarize the employment at will doctrine and evaluate each of the 8 scenarios. The employment at will doctrine is a common-law rule that an employment contract of indefinite duration can be terminated by either the employer or the employee at any time for any reason; also known as terminable at will. Traditionally, U.S. employers have possessed the right to discharge their employees at will for any reason, be
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Abstract In this paper we will discuss the ethics and issues surrounding Wikileaks and Facebook and attempt to resolve the question of “Would our group work for both, either, or neither”? Particular focus shall be given in the following aspects; Privacy, Freedom of expression, online activism or slacktivism and social media, core principles of Wikileaks and Facebook and whether they have changed, and finally a conclusion drawing on the former to discuss the key moral issues and come to a statement
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Whistleblower Policy Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Made possible through the support of the Annenberg Foundation About This Form: Public Counsel’s Community Development Project has designed the attached form of Whistleblower Policy for a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation to assist nonprofit organizations seeking to adopt or amend such a governance policy and the pro bono attorneys who represent them. This form is annotated with explanatory endnotes, including citations
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unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public to management or another official (Moran, 2008). They will review how whistleblowing is protected by law and how it affects individuals. The case study seeks to look at the case of Luke Sheldon and determine what law if any, supports his position. Whistleblowing is simply the act of reporting wrong doings. Those actions or alleged wrongdoing can be classified in several ways ranging from violation of company policy/rules
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3 Sources of Moral Obligation by Josephson Institute on February 14, 2011 A duty is an obligation to act in a certain way. When the obligation is based on moral and ethical considerations, it is a moral duty. Often we think about moral duties in terms of rules that restrain us, the “don’ts,” as in don’t lie, cheat, or steal. Such rules comprise the so-called negative dimension of moral duty because they tell us what not to do. Since ethics is concerned with the way we ought to be, however, it also
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