Professional Responsibility Mulligan versus Friedman perspectives on moral business decisions * Mulligan: Execs have most knowledge and will be better at at analyzing problems and implementing solutions * Friedman: Execs are not competent to solve moral problems – should be left to governemtn Director/Officer “Duty of Due Care Standard” in the Business Judgment Rule Statutory duty to act: 1. “In Good Faith” – NO SELF INTEREST 2. “With Care of an ordinarly prudent person”
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Implied Contract • Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing • Tort-Based Claims Limiting At-Will Employment • Promissory Estoppel Statutory • Illegal Discrimination • Retaliation (whistleblowing) Introduction to case study 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
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In many cases if an individual were to speak up and define their work based on instruction, it is looked at as an employee being insubordinate to their supervisor or manager. It then often turns into an intimidation session by the bully. Implying that how could you not understand the assignment, not meeting the expectations, or deadlines involved, etc. The actions are very demeaning and degrading to the victim. Again
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Sociology 100 – Key theorists Bauman, Zygmunt (1925– ) A Polish-born sociologist who was expelled by the Communist government of Poland and dismissed from Warsaw University. He left Poland in 1968, working in Israel (and briefly in Australia) and then in Britain, at Leeds University. Bauman is a prolific and highly influential writer whose work extends beyond academic sociology. His study of contemporary ‘liquid’ society and postmodernity, and the ethical and moral consequences of living in
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are practically useless. We extend Murphy’s comments by elaborating on rater motivation (mentioned in passing by Murphy) and rater accountability (not included in Murphy’s discussion). Our informal, anecdotal conversations with managers suggest to us that indeed, line managers do not often think highly of their Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Michael M. Harris. E-mail: mharris@ umsl.edu Address: College of Business Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University
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Human Services Human service workers and human service assistants play a variety of roles in the medical field to include social workers, social service assistants, case managers, case manager assistants, alcohol drug abuse counselors, mental health aides, community outreach workers, life skill counselors and gerontology aides. All of these positions require a unique person who is dedicated to helping others with flexibility and high ethical standards. The human service area that I plan to concentrate
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INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK Celebrating the BNB 130th Anniversary INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES Edited by Tsvetan Manchev, Doctor in Economics BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK 2009 International Foreign Exchange Reserves Abbreviations BNB GDP BIS b.p. EIB EC EU ESCB ECB LBNB М1 М2 М3 IMF ERMII Fed − the Bulgarian National Bank − gross domestic product − the Bank for International Settlements − basis points − the European Investment Bank
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Assignment 1: Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Ayanna Clark Dr. Virgil Mensha-Dartey BUS520 Organizational Behavior Strayer University April 22, 2012 Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study According to the text, a Consensual Relationship Agreement is a written contract to protect against employees who are involved in relationships in the workplace. (Hellriegel & John W. Slocum, Jr., 2011). For example, once two employees stop dating, one person may believe that
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and responsive controls are a primary objective which is supported by organizational standards. Further analysis aggregation of the information creates knowledge to help make strategic level decisions (White, Garry, 2009). The goal of the top manager is to provide Information security policy as a framework to ensure that systems are developed and operated in a secure manner. Such policies must consider internal and external threats and risks. They must address issues such as privacy and be current
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BFF9515 Options, Futures and Risk management Group assignment Semester 1, 2014 Due date: 16.05.2014 BFF5915 Group Assignment Part 1 1. Compute Beta * Method: First, compute the returns of each stocks and the return of the index. They can be calculated using excel with the formula: (current price / the previous price) – 1, Second, use covariance and variance function in excel to calculate the beta of each stock. Third, multiply each beta with the corresponding weight to calculate
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