Ethics Course Works Samples For Students

The functions of the police can be generally classified into two: one, civil order control and deviance control (Dammer and Albanese, 2013). Civil order basically relates to keeping peace and order, and responding to any situation that compromises peace and order. On the other hand deviance control relates to the enforcement of law and community or societal values. In each of these categories there are specific functions geared at discharging the two functions.

One of these functions is patrol, and it aimed at ensuring there is no breach of peace. It is also meant to assure the community ...

Film Studies

Ran (1985)
"Ran" (1985) is one of the deepest films directed by Akira Kurosawa. Every character evokes emotions and makes the viewer think about his life circumstances.

The very first episode with boar hunt is symbolic. Three brothers are watching in different directions, but then are hunting one boar. Hidetora compares himself with this old boar, whose skin is tough and stinks. In this episode we see how his sons behave toward their father. The youngest - Saburo, really cares about Hidetora and we see this when Hidetora falls asleep and Saburo cuts branches to make a shade ...

Virtue Theory

As a human being like Bernard Madoff, he is a businessperson with immoral business conduct. His immoral business conduct is a result of his defective character. He desired for power, fame, money, and abundant lifestyle. All his ambition became a vanity that created a trap and nothing left for him is the difficulty to break free. Moral philosophers categorized his character as vices. Vices are the perfect opposite of virtues. Vices are bad habits of character with its ...

Introduction:

In Radio interview with The French geophysicist Xavier Le Pichon on fragility and evolution of our humanity, some issues were identified. The lesson that fragility is a fundamental and vital in the human evolving systems has been identified in the interview. In the interview with Krista Tippet of American Public Media, Xavier Le Pichon identifies that geophysics in the science world readily gives out answers to any object in the universe. Hence the human evolution aspects as witnessed in the motion of the intercontinental plates. This led to the learning of the lesson of how the earth works. In addition, ...

Ashford University

In the analysis of personal organizational ethics, it is important to consider the identification of the key problems that relates to the business ethics of the organization. With these two organizations, the Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc and Jollibee Foods Corporation, both have its key problems. The key problems are the core targets to evaluate the stands of the organizations, how they responded to the problems legally, socially, and politically. Consequently, from the individual responses of the organizations on legal, social, and political perspectives, ethnographic researchers can provide reflections and criticisms of their actions based on the ...

A1: The three requirements of moral judgement are that it should be logical, should be sound and based on facts, the moral judgement which is weak on these three requirements are open to criticism, are being discussed below :
- Should be logical: Several things are implied when it is said that judgement should be logical, that is the connection between (1) the standard (2) the conduct or policy, and (3) the moral judgment should be such that 1 and 2 logically entail 3. The aim is to be able to support our moral judgments with reasons and ...

Terry Zupita must decide whether she should invest in Universal Autos, which is an American firm that is partnering with the Chinese government to manufacture U.S. automobiles in China. If she makes the investment, it appears that Ms. Zupita’s money will grow substantially during the next few years. However, friends and relatives have told her that UA might use child labor in its Chinese plants, and that employees often are abused in such plants. Should Terry purchase UA? If she does, she could be supporting exploitation of children and mistreatment of employees.1. Is there an ethical problem? If ...

The Pepsi Company demonstrates the principles of leadership due its emphasis on the provision of high quality of products and care for customers. Pepsi Company also demonstrates principles of leadership. Leadership is viewed from various levels of Pepsi Company as a participatory process. The employees and customers are engaged fully in developing the products of Pepsi Company.

Leadership and culture in Pepsi Company are interrelated closely. The leadership of this organization emphasized on the culture of the organization through customer focus in product development and ethical concerns in the organization (Osborn, 2002, p.38). The aspects of the culture of ...

Ethics entail the acceptable standards and principles that guide behaviors of individuals or groups in society. Ethics have continued to prevail in diverse spheres of human life with the aim of establishing the right conduct while maintaining an equitable balance between various players in society. The media is one of the areas that ethics have been adopted to ensure that dispersion of information avoids manipulation, lies and conflict with the law. Media ethics have continued to espouse principles of accuracy, truthfulness, impartiality, objectivity, public accountability, and fairness. All these principles are enforced by set code of practices that have ...

Psychological egoism: human conduct is selfishly motivated and people cannot perform actions from any other motive . It implies that psychological egoism is the practical belief that the determining motive of every action done voluntarily is a desire for a person’s own benefit. Egoist points out that a person often tries to hide the determining motives for his actions because his concealment is self-interest.
In business, some executives believed that bribes are important costs of doing business in the other country, and this act is the hardest ethical dilemma an executive would ...

- What does Becker suggest about human reality when he claims that “he must at all times defend the utter fragility of his delicately constituted fiction, deny its artificiality” (34)?

Becker has taken a critical study of human reality and came to a conclusion that that is not only fragile but also unpredictable. In as much as man needs to plan for his future, he should not do it at the expense of today. The fact remains that some of the plans that a man makes may turn out to be vanity especially when death strikes or his hard work ...

Implementing decisions is one of the basic routines by a manager. The challenge of Bailey battling with the problem, Hunt should implement the decision ethically by following the organization codes and enforce the rules. Doctor Bailey problem of Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was not only bringing problems to herself but also to the people and patient in the hospital. According to Tenbrunsel (2008), major sign of OCD such as repetitive washing hands, preoccupation with religious thoughts and obsession can lead to delays, time consuming and unethical business conduct.

The implementation of Bailey problem ethically is to assist her overcome the ...

An ethical dilemma is any circumstance in which direct moral values are put in conflict in deciding which path of action is correct or incorrect (Pozgar, 2011). Ethical decision-making procedures, however, provide a useful framework in which to understand the conflicts, evaluate the alternatives and decide on the best course of action to take in the specific situation confronting the decision maker. Indeed, while employing a method of ethical decision-making to an ethical dilemma may not provide all the answers but it should help clarify the issues enough so that a means of resolution will be obvious or easier to see.

Gather the facts needed to identify the problem

The ...

Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese film, directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on two tales; In a grove, which provides for the plot and characters, Rashomon which creates the setting. The film is about a priest and a woodcutter who are standing under a gate to protect themselves from the heavy rain that is pouring. They are later joined by a commoner, they explain to him a scene they have witnessed in the forest. This article will describe the film using some questions offered by the professor.

Humans are not able to be truthful with themselves of their real nature; they cannot describe themselves ...

Ethics in business relate to the acceptable practices and standards that guide the performance of employees, suppliers, managers, creditors, directors and other stakeholders (Barth, 2003). The ethics code is one of the most important documents since it strives to create an equitable balance between all stakeholders of the company and their roles. Keen pursuance of the ethics code is required to ensure that company operations run smoothly both internally and externally.

Company Values

As an Engineering Company operating in manufacturing and energy sectors, we as the Board of Electroget Engineering Services feel that the following values underpin our mission to be ...

In “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky made a famous claim that establishes the link between the existence of God and morality. Apart from the controversy related to the scope of the quotation, the discussion on the proper translation and interpretation of the words of Ivan Karamazov. For instance, in his article “Dostoevsky did not say it” D.Cortesi claims that Dostoevsky did not make such claim (Cortesi 1). However, the research by Russian-speaking authors shows that the original text of “The Brothers Karamazov” contains the statement under study (Volkov 1). Coming to the scope of the claim, one should concentrate ...

The bearers of the title Certified Management Accountants (CMA’s) have professional rights and responsibilities that they must adhere to as part of their career. In addition to these rights and responsibilities, there are ethical responsibilities and obligations that are expected of them by the society and, more so, the Institute of Certified Management Accountants. This paper endeavors to focus on the ethical responsibilities and obligations of CMA’s and how they differ from the obligations of financial accountants.

Confidentiality is one key ethical responsibility needed of a Certified Management Accountant. Accountants rely on the private information that concern ...

The type of communication adopted during research is of crucial importance. This is because in many instances, research usually involves asking questions to the subjects or the participants of the research. For these participants to answer questions appropriately, the researcher must be able to communicate appropriately to them. The experience, particularly the conversations I had significantly matched the research I did about communication. I found the research to be extremely helpful. This is because, from the research, I was able to structure my conversations in a way that was more effective. I had gained a lot of facts information form the ...

Q1: Changing business environment and the concept of work relationships demonstrate new angles of work ethics and morale. Office romance that was previously considered taboo has been in the focus of attention in business and social circles. The reality is that changing organizational profiles, new perspectives on the leadership and motivation of personnel place the role of the social environment forward as one of the strong extrinsic motivational factors (Mainiero and Konrad, 2011). The question is: “How Does a Modern Leaders ‘joggle’ this sensitive issue in the office?” One could argue that transformational leadership should be able to delegate authority and ...

Ewert (1989), argues that, within their thoughts, the morality and justness of an economic structure are significant than its efficiency (p. 103). This appears to be logical, considering how inefficient and bloated the national budget, the economy, as well as the stock market are in the current era. The stock market currently is indicating a high record, on the contrary the economy continues with a turndown trend. The stock market, in addition, is extremely connected to the world market, making it inefficient and more precarious.

Ewert (1989) is to the opinion that market ought not to be judged via moral ...

Communication is a two way medium between people to exchange each other’s thoughts, feelings, and consideration between sender and receiver of the message. It is important that people should have a relaxed environment and have maintained excellent communication with each other at workplace.

Impact of gender differences on communication

When we analyze the impact of gender differences on communication, the impact does exist. The main difference between the two genders and their communication system is the fact that the main purpose of communication is different for both. The research on the psychology of gender differences show that women use communication as a medium to make social interactions ...

International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) is an important accounting based category that is in a position to make and implement the accounting standards accordingly (Curtis L. Norton, p. 12). The body is held responsible for making International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS). The purpose of IASB Conceptual framework is mentioned below in the bullet points

- Reduce the need of detailed guidance on problem
- Add immense credibility on the profession of accounting based standards

IASB sets out the elements of the financial statement, which are income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and ...

I disagree with my classmates who claim that watching television cannot make one smarter. This is because television is informative and tends to educate a person on the realities of the world. The media offer the current happenings in society. For instance watching, the episode of 24 one can integrate a lot of information. The Sleeper’s curve is a new force that alters the mental development of children to benefit their cognitive faculties. The media show violence, ethnic stereotypes, and stories of addiction not to promote bad behavior but to enlighten the young people. These kinds of programs are nutritional and ...

The article titled “U.S. military doctors abetted prisoner abuse, study says” was written by Jane Sutton in the Chicago Tribune newspaper on November 04 2013. In the article, Sutton reports the findings of a study by the Task Force on Preserving Medical Professionalism in National Security Detention Centers which studied the conduct of US military doctors in the interrogation of detainees after the September 11 attacks.

The reporter states that military doctors violated medical ethics by collaborating with interrogators to harm prisoners after the September 11 attacks in a bid to force ...

Subjectivity refers to the situation of being a given subject. It used to show the quality of having experiences, beliefs, perspectives, desires, feeling and power. It is used for giving explanations to what affects and influences the judgement of people about reality or truth. Generally, subjectivity is a collection of experiences, perception, cultural or personal understanding, beliefs, and expectations specific to an individual.

In scientific research, subjectivity is a very delicate discipline. In carrying out quantitative research, I would argue that there is a need to maintain subjectivity at the lowest level. This is because most scientific analysis requires keen examination of ...

Computer scientists often have the thought of having an important place within the society. They will strive to show everyone in the world how their views have the most positive effects on the entire globe. The use of computers has been a major boost on the current world because many activities are made simple. Communication across the world and all the bulky activities that involved the human nature to carry out have been made simply by programming a computer to take instructions from a human (Agans, 2002). The computer is programmed to carry out a multitude of activities including accepting data, processing the ...

Leaders have a great role in establishing and sustaining an ethical climate in an organization. According to Randall (2012), ethical climate is the perception of what the correct way to behave is and how ethical issues should get handled in an organization. There are two broad dimensions of sources of power; positional and personal. Positional power is the kind of power acquired due to the position one holds while personal power is from someone’s personality or skills. Positional power further divides into legitimate, reward and coercive power. Personal power includes expert and referent ...

- Ethically it is difficult for Ms Ashley to decide whether to report Model’s Inc or not. Moreover, she is now aware that her accounting head of the company, Mr.Viccio and her Senior, Frankie Small are also trying to abate with the defaulting company. Since almost everyone involved in this case is trying to bypass the regulations and show the company in good books, it is now an ethical dilemma for Ms Ashley about whether to accept the deeds or to report them with the concerned authority.
According to the Rule 102 of the AICPA Code of ...

Since time immemorial, English literature has incorporated pagan ideas as well as Christian beliefs. In the pagan culture, warriors got the treatment of heroes, people believed in battles with blood and gore, and revenge was carried in the presence of wrong doings. On the other hand, Christian values ensured they promoted loyalty, sympathy, and sacrifice to make the world a better place for every individual. In this paper, I will elucidate on how the two concepts amalgamated to establish most appreciated literary works in the history. The Dream of the Rood and Caedmon’s Hymn portrays several incidences associated with ...

It is unethical to use a scientific method to take out brain cells from a living subject. Notably, it is clear that this may have future implications on the subject that gets there brain cells removed out of their brain system. The brain is the center of control of the human functions, the process of this scientific experiment demeans the essence of creations. The brain is a special part of the body that requires careful attention in order to preserve human dignity. A living human being should not have their brain tampered with. However, this can be done on a lifeless human being, ...

Barriers and strategies to effective communication in health care

Vivian was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian cancer at the age of 48 years by a prominent physician. According to film the ‘Wit’, Vivian’s care was faced by barriers of effective communication. First, there was a lack of consent. A prominent physician, Harvey Kelekian, subjected her to agree to aggressive, debilitating chemotherapy to serve his research agenda. Vivian was to bear the therapy and the degrading study. As her condition got worse and fear increased, she questioned the assumptions about life. Secondly, lack of integrity among the professionals. This is evident in Dr. Kelekian his first words to Vivian ...

Folkways refers to the standards of manners recognized in the social context but lacks moral implication. These are norms that govern the day to day behaviors followed by the people due to convenience or tradition. The folkways are not associated with the serious consequences when they are broken. The examples of folkways are cultural dress and food habits. For example, poor table manners amount to breaking the folkways but there are no any legal or moral consequence for breaking the folkways relating to table manners.

Mores refers to the stringent norms used in controlling ethical and moral behavior. Mores ...

Part I: Adjacency Matrix and Shortest Path

First, let us construct and describe the graph based on the given adjacency matrix. To describe such graph, the analysis of the given adjacency matrix should be performed. First of all, the adjacency matrix has 5 rows and 5 columns; therefore, the graph based on it should have 5 vertices. In addition, according to the definition of an adjacency matrix, from its entries one can derive that for any two vertices i and j, vertex i is connected with vertex j with an edge of weight aij. Also, as the diagonal of the adjacency ...

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between journalistic ethics and public relations practitioners. Further, it reviews the influence of media and public relations on the society and ethics influences the media personality’s professionalism. The compilation contains literature material from different authors, reflecting on the complexity of journalism and public relations industry. I also review how the concept of journalistic and public relations ethics can be applied in modern business institution.

Journalistic Ethics

Part 1 a

Journalism ethics and conduct refers to good practices and principles applicable to journalist in the course of responsibility. The purpose of a journalist is to enlighten the public; his duty ...

Power, ethics and international political change

- Concept
There is the relationship between power and politics. The structures of power adopted by various nations across the world dictate international relations and overall political environment. This raises the question; what concepts that dictate world political structures and international relations? Such concepts include power and national interests.

- Argumentative
William contributes to the discussion on power and international relations. This is in the line of upholding viable ethical responsibilities, in the line of balancing power and politics. This raises the question; what are William’s arguments on political structures (liberalism and communitarian), as part of ...

Gender equality is a human right, an essential condition for the complete enjoyment by women and men. It means that there is an equal empowerment, visibility, participation of women and men in all area of public and private lives. The acceptance and appreciation are highly necessary of the complementarities of women and men with their roles in the society as individuals. It measures an equal representation of both women and men in a range of role and responsibility. It does not imply that men and women are the same; however, they should have equal value in the society and with equal ...

Abstract

Virtues are inherent among people. Virtues are positive qualities possessed by every individual and that which makes the person morally upright. The virtues that people possess tend to impact their cognitive, emotional, and behavioural well-being. This paper presents three of my top virtues namely honesty, self-regulation, and humility. The three virtues are examined based on their impacts on cognitive, emotional, and behavioural health.

Value refers to a human’s ability to sense whether happenings in the environment are relatively desirable (Dolan, 2002, 1191). Dolan (2002) describes emotion as something that is apparent in what people remember and notice but that ...

Such a remarkable statement of Immanuel Kant,” one should always treat humanity, whether in oneself or in another, always as an end and never merely as a means. ” In addition, he argued, “the highest good is a good will.” The latter implies that to act from a good will is to act from duty. Kant’s formulation of the Categorical Imperative (CI) has a profound sense that hits every human core of thoughts. It would be necessary to exemplify this matter with the association with his approach in the business world to understand the profoundness of his formulated CI deeply. For ...

Overview: If dogs are protected under the law, then the same law should protect pigs. Under animal rights laws, a dog owner may not treat their pet dog, however, he or she wants. A person who abuses a dog could face criminal charges. From an ethical perspective, the same should apply to pigs.
Peter Senger discusses the reason in Speciesism and the Equality of Animals. He uses the term Speciesism as a bias towards one’s own breed. This can cause a person to over look an animal’s sentience. Is the animal capable of suffering? This should be the question we ...

My Nursing Ethics

Values refer to the defined principles that guide different people on the way of life. Values differ depending on the cultures and the different religions to which people associate with. Values define that which is acceptable and that which is not and draws lines between the good and the bad. Values set the standards for various types of organizations, be it religious or business. For example, integrity, honesty, compassion and respect are among some of the many values (Murray, 2010). Morals, on the other hand, can be defined as a set of values which are gained from a higher authority, rather ...

Business and social interaction build on daily activities of all the individuals. The manner in which we express ourselves and transfer the information to other people has significant influence on our social wellbeing. Professional and business surroundings are extremely demanding in regards to individual ability to manage interpersonal relationships. Communication process, in this situation has very wide meaning and can be summarized as the instrument of using all the available resources to transfer information, persuade, inspire and connect individuals in a given business context (Means and Rankin, 2009). With that in mind, there is a strong relationship between communication and ethics. Communication ...

My personal values are very stalwart in nature like I do not play video games until all my work is done or until I have done a certain amount of work for that day, and I also value respecting and trusting people until they give me a reason not to. I value honesty above all else, there is not a lot of things that set me off but a person being dishonest will definitely upset me; the way I see it, if I can be honest then why can’t that person be honest with me.

I can safely say that I was ...

According to the assigned readings, all religious systems have some similarities and differences. Whereas the differences depend on an individual foundation of the systems, the similarities are universal. One major similarity that the religious systems have is the belief in a supernatural/higher being e in a different place, far from earth. All people on earth, regardless of their religious affiliations aspire that one day, they will go to this place for their second life. Because of such beliefs, the religious systems tend to have similar principles of morality and law because such principles are supposed to guide them to meet the ...

The health records and information needs security and privacy so that it can only be accessed by the relevant parties. The health data in most of the time is breached in a number of ways. The first type of breach is when sensitive information of the patients is posted on the website or the social media sites. An example of data breach in health care is the disclosure of laboratory tests of the patients. This is where the public access the electronic data of the patients. The health status of an individual should not be disclosed to the public or ...

In my view, the four students acted against the ethical principles and theory of the nursing practice. This is true given that the students violated the principle of beneficence, least harm, as well as the theory of deontology. According to the principle of beneficence, the nursing students are expected "to do good" both for patients and the society in general (Benjamin & Curtis, 2010). It aims at ensuring that people obtain the greatest level of good. Another principle, which is almost similar to that of beneficence, is that of least harm where the student's actions should result ...

Ring of Gyges is a story that tries to demonstrate that people are only ethical out of fear of punishment. In addition, people would do whatever they desired if they had no fear. According to Glaucon, people obey the laws only from fear of punishment. The only four reasons I can provide for obeying the law that do not involved punishment or reward; good will, moral virtue, belief, and freedom.

People obey the laws because they accepted the right of legal authorities to make rules that regulate their behavior. Good will is an absolute good in itself and good in ...

The labeling theory of juvenile delinquency deals with the effects of labeling on a juvenile behavior. Labels can be applied formally in courts and correction facilities or informally among peers. Frank Tennenbaum called this social labeling the dramatization of evil as it transforms the offender’s identity from the doer of evil to an evil person. Treatment-oriented reformers have been concerned with the potentially harmful effects upon individuals of arrest, court appearance and incarceration.

Once a person has been labeled a deviant or a delinquent, it is extremely hard to change that label. This result to self-rejection due to the self-fulfilling prophecies by ...

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Problem employee is the headache for any organization. The problem employees develop the inefficiency in the organizational work and hence, are the detrimental part for the progress and an image of the organization. Problem employees lie in the police organization as well, however, in fact; they are found in police administration more as compared to other places (Collins, 2004).
Problem employee can be categorized to the four types which are concerned to the police administration. The types are as follows:

Malcontented

These employees are ...

Answer 1

One example of a basic communication would be a discussion in class where a lecturer poses a question to one of his students. Being the lecture, I ask a student to define the word communication. My encoding is not difficult and it entails a basic definition of the word. The student that I pose the question to decodes it correctly and gives me the feedback. The feedback is the correct answer to the question I asked about the definition of communication. No changes are made in any future messages sent. This describes a basic communication situation.

Answer 2

I would side with Nozick in the theory of distributive ...

Inter Office Memo

Background:
Our quality assurance department informed about the elementary toys that did not pass the quality test due to small quantity of lead in the toys. These toys are produced to be supplied to the elementary schools and will be used by young children. The quantity of lead identified in the toys is slightly above than the legal standards set under the USA laws. According to Consumer Product Safety Commission, the acceptable quantity of lead in children products is maximum 100 parts per million (ppm)(US:CPSC , 2011). Our company has already scheduled a large shipment of elementary toys that ...

- In Book 1 of the Republic, why does Socrates think that it is never just for one person to injure another, whether friend or enemy?
Socrates begins his argument with the proposition that justice consists in repayment of debts. The general argument was on the lines that one ought not to injure friends. Injuring enemies was considered to be acceptable. It was taken for granted that friends are good and enemies are bad. However, Socrates pointed out that a man can be seemingly good or bad. One who pretends to be a friend may have bad intentions at heart. ...

Introduction

Business ethics theories are the moral principles that a company implements to ensure that all the individuals working in it act with acceptable behaviors. A few business theories that exist are the utilitarian, rights, common good, justice, and virtue approached. In not-for profit organizations it can include: honesty, integrity, confidentiality, transparency and equity
.The utilitarian approach is the oldest one and it focuses on using ethical actions that promotes the most good or value among the society while minimizing the amount of harm as possible. Businesses use this approach to ensure the outcome of various situations helps a larger number ...

Introduction

Development and clarification of knowledge in nursing is a major concern in the industry. Because of this focus, many people have shifted their attention towards the methods of clarification and concepts. Over the years, concept analysis methods have been used for people to get conceptual clarity. There is adequate exploration in conducting analyzing concepts. To understand this topic more, this paper seeks to analyze concepts as the building blocks of the nursing knowledge.

List of concepts

The film ‘Breathing Lessons: The Life of Mark O’Brien is a documentary film touching on the life of Mark O’Brien. O’Brien was a disabled man ...

Moment of Truth

Satisfying customers by providing high quality products and services is the top priority of the Golden Eagle Inc. As per their policy, the customer should not only be satisfied, but also they delighted to have the products and services of the Golden Eagle Inc. In this regard, the incorporation decided to provide services to the customer by following the policy of “one customer at a time”. Moreover, the incorporation is required to provide each “moment of truth” to the customer. The original / true meaning of the phrase “moment of truth” is “A critical or decisive ...

Biker’s Nightmare

- Should Biker employee quit his job over the failure of his employer to pay import duty taxes?”
In accordance to the mandate as passed by the SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act), SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) and IFAC (International Federation of Accountants), the first priority for professional accountants should be towards the larger public good. While, in view of public interest, the Biker employee should report the misrepresented facts to the concerning authorities, the fact is that there are several factors that affect this course of action.

Firstly, in most companies these days, there is a clause which speaks ...

- Basing my argument on the maxims advanced by Kantian ethics, the banks in the United Kingdom did not act ethically. The tree maxims advanced by Kantian ethics are used for vetting the ethicality of actions. Under the first maxim, ethical actions reflect an underlying principle that can be followed by everyone. Under the second maxim, ethical actions are those that treat people with dignity rather than as means. Under the third maxim, all ethical actions are universally accepted by all human beings. An ethical act should satisfy the threshold set by the three maxims (Crane & Matten, 2010, ...

Introduction

The PharmaCare pharmaceuticals is one of the most well-known and distinguished companies that has had many success in the world. It is well known to have a good reputation for being caring, good services, well-organized thus producing products of high quality and ethical. The company is known for their generosity especially to the people with low income. They provide free discounts for the customers. Due to their success, they also strive to help those students who are in need of scholarships. The company has also formed the We CARE initiative, which is a commitment that strives to help conserve the environment. ...

Organizational change leadership constitutes a central role in the development of the organization. The adoption of social media initiatives, in particular, helps the teams to overcome challenges and work effectively towards organizational goals. Organizations must incorporate innovations in their business models and strategies so as to endure in a multifaceted and fast moving global competition age. Evidently, the adoption of social media initiatives helps organizations to achieve such results.

Effective change leadership is important in the adoption of social media initiatives. Organizations spend considerable resources in investing in such technologies. Organizations that seek to achieve distinction and sustainability require innovative managers ...

Business: Behavioural Excellence

Introduction

The paper aims to answer three questions pertaining to ethical and moral issues involved in the “Blue Spider Project” case. The questions and answers are discussed in this section.

Question 1: What do you think are the moral and ethical issues facing Gary Anderson?

Answer: There are mainly three moral and ethical issues facing Gary Anderson. First is misinterpretation of facts to the customer. In spite of knowing that their design would not perform over 130°F, he stated 155°F in the initial proposal. Second, he hid critical information from the customer regarding early ageing of the new element. Though both these actions were done under influence, it does not render ...

Q1: Four most important concepts in Chapter 10

Conflict of interest in public corporation: The conflict of interest is an essential and concept in corporations due to the many temptations of unethical maneuvers top management can play in an organization at the cost of its investors and employees. It is relevant to me because it allows me to be watchful on the potential situations in my future wherein conflict of interest may arise and allow me to make ethical choices.
CEO compensation:

The CEO compensation is one point of conflict of interest as most companies attach higher compensation ...