Business Ethics Ethics in Business From a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. ... The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. ... Furthermore, the opposition would argue that this resolution would benefit both the company and the government since it would not inconvenience either party. ... The government permanently removed National from its approved contractors list and then National set out to untangle the web ...

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Most of the time these issues are taken care of by the government or by the local community. ... Government officials are also consumers. With their approval of a product from a company that uses CSR, there could be a reduction in the amount of government interference within the company. ... These firms can reach out to their social environments and set an acceptable path where ethics and philanthropy can be useful to maximizing a firm's wealth. ... CSR should soon set areas of concentration of responsibility that will used as standards of making CSR successful to all stakeholders within ...

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She is severe in the importance when stating "When doing out fines, the government makes distinctions between serious compliance policies and those that are [ ] paper programs suitable to framing" (Wheat, 2002). ... As the domain grows, the interaction with the different forces in its macro-environment demands that the code be properly set up to accommodate new demands and threats and to use opportunities. ... This is another statement that provides a framework for ethical consideration and dilemma resolution, but also sets a delicate balance in the day by day decision making process, as we...

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However there is no easy and complete way in which government can judge intent. It should be the role of government to protect the rights of its citizens by ensuring that knowledge is given to all would be abortion practitioners and patients. I think that the government should do as much as possible to let people know and understand the act they are committing and the effect that it will have to them. ... Until that moment comes, I think that we must rely on set rules that every person has and on governmental enforcement in order to survive in this world. ... However in most cases of abo...

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In 1982, the state of Pennsylvania passed the Abortion Control Act, that help set precedence in the regulation of abortions. ... As a society we would not want the government putting regulations on what treatments are ordinary or extraordinary. ... From a religious, and government standpoint it is important not to intertwine the beliefs of the two respectively. The separation of church, and state has been an issue for centuries so it key not to include them into the choices made by our government today. ... Essentially, it is immoral for the government to decide to force a young mother, or les...

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Morals are personal beliefs, and ethics are those beliefs and rules which are set by a larger group for the greater good. ... A government steals military secrets to protect their countries interests. ... Government and people often justify killing a few to prevent the discomfort or death of many. ... He believes that our own selfish desires should not set what we believe. ... Master morality contains those who set the standard for good on their own convictions, usually higher-class people. ...

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To guide physical therapists in their decision making the American Physical Therapy Association came up with a code of ethics for it's members to set their standards to work by. ... The government has taken many steps to fix these problems. The main government agency for these problems, Medicare, has done many evaluations and reviews to ensure things are being done right, especially in nursing homes. Medicare is now requiring more documentation regarding health care and is also making sure that all employees are aware of the guidelines that they set. ...

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Imagine you are on a runaway trolley and you are on the main set of tracks that will hit five construction workers. Now, imagine you can pull a lever on the trolley so it takes the side set of tracks instead where it will only hit one construction worker. ... He explained further in his book, "Second Treatise of Government" written in 1691, that all individuals must respect these rights of others. ... On the other hand, the theory of natural rights approaches a situation with a predetermined set of morals that states all human rights are undeniable and universal. Therefore, one is to...

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Ethics are rules set by society. ... Raising my children in a Christian family with great devotion and being instilled with Christian morals, there are times that my morals conflict with the ethics set by society and other times when ethics and morals agree with each other. ... " Morally, I believe that as a human being, I do not have the right or power to kill someone or something because that is exclusively set for "God" that is left up to him. ... " (Dennett, 516) Consequently, per person or society/belief/governmental party is allowed to exercise the code of beliefs it ...

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On the other hand, Carl Friedrich countered Finer by arguing that the effective conduct of government administration requires bureaucratic expertise and the discretion to apply that expertise. ... Therefore, the challenge of accountability is to find a balance between completely trusting government officials to use their best professional judgement in the public interest and watching them so closely through legislative committees or executive review agencies that inhibit their ability to function. ... In addition to this, the movie also tells a story of government corruption on the local l...

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For many years "Ministers who had volunteered to defy their states' abortion laws set up clandestine alliances " (Gorney, 31) referring pregnant women to doctors and midwives who would execute the illegal surgery to abort their pregnancy. ... Medicaid is one of the many great examples of the government trying to help with the financial burden of the birthing costs for having a baby. ... The government programs are there to help with the financial cost of a child: even if you choose to not raise the child after birth. ... Once they get pregnant fear sets in and they feel a sense of hopeles...

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It has paid bribes to Latin American government officials, exploited local workers, and engaged in business with terrorists (Schotter and Teagarden). ... Corporate Social Responsibility in Food Production Industry The food production and distribution industries have an ethical standard that are set to them by governments and other regulating agencies, but it is ultimately the individual firm's responsibility within the industry to ensure that they are adhering not only to these regulations, but are creating an atmosphere where ethical decision making is carried out in all levels of respon...

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In addition, the incident could "put the training program in jeopardy, thus denying local citizens the opportunity to learn medical skills" because the government had been trying to obstruct the training and were looking for any reason to end the program. ... In addition, the government of Trinidad and Tobago would have most likely ended the services provided by World Health, Inc. ... Also, there is the possibility of having the governments of Trinidad and Tobago not allow the medical practices of World Health, Inc. to continue. ... In conclusion, ethics may not be a tangible or even defi...

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Stake holders are: government, share holder, customers, supplier, potential investors, employer and employees. ... Therefore, different goals and objectives must be set for different management in order to work efficiently. ... Alternatively, a new subsidiary concerned with renewable energy was decided to set up. ...

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His theory is on the basis that one set of morals, "master," forces their ideals on another set of morals, "slave." ... But in order to have this sense of "safety" one needs to have their leviathan, such as a king or government that can uphold the "laws" that are created between the people. ...

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To further illustrate this theory an example may be used; say that there is a shortage of organ donations, and in a desperate attempt to provide organs to those in need, governments and hospitals decide to harvest organs from criminals who face a lifetime in jail. ... If presented with this set of objections an act utilitarian would respond with reason defending their view, one possibility of which will now be discussed. ... I set out to portray act utilitarianism through example and analysis, and therefore identify one of the strongest objections to this theory and how an act utilitarian woul...

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Eichmann was a leader who did not just follow orders, he followed the law and he was loyal to lawgivers, just as every government official swears to do and be. ... In this era, the people are loyal and trust in their government. ... I feel by stepping up as an official, back then, could have set the example for a united movement against that unethical ruling. ...

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The emergence of Human Resource Management as a solution for integrating people management and business strategy has exhibited personnel practitioners to the new set of management expectations, role demands and professional challenges (Losey, Meisinger, and Ulrich, 2005). ... Corporate social responsibility is the organization's commitment to run in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner while simultaneously acknowledging the interests of its stakeholders, that is, consumers, shareholders, employees, community, government and the environment. ... So as to remain successful...

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The government in Bangladesh has overseen the opportunity in manufacturing industry development and therefore is desperate to boost employment. ... They should set rules and proper practice that is related with ethical and moral code. For example they can set their companies own business ethics like respecting employees right and show respect to local custom and culture. ...

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As regards to the trucking industry per se they are obliged to act ethically towards 6 sets of stakeholders: owners shareholders investors; employees contractors; customers; suppliers vendors; local community and society in general. ... The other one was over the company's failure to oppose Nigerian Government's execution of a human rights activist (Ken Saro-Wiwa) in a part of Nigeria where Shell had extensive operations. ...

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The indictment focused on the sale of ImClone stock days before the federal government released their judgment, rejecting the approval of their new cancer drug which was in the later stages of development. ... This budding inconsiderate and arrogant attitude towards the general public, investors, and governmental agencies is reprehensible- granted some of these dealings are legal, but one must genuinely question if these actions are truly ethical. ...

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A Moralist believes that either through religion or through the basic universal concepts of goodness, which include a set of ethics, that if everyone lives through these, we can achieve justice. ... Even the best forms of government, American and European democracy, involve some sort of coercive force. ...

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Friedman sums his essay up when he states, "There is nothing that could do more in a brief period to destroy a market system and replace it by a centrally controlled system than effective governmental control of prices and wages" (Friedman, p.535). ... The code of conduct sets up many guidelines, some that businesses have to abide by regardless to remain within the law and others that are the minimal ethical standard that the businesses must adhere to in order to maintain there contract with affiliates with the WRC. ...

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Cultural relativists would argue that it is the cultural normality's of a society itself, that makes an action morally right, while others would disagree and claim that there is a set of "universal moral codes" that people should live by. ... Would child pornography be morally right in a country because the government decides that it stimulates the economy? ...

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Fergus, James's mother set up a website on the World Wide Web to discuss the injustice of the decision. ... The government would never allow this to happen and if something like that happens a lot it would be all over the news and we haven't heard anything yet. ...

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