It also has a team that conducts analysis of Merck's current strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities and their impacts against the corporate plan. The Company needs to continuously review its competition from new products, pricing pressure, change in laws and regulations, legal factors, and product liability claims, and other various claims of existing products. In addition, Merck continuously does analysis of their alignment with the current economy and environmental situations in the current market. ... Although the merger was successful, Merck did not meet the organization ta...

• Word Count: 1468
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay presents and analysis of the Madoff scandal from a business ethics point of view. ... Years later, when he violated the trust of investors, and unethically breached their confidence, Madoff failed his clienteles morally, legally, and ethically. ...

• Word Count: 2330
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The traditional agent of capital view states that a corporation's only responsibility lies in making a profit through fair and legal business practices. ... With careful analysis, determination of the most acceptable viewpoint becomes easier. ... Corporations should not care about anything but making money legally and honestly. ...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Analysis of the ethical considerations that apply. ... Recommendation for Juanita's company on how they can motivate employees while adhering to the legal and regulatory requirement while at the same time maintaining a safe and healthy work environment. ...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Introduction Thomas Donaldson, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Philosophy, defines corporate social responsibility as a concern for the well being of non-owners and a commitment to integrity, fairness and respect for people in communities. ... Carroll (1998) demonstrated that business social performance is observed through four mains components: the economic responsibility of the company, its legal responsibility, its ethical behavior, and its success in engaged philanthropy (p.1-2). ...

• Word Count: 2434
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From a legal and ethical standpoint, both the testers and the writers of the reports were merely acting as agents on direct orders from a superior. ... From a business law perspective this is the ideal case since a corporation is defined as being a separate legal entity. ... Yet, since there are ethical issues of dishonesty and secrecy involved, National Semiconductor should have conducted a thorough analysis of their employees as well as their own practices. ...

• Word Count: 2249
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many ethicists consider emerging ethical beliefs to be "state of the art" legal matters, i.e., what becomes an ethical guideline today is often translated to a law, regulation or rule tomorrow. ... The most frequent forms of business ethics literature today typically include: a) philosophical, which requires extensive orientation and analysis; b) anthologies, which require much time, review and integration; c) case studies, which require numerous cases, and much time and analyses to synthesize; and d) focus on social responsibility, which includes many examples of good and bad actions taken by...

• Word Count: 1486
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Met Life had many strategic problems, which allowed for the impending issue. In the 10 years that Rick Urso ran the Tampa office branch of Met Life, the company experienced its worst blunder of unethical practices to date. The issue was initially eclipsed by the success of the company's most su...

• Word Count: 1279
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