...Every corporate entity has a fundamental part of its ethics. This is business ethics. These companies have their own unique identities within the business world in our country. These companies have a responsibility to themselves, their employees, their stock holders and their customers to follow the legal and ethical principles and regulations that the US has set up. If these companies do not follow the regulations that have been set up for them concerning the basic business ethical principles, many issues can arise, both legal and ethical. Within the business world there are many different issues in ethics that may arise in a business environment. If these issues are not handled correctly then they may turn into a legal battle. Companies need to make it a top priority to give their employees and all who work close to the company an idea of what the company’s mission is and what their overall vision is. They also need to have the knowledge of what is expected of them on the job and how they are expected to act. This will allow the employees to put into practice the correct code of ethics and those policies and procedures that the company has put into place. Fair business practices dictates that a company must put forth good effort to deliver the best level of ethics on a continued basis so that employees, applicants and customers may receive them because they are entitled to them. The goal of this paper is to examine the ethical and legal theories that apply to an ethical situation...
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...Name: Jessie James Tan Course: BS-IM Title: Business Ethics Ethical Concepts and Cases 3rd.ed. Author: Manuel G. Velasquez Book No.: HF5387V441993 IT-ETHICS (Book Review8) Chapter5 (Ethics and the Environment) Quotation: “As the earth in a short few decades becomes twice as crowded with human beings as it is now, and as human societies are confronted with dwindling resources in the midst of mounting accumulations of wastes, and steadily deteriorating environment, we can only foresee social paroxysms of an intensity greater than any we have so far known.” Reaction: This quote is about the environment that we are in today. It is said that in a number of years the world will be full of humans and that the resources will be less and also we will see that the environment will be near its end. If we won’t act now the future world will be a waste full of people living in it. Such companies are trying to make income but do not think of the things that he has done to the environment. There are those plants and factories that create waste that ruins our environment. There must be an action to take so that the environment will be saved. Companies can gain income and not harm the environment. They must think and act ethically for the future world to be saved. Chapter summary: This chapter is about the proper way of thinking of the environment and being ethical when it come to environmental issues. The environment today is fast fading it is because of the...
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...Employees’ rights at the workplace Herzing university Musa Alajil Class: Introduction to management Employees’ rights at the workplace Convenient jobs for all. Many people around the world try to find an income source to have a good life. The countries’ economy is different so the difficulty of having a job defer from country to country. Nevertheless, this does not mean accepting working under any condition. The workplace is a major part of the business and its success. This means that the employee must feel protected at his/her work. Many workplaces around the world lost its productivity and reputation because of work environment discomfort which caused the employees to leave their jobs. This can be reflected on the economy in general. Therefore, the governments and labor organizations created laws to protect the employees’ rights. The employee must have protective lows in terms of safety, health and discrimination. The employees at the workplace have the right to work in a safe environment. There is a huge number of industries worldwide. Every industry and company has different management structure as well as a different production process. All of these businesses and work places share the idea of the workplace safety importance. Therefore, many rules and laws were made to protect the employees’ safety. For example, OSHA (occupational safety and health association) is one of the most important rules in terms of workers and workplace safety. This administration was...
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...Juanita Bell University of Phoenix Ethical Issues in Management What is business ethics? According to wiseGEEK (2003-2010), business ethics “Is the behavior that a business adheres to in its daily dealings with the world.” (What is Business Ethics? para.1). The ethics of a organization may be discrete, however ethics do not just apply to how the business communicates with the world, but also includes the business’ one-on-one relations with individual clients and employee’s. There are many ethical issues involved in management. Diversity has become a major issue in the management world. Workplace diversity refers to the extent of cultural diversity within a company. “Diversity is generally defined as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, valuing, and celebrating differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and public assistance status (K.A. Green, M. López, A. Wysocki, & K. Kepner, 2008)”. Diversity in business allows a business to better understand the demographics of its marketplace. Many advertise themselves as “Equal Opportunity Employers”, meaning they maintain a diverse workplace and will not discriminate. Though many ethical issues can be found with in the workplace, the most common is discrimination. Discrimination is one of the main issues currently stopping diversity. “Discrimination occurs whenever something other than qualifications affects how an employee is...
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...Introduction Our “Business law” course instructor was a renowned veteran female lawyer. In our class, she shared numerous experiences from her law practice life. Most humiliating among them was that when she started practicing law in a court of Ontario a couple of decades ago, there was no toilet for women in the court premises! History shows that women were subject to discrimination from the very beginning of the civilization. In the ancient times, women were treated just as a tool. Nobody even thought about their rights or opinions. In terms of age, almost close to the discrimination against women is slavery. Ancient civilizations were developed on the basis of hard work of the slaves. Slaves were treated like no better than animals or machines. Slavery is nothing but a form of discrimination based on races. According to Oxford dictionary, discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Canadian Human Rights Act defines discrimination as an action or a decision that treats a person or a group negatively for as much as 11 reasons namely, race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, and a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or a record suspended. These reasons are known as grounds of discrimination. Example in hiring process In the recruitment and selection processes of the...
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...Wilson Regis University UBS Diversity Case Gender discrimination is one of the most common forms of Discrimination there is. It used to be that children were taught that the man made the money and the woman was the homemaker. As time has gone on and the economy has changed, people are realizing that old stigmas are no longer considered to be the truth. Women are now being forced to work alongside their husbands and life partners just to make ends meet. Families can no longer survive on one salary. The sad thing in all of this is that while the stigmas have changed, the stereotypes have not. It is still thought that women are less equivalent than their male counterparts. They are not as sought after as males are in organizations. It is still believed that men are better equipped to be doing many of the jobs on the market. There are male saturated fields that employee primarily males. These tend to be the higher paying, more socially accepted careers. There are several industries that a considered to be female appropriate roles including daycares, housekeepers, salon employees, retail, etc. There are more men in executive leadership positions than there are women. According to DeWitt, in 2005 Laura Zubulake was passed over for a management role, and the promotion was awarded to a male named Matthew Chapin (Dewitt, pg. 320).Edgar Schein takes a deep look into the three levels of culture and how they pertain to discrimination. The first level of culture is artifacts. Artifacts...
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...Current Ethical Issue in Business Your Name Here PHL/323 Date Here Instructor’s Name Here Globally, Wal-Mart is the second largest revenue generating company. It is surprising to see so many discriminating issues within the company. Women working for the company are consistently treated unfairly, yet other issues exist. It is as if Wal-Mart has fallen into the negative economic routine. The company is guilty of everyday social discrimination; gender discrimination is just one main focus of our discussion. The affects of gender discrimination affect how women are treated, their income, and company policies. Women’s Rights have been an ongoing issue since the beginning of man. It wasn’t until the Women’s Rights Movement that equality began to present itself, amongst women in the workplace. Individuals face many moments in their lives dealing with ethical issues of what is right and wrong. One major ethical issue that the United States has faced in its young history is the fight over equality and discrimination. The evolution of equality in America has been truly substantial, but unfortunately the civilians in our country have yet to overcome all discrimination. There are many laws in this country to prevent workplace discrimination. These laws are designed to protect employees and applicants from unethical treatment. A current ethical issue in the business world today is that of a class action lawsuit...
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...Issue March 2012 Today’s business world presents numerous ethical issues. In today’s world above board/moral ethics in organizations do not often materialize intuitively. Organization must strive to provide employees with a clear understanding of the overall company vision. This will aid employees in practicing the code of ethics, policies and procedures in the workplace. Companies must be unwavering in continuously delivering the uppermost ethics of provision in which customers, applicants and employees are entitled to under fair business practices. One major core value is to uphold responsible and fair business practices. A core dedication to sponsoring and upholding the extreme parallel of ethical values relative to all business actions is essential. In this paper, I will analyze a legal/ethical issues relating to current, previous, and/or potential future work environments. Harassment, discrimination, and retaliation will also be briefly discussed as well as ideas for corrective actions pertaining to issues. Because many organizations miss the mark on properly addressing ethical &legal conflicts concerning employees; the issues are ongoing and often damage the work environment, sometimes resulting in lawsuits. What is business ethics? Business ethics is the behavior that a business abides by in their daily transactions with the world. This also includes the individual interactions with customers. The moral code of a specific business can be diverse. Organizations...
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...The business world today is competitive. It's full of fierce, educated, and motivated people. For some people it's tough to rise to the top and for some people it comes much easier. It's not always about hard work! One might ask for a map to the yellow brick road, but few people are ever provided with it. Most people are stuck in an ocean making calculated guesses as to how they can reach land. Which route is the best? How much school is enough? How many certificates of accreditation is enough? How much work experience is enough? All of us ask these questions attempting to navigate our ships in a competitive world were only a few individuals ever get to their targeted career position. How many of those in leadership positions are women? How many of them men? Generally the few who navigate their way to the top have learned to read their maps, but there is a surprising disparity as to who makes it and who doesn't. People in leadership positions face overwhelming challenges to get to their positions. Not surprisingly the ones who make it to the top are predominately men, yet it's even more of a challenge if you're a women. Women are overcoming the challenges of today's glass ceiling effect, and finding success in a business world dominated by men. Let us discuss the challenges that women face in business. Women have made tremendous strides in facing challenges, and have provided tremendous contributions to our society. Slowly over the years women have been chipping away the bricks...
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...Discrimination Religion, national origin, race, and social status are the suspect classifications of discrimination, but are these the only categories that should not be discriminated against? People today are searching for equal rights and opportunities. No one should be suffering from any type of discrimination, but they are. Discrimination is an unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice, therefore sex, disability, and age should be included in the suspect classifications of discrimination (“Discrimination”). Sex discrimination is the differential treatment based on sex (“Answer”). Traditionally in American culture higher value has been given to males, this is why sex discrimination is commonly found in the work place among women. Focus in a workplace where sex discrimination is prevalent; the choices are not made based on the ability of the person, but their gender. The reason why sex is a big issue for women in the workplace is because women are looked at as part of the household committee instead of in the economical world. Women are not seen as capable entities, but solely as “baby-makers”. This method of conducting business has deterred many women that are far more capable than the men who were given the job. Sex discrimination in the employment world is not a new issue, but one that stems from the past. The Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938 established a minimum wage for both men and women providing equality (“Answer”). Even though this act was passed...
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...the action that they are about to do it is right, the reason for thinking about that are personal ethics which result in good or bad decisions, in this essay, author focuses on ethics in business organisations and discriminations within which is one of the main problems inside companies. Ethics in Business Words like “morality” and “values” are associating with word “ethics”. Ethics is differencing and thinking between right or wrong choice. it is making choices that...
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...Women in Business Women are only slightly more successful in reaching the highest levels of business today than they were in the colonial times. With the start of the twentieth century, more and more women carry the desire to have a career outside the home. They would like to get out in the real world and be independent. This is however hard to do considering the average man with a high school degree earns more than the average woman with a college degree (Empowering). However, some women are slowly walking away from the general stereotype of a "housewife" and branching out into the workforce. But, even with the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which states that discrimination in any way is illegal among other things, this is not an easy task to accomplish. Women are supposed to be in the home cooking, cleaning and caring for the family. This is not a bad stereotype considering all the rewards of watching the children grow and taking care of the family. But, who’s to say those women cannot have a job and still care for the family? Many people in society today still think that a woman having a career is not the right way to do things. The woman should not worry because the man will take care of her, i.e.: she is helpless female and incapable of fighting in the real world. With this attitude in mind how can women not are discriminated against in the workplace? The "glass ceiling" is a term used to describe this attitude society has today (Glass Ceiling). The glass ceiling is...
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...cost to attend sporting events. The growth of female athletes’ salary has also been very large, but they still make significantly less than male athletes. There are several factors that affect the gap in earnings such as larger revenues in men leagues because of a larger demand for men’s sports and other factors that may include discrimination. Athletes throughout the world are known for being extremely highly paid, some athletes such as Tiger Woods have net worth’s approaching a billion dollars. The salary of professional athletes has come a long way in recent years; with the help of labor unions they have gotten a fair portion revenues unlike athletes in the past when owners got almost all revenues. Female athlete’s salaries have increased but not at the extreme rate that men’s have. Tiger Woods is the highest paid male athlete in the world with a salary that includes endorsements he made 100 million dollars, (Freedman 1) but the highest paid athlete tennis player Maria Sharapova only made 24.5 million dollars (Badenhausen 1). This brings the question, is the 75 million dollar difference in earnings legitimate of is it derived from discrimination? The first question that arises is what has caused there to be gender gap in income for so long? When women were originally hired in traditionally male jobs they were hired at a lower rate, because...
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...Diversity: Religion and Workplace Introduction Religion is one of the biggest differences segmenting the world into different parts. There is no other reason from the dawn of time which caused more strife’s and argument among mankind than Religion. Religion can be defined as the faith or moral belief a person possess regarding the nature of being or existing the world. In the modern world there are roughly five or six major religious and yet countless other minor religions have sprung up and are continuing to spring up every day. Each believer of a religion defends and believes in it devoutly, to such an extent that he or she is willing to go towards bloodshed to defend its honor. The major religions of the world include, Islamic, Christianity, Hinduism, Atheism, Judaism, etc. These religions include the set of guidelines for the individuals on which to base their lives. The major religions all dictate that there is a Higher Entity, or God which governs the world and the Universe and all that is contains is it plaything and all the living creatures are its subjects (Trent, 2007). Such devout belief and intolerance against one’s faith becomes a very volatile subject and can become the cause of a major strike in an organization. Any good and reputed organization employees a variety of people all belonging to different backgrounds. Some of these religions might be major while some might be the minor ones. In such a scenario, the minority religion often suffers under...
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...happened in the 1960s. These events greatly impacted not only my life, but that of societies’ throughout the world. To begin with, I would like to start with the women’s rights revolution in December of 1961. That month, President Kennedy founded the Commission on the Status of Women, and Eleanor Roosevelt became its chair, for improving the status of women and the quality of their lives. Two years later the commission published its report called American Women, which commented on the status of US women, and made recommendations for improving their roles in society. In 1963 the Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, requiring equal pay for work without regard to sex. During the next year, the Congress introduced Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that banned discrimination based on color, sex, race, religion, or national origin by employers, and employment agencies (Fuentes, 2011). Later, however, age and handicapped discrimination were added. Although, sex discrimination still existed, it became obvious that females were being granted more opportunities and step by step they managed to break through the wall of offensive attitudes from male employers. It was interesting that even after new laws came into force, few Americans were aware of such a thing as sex discrimination. The response to the phrase “women's rights” was just laughter. Moreover, words like “sex discrimination” and "women's rights" were not yet in the vocabulary of the American society. As a young girl back...
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