...business can address each of these issues. In this case, the situation surrounding Spur Steak Ranches shall be taken into consideration. About the business Spur Steak Ranches is a steakhouse franchise restaurant chain originating from South Africa. Its menu mainly features beef burgers, steaks and ribs, along with salads, chicken, seafood and vegetarian options. The company was founded by Allen Ambor in 1967, when he opened the Golden Spur in Newlands, Cape Town P²E²STLE Analysis on Micro Environment Political The operations of Spur Steak Ranches are highly influences by the laws and policies in traduces and enforced by the government of South Africa. Regarding restaurants in South Africa, health legislations are enforced to ensure that the premises and equipment of restaurants are of the correct health and hygiene standards. In the case of restaurants in South Africa, a license from the local health department is commonly required to operate and proceed in such a venture. The government of South Africa controls the license given for the opening and operating of food restaurants and other businesses. A good relationship with the governing body is vital and a must in ensuring that the business succeeds in the South African market. Physical there are many requirements regarding the physical location of a business operating in the food industry. Regarding a food premises such as Spur Steak Ranches, the location is pivotal to...
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...Ethical Obligations When conducting scientific research, there must be a certain degree of disclosure, without having a serious impact on the authenticity of the test results, which allows people to know their role in the experiment. Facebook was responsible for notifying the group of users that were chosen to partake in the study and they should have been given the option to opt out. Companies cannot hide their intentions of doing research and testing under their terms and conditions. Facebook’s Data User Policy agreement is a full page of legalese that most users ignore and accept just so they can have access to the website. Prior to conducting research, a third party consultant should make sure that testing meets the company’s ethical, legal, and security guidelines. For example, academic research must be approved by an external Institutional Review Board. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) publicly stated that the study did not breach any research guidelines. However, it did admit that some of the practices were not completely in agreement with how test subjects should consent to be part of a scientific study. After the serious backlash received by the online community and its users, Facebook reviewed the company’s research guidelines. The company stated that it will increase the amount of people who will review the research process. Researchers will receive extensive training to make sure that all testing meets the legal, privacy, and...
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...The Lost Innocents Richard Napper University of Phoenix When an individual makes the complicated decision of adding a four-legged member to their family it should be viewed as a lifelong commitment. The majority of people who decide to take in a new four legged family member usually have the best intentions at the time. However, life happens and things tend to change. The puppy who was once small and adorable is now full grown, becoming ignored, and is chewing for attention. The kitten who was once a cute little ball of fur is now not so little and clawing the furniture and using the potty in paces other than the litter box. Maybe there was a job loss in the family, or the individual has become homeless because of financial mishaps. With foreclosure on the rise these days due to a bad economy this is happening more often than not lately. One must plan for these types of issues that may arise in the near or distant future. There are a lot of individuals who believe that an animal shelter is the answer of all answers. The awful truth is they are mostly overcrowded and under staffed. More animals get euthanized inside the shelter due to lack of space than adopted by potential lifelong owners in the animal shelter. The animal shelter should not be used as a way to ease guilt on the former owners’ conscience. It should not be used as a dump site or a place to put your older animal like you would a senior citizen in a nursing home. Is animal abandonment ethically and morally wrong...
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...1. Describe the field of finance. How is it different from the field of accounting? Finance is the act/process/study of managing money in such a way that you aquire and keep more money, and lose less of it. Finance is deciding what to do with the money you have. Accounting is figuring out how much money you have. 2. In a typical corporation the finance function is divided into two divisions, or departments. What are they? What does each department do? In a typical corporation there are two divisions, Treasurer’s and Controllers offices that manage the finance function. The Treasurer’s Office is responsible for managing the firm’s cash and credit, its financial planning, and its capital expenditures. The Controller’s Office handles cost and financial accounting, tax payments, and management information systems. 3. What are the three forms of business generally encountered in the US? What are the main defining characteristics of each? The three forms of business generally encountered within the US are: Sole Proprietorship – One individual owns everything, Partnership – Two or more persons jointly own everything, and Corporation – Owners may be any number of people who all own shares (stock) of the business. 4. What is the basic financial goal of a business? The basic financial goal of a business is to maximize the wealth of the owners (stockholders in the case of corporations). 5. In the context of a...
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...Ethical Hacking Computer Ethics – CIS 324 Dr. Nelson Stewart June 7, 2013 INTRODUCTION When most people hear the term “hacker” they think of an evil person committing crimes by hacking into their computers to steal, destroy and/or steal identities. This is so in some cases, but not all hackers are bad. Hackers are merely curious technically skilled individuals who gain unauthorized access to computers, networks of various companies, organizations and individuals. Good hackers are considered white hat hackers. They are the ones that are hired to break into systems as a way of testing the vulnerabilities and security issues that may be present in the computer system. Bad hackers are considered black hat hackers. They are the “evil” hackers, or should I say “crackers” who hack into systems to steal identities, information, crack into software programs and create nasty viruses. What is Ethical Hacking? Ethical hacking provides a way to determine the security of an information technology environment – at least from a technical point of view. As the name ethical hacking already tells, the idea has something to do with hacking. But what does “hacking” mean? The word hacking has two definitions. The first definition refers to the hobby/profession of working with computers. The second definition refers to breaking into computer systems. While the first definition is older and is still used by many computer enthusiasts (who refer to cyber-criminals as “crackers”), the...
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...following excerpt from the book Giving Voice to Values (GVV) should help you complete this assignment. “The word “value” refers to the inherent worth and quality of a thing or an idea, and we often talk about valuing a challenging job, a comfortable lifestyle, or even a well-made piece of clothing. However, the “values” we are discussing here are, in fact, values that most people would agree have a moral or ethical aspect to them. In this sense, these values are actually much the same as what we mean by “virtues.” It’s just that we are approaching them from a self-motivated aspirational stance, rather than a judgmental or self-disciplinary position. The word “value” is both a noun and a verb; it has inherent in it only the concept of goodness–like “virtue”–but also the act of wanting, desiring, or personally “valuing” something.... “Much research has been done over time and across cultures [regarding people’s core values], and although differences do surface, what is important to remember here is that there is a great deal of commonality among the lists of moral or ethical values that most individuals identify as central, and that this shared list is rather short. For example, Rushworth Kidder describes the extensive areas of consensus on core values he finds in his own cross-cultural surveys, as well as in the research of others. The influential psychologist Martin Seligman writes: “There is astonsishing convergence across the millennia and across cultures about virtue and strength...
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...Concepts of Decision Making MMPBL/500 Foundations of Problem Based Learning Abstract Key concepts of decision making are a vital part of keeping a company successful and happy employees. There are many areas to take into consideration when applying these decisions. To begin managers must apply their critical thinking skills. As a manager you must choose a decision making concept. Then analyze the concept that is going to be used. Also take a close look at the symptoms and problems. As a manager some of these decisions need to be made immediately and other decisions may allow more time for consideration. Actually, managers sometime ignore the problems all together, leading to poor business (J.Champion and J.James). Decision Stages There are stages in order to make a decision. To begin the manager needs to identify and diagnose the problem. Usually a manager realizes some discrepancy in the current stage of the business and what the desired state of the business and what it needs to be. After the manager makes the decision he must believe the resources and abilities necessary for problem solving exist (Bateman, S. & Snell, S. (2004). Next the decision must be implemented. In some cases the individuals involved in making the decision will implement it, other times they will delegate it to other staff members. Evaluating the Decision Evaluating the decision is to collect information on how the decision is working. Decision making help a manager...
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...Propaganda as defined by Jowett and O’Donnell “is the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist” (Prop, 7). In this definition, similar to others, the words “shape”, “manipulate”, and “direct” tend to spur an uneasy feeling for many. Propaganda, which “is associated with bad things or evil forces,” (Pers 33) has such a negative connotation that people who disagree with a message will publicly label it as propaganda to make the audience feel threatened by the communicator and by the message delivered by the enemy. Historically, propaganda has been known to be the cause of war and deaths. But, can propaganda ever be a good thing? It has served as an end to genocide and as a reinforcement to stay healthy. Therefore, propaganda can be ethical or unethical depending on the situation and the purpose. The role of propaganda during wartime periods has been present since we can remember and has such a powerful impact that brings out the same result of a violent war in a nonviolent manner (Prop, 231). When propaganda outcomes are viewed as similar to war it most definitely makes it an unethical form of persuasion. A specific example of that is Nazi propaganda during World War II. When Hitler took power his Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, described Hitler’s propaganda as possible to prove that a square is a circle with enough repetition...
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...The role of Leadership in Organizational Integrity, and five modes of Ethical Leadership Components of Ethical Leadership. Ethical leadership begins with the way leaders perceive and conceptualize the world around them. Ethical leadership, organizational ethics, and social responsibility are inseparable concepts. They are developing concepts, to be sure, but inseparable. How ethical leaders relate to and come to understand the world around them involves judgment and action. These can be developed. In sum, the leader's role is to guide the human potential of the organization's stakeholders to achieve organizational aspirations in ways that liberate rather constrain their imaginations and judgment. Ethical leadership must, then, be effective, efficient, and excellent if it is not to waste human potential. It is not enough to be ethical in one's individual actions to be an ethical leader. To be effective, efficient, and excellent, four components of ethical leadership must be understood and developed: purpose, knowledge, authority, and trust. The relationship between these four components can be visualized as interrelated components, as described in the figure opposite. Attention to any one component alone is incomplete and misleading. * Purpose-The ethical leader reasons and acts with organizational purposes firmly in mind. This provides focus and consistency. * Knowledge-The ethical leader has the knowledge to judge and act prudently. This knowledge is found...
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...morning coffee and donuts” and the business strives to be a responsible yet profitable part of Idaho Springs and the surrounding community. Corporate social responsibility[->0] means that businesses should “act in a way that enhances society and its inhabitants and be held accountable for any of its actions that affect people, their communities, and their environment”. (Lawrence & Weber, 2011) “Articulating a social and environmental strategy requires that the company identify the social and environmental problems that are associated with its operations and then devise ways of reducing these” (Heal, 2008). A corporate social responsibility strategy for Morning Gold Bakery, encompassing four components (environmental responsibility, ethical leadership, organizational viability, and legal responsibility), is presented in this report. For each component, the company’s current business processes will be considered in light of corporate social responsibility, and, specific actions to update or implement business practices congruent with the company’s social responsibility objectives will be recommended. Environmental Social Responsibility -- Planet The environmental component of social responsibility refers to the business's impact on the environment. A socially responsible company’s goal is to engage in business practices that can sustainably benefit or at the very least not negatively impact the environment. It is the currently expected societal norm that businesses preserve...
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...What do you consider to be ethically valued in today’s society? Virtually, every society makes some determination of morally correct behavior. In our society today, physical appearance is the prominent issue. Are you too fat? Too skinny? Or too short, too tall? The constant attention and focus on physical appearances are apparent not only in our society but in Mary Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein, a modern scientist unleashes a creature constructed of dead body parts. The creature’s social acceptance relies heavily on its hideous features, starting with his own creator, Victor Frankenstein. Throughout the novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein’s lack of ethics spurs problematic situations which are the consequences of his...
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...organization's integrity stays intact while at the same time they continue increasing their customers and profits. The United States as well as many other countries has many antitrust laws that forbids acts or understandings that can get rid of or deter fair competition, these laws also forbids the maltreatment of a dominant industry position, restraint or misrepresent commerce, hold prices by artificial means, or bring forward a monopoly. I will be writing about antitrust laws and the famous Microsoft case to demonstrate how business ethics and fair practices are important in business, it’s not only right thing to do but can also be beneficial to the company, clients and employees. Consider; many businesses that where shady and where not ethical have been ruined via scams, false transparency in information, and bad financial management such as the company Enron. Thus the question becomes; why are anti-trust laws purported as a facet of fair business practices? The answer is competition and parody within the industry not to mention small organizations often time fall victim to improper business activities of bigger institutions that can lead to dominating markets unjustly in the community, metropolis, towns and specialty markets. By having these antitrust laws citizens are guaranteed security from illogical trade, price unfairness, anti-competitiveness and above all unjust business practices. Sometimes when new regulations or codes are effected people may have doubts about their...
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...STRAYER UNIVERSITY Ruby Tuesday Ethical Issues Multiple lawsuits [Type the author name] 6/8/2016 Ruby Tuesday is a successful national restaurant chain specializing in “American” type cuisine, enjoyed by many on a daily basis. While they are able to thrive in a very tough industry, they have been in the news for some possible ethic conduct violations, one regarding employee wages and another regarding gender bias hiring. In 2012 a law suit was filed against Ruby Tuesday Inc. (RTI), by what the industry refers to as “front of house” employees, which covers waiters/waitresses/food runners and bartenders. These type of employees are paid on a different type pay scale, as a good part of their wages are made from tips from the customers they serve. Since these “tipped” employees focus on customer service, the las states they are only allowed to spend no more than 20% of their work day performing “side work”. (ROC n.d.) The suit claims that RTI would have employees punch out and continue to work or perform tasks before they punched into work. The suit was settled out of court, with RTI paying about 3 million dollars to workers for lost wages. In another suit, Ruby Tuesday, Inc has been accused of discriminatory hiring against men. The company placed an ad in a Utah newspaper looking for seasonal bartenders and servers, actually indicating a preference for women (Phillip 2015). The company was providing housing for the employees and apparently...
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...| | |Ethical Issues in HRM Strategy | | | |Raynor | | | |Dr. Morgan | | | |HRM 530 – Strategic Human Resource Management | | | |October 28, 2012 | | ...
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...Abstract According to the phase 2 individual project assignment instructions, each student is asked to look at two scenarios and answer the related ethical questions following each one (CTU Online, 2013). Additionally, it is asked that each student provide a discussion on the new GAAP guidelines for consolidating entities, and to provide an example of a firm that has experienced trouble for failure to comply with the GAAP guidelines. Ethical Dilemmas in Partnerships Scenario 1: In the first scenario, there are two partners in an antique business, Mr. Right and Mr. Wrong. Mr. Right manages the store, and Mr. Wrong travels and purchases antiques to add to their store inventory. The each may borrow items from the inventory on occasion for one reason or another. While Mr. Right was out of town Mr Wrong’s daughter was married and had a desire for one of the inventory items valued at $5,000. So Mr. Wrong took the item from inventory and gave it to his daughter as a wedding gift. He recorded the item as a debit from the COGS for $5,000. The question is asked what are the ethical aspects of Mr. Wrong’s actions and how should he have recorded the transaction? To begin with, they are both wrong for allowing the other to take unpaid for inventory items from the store. It should be made clear in the partnership agreement that any inventory product removed from the store for any purpose...
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