...Shirley assigned an ethics case for each group. I joined a group of five people and we got together for several group meetings. Finally, I was assigned to compose the “Ethical Analysis” section. Toward to the paper deadline, we produced the paper called “Starbucks: Friend or Foe.” The purpose of the assignment was to argue that whether the company’s decision was ethical when Starbucks fired employees for supporting unions and applied the four-component model of ethical decision making to this case. Discourse community is an essential factor when composing a paper. According to “Students Writing Handbook”, discourse community is a unique communication tool which people use to communicate with their readers within their fields (30). Since the paper was written for a required upper division major core course, the discourse community is all business majors. The genre was a general business paper with three sections: case summary, ethical analysis, and recommendations. We are college students are trained to become more professional in our careers. As a result, my group paper’s intended audiences were only Professor Thomas Shirley and classmates. My purpose of the paper was to convince my readers that Starbucks company was unethical when it fired employees for supporting unions and applied four-component model of ethical decision making to support my argument. Through the paper, I wanted people within this community to have broader perspectives after reading my point of view in response...
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...Ethics Issues Paper There are at least three ethical issues within today’s business environment that affect numerous communities and organizations everywhere. This includes discrimination, sexual harassment, and conflicts of interest, and many others. As it is, ethical behavior in business can be defined as the standards established by society that are consistent with achieving the greater good. In the broader sense, business ethics involves decisions between good and malevolent paths. Emmanuel Kant, a German philosopher, taught ethical thinking through his “categorical imperative” theory, which meant, “act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature” (Trevino & Nelson, 2007, p. 99). Through this mode of thinking one may avoid vindictive paths when facing ethical issues. The prevention of unequal treatment in the work place is a fixed policy in all organizations and communities, yet discrimination is a reoccurring theme in both of these settings. Whether it is age, race, gender, sexual orientation, social status, nationality or religion, none of these characteristics should conflict with qualifications in employment or inadequate treatment during work. Both direct and indirect cases transpire in this ethical issue that lead to discrimination, direct being the predominate circumstance. For example, in some countries height requirements for filling a position exclude some ethnic minorities when, in fact, height is not necessary to perform...
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...see the use of defensive medicine shift as we move forward with the Affordable Care Act? Cite references to support your DQ post. HLT 205 Week 2 Topic 2 Discussion 2 Watch “TEDTalks: Daniel Kraft – Medicine’s Future? There’s an App for That”: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=12129&xtid=48192 After viewing the video, select four topics that were discussed and explain their significance to the future of health care technology. HLT 205 Week 3 Topic 3 Discussion 1 The patient, the health care professional, and the health care system form a relationship in which each is dependent upon the other. What is the significance of trust in this relationship? Describe the ethical framework for establishing “trustworthiness.” Cite references to support your response. HLT 205 Week 3 Topic 3 Discussion 2 View the video clip, “Cultural Diversity in Health...
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...ExxonMobil and the Ethical and Social Responsibility Issues They Face in Today's Society. Grant Manor Northwest Connecticut community College Abstract This paper explores social and ethical issues and situations two companies, Apple Incorporated and ExxonMobil, are facing today. Some issues that will be discussed are Apple Incorporated's stand on "pro-discrimination" many state legislatures are trying to pass, Apple Incorporated's ethically questionable ResearchKit™ and whether or not this new tool will be a good advancement or an unethical way to make money by selling medical records to third-parties, and lastly ExxonMobil's continuing case with the New Jersey State legislature over oil contamination from ExxonMobil's refineries. This paper will discuss these situations, what is good and bad about these situations, and some possible actions the companies could take to remedy the situations. Apple Incorporated and ExxonMobil and the Ethical and Social Responsibility Issues They Face in Today's Society. In Andrea Chang's article titled "Apple CEO Tim Cook is forging an unusual path as a social activist", Chang discusses how in a recent interview Tim Cook took stance against "pro-discrimination" state laws that allowed people in the particular state to refuse service or goods to any person because of the owner's religious beliefs. This article talks about how Cook has personal interest in these issues as he is gay...
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...Emerging markets Homework 2: Starnes-Brenner Machine Tool Company- to bribe or not to bribe Silvia Mattei 1. Introduction to the main issue Corruption, bribery and other unethical behaviours are still one of the major concerns in International Business, influencing not only the companies’ performance in local markets, but also mining competition and the welfare of the countries in which this practices are considered part of the culture as such. In particular for very large international companies, with subsidiaries spread all over the world, to keep track of unethical practices may be difficult, as to maintain the integrity of the corporate culture in all the people involved in the organization, from the employees, sales managers and top management. Every country has a different culture, and every culture has its own level of tolerance against corruption. Since bad practices like bribery are well ingrained both in the countries’ culture, as well in the companies’ culture, it is evident that changes do not happen over-night, and to draft an anti-bribery policy and post it in the office blackboard is not enough. The aim of this paper is to analyze several perspectives on the topic, taking the reader into the discussion by giving him/her pro and cons by analyzing a specific company and his cultural and managerial issues when facing a period of internationalization and internal changes. 1.2 Company profile Starnes-Brenner Machine tool company is an international...
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...Ethics Issues University of Phoenix MGT 216 Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility 20th July, 2009 Ethics Issues Less than a year ago a regional property supervisor working for California Commercial Investment found an accountant stealing from the company. More specifically, the accountant was posting charges for one of our buildings (i.e. labor and supplies for painting), cutting checks, misleading the owner to sign them and cashing them for himself. He was able to steal a few thousand dollars with his unethical behavior before being caught by the property supervisor. Unethical behaviors like the one previously described are not uncommon in today’s business world. Indeed, workers during the course of their careers can face several ethical issues; therefore, understanding what business ethics is and how to deal with ethics issues can increase the chances to take appropriate actions when ethics issues occur. Bateman & Snell (2008) stated that business ethics “comprises the moral principles and standards that guide in the world business” (p. 181). In today’s business world, every organization has a legal responsibility to obey local, federal, state, and international laws. Further, every organization has an ethical responsibility which means meeting social expectations that are not translated in laws. Finally, every organization has a corporate social responsibility which is “the obligation toward society assumed by business. The socially responsible business maximizes...
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...Recap of Executive Decision Making Course Kymberly Portley Executive Decision Making Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction.…………………………………………………………………………………4 Management Types…………………………………..………………………………………4 Winning the Devil’s Bargain…………………..……………………………………...……..5 Climate of Diversity……………………………….………………………………………...6 Pros/Cons of Positioning and Expanding a Company’s Strategy…………………………...8 Business Ethics Challenges……………………………………………………………….…8 Economic Challenges…………………….………………………………………………….8 Benefits of Implementing Quality Initiative……………………..………………………….9 Management with Uncertainty…………………..……………………………………..…..10 Conclusion………………..………………………………………………………………...11 References……….…………………………………………………………………………12 Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………...13 Abstract Management Types Several management styles are employed by managers to ensure that effectiveness in relating to subordinates as well as decision-making is attained and maintained within the frameworks of the organization. While these styles come in varied categories, they can be majorly categorized based on their contrasting abilities that constitutes of autocratic and permissive while the main divisions come in varied types that may comprise of autocratic, Asian paternalistic, chaotic, consultative, democratic, laissez-faire, management by walking around, as well as persuasive types of management. In brief...
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...Running head: HOW PERSONAL CAN ETHICS BE 1 BUS520 Organizational Leadership October 20, 2011 HOW PERSONAL CAN ETHICS BE 2 Abstract Business ethics in an organization have become extremely relevant in today’s business society. Graduate schools teach business ethics to prepare leaders and managers to be more responsible. Although ethical issues often arise out of business relationships many companies strive to implement a code of ethics that eliminates room for doubt and place emphasis on the expectations for the company’s culture. HOW PERSONAL CAN ETHICS BE 3 Discuss how personal differences and preferences can impact organizational ethics. A profound quote that is used by so many is “to thine own self be true,” though this is easily spoken it is not easily able to be done. Being true as defined by moral principles involve character, integrity and self-awareness, this is one reason why many organizations develop core values and policies as their foundation. Hellriegel and Slocum (p. 10, 2011) define ethics as the values and principles that distinguish right from wrong. Personal differences and preferences are based from one’s experience and frame of reference that is developed from birth and linger long into our lives as adults. It is who we are and it’s symbolic of a woven masterpiece handed down from many generations. This impact on organizational ethics can be positive and allow the company’s culture to embrace diversity...
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...Service Profession, a human service worker will be faced with challenging ethical dilemmas in which where one’s personal ethical values and beliefs will challenged with the ACA Code of Ethics. When a situation like this arises, it is vital for the worker to remember to engage in careful consideration when regarding an ethical decision that needs to be met and that is when the worker will look upon the types of decision making models. The paragraphs below will briefly explain three important decision making models in which will help the Human Service make the right ethical decision for the client in which they are serving. The Feminist Model is based on the principal that power should be equal in the therapeutic relationship and calls for the clients maximum involvement at every stage of their process. Women want to be seen as equal to men when it comes to salaries and the way society views women based on their beliefs and values and their contribution to society. This certain model is gender based considering the majority of clients seeking help from the human profession worker are mostly women. The next decision making model is the Social Constructionist model. This particular model redefines the ethical decision making process as an interactive/social process rather than an individual one. The primary focus is on the aspects of decision making in counceling. This model also focusses on social issues involving negociating. When a concern arises in therapy sessions, the...
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...For my final paper I have decided to do a on the ethical and controversial issue of abortion. In this report I will cover both sides of the abortion issue. I will summarize the stands of both Pro-Life advocates and Pro-Choice, by presenting arguments from organizations, authors, and journal articles from each side. As well as give a brief history on abortion and a look at the laws that govern this issue not only here at home but around the world. In conclusion of my report I will give my views on the issue and on which side of the fence my beliefs put me on. So lets begin. Up until the early 1960s abortion was illegal. Almost forty years after the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced to Congress. However, abortion was not always a crime. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, abortion of early pregnancy was legal under common law. Still abortion was illegal during a time when women had little to no rights over what they said, or desired and certainly no control over their right to give birth or not. Even still generations of women persisted in the need to control the amount of children they would have. In a time where birth control was very ineffective or not at all the likely hood of an unwanted pregnancy was inevitable. During the more than 100 years abortion was illegal in the United States some late-nineteenth-century doctors believed there were two million abortions a year. Many women died as a result of trying to have illegal abortions, but if...
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...process of selecting decision alternatives for the whistle issue of the toy company, evaluating theadvantages, disadvantages, legal, financial and ethical considerations involved in the various alternatives.The purpose of this memo is to outline three possible decision alternatives to address the problem of small lead traces tocontents of metal whistles produced by a U.S toy company due for shipment to South America; by discussing the methods forthe selection of decision alternatives, the advantages, disadvantages, ethical considerations, financial and legal prospective ofthe each decisions . The memo will further justify and analyze the impact of the recommended decision on customerrelationship as well as demonstrate the role of ethics and social responsibility in choosing this decision.While important financial or strategic information is used in the decision-making process, business ethics has become anincreasingly popular tool used in making decisions. Business ethics is commonly referred to as the professional judgment orethical perspectives used by an individual or a company executive team in resolving moral or ethical problems in business. Inresolving the problem of the lead-contaminated metal whistles, I will discuss three possible decision alternatives, methods ofselection of the alternatives, pros and cons of the alternatives as well as potential legal, financialand ethical consideration involved in the selection. Ethical decisions-making can be difficult when it involves uncertainty...
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...To Intubate or Not To Intubate: Families vs. Physicians Debate on Health Care Ethical Issues SHARON COLES University of Phoenix JANUARY 30, 2012 To Intubate or Not To Intubate: Families vs. Physicians The top healthcare ethical issue in the United States is the disagreement between patients/families and health care professionals about treatment decisions. It is not uncommon for health care professionals to clash with the family of the patients for whom they care for over treatment decisions. Some patients will inevitably suffer the consequences of an error made during their care or hospitalization. Many people in need of diagnostic tests or surgical procedures are forced to wait months, and perhaps even years, to receive these services. These are just some examples of the kinds of ethical challenges that patients and their families may confront in the health care setting. Disagreements typically take one of two forms. Either the health care professional might push a treatment option for more or less treatment that patients and families deem unacceptable, or conversely patients/families may push a treatment option, whether it is more or less treatment, or different treatment, as an alternative, or complementary treatment that health care professionals deem unacceptable (Breslin, MacRae, Bell, & Singer, 2005). Ethical Issue According to research studies, it is the end-of-life critical care cases that tend to be the most emotionally charged, and...
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...Why is the initial consultation so important? What factors will an ethical therapist cover at this time? There are a multitude of factors that a therapist must consider during the initial consultation. I will describe the procedures of the consultation, the ethical considerations facing the therapist and the particular challenges of the actual consultation itself. As outlined in my previous essay, the initial consultation is perhaps the most important part of the hypnotherapy process. People are different in many ways. They have different likes and dislikes, cultural backgrounds and upbringings. These factors have provided us with different outlooks, values and perspectives. Therefore there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to hypnotherapy. Personality types, suggestibility and the reason the client has come to you all have an effect on the way they will respond to hypnotherapy, and this all must be taken into account when planning a session. Every person is different and will respond to very different styles of hypnotherapy. We all see the same things, but interpret it differently, and we respond to stimuli in a unique way. What works for one client may have no effect on another, therefore hypnotic inductions must be personalised to suit everyone's needs. It is during the consultation that the therapist gathers all the information needed to write a successful screed which is personalised to the client. At this time, the therapist will assess a client’s personality...
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...Daniel Howard Assignment #1 – “How Personal Can Ethics Get?” Professor: Ronnie Holmes Leadership and Organizational Behavior 4/24/2011 1. Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. Personal differences and preference strongly impacts organizational ethics in an array of ways. Who decides what is right and wrong in the organization? Does the organization cater to diversity? Are the organizations codes and conducts pertaining to ethics being followed and enforced? Personal difference and preference are major determining factors that impact what is considered ethical from an organizational perspective. Diversity is the most important competency that impacts organizational ethics. In an organization there are many categories of diversity that distinguish each of its members. There are key attributes of the diversity competency that include the knowledge, skills, and abilities of individuals, teams, and the organization to be effective. Those attributes include fostering an environment of inclusion with people who possess characteristics different from themselves, and learning from individuals, teams, or organizations with different characteristics, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. Diversity of thought and behavior is vital to stimulating creativity and innovation, embracing and developing personal, team, or organizational tendencies—such as conscientiousness and attitudes that demonstrate respect for people...
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...actions of your competitors. These forces are continually in a state of change. Social factors relate to pattern of behaviour, tastes, and lifestyles. A major component of this is a change in consumer behaviour resulting from changes in fashions and styles. Social factors include the influence of consumer perception in determining usage of the internet for different activities. The age structure of the population also alters over time (currently we have an ageing population). An understanding of social change gives business a better feel for the future market situation. Legal changes as well as ethical and taxation determine the method by which products can be promoted and sold online. Laws are continually being updated in a wide range of areas, e.g. consumer protection legislation, environmental legislation, health & safety and employment law, etc. Businesses need to take a pro-active approach and be ahead of these changes, rather than hurriedly making alterations to products and processes in a reactive way. Governments, in behalf of society, seek to safeguard individuals rights to privacy. Economic changes are closely related to social ones. The economy goes through a series of fluctuations associated with general booms and slumps in economic activity. In a boom nearly all businesses benefit and in a slump most lose out. The variation in ecomomic performance in different countries and regions affect spending patterns and international trade. Other economic changes that...
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