...where the money would have benefited the children for many years. If you use the act method, giving the money to the orphanage would have been the best thing to do because the most people would have benefited. But if you did this, would it be morally correct? This was not the dying woman’s wish. Rule utilitarianism maintains that the utilitarian standard should be applied not to individual actions but to moral codes as a whole. With the moral code, you would have to determine right from wrong. If you look at the sample given above about the dying woman’s wish to give her nephew the money, and you used the rule method, you would see that the moral decision to make would be to give it to the nephew regardless of how he chose to use it. 2. What do economists mean by the "declining marginal utility of money"? The phrase “declining marginal utility of money” means that the successive additions to one’s income produce, on average, less happiness or welfare than did earlier additions. The more disposable money that people...
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...The Ethics Game II Eth/316 October 31, 2013 The Case of the Mysterious Roses The ethical issue that presented itself in “The Case of the Mysterious Roses” is the concern of an employee in regard to possible harassment in the workplace. The employee has been the subject of unsolicited attention and requests a confidential meeting. The author must make a decision on how to handle both the confidentiality of the meeting and how to proceed with the harassment claim. According to the companies Employee Handbook, there are several policy violations in this simulation, including several breaches of the harassment policy ("Archived E-Mails & Comments," n.d.). These are clear breaches of company policy, however; in a management roll, the author must walk a narrow line to address the harassment issue at hand as well as follows the company’s policies in regard to preventing and addressing harassment issues and treating employees fairly. The Rights and Reputation Lens most helped the decision to address these issues, as this is the lens rooted in deontology, which focuses on humanities duties to the community (Baird, 2011). Although the Rights/Responsibilities Lens played the largest part in how the author choose to address the harassment issues, the result comes off as a bit calculated and non-sympathetic. If the Results Lens was the primary lead, which is a preferred lens of the author, the possibility of a more harmonious workplace exists. A choice to follow the rules...
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...BLAW 3430.009 4/6/15 Ethics Assignment #2 Q1: What did these videos tell you about selective attention? Selective attention can apply to a lot of situations. It can mean that in a video while focusing so much on one part the person watching misses another part. It could be focusing on a particular object for an amount of time while simultaneously ignoring other relevant or irrelevant information that is also occurring. While the first video I did notice the gorilla in the mix, the only reason why is because I took my eyes off the ball which then lead to me miscounting the amount of passes. The second video about the experiment with the pedestrian and the door was very interesting. I think if I were focusing my my thoughts on directions to explain to someone, I too would fail to see the differences in the two experimenters. I think these videos show how most humans are very selective in what they are taking in around them. Maybe it’s true what our parents say when we were young, “she has selective hearing, she only hears what she wants to.” Q2: Would you agree that if you have your ethical antennae up that you will be more likely to detect an ethical issue you face than if you are focusing completely on pleasing your boss, being part of your team, or perhaps meeting a production quota? What does that tell you about how you have to approach your job if you wish to be a moral/ethical person? In today’s business world, it is very important to not only be knowledgable of what...
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...A Comparison of the Codes of Ethics The Alabama Educator Code of Ethics and the University of North Alabama’s Code of Ethics Professional Dispositions both focus on many of the same core values. There are nine standards in the Alabama Educator COE and seven dispositions in UNA’s COE. Standard 1 and Disposition 1 both advocate having a commitment to professional standards. While UNA’s COE simply states that an educator should have a commitment to professionalism and ethical standards and leaves the interpretation of this up to the educator, the Alabama Educator COE goes more in depth. Standard 2 focuses on trustworthiness, and Standard 3 concentrates on unlawful acts. Standard 5 states that an educator should refrain from the use of alcohol and tobacco products and never use illegal drugs. Standard 4 and Disposition 5 both address respecting the differences of students. They both state that an educator should not discriminate by race, gender, religion, or disability. Both also encourage educators to provide challenging, equitable learning opportunities for all students. Both the Alabama Educator COE and UNA’s COE promote collaboration, but the UNA’s COE is more comprehensive in its description. Both Disposition 6 and Disposition 7 address collaboration; Disposition 6 focuses on working with family and community members, and Disposition 7 focuses on working with other educators. The Alabama Educator COE only mentions collaboration in standard one. One big variation...
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...To: CEO Executive Team Subject: RJDT Task 2: Code of Ethics As the Elementary Division Manager it is my responsibility to establish and enforce a Code of Ethics regarding the distribution of whistles. The decision whether to distribute the whistles as scheduled or incur additional cost to reproduce/repackage the whistle involves exercising ethical decision making. According to the quality assurance manager, the whistles have traces of lead above the U.S. legal acceptable limits for children ages 7 and younger and the cost to reproduce/repackage is $100,000. It is my goal to resolve this dilemma in a manner supported by the Toy Company as well as protect the company while fulfilling our obligations. There are three possible decision alternatives to address the problem. Each having advantages and disadvantages along with financial, legal, and ethical considerations: 1. Distribute whistles as-is and on schedule a. The company’s advantage would be honoring the negotiated contract to produce the whistles. b. The disadvantage would be the potential harm to the client due to increased lead. c. The financial consideration would be the company saving $100,000 at the customer’s risk of harm. d. The legal consideration would be the risk for potential lawsuits. e. It would be unethical towards the customer and law to disregard the regulatory limit of traces of lead. 2. Reproduce and repackage the whistles a. The company’s advantage would be ensuring customer confidence in...
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...Ethics Paper Instructor: Due Date: 08/25/2014 Ethics Paper For all businesses ethical and social responsibility is of paramount importance with regard to customers, partners, clients and the general public. Ethics and social responsibility are more then just what is agreed to and written on paper; there is a great need for businesses to display a ethical nature in all their dealings such as company shareholders to employees, employees to consumers, employees to other employees, and employees to clients. For the majority of companies in today’s business world great many proactive measures are taken to train employees and ensure the maintenance of the companies ethical practices. The time and money spent of maintaining those practices helps to reduce and avoid any internal or external conflicts or issues that might arise. Another critical piece of the puzzle for dealing with ethical concerns is the component of strategic management. The overall goals and expectations for ethics and social responsibility are very similar throughout all companies, the differences occur with how each company take action to address any issues in or out of the work place. This paper will cover businesses ethical and social responsibilities in addition to the strategic planning that is involved with regard to stakeholders and the businesses management In the dictionary ethics is described as, “moral principles that govern a...
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...Running Head: Making ethical and moral decision using the Utilitarian Principal TUI UNIVERSITY XXXXXXXXXXXX Module 2 Case ETH501: Business Ethics Dr. Stevens June 10, 2013 “A pacemaker is a small modern day device, about the size of a half dollar piece, that's placed under the skin near your heart to help control your heartbeat. People may need a pacemaker for a variety of reasons, mostly due to one of a group of conditions called arrhythmias, in which the heart's rhythm is abnormal”(MayoClinic.com, 2012). This device uses electrical pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a standard rate. In the heart's electrical system, impulses generated by the natural pacemaker are conducted to the atria and ventricles. Heart surgery or certain diseases can interrupt transmission (heart block), requiring use of a temporary or permanent artificial pacemaker. A tiny electrode attached to an electric generator outside the body is threaded through a vein into the heart. The generator, inserted beneath the skin, produces regular pulses of electric charge to maintain the heartbeat. Pacemakers can also be implanted on the heart's surface. The Sole Remaining Supplier, which we will refer to as Company X has an ethical dilemma of weather to continue to sell the tiny transistors to a company that makes pacemakers that are not 100% for use of patients in dismal need. To make an ethical and business resolution of what to do as a board of director, the sole remaining...
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...Douglas L. Kaye LS312: Ethics and the Legal Environment Unit 2 Prof. Craig July 16th, 2013 John Stuart Mill developed a systematic statement of utilitarian ethical theory, which is another ethical theory based on the consequences of actions. The application of this theory involves performing the action that produces the best results for the greatest number of people. Utilitarianism can be further reduced into two sub-categories, act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism. Followers of act utilitarianism think that in each ethical situation, an individual should perform the action that produces the best results for the majority of people. Rule utilitarianism requires people to construct and follow an established set of rules that should guarantee the best possible outcome for the majority of the people. Critics of both utilitarianism positions argue that it is extremely difficult to determine future consequences for other people. Another problem of utilitarianism is cost benefit analysis. Essentially, in the quest to please the majority, at what point do the minority’s interest become expendable? Assigning value to individuals in this manner, and using them as a means to an end may not always be considered moral behavior in some situations or circumstances (Kemerling, 2011). In the Palm Beach Post this week was a news article titled, "Royal Palm Beach woman charged with opening fake account, stealing $6,000 from bank" which was about a 50-year-old woman, Anna Papa...
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...An Ethical Dilemma at Work Your Name Axia College University of Phoenix An Ethical Dilemma at Work Dear Diary, I though this country was past the stages of sexism and prejudice in the work place, but how wrong I was in believing that! As a military spouse of a Coast Guard member, I see just how sexist and prejudice the military can still be against women in the work place. My wife has comes home many days with some sort of argument about how unfair things are at work and how the people she works with have no morals or values. I’m going to tell you about a specific situation that my wife faced at work a few months ago while training with her Coast Guard unit. The morals and values of the unit created daily ethical dilemmas for her and the social pressure of “fitting in” only seemed to amplify the situations. My wife has been in the Coast Guard since June of 2007 and her first duty station out of boot camp was at Barnegat Light, New Jersey. It is what the Coast Guard considers a “small boat station” and there are only about 40 to 50 members stationed there total. Because of the nature of the station, there are not many women stationed there. The women that are there are all a bit on the young and attractive side. I figured that since my wife was married, she would not have any problems with sexism over at the station. I was completely wrong in thinking that. Heidi came home with a look of confusion upon her face on a number of occasions. She would generally talk about...
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...2-1 Ethics Case: Brixton Surgical Devices Brixton Surgical Devices, a public company with sales of over $900,000,000, is one of the world’s largest productions of surgical clamps, saws, screws, and stents. Its business involves production of both stock items and customs pieces for doctors at research hospitals. At the end of the third quarter of 2011, it became clear to Ed Walters, chief operating officer, and Robin Smith , chief financial officer, that the company would not make the aggressive annual earnings target specified by the board of directors. In consequence, Ed and Robin would not receive bonuses, which historically had averaged about 35 percent of their base compensation. The two devised the following strategy. “Here’s what we’ll do,” suggested Ed. “We’ve never offered our customers a discount. Let’s change that right now. We’ll offer a 25 percent discount on all orders placed in October and November for delivery in December of 2011.” “That will certainly boost fourth-quarter sales,” said Robin. “But you know, it won’t really increase total sales. It’ll just transfer some sales from the first quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2011. Of course, 2011 is where we need earnings to hit our bonus target. Hey, I’ve got another idea. We can also jack up productions of our stock items in the fourth quarter. With our high-priced production equipment we’ve got a ton of overhead. But the more we produce the more overhead we can bury in inventory. With lower unit costs...
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...Lowry vs. Walmart Learning Team A Com/295 June 6, 2016 Lowry vs. Walmart There are times when people do not feel right about a given situation and are compelled to disclose this information to the company, but this time, it did not turn out in the employees favor. "But I acted in good faith, just pointing out that there might have been some wrongdoing," said Lowry. During her day-long orientation that focused mainly on ethics, she was instructed what to do if someone had an idea that there was something unethical going on. Lowry now finds herself looking for a job so that she can continue to support her two children. This is not the first time Wal-Mart has been under scrutiny for controversial Ethics Violations or Defamation of Character suits. She should not be forced out of her position. According to "To Whom Does an Ethical Business Owe a Responsibility" (2004), four groups of people are generally responsible for the success of a business: Employees, customers, the community, and shareholders". In Wal-Mart vs. Lowry, Wal-Mart has an obligation to their employee. Why send her through the process of having to apply for a position in another department when she is already and employee? This is not only unfair to their employee but unjust. This unethical matter is now a public matter. Knowing how Wal-Mart has treated their own, who was only looking out for the company, does not look good to dedicated consumers. Wal-Mart has an obligation to...
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...UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENT 2 Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Ethics Statement People have the uncanny knack of communicating something even if they didn’t intend to do it. It’s the way that the way our body moves is able to tell the real story, sometimes though what we physically say is not re enforced by our body language. Most people who take the time to study your disposition enough are able to gather more information about you than if they just listened to you. I know I have to be careful that I’m not meaning one thing but say another. What people hear and what is actually said is sometimes very different. If we’re not careful we can all have unethical behavior that demeans others. For example, if you speak in a patronizing vocal tone, if you scream at the less powerful, or if you touch people inappropriately, you are engaging in unethical nonverbal communication. Similarly, if you respond to others' communication in a way that misrepresents how you actually feel, you are being unethical. Thus if you laugh at a racist joke even though you dislike it, your behavior is unethical both because it degrades others, and because it misrepresents your true reaction to the joke. Nonverbal behaviors reflect your real attitudes, beliefs, and feelings. Without being aware of it we could be using our nonverbal behavior to intimidate, coerce, or even silence someone. Always try to remember that you are just as responsible for your nonverbal communication as you are for your verbal communication...
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...receives it. And also some other facts which should be considered like life expectancy, importance, age etc. when deciding on whom to donate the heart to. He’s cause for damage to the heart was the steroids, of which he was unaware of the consequences of taking the steroids at the time he took so there wasn’t any sort of health irresponsibility known otherwise. His chances to live 10-15 more years are very high so it’s one point investing in him. He has a family to take care of, wife and the 3 kids who he has to support till they are on their feet and so forth. He also has been a good supporting father as he’s already being supporting their dreams career wise and the future. So my first choice with all confidence would be Jerry. The number 2 choice is Ozzie because as LONG as he does not get back on his old ways HE does hold out some hope on society as a whole as long he does NOT revert back and does good in society by helping out and he no longer does any drugs - he really can have a useful and a prosperous and productive life. His chances of living after a successful heart transplant are another 10 years but only if he stays off the drugs and which is not really guaranteed but if he does he can be a very good mentor and a coach or a guidance for teens with troubled life as they are on drugs already. Since Ozzie have seen the side effects and losses because of the drugs, he can let the teens know it too and...
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...How to Motivate Employees and Improve Work Ethics by Lisa Bigelow, Demand Media Don't point out mistakes that are mistakes in your eyes only. Related Articles * Can You Motivate Employees by Reducing Supervision at Work? * Decisions Employees Can Make to Help Motivate Themselves * Advantages of Training Employees About Work Ethics * How to Motivate Your Employees' Team Building * A List of Good Work Ethics by Employees * Different Types of Organizational Structure Motivating employees to work more productively and to be happier while doing it is a stiff challenge for even the most seasoned manager. Human behavior specialists indicate that the best way to avoid motivation and laziness problems is to assess potential employees carefully by way of personality testing. But what do you do when the hiring's done and you need the employees you have to perform more productively? Try proven, specific techniques designed to keep even your most cynical employees satisfied and productive. The first step? Back off. Nobody likes a micromanager. Ads by Google Options Trading Lessons With just these 3 Free reports you could be trading by day's end. wealthdaily.com/Options_Trading Step 1 Set specific goals, and trust your employees to reach them. According to Forbes, nothing makes enthusiasm vanish faster than a micromanager who doesn't trust her employees to do their work properly. Force yourself to let go by setting a clear and achievable goal; for example...
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