...HR / Accounting / Marketing) Assignment Brief Unit Number and Title Unit 26 – Business Ethics Qualification MAPS Associate’s Degree in BM/HRM/Accounting/Marketing Management BTEC HND in Business (Management/HR/Accounting/Marketing) Date Issued November 2, 2015 Assessor Ms. Aminath Aroosha Assignment title Date Due Report: November 30, 2015 Class Activity: November 9th &10th, 2015 ETHICAL ISSUES ( NAME OF THE COMPANY) IS FACING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES FOR THE SUCCESS OF BUSINESS The purpose of this assignment is to check student: 1 Understanding of different ethical perspectives in business 2 Understanding of business objectives from an ethical perspective 3 Understand of ethics in workplace relationships 4 Ability to assess a current ethical issue in a business. Instructions to Learners: 1. Please read the assignment brief carefully and follow the evidence criteria. 2. An electronic copy of your assessment must be fully uploaded by the deadline date and time. You may submit one single PDF or MS Office Word document or Google document. 3. The electronic copy should be named as “YourFullName_Unit26” 4. Hard copy of the assignment must be submitted latest by 2 pm, 01 December 2015. Assignment will only be accepted for marking if the hard copy and the electronic copy uploaded are the same. 5. Label work with appropriate tasks/criteria’s/number 6. The assignment must be typewritten with 1.15 spacing...
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...In your opinion, when does life begin and what are the ethical implications of your position? While some suggest that life is a continuum as gametes link generations, it is the society’s general view that life begins at a distinct time point. To many, life begins at the time when we are born in the hospital as a baby. At that particular moment, an individual is officially declared as “born” and thus be granted an identify in the society. Seemingly, life of an individual begins at birth. However, debates on when life begins have been on-going throughout human history due to its significant ethical, biomedical and philosophical consequences. Despite the many factors we need to consider when thinking about when life begins, Dr. Ricki Lewis, a science writer with a PhD in genetics, managed to narrow down the options to 17 time points, based primarily on biomedical factors. Amongst these time points, I believe life begins at week 22 of pregnancy. In this essay, I will support my stance by comparing it to some other major arguments. The ethical implications of my stance will also be illustrated and discussed. Life begins only when an organism has the ability to survive. When we discuss when life begins, it is important to define what life is. There are three definitions of life, said Dr. Chris McKay on his article. Life can be referred to a collective understanding of a system of material entitles that can undergo evolution (i.e. when we are asking if there is any life...
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...158-C-1230, Apply the Ethical Decision Making Method at Small Unit Level | | | | | | |Disclaimer: The training developer downloaded the extracted material from the General Dennis J. Reimer Training and| | |Doctrine Digital Library (https://atiam.train.army.mil). The text may contain passive voice, misspellings, | | |grammatical errors, etc., and may not be in compliance with the Army Writing Style Program. | Apply the Ethical Decision Making Method at Small Unit Level 158-C-1230 Conditions: As a leader faced with a situation which requires you to make an ethical decision. Standards: Resolved the situation ethically by appropriately applying the Ethical Decision Making Method FM-1 FM 6-22 AR 600-100. Training and Evaluation Guide Performance Steps: 1) Clearly define the ethical problem. The ethical problem in the case study is deciding to do the right or wrong thing about the secret papers. It also has to do with whether or not I should confront SFC Sharp about the issue or just the necessary personnel since he’s leaving. 2. Employ applicable laws and regulations. I think in this case I would have to look at my new units SOP’s and then I would look into the regulations over secret...
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...know and do what is right for the people. A higher authority is crucial for supervising and regulating others as well as being an example of a hard and dedicated worker. Ciulla (2004) believes ethics is the heart of leadership and a good leader is ethical and effective. In this paper I analyze the importance of personal ethics in leadership and how ethics produce effective leaders. The traits’ I believe an effective leader has is; character, competence, compassion, courage, and to be open to change. Throughout this paper the reader will develop an understanding of what is personally required to become an ethical and effective leader. Ethical Leader Traits Leadership is a relationship between people. Therefore, the ability to ethically influence others is a major determination of effective leadership (Waggoner, 2010). Strong Personal Character is possibly the most important characteristic of a leader. A person’s true character is who they are when they are put in a difficult situation. It is the decisions and the morality of a leader that gives them the respectable character that others look to follow. It is essential for a leader to have character because a leader needs the ability to see what others cannot, the sacrifices that must be made, even if the sacrifice is their own. The second characteristic is competence. Having...
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...Leadership, Ethics, and Scandal Leadership and ethics are two topics that are a part of the training for all military leaders, both officers and enlisted and across all branches of service. Leadership can be defined in any number of ways. Kouzes and Posner quote Genentech executive Alan Keith as saying “Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen” (Kouzes & Posner, 2007, p. 16). Keith’s idea of what defines leadership is one of the better definitions in print today. Ethics are defined as the moral principles that dictate a person’s or a group’s behavior. By using the ideas and writings of Terry Price (2008) and Craig Johnson (2012) a concept of what ethical leadership can be obtained. Ethical leadership is knowing what your core values are and having the courage to live them in all parts of your life in service of the common good; whether it is in private or in public (Price, 2008/ Johnson, 2012). Over the past few years the Army has seen its share of scandals involving a number of top leaders. A few of the more notable reports involved former four-star General William “Kip” Ward, one-star Brigadier General Jeffrey A. Sinclair, former Colonel James H. Johnson III, and former CIA Director and retired Army four-star General David H. Petraeus (Briggs, 2012, Nov. 15). Army four-star general William “Kip” Ward, the first officer to open the new Africa Command in 2008, came under scrutiny for allegations...
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...Introduction It has been brought to our attention that a product defect in the Ever Last Ovenware line has led to the injury of a Mrs. Farzam. This report has been created with the intent of explaining what went wrong, and possible outcomes which may now occur as a result. After being redesigned to be more profitable, products in the Ever Last product line developed a defect as a result of the new manufacturing process. A small number of products would explode if exposed to a cold surface after cooking. Failure to correct this defect, or warn anyone about it has to a customer, Mrs. Farzam, being seriously injured as a result. It is possible that Mrs. Farzam will bring forth a lawsuit against Rock Cookware, so we have prepared this report to inform you of what may happen. The report contains a financial report showing what would have happened if the engineers redesign plan worked as intended. After preparing an income statement we discovered that the target number of 25% return on sales would have been exceeded and the redesign would have been a success. We then prepared an income statement based on the idea of recycling all of the defective cookware, returning to the old manufacturing process, cutting the price by 10%, and then adjusting for lost sales and customers. This showed that by choosing that option the 25% return on sales threshold would not be met by a very large margin. This report also contains information on the possibility of Mrs. Farzam being awarded punitive...
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...2010 Benny Van Calster – EMBA 2009-2011 AMS - Take Home Exam – Global Business Law & Ethics [GLOBAL BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS – PROF. DONALD MAYER] Take home exam for course of Global Business law & ethics. Based on teaching notes & B. Nelson book. Q1 of CVD CASE -> State why Karl Mann’s boss has provided advice that was ethically & strategically to be ignored … + Why is digging a shallow trench a poor choice? We have clearly seen in the course that the legal and ethical behavior of an organization and its employees should support the long-term business strategy. It is imperative that ‘sustainable growth’ is the driving force of any organization… and this should be based on the People-Profit-Planet structure we have reviewed in the course. If we look to the advice of Karl Mann’s boss we could analyze it as following: 1. Profit: the decision/advice will support the short-term goal of profits, but not in a foreseeable and sustainable way; the risk which is embedded in his advice (i.e. possible death of people) is too high for the corporation! If something happens with injuries of workers the reputation of the corporation is damaged as such that the long-term profit is at risk… 2. People: this is clearly not the right advice in order to prevent damages and injuries at the people side. He reckons there have been accidents with dead people before, and still advices to go down that route ..; clearly an unethical decision where he –on purpose- risks the life of his workers. This...
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...Unit 9 Final Project HU – 245 - 10 Professor Ronald Wade Erin Broker 8/30/2009 Kaplan University Unit 9 Final Project Introduction Ethics is the area of study that deals with morality and how we make decisions about how we behave as individuals and how our actions reflect our values and conduct towards one another. This class focused on two viewpoints that helped us define morality and how to apply it in new ways of thinking and reasoning when dealing with issues in our lives: consequential reasoning and non-consequential reasoning. Through an evaluation of my collected works, I will attempt to show an improvement in the areas of analytical skill building, knowledge acquisition, and practical application that are the key objectives of this class. The objective of these three skill areas was to help us better understand how to think ethically and to understand why others think the way they do and how to come to a better understanding of a difference of opinions on various subjects. Analytical Skills Analytical skill building helps to improve your critical reading, writing and thinking skills. In unit 2 Case Study B, I evaluated a situation where an employee was upset with his employer’s treatment of its employees. In analyzing the situation, I was able to come to an understanding of how best the company should respect Mr. Lopez’s rights and moral dignity as an employee by using consequential reasoning: A company should take whatever steps necessary to...
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...BUSINESS SCHOOL Unit of Study Outline Unit Code QBUS5001 Unit Title Quantitative Methods for Business Semester 2, 2013 Pre-requisite Units: None Co-requisite Units: None Prohibited Units: ECMT5001, QBUS5002 Assumed Knowledge and/or Skills: Basic calculus, basic concept of probability and statistics Unit Coordinator: Dr Boris Choy Address: Room 482, Merewether Building(H04), The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Email: boris.choy@sydney.edu.au Phone: 0293512787 Consultation Hours: Mondays 2pm-3pm at Room 482, H04 Class Day(s): Thursdays 6pm-9pm at Merewether Lecture Room 5, H04 Required Text / Resources: 1. Textbook: Selvanathan E.A., Selvanathan, S & Keller, G. (2011) Business Statistics, Australia & New Zealand 5th Edition. CENGAGE Learning. www.cengage.com.au/selvanathan5e 2. Online resources: Blackboard and Aplia 3. Software: MS Excel with Data Analysis Plus add-in This Guide to Unit Learning Content and Assessment MUST be read in conjunction with the Business School Student Administration Manual for information about all processes (sydney.edu.au/business/currentstudents/student_information/student_administration_manual) and the Business School unit of study common policy and implementation information that apply to every unit of study offered by the Business School (http://sydney.edu.au/business/currentstudents/policy). In determining applications and appeals relating to these matters it will be assumed that every student has taken the time to familiarise themselves...
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...students develop self-reliance, confidence, problem solving, and adaptability, while simultaneously gaining knowledge and developing a sense of efficacy in their ability to negotiate inherent dilemmas in practice. When pedagogical strategies “block the exits” to escape from the implications and effects of their practice, students are held to high benchmarks of critical and reflective thinking. The “lived” experience provided by a problem-based pedagogy also develops confidence and a sense of efficacy in students. Moreover, this approach integrates thinking and doing in a way that binds practices with the social and ethical effects produced. Introduction Journalists often describe their thinking as so intrinsic as to defy explanation. They say they “know a good story when they see one” and “know what to do without thinking" because their thinking processes, once internalised, are used almost without consciousness. But as Adam (1993:11,13) found, journalism always involves the conferring of judgement on the shape of things. So it is important that journalists can recognise the influences on their thinking in a context “where every decision is a professional decision, a commercial decision and an ethical decision” (Sheridan Burns 1995:5). This model uses critical reflection as a cognitive bridge between journalism theory and professional practice. Through it, students develop self-reliance, confidence, problem solving, and...
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...cross-culture sensitivity workshops. The purpose of this assignment is to create a formal annotated bibliography using the annotated bibliography entries from the six works related the inquiry topic I have created in Units 1, 2, and 3, the research article are as follows; The Elements of Leadership in a Global Environment, Global marketing managers, Developing leaders’ strategic thinking through global work experience: The moderating role of cultural distance, Responsible Leadership in Global Business: A New Approach to Leadership and Its Multi-Level Outcomes, Global Leadership: A New Framework for a Changing World, and Competitive Action in the Diffusion of Internet Technology Products in Emerging Markets: Implications for Global Marketing Managers. This six articles will analyzes each article research overview, purpose of study, methodology, key findings and limitations and opportunities of global leaders in various business sector. Article 1 Bishop, W. H. (2013). The Elements of Leadership in a Global Environment. Global Business & Organizational Excellence, 32(5), 78-85. doi:10.1002/joe.21505 Overview The articles states that American marketplace and globalization have led to recognition of diversity initiatives as not only the right thing to do ethically and culturally, but also a competitive imperative. To be effective in such an environment, leaders must do more than pay lip service to the general concept of diversity. They must first realize that diversity manifests...
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...LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TOPIC 2: THE PARADOXES OF MANAGEMENT Explain the research and thinking behind each of the classic approaches to management 1900 – 1925: The Rational Goal Model The focus of the Rational Goal model was work organisation and efficiency. New managerial and organisational practices appeared. During this period, breakthroughs emerged in manufacturing efficiency through assembly lines and geographic expansion of companies in the United States, in which the modern divisionalised and dispersed organisation form emerged. This approach is still prevalent today in many developing countries as routine and repetitive manufacturing and services work is moved from developed economies to lower HR costs and lesser regulated, emerging economies. A major criticism of scientific management has been its focus on the worker as no more than an input to the mechanism of manufacturing or tasking. The organic aspect of workers as human beings and not cogs in the machine can frequently be left out of consideration in designing work under the Rational Goal model using Scientific Management. 1900 – 1925: The Internal Process Model The Internal Process model of management is concerned with processes of responsibilities, measurement and orderly rules, structures and procedures. In 1916 Henri Fayol identified management as a universal set of functions encompassing: planning, organising, commanding, coordinating activities, and controlling performance. ...
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...please email them to: Lstclair@bryant.edu Copyright © 2011 Competing Values Competency Questionnaire The Competing Values Competency Questionnaire is a tool to help you assess your development as a managerial leader with respect to the four quadrants of the competing values framework.* This questionnaire consists of 100 questions related to skills that managerial leaders need to meet the challenges of complexity, ambiguity, and paradox that characterize the world today. For each item, indicate how often you have successfully engaged in the activity. Rate yourself on the following 7 point scale: Never | Very Seldom | Seldom | Occasionally | Frequently | Very Frequently | Almost Always | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | It is important to note that this questionnaire is not designed to provide a final evaluation of your ability as a managerial leader. It is designed to provide a “snap-shot” profile, based on your current experience, strengths, and weaknesses. You then can use the profile to create a personal development plan based on your individual needs and interests. Some items refer to general activities that you may do regularly, such as recognizing people’s feelings. Others items refer to more specific activities and tools that you may not have had any experience with yet, such as coaching people on career issues or preparing a Gantt chart. If you have not had a chance to engage in the activity specified or are unfamiliar with the tool or...
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...ENGLISH RESPONDING TO VISUAL TEXTS Unit Description | This unit of learning involves responding to visual forms of literature; understanding meaning and analyzing intended purposes and messages of directors. | NCEA Level | Curriculum Level | Allocated time period | 3 | 8 | 5-6 weeks | Opportunities for assessment | Standard | Standard title | Internal / External | Credit Value | 91473914759147691478 | Respond critically to specified aspects of visual texts studied.Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains and structures ideas.Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral textRespond critically to significant connections across texts | ExternalInternalInternalInternal | 46 (part of portfolio)3 4 (part of portfolio) | Key Content Areas | Learning intentions and outcomes | In studying visual texts, students will cover: * Director’s intentions and purposes * Stylistic conventions and their impact on meaning * Contextualization of literature * Key literary aspects such as characterization, setting, structure, film techniques and cinematography * Analytical and creative writing | By the end of this unit, students will be able to: * Develop ideas in a coherent and sophisticated manner * Critically analyse a visual text * Appreciate the different understandings that viewers can bring to a text * Understand and appreciate the director’s craft and its impact upon readers. * Collect and use evidence to support...
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...and if John the former employee has any claim as the true “inventor” of AD23. One real-world example of intellectual property theft will be examined and the effect to that company’s brand will be discussed. The issue surrounding John’s wife’s death and the other potential litigants against PharmaCare will be analyzed further as the result of AD23. Finally, both major arguments that John can make to claim that he is a whistleblower and the type of protections that should be afforded will be specified. Ethical Issues Marketing and advertising in the pharmaceutical business is a useful tool to assist in boosting sales. However, there is also room for ethical issues to arise if the business and the sales teams they have employed are not ethically sound in their practices....
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