1 The American Red Cross Dr. Jack Huddleston Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making & Case July 21, 2013 2 1. Determine the impact of this event on ARC’s “benefits of business ethics” (employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction, and bottom line). The American Red Cross (ARC), also identified as the “The Face of Recovery”, is a humanitarian organization that provides
Words: 1377 - Pages: 6
Spain. She has taught Business Ethics at the University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, for the International Education of Students (IES), a consortium comprised of more than 120 leading US colleges and universities. Her current research focuses on the concept and implementation of Corporate Social Responsibilities. She also has interest in organizational learning, entrepreneurship and innovation. ` ´ Domenec Mele is Professor and Director of the Department of Business Ethics at IESE Business School, University
Words: 13497 - Pages: 54
sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues. Striving for social responsibility helps individuals, organizations and governments have a positive impact on development, business and society with a positive contribution to bottom-line results,” (http://www.imasocialentrepreneur.com/social-responsibility/). In layman’s terms, corporations have a responsibility to serve the community while providing goods and services and making a profit. Business Law author Henry Cheeseman identifies
Words: 1568 - Pages: 7
I have to make sure that I understand the difference between morals, values, and ethics. Values are something that we have learned from childhood. As a child we feed off the things our parents are doing as well as the influences of other adults surrounding us. Morals are believed to be the beliefs that we have developed based on the things that we value and how we feel that one should behave in any situation. Ethics is the way one behaves in a situation based on testing someone’s morals and values
Words: 1213 - Pages: 5
who was not legally responsible to make medical decisions for this patient. This nurse also withheld pertinent information regarding the knowledge of and stated in the Advanced Directive. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics Provision 1.4 The
Words: 1261 - Pages: 6
immediately to do more than what's being done. One necessary and extremely important step is to address some of the causes. When trying to uncover some causes of something of this magnitude, many factors need to be considered. In his book Practical Ethics, Peter Singer addresses the issue of Relative
Words: 980 - Pages: 4
Are so called bad apples the cause of ethical problems in organizations? Why or Why not? According to the bad apple theory, people are good or bad and organizations are powerless to change these folks. This bad apple idea16 is appealing in part because unethical behavior can then be blamed on a few individuals with poor character. Although it’s unpleasant to fire people, it’s relatively easier for organizations to search for and discard a few bad apples than to search for some organizational
Words: 1018 - Pages: 5
Drones, Ethics, and the Armchair Soldier This is an article by the philosopher John Kaag about how the military is dealing with the changes in today’s environment with military warfare and the affects it has on the ground pilots that are driving drones to eliminate targets and terrorists. 10 years ago the Iraq invasion was a remote control game for the soldiers, very similar to how we use our remote controls for channel surfing on the TV or video games today. Many people use remote controls to
Words: 1225 - Pages: 5
Business Ethics Alyssa N. Coverdale BUS 610 Professor Magdy Hussein September 22, 2014 Introduction: With business ethics there are many different things to consider. Some leaders have a very difficult time grasping the importance of ethics within their organization, while other even though they try to be ethical, still have some flaws. Even though things went ugly for Robert Nardelli I believe he stood his ground and made an example of
Words: 1091 - Pages: 5
Consumers in the villages purchased the cloth from the cloth merchant. The cloth merchant granted credit in order to support sales. The suppliers were very competitive in order to keep the merchants. They were aggressive in price, service, and credit line. Due to the fact that profit margins were thin, Kota had policies which required a plan of seasonal production. Kota operated at peak capacity for two months and decrease capacity for the rest of the year. This caused continuous hiring and layoffs
Words: 3373 - Pages: 14
