to identify some of the ethical issues that are presented in the article entitled ‘News of the World: What was it like on the inside?’ Finally, this paper is also going to come to a conclusion regarding the effectiveness of business theories and practices. Part A Ethical theories Utilitarianism: The utilitarian theory insists that an action is considered to be right or wrong based on the consequences of the action and its effects on majority of the people .This means that an action or practice
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on current advertisements. It was found that the male and female participants mutually find present ads to be inappropriate when considering these aspects. Alcohol, tobacco and sexual portrayals pose a concern to the participants rendering them unethical. A general consensus proposed stricter regulatory measures to be taken against such advertisements. Lebanese advertisers must venture for opportunities and methods to publicize ideas and products without submitting them to immoral standards. Further
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companies are making contributions to environmental protection organizations, sponsoring and participating in clean-up events, promoting recycling, retooling manufacturing processes to minimize waste and pollution, and generally reevaluating the effects of their products on the natural environment. b) Green marketing refers to the specific development, pricing, promotion, and distribution of products that do not harm the natural environment. c) Although demand for economic, legal, and ethical
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newspaper and avoid reading an article dealing with the unethical and possibly even illegal conduct of those who run our businesses. Whether it is insider stock manipulation, off balance sheet partnerships, questionable accounting practices, dumping of environmental contaminants, the stories continue to appear. The ethical conduct of U.S. businesses will be examined and compared with that of the past. The ethical climate has changed in the last couple of decades. Unethical conduct is nothing new to
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Unethical Business Practices Charles Graham RES351 March 24, 2014 William Greer According to the Department of Justice (GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data, 2012), in 2012 pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (GSK) plead guilty to fraud allegations and failure to report safety data, and agreed to pay $3 billion to settle civil and criminal liabilities. GSK was heavily promoting well known drugs for uses other
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group discussion room and also decided to communicate with each other regularly by our cellular phone and with the electronic mails. On the meeting, we searched for the articles relevant to our topic and we found one article each. We read all three articles and discussed about the articles and about our topic briefly. The articles that we have found are- 1) “Management Ethics making the right choice” by Richard B. Secord. 2) “The personal selling and sales management Ethics Research, managerial
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Facebook Unethical Use of User Data for Social Experimentation Bonita V. Earls Longwood University Abstract His paper explores the ethical impact of Facebooks 2012 study on emotional contagion in a social web environment. The study is controversial due to the fact Facebook researchers failed to follow standard ethical guidelines as set forth in the healthcare industry, failed to clearly communicate the study, its intentions, and methodology to its users, and manipulated data in such a way
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Enron Leadership Orientations Case Analysis Enron’s company culture will be evaluated using four leadership frameworks: Structural, Political, Human resource, and Symbolic. The structural framework will evaluate the architectural and structural design of the organization, its units and subunits, roles and rules, goals and policies. The political framework will evaluate the struggles Enron faced for power and advantage and the competitiveness and scarce resources that create challenge. The human
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China and Mexico. The articles I have located for this research are both drawn from the University Library, the first one being Business Ethics and Social Responsibility in Contemporary China, by St. Clair and Norris, the second being Introduction to Central America and Mexico: Efforts and obstacles in creating ethical organizations and an ethical economy, by Collins and Whitaker. I will be reviewing China first, followed by Mexico. Chinese Business Ethics In their article, St. Clair and Norris
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Building Brand Image With Ethics The Positive and Negative Effects of Ethical and Unethical Behaviors on Brand Trust Executive Summary In the market of today, businesses are faced with complex situations where they not only have to make decisions for the better of the company, but also for the better of society. In an economy and market that thrives on the competitiveness of various companies, business officials must abandon the focus on profit and focus on the needs of their
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