ethical decision making that integrates the decision-making process and the content variables considered by individuals facing ethical dilemmas. The process described in the model is drawn from Janis and Mann’s [1977, Decision Making: A Psychological Analysis of Conflict Choice and Commitment (The Free Press, New York)] work describing the decision process in an environment of conflict, choice and commitment. The model is enhanced by the inclusion of content variables derived from the ethics literature
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and the Repercussions of Unethical Choices In business, managers must attempt to take ethical approaches to all areas of work so as not to compromise the company, the employees, or the organization’s consumers. Specific criteria have been established for managers to follow in order to remain ethical, even when faced with unethical situations. Ivancevich, Konopaske and Mattseson identify these criteria as the following: 1. Utilitarian outcomes. The manager’s behavior results in optimization of
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fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Graduate Diploma in Master’s Degree in Business Management Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to provide a critical analysis of the 2002 collapse of Adelphia Communications as seen through the lens of Immanuel Kant deontological ethics. This analysis will be accomplished by providing a brief time lime of the Adelphia, identifying and discussing two key ethical problems raised and describing what is meant by deontological ethics. More
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Johnson’s article demonstrates why Carly Fiorina failed as an Ethical Leader of the HewlettPackard Company for five years up to 2005. Johnson’s argument concentrates on Fiorina’s role as a moral person rather than as a moral manager and provides considerable behavioural trait failures by Fiorina, supported by plenty of anecdotal evidence to support his claim. Johnson identifies Fiorina’s leadership direction was set by the Board of HP, found that the Board itself had been unethical, and the Board
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Knorr, A., & Arndt, A. (2003). Swissair’s Collapse - an Economic Analysis. Materialien des Wissenschafts schwerpunktes: Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft, Bd. 28, September 2003. Bremen This article discusses the failure of Swissair by analyzing the financials of the company prior to the year 2001 when the company became grounded. It begins by giving the company’s profile and its history from establishment in 1931. The paper highlights the company’s successes and gives a table that shows the gradual
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behavioral aspect of accounting with emphasis on the need of ethics; the methodology used is purely content analysis, using secondary data. The study reveals that unethical behavior is less prevalence in the organization that has adopted corporate code of ethics. Therefore, it is recommends that corporation without formal code of ethics should adopt it in order to mitigate the unethical behavior while users of financial report should possess analytical ability in order to have a better understanding
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fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Graduate Diploma in Master’s Degree in Business Management Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to provide a critical analysis of the 2002 collapse of Adelphia Communications as seen through the lens of Immanuel Kant deontological ethics. This analysis will be accomplished by providing a brief time lime of the Adelphia, identifying and discussing two key ethical problems raised and describing what is meant by deontological ethics. More
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01 May 2012 1. Background The literature being studied is an article written by Hellen O’ Sullivan, the Director of Scientific Methods Australia. The article entitled “Business ethics are set to stage a comeback” was published on the 75th page of The Australian Financial Review on the 6th February 1990. 2. Literature Review Basically, the article discussed several important issues about business ethics. One of the most prominent was the remark she made about business ethics making
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Walmart Movie Analysis Threat Level Midnight MGMT 382, 12:00pm Monday Class Rheanna Ladron De Guevara Mohammad Shojaei Danielle Seymour Teresa Radtke Curtis Anson Amy Self Walmart is quite arguably one of the largest multinational grocery retailers in America. The corporation routinely produces record sales, earnings, and employs more than 2.1 million full time employees. Last year Walmart earned a record four hundred and five billion dollars in revenue. The company was founded
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eBusiness Research Paper The content regulation of the Internet has become the fore of public debate as an issue that both government and Net users are concerned about. Many companies have benefited from the use of e-Business in terms of revenue, capturing its marketing mix and driving shareholder value. However, governmental regulation can have a major effect on both the strategy and financial survival of e-Business. As technology continue to evolve at a rapid pace, governmental regulation struggles
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