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    Business Ethics Theories and Affirmative Action

    White males have been the most powerful group in the United States for years. Through economic exclusions, enforced by laws and reinforced by deep cultural attitudes, there has existed, in effect, a preferential hiring program for white males. In light of that historical reality and the dynamics that remain in our culture, evalu

    Importance of Ethics in Effective Business Communication

    Could you please help me with a project on business ethics by answering the following questions?: How do ethics play a strong role in effective communications? What are the importance of ethics in business communications? What types of concerns could arise if ethics are not considered in business communications? Thank you.

    Communication, Power, Ethical guidelines and communication issues

    What would be the actions you would take to address major communication issues in a situation? Explain how these actions would improve the effectiveness of communications during the negotiation. Explain how you would use any two sources of power. It would depend on the specific situation, but if it was internal I w

    Why isn't the job creation ideas not working?

    What specifically has been done to stimulate job creation? Has it been working? How has the market reacted to the recent (and past) jobs reports (and unemployment reports)? The President tried to create jobs by repairing infrastructure (roads, highways, bridges) (ours for a modern country are very old and in need have re

    Ethics Case: Danville Corporation

    Danville Bottlers is a wholesale beverage company. Danville uses the FIFO inventory method to determine the cost of its ending inventory. Ending inventory quantities are determined by a physical count. For the fiscal year end June 30, 2011, ending inventory was originally determined to be $3,265,000. However, on July 17, 2011, J

    Discussing Leadership and Ethics

    During your first month at ECG, you convene a meeting of the Ethics Review Committee to review a client situation. The situation is straightforward: An ECG partner has not been diligent in fulfilling contractual obligations for a business strategy engagement, which requires timely response because the final presentation to the c

    Ethic case for Research - The Ethical Temperature in Arcticview

    The Ethical Temperature in Arcticview Mary Benninger had sought out her old friend, Tom Chu, to discuss her employment situation. Mary and Tom had both graduated in 1985 from Mackenzie King University, and then studied together to attain their CMA designations in 1988. Soon thereafter, Tom was promoted quickly within his divis

    campaigns targeting young children

    A number of fast food companies run regular marketing campaigns targeting young children with the temptation of a small gift, normally some form of toy, in a series of collections. Do you think these companies are exercising good marketing ethics in targeting such young children whom are unable to understand that this is a fo

    Business Ethics

    Death of a salesman: Should an employer ever be held liable for "Murder" in the death of an employee? At what point can an employer be so sloppy, or even intentionally not interested in employee safety where you would say the act was criminal and the employer personally liable like this...if ever.

    Sample Ethics Paper

    Discuss a topic relating to ethics. Examples of appropriate topics include personal ethics, organizational influences on ethics, profession-based ethics, legal influences (particularly recent legislation), and corporate governance. Students should attempt to develop a personal scenario that they are likely to confront in their

    Corporate Ethics Officer: Prepare a job description for the new position

    You have been asked by your CEO to recruit for a new position: corporate ethics officer. Prepare a job description for this new position. In the job description, make sure to discuss the role the ethics officer will play in the company as well as the qualifications this individual must hold.

    Corporate memo to explain need for an ethics training program

    You are a high level manager for a corporation that has recently expanded into the global market. You have been asked to manage an interdepartmental team that will help you to create a global ethics training program. Imagine that your team has very little, if any, experience with ethics training or international management.

    Ethics training program in Hospitality

    Set 1: What are the steps in developing and evaluating an ethics training program? How would senior management effectively evaluate their ethics training program? Set 2: What key fundamentals regarding ethics in hospitality management are the most important? How will these key fundamentals influence a potential hospitalit

    Ethics & The World Bank...

    Paul Wolfowitz was the head of the World Bank from June 1, 2005 through mid-2007. At the time he became president of the bank, Mr. Wolfowitz was romantically involved with an executive at the bank, Shaza Riza. Mr. Wolfowitz went to the board with an ethics question about their relationship and her employment, and the bank boar

    International Business Ethics: Example Problem

    Your firm has been investigating the possibility of locating facilities in an East Asian country such as Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, or Singapore. You have been asked by the chief executive officer (CEO) to research what has been happening in these countries in terms of environmental legislation and laws regarding wages and hour

    Hospitality Code of Ethics and Training Program

    Please help me write a plan for an ethics training program that includes: - A management training plan that trains managers on the code of ethics (included below) and prepares them to train their employees. - A plan for managers to identify ethical problems faced by hospitality managers and a strategy to help them overcom

    Hospitality: Code of Ethics for Ethical Financial Management

    Please help me create the formal code of ethics policy for O'Dell's Oasis Resort's Front Desk and Housekeeping departments where you: present the resort's policy toward ethical financial management. Company Synopsis: O'Dell's Oasis Resort is a full-service property with 700 guest rooms and suites, 3 restaurants, 2 bars

    Legal / Ethical ideas for work environment

    The paper should take an in-depth look at a legal/ethical issue or situation relating to current, previous, or potential future work environment(s) for the student. A successful paper will contain all of the following: Evidence of the student's understanding of the issue/situation in relationship to business, government and

    How does ethics affect the financial decision-making process?

    Locate an article regarding ethics considerations in financial management. Write an article analysis in which you address the following items: > Discuss how ethics affects the financial decision-making process. > Explain the ethics considerations involved in financial decision-making outlined in the article. > Identify th

    18-2 HeadGear, Inc., Full Versus Variable Costing and Ethical Issues

    18-2 Full Versus Variable Costing and Ethical Issues HeadGear, Inc is a small manufacturer of headphones for use in commercial and personal applications. The HeadGear headphones are known for their outstanding sound quality and light weight, which makes them highly desirable especially in the commercial market for telemarket

    Consumer Behavior and Business Ethics Questions

    part 1- The increase in technology has had a profound effect on virtually every business sector. How has increased technology affected the measurement of consumer behavior? part 2- This article sets up an interesting and very common dilemna for a marketing researcher. What would you do and include your rationale. htt

    Ethics in Drugs, Animals and Sustainability

    1. Prescription drug companies advertise on radio and television. Do you believe that it is ethical for drug companies to advertise directly to consumers? 2. Do you consider Walmart a company that has a positive or negative social reputation? Do you think they impoverish the communities they have a presence in or do you thin