Ethics essays and research papers
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Code of Ethics
The case I am analyzing is about David Wittig, the former Westar Energy chief executive. He has been convicted of looting the utility. In a ruling last Tuesday, January 3rd, U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson upheld the majority of the Kansas City, Kansas jury's decision in September requiring Wittig to forfeit millions of dollars in stock, insurance payments, incentive bonuses and other assets tied to his crime. But Robinson said that the government failed to
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Hacker Ethic Response
In many ways the hacker ethic has helped in the development and furthering of the Internet. For example, the development of programs such as Napster and Limewire have forced companies to find ways to protect their media and take action against people who break copyright laws. As hackers continue to improve and breakthrough barriers, the media world has to constantly be working to improve and prevent these hackers from breaking through. Hacking also has negative
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Management Planning and Ethics
Alcohol Advertising Millions of Americans suffers from the effects of alcohol and drug abuse. It can shatter lives, brake families, and to rob people of their dreams for the future. Once alcoholism or drug addiction begins, an individual's problems not only don't go away, but their mental well being as well as physical ability continues to diminish from the immediate and long-term adverse effects from the drugs and alcohol abuse. Is it really true that
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Ethical Dilemma: Transparency or Confidentiality?
Corporate scandals at Enron corp., Tyco International Inc. and WorldCom Inc. demand for transparency in public reporting of financial data. It is highly desirable and lawfully required that each organization does diligent efforts to improve transparency in financial reporting as a means for the public to regain the confidence in the business community. It is believed that information sharing is a powerful positive action and an ethical duty of business. Transparency is desirable at all
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Ethic in Business: A Case Study
This paper is an analysis the closing of Speedy Motors Company's assembly plant in Eastland, Michigan and what might have been done differently. Speedy Motors Company (SMC) gave less than a month notice before they laid off nearly 2,000 workers and closed the facility. This facility had been providing jobs for the community for over 20 years. Terms of the close, the plant should feel morally obligated to provide at least 60 days notice. "The
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Ethical Issue: Is Sexuality in Art Ethical? Furthermore, Where Do We Draw the Line?
Ethical issue: Is sexuality in art ethical? Furthermore, where do we draw the line? Why should someone pay attention to revealing art as an ethical issue? Sexuality in artwork has a reputation for being quite a controversial theme amongst societies all throughout time. The theme of sexuality itself is nevertheless quite common amongst artists despite the on-going quarrels. The core of the debate lies between whether it's presence in art is ethical, and furthermore where
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Ethical Dilemmas
There are many ethical dilemmas/cases throughout history, today I would like to address two issues/dilemmas that I believe have impacted and helped reshape our stances upon medical ethics. The first issue in which I would like to address to Physician Assisted Suicide or sometimes referred to as PAS. Many people have varied viewpoints on this topics ranging from patient suffering, patient rights to patient-physician trust. This point has been battled over and over again by
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Management and Ethics Paper
Humanistic Workplace Paper William Rodriguez University Of Phoenix COMM/215 Dr. Cruz Melendez September 30, 2006 ABSTRACT In today's workplace, Humanism would concentrate upon the development of the employee's self-concept. If the employee feels good about him or herself then that is a positive start. Feeling good about oneself would involve an understanding of ones' strengths and weaknesses, and a belief in one's ability to improve. Learning is not an end in itself; it is
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Ethical Marketing for Competitive Advantage on the Internet
"The function within business firms most often charged with ethical abuse is Marketing" Murphy and Laczniak, 1981 (p. 251) The development of internet-based technologies opens endless possibilities for Marketers. Marketing research can be carried out subtly by actively archiving the procedures that each individual undertakes on the Web, through Web tracking software. Thus making a whole new set of variables available to the marketer. The technological opportunities are obviously highly appealing for Marketers to explore
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Ethics in Movie Wall Street
7/1/2005 LBSU 300 Autism Before completing the assignment of reading "Thinking in Pictures," by Temple Grandin, I did not have much knowledge about autism. My only understanding was autism was some sort of neurological disorder that is seen similar to mentally handicapped individuals to someone with little understanding, like myself. I am very thankful to have been given an assignment like this one that gives me more knowledge of something I should already have in
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Ethics of School Filters for the Internet
----------------------------------- Dec 21, 2004 Ethics of School Filters for the Internet ----------------------------------- School Filters for the Internet Protecting children from online pornography is a constant political issue on Capitol Hill, and local school boards could find themselves handed yet another federal mandate telling them how to do their jobs. The U.S. Senate recently added amendments to a large spending bill requiring schools and libraries to block student access to pornography on the Internet-despite any
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The Importance of Ethics in the Workplace
The Importance of Ethics in the Workplace In their personal and professional lives, people can and, unfortunately, sometimes do go against their moral and ethical standards. Ethical standards are what it means to be a good person, the social rules that govern our behavior. Ethics in business is essentially the study of what constitutes the right and wrong or the good or bad behavior in the workplace environment. A business is an organization whose objective
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Online Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues in B2b Versus B2c
Online Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues in B2B versus B2C Introduction Companies doing business on the Web must be certain of their ability to manage the liabilities that can emerge as a result of today's online business environment. This environment includes laws and ethical factors that are sometimes different from those in the brick and mortar setting. The online environment often forms a network of customers who can have considerable levels of communication with each
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Discuss Ethical Issues Arising from Studies of Obedience to Authority
Discuss ethical issues arising from studies of obedience to authority. Ethics are standards which distinguish between what is right and wrong, and psychological studies must comply with certain ethical guidelines. Studies face issues regarding whether the study is acceptable and justified. Some of these guidelines include deception, consent, psychological harm, right to withdraw, confidentiality and a thorough debriefing, which were produced to help psychologists resolve ethical issues in research and protect participants. However, in some
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Computer Ethics
As of September 2003, there were approximately 70 million Americans or about 62 percent of the American population had at least one home computer. Another statistic is that about 55% of people also have internet on there home computers. In everyday life it is important for a person to have good ethics; this is also true about computer usage. Due to the fact that more then half of the American population owns computers, computer ethics
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Operations Management and Ethics
Running Head: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Operations Management and Ethics Edrick N. McKnight Operations management focuses on carefully managing the processes to produce and distribute products and services. Major, overall activities often include product creation, development, production and distribution. However product management is usually in regard to one or more closely related products -- that is, a product line. Operations management is in regard to all operations within the organization. Related activities include managing purchases, inventory control,
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Ethical Obligations
Ethical standards have had vast changes over the years. Michael Josephson, in Chapter 1 of Ethical Issues in the Practice of Accounting, 1992, described the "Ten Universal Values." They were as follows: honesty, integrity, promise-keeping, fidelity, fairness, caring, respect for others, responsible citizenship, pursuit of excellence, and accountability. Good ethics does not always mean good business practices. The purpose of ethics in business is to direct business men and women to abide by a code
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The Ethics of Cloning Humans
"Cloning? It's just wrong!" Most likely, this is the first thing that pops into the majority of the general public's head when faced with the issue. The disgust of the public should hardly be taken as a rational argument, or should it? Lord Patrick Devlin thought so, and produced a strong argument for it (Almond & Parker, 2003) Aside from this, there are an assortment of strong arguments and examples supporting cloning which the public
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Ethics 2
When examining this particular situation, I decided to look to previous Supreme Court cases as well as codes of ethics to determine the best solution. This situation is complicated in its dealings with confidential academic records and requires careful examination. There are many things for the editors to consider when deciding whether or not to print this story. Is it ethical to use the information in the package? In New York Times v. U.S.(1971)1, The
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Ethical Dilemmas in the Insider
Ethical Dilemmas in The Insider The movie The Insider is based on real-life events from the mid-nineties. Jeffrey Wigand was vice president of research at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, but was unsatisfied with the direction that the company was heading. He was fired when he started to vocalize concerns about just how dangerous cigarettes actually were and about the fact that the company was adding chemicals that made the cigarettes even more addictive. An
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Ethical Computer Hacking
Have you ever been a victim of a cyber crime? Something as simple as a weird pop up that won't go away? Or maybe something a little bit more serious like your personal web page gets hi-jacked? All this "malicious" damage that causes you much grief isn't so much the work of a hacker, per se, but more the work of a "cracker" or a "script kiddie". Now you're confused right? Well let's just say
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Ethics & Communication
Ethics & Communication Ethics is a general term for what is often described as the "science of morality." In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is "good." The Western tradition of ethics is sometimes called moral philosophy. This is one of the three major branches of philosophy, alongside metaphysics and epistemology. Ethics can be divided into several categories such as descriptive ethics, metaethics, and normative ethics, applied ethics. Descriptive Ethics Simply involves describing how people
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Accounting Principles and Ethics
Accounting Principles and Ethics A health care organization is believed to be a place where there is care, organization, consistency, and support; a place where patients need to feel and see the unity and harmony within the organization. Health care organizations necessitate this consistency, unity, and organization within because of its dependency on its' patients and to provide the proper care for such a diverse group of individuals. A health care organization also needs consistency
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Ethics in Business: A Case Study
Motivation Your employees are the key to your successful business. Motivation affects employee performance, which affects organizational objectives. Satisfied employees lead to satisfied customers. Motivated employees make your job easier. In order to be effective in creating a positive motivational climate, we need to take a look at what characterizes today's employees. They see compensation as a consequence of performance and, therefore, expect to be rewarded accordingly. They are concerned with organizational recognition. They want
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Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper
Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper The intent of this paper is to provide an overview of my cultural and personal ethics. Cultural values and personal ethics start the moment we are born. Throughout my life my values and ethics have been put through the test. In this paper I will provide some insight on my personal values, organizational values, cultural values and ethical dilemmas. Personal Values Personal values are principles that define me as
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