Business Ethics Case Study: Orkin Extermination

Halting supply would leave people without the technology and they would certainly face death (Shanks, 1996). The company faced the dilemma of protecting itself and its shareholders from liability, or continuing to provide to a cause that helped the greater good.

By lowering their prices for electrical household products, this might raise questions among the Marks and Spencer customer’s as they would doubt the quality of the products thus residing from purchasing the equipment’s. Another problem would if that if they reduce the prices of the equipment’s they won’t be able to go back to the original prices. Also, if the sales stay the same while the prices go down the revenue will also decrease as a result and therefore less profits will be made.

Assume that the manufacturers of this product lobby the government’s lawmakers, in terms of this product being essential for college students but they are considering halting production due to the lack of profits. The lawmaker’s agree and now set a price floor at $150. What would happen in this market?

Some studies results show that the customers are willing to pay even more for Rose’s new brand than it was suggested to them. So the company has the possibility to increase the price by 6-7% at their new products in order to cover the expenses with advertising.

What is principle of justice in acquisition? Our book gives us an analogy concerning basketball player, Wilt Chamberlain that was used by Nozick. The idea

Abandoned minors are no longer protected from liability on their contracts, merchants are still reluctant to deal with them on a credit basis, fearing that they may still attempt to disaffirm, or

If this doesn’t work I would contact directly the markets involved and see if any agreement is possible in regards to the retail price of the both products to seek the greater good of the market, Chembright, and R.J. Poulson. Given that R.J Poulson actually wants to take us out business I would try to enforce the antidumping since they initiated the change in prices to dump Chembright of the market. Lastly I would try to talk with my competitors and try to agree on price,

Cost Deferral Policy In the past, OSI had not entered into transactions in which significant up-front costs were incurred in connection with the set-up and origination of its contracts, and, accordingly, OSI has not adopted a policy for accounting for these types of costs. OSI has indicated it plans to adopt a policy of deferring all up-front costs related to this contract including system set-up costs, sales commissions, and other contract acquisition costs. Management of OSI believes they will recover these costs and generate substantial profits through their call revenue (initial term and renewal periods), and the up-front costs incurred are a necessary investment in the contract. Based on customer lifting studies performed by an outside consultant and other industry statistics, OSI expects its contract with Company X to extend beyond the initial contract term and estimates a customer life of approximately 4.5 years. The total fees (set-up fee and call revenue) over the customer life are expected to exceed the direct costs of the contract, including amortization of the deferred costs before any indirect or Selling, General, and Administrative costs.

Organizations can use internal recruitment and external recruitment activities to find the best employees for a position. Describe these two approaches and provide one advantage for using each approach. (4 Marks)

an action can't be right if the people who are made happy by it are outnumbered by the people who are made unhappy by it.

The upfront costs to sell ESA were difficult for customers to overcome when implementing a decision. Customers are initially shown a high price at the time of reviewing the lease and then forced to make decision. Customers are then opted to buy rather than lease. As an alternative the lease agreement could have been adjusted as Interface has no commitment in asking for a specific price amount upfront. Therefore, a smaller amount could be requested from the customer rather than two large transactions at the time of signing the lease agreement. Interface could explore other options to alleviate upfront costs by dropping specific services provided by Re: Source such as the daily tasks of vacuuming and emergency spot removals. Removing such services will allow them to charge a lower

1. The Sales Rep. A sales representative for a struggling computer supply firm has a chance to close a multimillion-dollar deal for an office system to be installed over a two-year period. The machines for the first delivery are in the company’s warehouse, but the remainder would have to be ordered from the manufacturer. Because the manufacturer is having difficulty meeting the heavy demand for the popular model, the sales representative is not sure that the subsequent deliveries can be made on time. Any delay in converting to the new system would be costly to the customer; however, the blame could be placed on the manufacturer. Should the sales representative close the deal without advising the customer

Related to Optima’s service and product quality, company implemented premium pricing with attractive promotion offers to support the higher price policy and make the prices more acceptable.

This paper intends to define operations management and analyze an ethics decision made by operations managers in the workplace or in a known organization.

1. The Sales Rep. A sales representative for a struggling computer supply firm has a chance to close a multimillion-dollar deal for an office system to be installed over a two-year period. The machines for the first delivery are in the company’s warehouse, but the remainder would have to be ordered from the manufacturer. Because the manufacturer is having difficulty meeting the heavy demand for the popular model, the sales representative is not sure that the subsequent deliveries can be made on time. Any delay in converting to the new system would be costly to the customer; however, the blame could be placed on the manufacturer. Should the sales representative close the deal without advising the customer