Case study: Whistleblowing in the tobacco industry Q1. Briefly discern and report the background for the ethical situation. The tobacco industry has a curious status in the American economy and in American culture. On one hand, virtually everyone knows that tobacco is dangerous to human health. Unlike consuming alcohol, there is no 'safe limit' for consuming tobacco and unlike powerful prescription drugs, nicotine has no medicinal value. "The number of people in the U.S. who die each year from
Ethics and moral obligations are issues we all encounter at one time or another. In the professional setting, all people should act in a manner that would uphold the good of society. To be ethical, one has to determine their obligations, moral ideas, and moral philosophy (Boatright, p. 19, 2009). The case analysis involving Jacob Franklin was a perfect example of how an individual can face the dilemma of doing what is right or wrong. Businesses have their own code of ethics, and the employees
expectations of consumers, employees, Non-governmental organizations and other interest groups. As a result to these developments, companies are in competition to adopt good codes of conducts called (CSR) corporate social responsibility which tells consumers and other pressuring groups that a corporate has a good standard of social and environmental system as well as the health and safety procedures (Peterson and Anderson 2006). In the following lines, the article will introduce the definition of (CSR)
CASE STUDY 3 Ans- 7 Eleven is the biggest convenience store in Australia. It has approximately 24,000 stores in worldwide and now is under fire for paying many of its staff as less as $10 without tax per hour. A joint investigation team ABC’s Four Comers and Business Day found a secret, illegal, cooperation and conspiracy between the Franchises that is known as’ Half-Pay ‘scam. There are many horrible stories of Sam Pen dam and many more people
matter of making choices: whether to be friendly or unfriendly; whether to tell the truth or lie; whether to be generous or greedy; whether to study in order to pass an exam or to spend valuable study time watching television and cheat to pass it. These, and all other questions about how people act toward themselves and one another are dealt with in a field of study called ethics. Another name for ethics is morality. Because both words suggest customary ways of behavior, they are somewhat misleading. It
Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility Amanda Rabius PHL/320 10/9/17 Hank Reeves Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the corporate world are very important. By understanding business ethics and socially responsibility, companies can develop and implement a socially responsible plan. Organizations are no doubt an assembly line of different networks that are both complex and dynamic in nature which face various conflicts. With this, a qualitative
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility During this short summer class, I have understood more than I ever could have done before. Not only because the study of ethics is crucial, but also because being socially responsible is part of being ethical. Among the most important assignments required from this course are: Journals, discussion boards, social project, and the lectures. However, the first group collaboration was our own code of ethics; from there, students were required to follow it as
For this case study we are asked to draw upon deontological ethics, and discuss how Adelphia Communications’ executives violated the trust of the company’s shareholders and the trust of that of the larger public. To do this we first need to take a look at deontological ethics and how the philosophy of deontological ethics affects the choices that were made in the Adelphia Communications’ case. We will also look at the Adelphia case and examine how its executives violated
candidates of affirmative action perform as well as those who are selected through the normal process. I. An overview of affirmative action and the different viewpoints presented by different groups. II. Reasons for affirmative action by corporate III. The History of Affirmative action and how it was started. IV. The benefits accrued due to affirmative action over the last 30 years since its inception and the performance of employees hired through affirmative action. V. Costs related
Introduction The Human Resource Management and Corporate Social Responsibility are two news that are accepted and believed as highly important to company strategies. To be in competitive businesses needs to increase productivity by finding new systems. Furthermore, HRM is a crucial tool for any business, and as well as CSR, which is becoming an important too. The growth of CSR is the result of changes in the developed world’s greater concerns for environmental deforestation, discriminatory working