ETHICAL ISSUES IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS Introduction A multinational is defined as an enterprise operating in several countries but managed from its home country. Ethics as a philosophy is defined as the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong. Ethical issues arise when one is unsure of what is the right course of action to be taken at a single time. This problem becomes exponentially complex when applied to a multinational organization. Globalisation has enabled
Ethics, in politics, can be used as a ‘code of conduct’ – a set of rules or norms for diplomatic behaviour. When considering ethics as a constraint on states and political institutions, it can be argued to be powerful and influential. However, the question of whether politics can be improved by ethics is debatable. The aim of this essay is to highlight evidence for and against the notion of whether ethics can constrain and improve politics through the use of realism and cosmopolitanism, their arguments
The Legality of the Use of Cluster Munitions In order to establish the legality of the use of cluster munitions under international law, it is necessary to look at the norms that regulate the means and methods of warfare. Article 35 (2) of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention clearly states that: “It is prohibited to employ weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering.” Moreover, Article 48 claims that:
occurs in Canada or in any other country that accords its membership to the Rome Convention country. Such performances will also qualify if it is embodied in a sound recording, whose producer is either a citizen or permanent resident of Canada and or member country of Rome Convention. However, if the producer of a sound recording is a corporation, its headquarters must be based in Canada or a member of the Rome Convention. It all implies that the intellectual property protection and, in particular,
Torture is not a new ethical dilemma, because torture has been practiced throughout human history and in different cultures. Now, however, the Geneva Convention and other modern norms suggest that human beings should not resort to using torture. Torture is becoming taboo as a method of intelligence gathering, which is why the methods used during the Iraq war were decried. However, the ethical case can be made for torture. If torturing one human being leads to information that could save the lives
of Data were applied via APA formatting and style in the composing of the articles. Harris and Robinson Kurpius (2014) present specific references to the APA (2010) Code of Ethics. Harris and Robinson Kurpius (2014) begin with noting APA (2010) Ethical Principles “does not specifically address the standards for social networking site.” (p. 12) Next Harris and Robinson Kurpius (2014) quote the APA (2010) Principle E where
Introduction The end of the Cold War and attacks of 9/11 dramatically altered the landscape of United States national security endeavors. Gone was the singular, nearly tactile threat as presented by a major superpower, and in its place was the “amorphous nature of a terrorist opponent,” (Snow, 2014, p. 112). This novel threat defied easy definition or identification, and attacked in ways to which the U.S. had grown unaccustomed. Phrases like “asymmetrical warfare” and “war on terror” were used
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND ITS ETHICAL ISSUES A Research Paper Presented to Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges General Santos City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For Philo 3 Vinna P. Boholst Glicen Lou L. Monton Patrick L. Villas March 2012 Table of Contents PAGE TITLE PAGE i CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the Problem 2 Scope and Limitation of the Study 3 Definition of Terms 3 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
and laws that foreign companies cannot attempt to bypass and there should be strict actions and penalty against those companies who attempt for illegal or false practice within the corporate world. The corporation should set examples that fulfils ethical, environmental and community friendly practices. They should encourage other companies to help and encourage and to provide healthy environment with the different group of society. Through these rules and laws, implementing will help community as
new adopted norms on use of force for humanitarian purposes. Despite the political controversies between the countries, humanitarian intervention is now an international norm which calls for action anytime there are serious mass life threatening