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Shaw, W.H. (2014). Business ethics: A Textbook with cases, (8th ed.). Boston, MA : Cengage.

Desjardins, J. (2009). An introduction to Business Ethics (3rd Ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher education. pp. 26~41.

The author Robert Solomon argues that ethics has to an integral part with regard to business management. He does not believe that business management must include unethical or illegal methods to be able to succeed. Solomon preaches that business management is not as simple as obtaining revenue. “Businesses need to abide by fair policies and their owners have to be ethical in dealing with their customers” (Shaw p. 37). The author acknowledges that while illegal practices in business management could bring positive results at first, eventually the business is bound to fail. This is why Solomon recommended eight important policies that can help businesses in integrating ethics into their operations.

Lau, T., & Johnson, L. (2013). The legal and ethical environment of business. (1st ed., p. 11.2-11.5).

In addition to the pathos, the PSA also exhibits a fair amount of logos. Probably even to the same degree, as we are told some info about the situation, the two involved, and a rational evaluation. The girl received the text from her mom asking when she will be home. She tries to respond that they will be home by six, and this where it happens. Out of their

Not only is the ad in what appears to be a public transportation area, but the ad is also painted onto the stairs. As people climb the stairs to reach their destination, they are able to think about what they are doing and how some people struggle with doing something that they take for granted. As the people move on to other activities throughout the day and climb other sets of stairs, they think back to the ad they saw on the stairs about those with disabilities. The ad would not have such a big impact on people if it was painted on a wall or the side of a building because the message would not come through to the audience as

Gilbert has a code that prohibits displaying outdoor signs without a permit, but 23 categories of signs are exempt. The signs that are exempt are restricted to certain sizes and times that they can be displayed. Petitioners, Good News Community Church Clyde Reed, pastor, posted signs bearing the name of the church and locations and times of services early morning on a Saturday and did not remove them until midday the following Sunday. The church was cited for exceeding time limits of displaying directional signs and for leaving out the dates of the events. Petitioners filed suit, arguing freedom of speech, but their motion was denied – the court declared that the code’s

Let us return to the photo itself for a moment. Figures stand on either side of and behind the woman. Those behind her are interestingly blocked off by a barricade. One begins to wonder if they are onlookers or fellow protesters. The barricade in and of itself is symbolic. Barricades hold people back. Societal values hold people back. The woman, though, is on the opposite side of the barricade. She holds the sign which boldly testifies to her sexuality and her beauty, no longer letting the barricade hold her back. In a time when homosexuality was seen as a mental illness, this could have been argued as the woman not letting the police holding her back.

Town of Gilbert, the defendant town enacted a sign code which prohibited the display of outdoor signs without a permit anywhere within the Town, but exempted 23 categories of signs from that requirement. At issue in Reed were three of those exemptions; those for “Ideological Sign[s],” “Political Sign[s],” and “Temporary Directional Signs Relating to a Qualifying Event.” The sign code regulated these three types of signs differently. “Ideological Sign[s]” included any “sign communicating a message or ideas for noncommercial

Kenneth Ramsden had been charged twice for placing posters on hydro poles in the city of Peterborough ON. A by-law had been passed prohibiting advertising on city property. The ads were for an upcoming concert by Ramsden’s band.

The problem to be investigated is the application of business ethics. In the business world, ethics are extremely important. Ethics are prime elements that help a business to grow and to become more productive. It is by applying proper business ethics that a business can operate in a moral or ethical business environment and managed to conduct all activities in a manner that maximizes profits while not compromising all other non-economic concerns(Schwab, 1996). Businesses have over the years failed to nurture business ethics in order to fulfill shareholders' interests and to have a culture that is oriented towards profit maximization and high performance(Jennings, 2012; Sims & Felton, 2006). This has led business to have gray areas in their activities. Gray areas are those situations or problems that do not fit exactly into any ethical analysis. These are the activities which may be represented to be immoral as a result of lying and false representations on the part of the business.

This will be an over view of ethics as it relates to business in our society. Concepts from Philosophy will seek to describe the correlation between actions that are classified as morally right or ethical in our dealings with each other as human beings. Clear and concise examples will be given as well as ways in which to improve upon business ethics.

Ethical standards in business are important for every leader to know and understand. The book Ethics 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know by: John C. Maxwell discusses ethics in the world today. When people make unethical choices, the reason they do because of three main pitfalls. People do what is most convenient to them, people tend to do what they must do to win, and people rationalize their choices with relativism. In this summary, Maxwell’s definition of business ethics will be framed, examples of ethical standards and guidelines, the meaning and contrast of ethical thinking and ethical behavior, and how to avoid these major pitfalls to live an ethical life. The

Sexual misconduct in the workplace has been a problem for women and in recent year’s men as well. Unfortunately, in the past this topic was overlooked until the case of Meritor Savings v. Vinson. We will establish the criteria for determining when unwelcome conduct of sexual nature constitutes harassment according to Title VII. Additionally, we will ascertain how to evaluate evidence of harassment, whether a work environment is sexually antagonistic, holding employers liable legally responsible for sexual harassment by supervisors; and analyzing preventive and corrective action

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 is to provide goods or services for profit. The organization has a group of people that work together to achieve a common purpose. The moral challenges that these men and women face each day along with a whole range of problems that could occur, are why ethics plays such an important