Kardell Paper Company Ethics Case

The purpose of this paper is to examine an ethical dilemma faced by a company who manufactures critical components for a pacemaker developer. The consequentialist ethical theory of utilitarianism will be used to evaluate the moral implications this company has in continuing further manufacturing for their pacemaker client. An overview of utilitarian ethics will be discussed, focused primarily around 17th century philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s ideas about ethics. His framework will be used to present factors that influence the transistor company’s business decision. Finally, the Utility Test and Common Good Test will be applied to the company’s predicament to help determine the correct ethical course of action for this

Luke is an employee of ABC Company. He has been assigned to a construction of an adult entertainment retail store within a neighborhood his brother, Owen, lives in. The development of the retail store has not been made public yet and will be announced one month from today. This announcement will decrease the property values of the surrounding areas significantly. Owen is trying to sell his house. He told Luke that he recently received an ‘okay’ offer. However, in hopes that a better offer might be present itself in a few years after the real estate market improve, he has not taken the offer yet. Luke is very close to his brother, which makes him concerned about his confidentiality obligation to ABC Company.

When Knudstorp became the CEO, the company was with negative cash flow and the real risk o which would have even led to a breakup of the company.

Jack Emmons, CEO of Voici Brands realizes that his company is in trouble and a change needs to take place before it is too late in order for the company to succeed and not go out of business. Jack has to address the issues at hand. Jack needs to take a thorough look at the company before deciding what changes need to be implemented. He needs to get his unit managers and board members involved in the process. Before doing this, Jack must approach the unit managers that are suffering the most, review the situation, the impacts that it is having on the unit and then figure out how to deal with the problem. He must

Beatty based on Mr. Beatty’s age, length of employment, character of employment and availability of similar employment was entitled to 15 months’ notice. The Courts found that although Mr. Beatty was the Chief Executive Officer, when comparing his position to those of other CEO’s he did not face the same challenges e.g. financial management, industry competition or quality control that many CEO’s in the private sector face. This was not to say that he didn’t have important duties. As well, the Courts looked at his age of 50 and the availability of similar employment. Mr. Beatty had spent his whole career in the forest industry with the past 11 ½ years specializing in a niche segment of the industry. This meant that his transferability of his specialized skills, knowledge and expertise to other senior positions in the industry is very limited.

The La Crosse Rubber Mill’s played a big part in creating La Crosse as it is today with its success and influence. In just a short period of time the mill had become one of La Crosse’s biggest employers, peaking at sales of $108.3 million in 1994. Having a successful company reside in your town meant more opportunity for your town to grow from the increasing population.

If Wal-Mart has such little regard for their own employees, it would make it difficult for a company to have minimal regard to where their merchandise is coming from. On the documentary, The High Price of Low Cost, informs of the countries and Wal-Mart’s effects on these countries, including its presence for manufacturing in China. The workers work in conditions of extreme temperatures from morning until dawn and provided boarding, which is shared with several others and lined with bunk beds. The board and utilities are deducted from their wages even if the workers choose not to stay on the facilities the board is still deducted from their pay. These workers that are looking for employment to make a better future for their families are

Being the world’s largest paper maker indicates having a larger inventory, more current assets (esp. since it owns timberland and several facilities), and higher cost of goods sold than other paper makers. The inventory for Company J (10.9) is larger than the inventory for Company I (8.8); the current assets for Company J (32.6) are higher than that for Company I (27.2); and the cost of goods sold for Company J (82.9) is higher than that for Company I (75.3). We also expect that, as the world’s largest paper maker, their products will move on the marketplace better than a smaller producer of

* any other issues you believe should be brought to the attention of the CEO and the board

The purpose of this report is to assess the viability of the acquisition of Royal Paper Corporation’s (Royal) Monticello mill and box plants by Atlantic Corporation (Atlantic). This will be conducted through the evaluation and analysis of whether this project is profitable and also if this is a sound strategic move.

controlled 37 percent of its market with revenue of about $1.2 million. Immediately after the

th century they had operations throughout 31 countries of the world. In 1978 Company had financial loss of US. $262.2 million .

Forest Hill Paper Company is a small, closely-held company. Relatively few shareholders own the majority shares of the company. It is most likely a private company.

KKD divested Montana Mills chain of 28 bakery stores acquired in January 2003 for $40 million in stock. They would take a charge of $35 to $40 million in the 1st quarter. Also closing 3 new KKD “hot doughnut and coffee shops” resulting in a charge of $7 to $8 million. After these issues came to light, KKD’s shares closed down 30%, at $22.51 a share. Also in this time the SEC announced an informal investigation which caused KKD’s shares to fall another 15%, closing at $15.71 a share. The SEC filings were complete and KKD revised their financial statements. By the end of the next day the stock price was less than $10 a share.

abilities to create and manufacture innovative and unique solutions for the control of the growth of