Caleb Holbrook Michael Fore GBU 204 April, 15 2016 Business Ethics Paper Two In this ever evolving world that we live in today many problems and drastic things happen. I chose a web article discussing the facts of a real life business law ethics dilemma that involves something about 99 percent of society has today. Ten years ago it was a simple flip and few keys to make phone calls or a simplistic text message; today it has evolved into a hand held computer with advances that never would have been imagined. Phones are used in business to make clientele list, web videoing with clients, setting appointments endless uses. Cell phones have become an integral part of communication in businesses. Sales departments, field workers and traveling employees use them to communicate with the firm or with clients. Global Positioning Service allows you to take work into the field and become mobile. They fill an important void in distance communication used by appointments face to face. On the other hand cell phones do present some challenges for quality business organizations. Or in this case can lead to the conviction of a criminal who committed murder. Three possible theories of ethical thought are possible in this case. The first being teological ethics which is theory of morals that derives responsibility or ethical obligation from what is good or desirable as an end to be achieved . Second deontological ethics of thought is which holds that the minimum standards
This paper is composed for the individual assignment for week 2 of the MBA 633 Legal Issues in the Workplace course. The topic for this assignment consists of the differences between ethical and legal business issues. This paper will provide answers to questions related to employee behavior away from the office, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and bribes. Both topics have been presented in the form of video cases (video 93 and 98) found in the Cengage digital video library.
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
Luke, an ABC employee, is currently working on a land development project consisting of building an adult entertainment store in a neighborhood where Luke’s brother, Owen, lives. Luke knows that Owen has been considering selling his home but that he is putting it off expecting the real estate market to improve in a few years, yet Luke knows that the project will cause the opposite effect.
Peter Crist is almost always correct. The reality is that if someone lies or covers stuff up, most of the time they will be found out eventually be it in two days or in 20 years. However, the reality is that some people do lie and cover stuff up in professional and personal situations and are never exposed. Sometimes this is because they're in a situation where dishonesty is prized, other times it's because the people around them turn a blind eye to what they see because they don't want to know the truth. Other times, it's because the person engaging in the dishonesty is so crafty and so quick that the trickery and subterfuge is almost inscrutable. However, the fact remains that Crist is correct. Often people are found out because those who are engaging in the trickery have so much hubris and so much arrogance that they engage in bolder and bolder moves, believing that they will never be caught. One example of that from the recent past is of Bernie Madoff. His crime was a simple Ponzi scheme which grew larger and larger in size and scale to the point where he couldn't help but be found out. In this case, the fact that Ms. Jones was found out was somewhat expected: she advanced to such a position of power within the institution that she was almost one of their public figures, which meant that her credentials would be under greater scrutiny.
15. How should the company resolve a claim for assault, battery and false imprisonment arising out of an altercation with one of the company’s employees and how can the company protect itself against such claims in the future?
Hi Aleks, you make some excellent points. Once a company signs a CIA they are bound to the terms of the agreement and if the provision includes the sign-off on quarterly notifications, then the company would be obligated to disclose any compliance or non-compliance activities. As I mentioned in my initial discussion post, we can’t really control other people and how they conduct themselves despite the number of rules that are set implemented to control misconduct. I also agree with you, not only it would be an enormous effort to ensure all employees are in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, but the expense can be damaging. However, compliance could even be costlier if a company is found liable for violating the law. In
Pamela Toyne has been employed with Event Health Services since February 2003, during her 13 year tenure with the organisation Pamela has always worked in volunteer support roles, including her current role of Event Services Team Leader. Pamela’s dedication and loyalty to St John Ambulance WA has been second to none and she proves time and time again that she willingly goes above and beyond the call of duty.
2. I feel like they might have had a contract but they didn’t actually agree to it. First off the contract was not defined right because both parties didn’t have an understanding of it. Plus he did not accept the offer confirming that he was accepting the price and when he did Hazelton’s amitted to the mistake. When he did that he took the offer off the table so in the end whatever contract they had was invalid.
The first amendment was made for protection of speech and commercial speech. There are many entrepreneurs that are selling information and parts of the constitution will protect those businesses as they have liberty to economic freedom as well (Bonham, 2013). It is the right of those businesses or entrepreneurs and not the governments right to choose what occupation to pursue (Bonham, 2013). Some successful entrepreneurs are those that publish books, software, newsletters and websites (Three steps you must take to Ensure CFPB Compliance). BackOffice has entrepreneurs that are developing a software app and a service for that app.
Galen McDowell was a good salesperson who knew how to purchase the higher performances out of the salespeople under him. Bob wanted to sign a big contract with Kinan Motor who
Determine the impact of this event on ARC’s “benefits of business ethics” (employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction, and bottom line).
“Ethics are norms or standards of behavior that guide moral and choices about our behavior and our relationship with others” (Cooper & Schindler, 2011, p.). When a business conducts a research, the business uses ethics to guarantee that no individual will be hurt or suffers from the consequences from the research. When a business is planning a research, some of the ethics a business must consider are to: protect the rights of the individual, follow the ethical standards, and to ensure that the information that is acquire is ethical. The purpose of the research is not to allow any type of physical harm, discomfort, pain, embarrassment, and the loss of privacy (Cooper & Schindler, 2011).
This case study was a powerful example to illustrate the presence of ethics within the
There are several different ethical theories or frameworks for ethical decision-making, each of which has been advocated by prominent moral philosophers. Some philosophers, for example, advocate thinking about ethics entirely in terms of consequences: what action will produce the best outcomes overall? Others have argued in favour of thinking solely in terms of duties, and absolute principles of behaviour – such as ‘Always tell the truth’ – that could be adhered to by all. Still others have advocated thinking about ethics
Starbucks is a business that has been around since 1971 serving a various amount of coffee for people all around the United States. This business started in the city of Seattle with getting port of coffee from around the world. Today they are international business getting in approximately $11 billion dollars a year. With this being said Starbucks is a very high pace, high traffic environment with all the stores giving a home feel to them so when you order coffee you don’t feel like you even left your house.