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  • Ethics Essays

    Ethics Essays

    Essays 1) Suppose a cultural relativist asserts that “One should always and everywhere tolerate other cultural practice.” Explain the delemma that confronts this cultural relativists. That is, explain the two options open to a cultural relativist and why each of these options is problematic for her assertion. The problem with this statement: that one should always and everywhere tolerate other cultural practices, is the consistent relative view. This is relative to some societies e.g. Nazi,

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    Essay Length: 358 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Vika
  • Ethical Relativism and Cannibalism

    Ethical Relativism and Cannibalism

    Ethical Relativism Cannibalism, what do you think of it? Is it morally correct? Does the theory of ethical relativism support it or does it knock it down? Throughout this paper I am going to evaluate the pros and cons of ethical relativism for a case concerning cannibalism. An American man by the name of Daniel went to South America, for the reasons of writing a book on it and publishing it in the United States,

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    Essay Length: 1,113 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Ethics Question: Some argue that aggressively investing in emerging economies is not only economically beneficial, but also highly ethical because it may potentially lift many people out of poverty. However, others caution that in the absence of reasonable hopes of decent profits, rushing to emerging economies is reckless. How would you participate in this debate? As a free-market economic skeptic, prior to my readings, I felt that investing in emerging markets is more self serving

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    Essay Length: 522 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Code of Ethics for St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc

    Code of Ethics for St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc

    System of Inquiry Introduction The System of Inquiry paper will be based on the Code of Ethics for St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. The formal 16-page document demonstrates a consistent process throughout an organization that has offices throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The System of Inquiry paper will demonstrate the careful alignment of the document and the organization?s goal and mission statement. The basic framework of why, how, when and for

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    Essay Length: 294 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: David
  • Student Ethics

    Student Ethics

    During my stay in IIT, I have witnessed many ethically objectionable acts by students. The acts are innumerable and I may take liberty to mention a few of them. Students from well to do families manage to get the Merit Cum Means scholarship without feeling that there is anything wrong about their action (what more, they always seem to have valid arguments to justify it), some find it "shrewd" to get away from Nescafe without

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    Essay Length: 1,804 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: July
  • Ethics and Government Lobbying

    Ethics and Government Lobbying

    Ethics Case Study Is it ethical for a business to lobby government? Businesses can have a great influence on society and consumers. Companies such as BHP Billiton who have revenue of approximately 18.5 US billion dollars can also create substantial pressure on governments. Is lobbying to the government by businesses ethical? There are three basic approaches that will be discussed regarding this issue, code based theory, outcome based theory and the character based theory to

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    Essay Length: 528 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Abortion - an Ethical Controversy

    Abortion - an Ethical Controversy

    Abortion An Ethical Controversy One of the western world’s most controversial ethical issues in today’s society is the act of abortion and its legislation. Abortion is the process in which a baby is killed whilst still in the mother’s womb. This is performed for a variety of reasons. Due to the severity of the consequences of an abortion and the moral and religious elements involved, this is an ethical controversy and has divided people for

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    Essay Length: 1,143 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Jon
  • An American Executive in Columbia - Global Ethics

    An American Executive in Columbia - Global Ethics

    Ethics Paper An American Executive in Columbia pays off a drug lord so that his factory is not bombed and his workers killed. An American firm bribes officials in a small town in Mexico to let them dump their toxic waste in their local landfill. These are two clear cut examples of what is right and wrong in regards to ethical issues in the ever emerging global market. (Integrity, on a global scale) Nonetheless issues

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    Essay Length: 1,180 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Max
  • Ethics Review of Subprime Meltdown 2008

    Ethics Review of Subprime Meltdown 2008

    The subprime crisis has started hurting not only the U.S. economy but also the worldwide economy and has not made its entire appearance yet. This invisible fear tumbled the worldwide stock market in mid of August 2007 and came again in late November. It has not been figured out how big its impact and how long will it take to overcome it, though many economist and financial firms have been working on figuring out them.

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    Essay Length: 919 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Anna
  • Literature Reveiw About Ethics and Organic Food

    Literature Reveiw About Ethics and Organic Food

    - MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - - LITERATURE REVIEW- Attitudes and motivations that influence the selection of organic food among consumers Adeline Mariй Supervisor : M. Bloom ETU 20030459 SUMMARY General Background 4 1 Market development and cultural factors. 5 1.1 Culture influences the food choice. 5 1.2 The level of development of the country market influences organic food choice 6 1.2.1 A cross- national study of Danish and New-Zealand organic consumers.

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    Essay Length: 8,497 Words / 34 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Steve
  • Ethical Decision Making

    Ethical Decision Making

    Ethical Decision Making Ethics is a set of moral principles that set forth people’s actions when in conflict with having to examine and decide what is right or wrong, what is legal or illegal, and what is proper or improper to do. Every business action and decision we make during the course of our lives could indicate when a situation has a wrong or right implication. Most people tend to make business ethical decisions based

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    Essay Length: 1,271 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Moral Code: Ethics in the Workplace

    The Moral Code: Ethics in the Workplace

    The Moral Code: Ethics in the Workplace Self expression is one of the countries founding principles as set forth in the Constitution of the United States. Amendment One of the Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a

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    Essay Length: 1,978 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Jon
  • Medical Ethics

    Medical Ethics

    The discussion on Patrick Dismuke’s condition concentrated on his incapability to improve. After reviewing his symptoms and considering possible scenarios resulting from certain kinds of treatment, such as the tube that delivered nutrients into his veins that “broke the barrier between blood and air” and became “a bacteria-laden Trojan horse, opening the door to infection”, we attempted to come to a consensus on what would constitute a quality life, as deliberated among the committee. We

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Bred
  • Difference in Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues

    Difference in Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues

    Difference in Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues Each business would like to design a website that will be able to grab interest of a target audience. Besides grabbing interest of the target audience, the business will also have ethical, legal, and regulatory issues to think of. The following paragraphs will explain some differences of ethical, legal, and regulatory issues on a B2B compared to a B2C site. Differences in Ethical Issues Ethical issues should be

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    Essay Length: 386 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Edward
  • Ethics

    Ethics

    To look at the ancient Grecian traditional Hygeia cult would be like looking at the current Canadian Social system. A limiting system has board coverage to all people funded by the government, which confines the growth of technology. The moral and ethical ramifications have detrimental impact on the patient care of that type of system. Their system allows for broad equal coverage of all individuals. It would include long waits for scans to make a

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Monika
  • Influences on Ethics: Experience, Media and the History of Ideas

    Influences on Ethics: Experience, Media and the History of Ideas

    Influences on Ethics: Experience, Media and the History of Ideas Micah Gaither University of Phoenix GEN/480 January 16, 2006 Influences on Ethics: Experience, Media and the History of Ideas: It can be difficult to come up with a method of evaluating decisions and forming unbiased opinions. To understand how ethics are influenced it is important to understand (1) how ethics are formed, (2) which forces are shaping them, and (3) what is a popular method

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    Essay Length: 995 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: regina
  • Ethics Case

    Ethics Case

    Erin Brockovich-Ellis (born June 22, 1960) is an American legal clerk who, despite the lack of a formal law school education, was instrumental in constructing a case against the $28 billion Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), of California in 1993. Since the release of the movie that shares her story and name, she has hosted Challenge America with Erin Brockovich on ABC and Final Justice on Lifetime. She is the president of Brockovich Research

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    Essay Length: 446 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Steve
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    1. The creation of a structure, formed by two tiers, in many modern corporations, is a phenomenon that should bother not only the employees belonging in the second tier (low-paid contract workers, part-time or temporary), but also the employees of the upper tier (elite workers, enjoy best pay and benefits). The reason is very simple: a company can spread the use of under-paid workers into job categories and departments once reserved for higher-paid workers. The

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    Essay Length: 561 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: David
  • Ethical Worksheet

    Ethical Worksheet

    Value Personal Source Justify the Value’s Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions. Honesty My personal source for honesty came from my parents. My father always said that a man with who can not be honest to himself or others is a man with little value. Your word is all you have and if you lose that you have lost your honor. I

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    Essay Length: 715 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Dental Ethics

    Dental Ethics

    Course Description: Designed to improve ethical reasoning skills and to convey ethical and legal standards of the profession through small group discussions and reading assignments. Educational Objectives: The student will gain knowledge in the principles of dental ethics. The objectives of the course are for the student to be able to: (1) describe the key features of a profession, (2) identify resources for making complex ethical judgments, (3) know professional obligations identified in the text,

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    Essay Length: 1,139 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Ethics Theories Table

    Ethics Theories Table

    When I began thinking about enrolling into college, I was sitting in my office at work, contemplating whether I should make the phone call. In my younger years, when people would ask me if I was in school, I would become irate because I thought that was not the only thing important in people’s lives. Now, I think differently and have become that person who asks others if they are in school! Being in college

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    Essay Length: 545 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Edward
  • Ethical Consent for the Incompetent

    Ethical Consent for the Incompetent

    Ethical Consent for the Incompetent It is ethically difficult to research cures for diseases that render patients incompetent, because those patients, being incompetent, are incapable of giving consent to the research designed to study the disease and a possible cure. Should family members be permitted to give their proxy consent to such research, even if there will likely be no direct benefit to the patient? Close family members should be able to give consent for

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    Essay Length: 465 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Edward
  • Media Ethics Potter Box

    Media Ethics Potter Box

    Case Study 1 Part 1 Analyse the issue using the Potter Box. Use the quadrants of the Potter Box to make your own judgment of the New York Times’ decision to delay publication for a year, and omit certain information. Was it ethically justifiable? 1.Definition or situation. 4. Loyalties. 2. Values. 3. Ethical principal. Facing objection for the White House, The New York Times went ahead and published an article about President Bush permitting the

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    Essay Length: 1,149 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Yan
  • Ethical and Legal Obligations Paper

    Ethical and Legal Obligations Paper

    Ethical and Legal Obligations Paper All members of a civilized and harmonious society have ethical and legal obligations. We are obligated to act in an ethical and law abiding manner in our day-to-day activities within our community. It stands to reason that our financial reporting should fall within this expectation as well. So much of our lives and well-being is dictated by the business environment around us. It is where we work, where we invest

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    Essay Length: 732 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike
  • Ethics in Business

    Ethics in Business

    Ethics in Business Ethics and Human Resources Ethics commonly refer to the rules or principles that define right and wrong conduct. In the United States, many believe we are currently suffering from an ethics crisis (Ricklets, Robbins & Coulter, 1996). Behaviors that were once thought unacceptable -- lying, cheating, misrepresenting, and covering up mistakes -- have become in many people's eyes acceptable or necessary practices. Managers profit from illegal use of insider stock information and

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    Essay Length: 1,963 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Janna

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