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  • What Makes You Stand out from Other Applicants in Regard to Your Leadership Ability, Ethical Framework, and Passion for Higher Learning?

    What Makes You Stand out from Other Applicants in Regard to Your Leadership Ability, Ethical Framework, and Passion for Higher Learning?

    Question: What makes you stand out from other applicants in regard to your leadership ability, ethical framework, and passion for higher learning? My demonstrated leadership skills, hardened ethical core, and persistent pursuit of knowledge set me apart from other MBA applicants. My undergraduate and professional backgrounds have afforded me experiences in many different team dynamics functioning in various team roles. As a member of a 12-person product design group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), I

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: regina
  • Ethical and Regulatory Issues

    Ethical and Regulatory Issues

    Ethical and Regulatory Issues Paper President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law in February 1996. The law modified earlier legislation, primarily the Communications Act of 1934. The legislation regulates broadcasting by over-the-air television and radio stations, cable television operators, satellite broadcasters, wireline telephone companies (local and long distance) and wireless telephone companies. The general intention of the Act was deregulation and competition. The Act removed barriers between telecommunications companies, thus fostering competition.

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Ethics and Martha Stewart’s Indictment

    Ethics and Martha Stewart’s Indictment

    There has been much media coverage of the circumstances surrounding the indictment of Martha Stewart on charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice as well as her subsequent conviction and prison term. When one considers her position as the CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation, her actions in relation to the criminal case have numerous ethical implications in the business world. This paper analyzes those actions in order to answer the question: Did Ms.

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    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Computer Ethics

    Computer Ethics

    Computer crimes such as malicious attacks on software, identity theft, and illegal distribution are quickly becoming big problems that are not easily enforceable. When average people hear the words "computer crime", they often think of obscene pictures available on the Internet or solicitation of children for sex by pedophiles via the Internet. The legal problem of obscenity on the Internet is the same as the legal problem of obscenity in books and magazines. It is

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: regina
  • Professional Values and Ethics

    Professional Values and Ethics

    Professional Values and Ethics Team B Foundations for Education and General Success/GEN 200 April 19, 2010 Sara Murphy Professional Values and Ethics Most successful companies will state that their success is directly related to their employees and the way in which they conduct their business. Professional values and ethics are the fruit of what makes a company successful by allowing employees to believe in what they do and customers to trust the service provided.

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Shawn
  • Ethics

    Ethics

    The concept of bioethics arose with the evolution of medicine during the 50’s and 60’s. Medicine was now prolonging death and conducting research rather than prolonging life. Modern medical marvels were causing the degradation of various social and moral norms. The problems that modern medicine raised were social, political and even legal in nature and so the medical profession was in need of non medical advice. The use of organ transplants compounded this issue.

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Victor
  • Management Planning and Ethics Paper

    Management Planning and Ethics Paper

    Management Planning and Ethics Paper Organizational planning is one of the most important functions of management, yet many businesses do not realize the impact that outside factors may have on the planning process. This paper will more closely examine those factors, such as ethical and legal issues, and corporate social responsibility, and how they influence corporate decision-making at Target Coporation. Simply stated, planning is the process of selecting priorities or goals for a business, and

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ethic of Public Service

    Ethic of Public Service

    r's expectation. 5) Market segmentation-In order for local government to be customer focused I have already mentioned the need to segment and group its constituents. A conflict here can arise with the ethic that all individuals are equal. By grouping it is possible that some groups will be overlooked. This again reinforces that the ethos and marketing orientation may struggle to work hand in hand with each other. The equality factor is clearly shown by

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: David
  • Compassionate Egoism

    Compassionate Egoism

    Egoism at its root relates to self-interest. It is the idea that a person’s goal in one life should be to promote the individual. There are two different heads to this beast, both of which have some very good points, but fail to complete what a moral code should be comprised of. The first, ethical egoism, describes what humans should do, e.g. anything in their individual self-interests. The second, psychological egoism, describes what humans will

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ethics and Organizational Development

    Ethics and Organizational Development

    Introduction For many organizations 'ethics' is something to be defined and managed by senior executives. Consider the arguments for and against this control-oriented position. In today's world it is all too prevalent to see more and more people hungry to gain success at an ever-increasing rate. Modern culture can and indeed is labeled 'greedy' and 'thoughtless', through my extensive time spent in business, I have encountered many of these types of people. But who are

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Bred
  • Ethical Analysis Facial Discrimination

    Ethical Analysis Facial Discrimination

    Ethical Analysis Assigned Case Number and Full Title: Case 9.5 “Facial Discrimination” a. In your own words, write a two- or three-sentence summary of this case. Three employees have finished interviewing college students for summer internships. The employees discuss how one of the candidates was too ugly to work at Allied Products Inc. Then employees begin discussing if discrimination on the basis of looks is unethical or even illegal. b. What is the essential ethical

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Public Relations Ethics

    Public Relations Ethics

    The morality of an action must always be considered when dealing with the public relations of an organization. Though there are rules that should be followed, it is not always easy to do what is right. Veteran practitioners say that the best policy is to always tell the truth. But, in some situations, people are prevented from discussing certain things due to legal issues. Regardless of the situation, a practitioner should always follow the six

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Yan
  • Ethics Case

    Ethics Case

    I. Introduction Ethical behavior should be observed in Accounting. It is the primary task of people who are involve in this profession to serve the public’s interest and might even sacrifice personal advantages. It is just not right to fool the public since they have little knowledge in accounting information. It is also the duty of accountants to avoid being associated with misleading information. Principles in AICPA’s (American Institute of CPA’s) code of professional conduct

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    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Vika
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    I have learned a lot from Business Ethics both professionally and personally. I am a very spiritual person to begin with so I knew from the time I signed up that I would enjoy this class. One of the things I liked the most was our Quotations and Ethical Queries. Through those two exercises I was able to view other people’s opinions on some very important issues. It has definitely helped me to see why

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Max
  • Ethical Dilemmas & Impact of Nurse-Patient Ratios

    Ethical Dilemmas & Impact of Nurse-Patient Ratios

    thical Dilemmas & Impact of Nurse-Patient Ratios I was an ICU nurse for 18 years and I decided to leave bedside nursing in 1999 when I found myself standing in the doorway between two patient's rooms, which both had alarms going off. I was being forced to care for three critical patients that night. I left nursing because as I stood in that doorway I realized that in choosing which room I was going to

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Legal and Ethical Aspect of Drug Testing in the Workplace

    The Legal and Ethical Aspect of Drug Testing in the Workplace

    The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Drug Screening in the Workplace Introduction Workplace drug screening policies in America revolve around the risk management views of corporate accountants and lawyers, and do not consider the individual rights of employees. Risk management can be defined as the process of analyzing exposure to risk and determining how to best handle that exposure (investorwords.com). Since companies are concerned with profitability, the risk can further be defined as what is

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Ethical Behaviour

    Ethical Behaviour

    ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MUSLIMS: loss of civic sense Morals can either be classified as secular or religious. Secular morality tries to establish a moral system that is independent of God and religious faiths. In terms of motives for morality, various explanations have been given. One explanation is that people are ethical in pursuit of happiness or perfection. Another suggests that pressure by political power or social means forces people to follow a certain code of

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Max
  • The Ethics of Keeping Pets

    The Ethics of Keeping Pets

    Animals are the under-appreciated co-inhabitants of our planet. I believe that animals should be afforded equal consideration to humans. The only criteria for equal treatment should be the ability to feel pain. As we can demonstrate that all animals with a backbone can feel pain, then all animals with a backbone should be treated with equal consideration to humans. Their needs should be considered and met in the same way a human's would be. This

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Ethical Behavior in Organizations

    Ethical Behavior in Organizations

    Ethical Issues in Organizational Behavior Abstract Ethics relates to the moral principles of values. Organizations often decide between profit and moral. Some organizations acquire both, yet ethical issues arise every time. Ethical standards are a way to resolve these issues. Primarily, the task of management is to do business according to the ethical standards. Organizations need to incorporate set standards and be one of the same as an individual. Additionally, organizations have certain social

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Pablo
  • Operations Management and Ethics

    Operations Management and Ethics

    Operations Management and Ethics What is operation management? Operation management is the direction and control of transformation process of a system so that the system adds value to a company’s product by enhancing productivity and efficiency. This management style focuses on managing the processes that involves product creation, development, production, and distribution. The operation function is concerned with the selection that best suits the company. The transformation process is to produce the required output, for

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: July
  • Ethics

    Ethics

    Ethics, according to the American Society for Quality, is “The practice of applying a code of conduct based on moral principles to day-to-day actions to balance what is fair to individuals or organizations and what is right for society.” Morals, on the other hand, are individual and personal beliefs about what is right and wrong (Lewicki, p.181). Evidence of ethical codes of conduct can be traced all the way back to ancient times, the times

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Anna
  • Business Ethics and Communication

    Business Ethics and Communication

    Ethics is the right and wrong that prescribe what we should do, in terms of rights, Obligations, benefits of the society, fairness or specific virtues, virtues of honesty, compassion and loyalty. In short, Ethics is practical side of morality. Running a business ethically is good for business. However, "business ethics" if properly interpreted means the standards of conduct of individual business people, not necessarily the standards of business as a whole. Recent events in

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Nirali
  • The Marketing Ethics Quiz - How's Your Marketing Conscience?

    The Marketing Ethics Quiz - How's Your Marketing Conscience?

    The Marketing Ethics Quiz How's Your Marketing Conscience? It's time for a business ethics brush-up. Time to do a little soul-searching and kneeling at the business confessional. As always we're not concerned with the easy business choices e.g., envy, greed, sloth, coveting thy neighbors… The emphasis here is on the more subtle offenses that tend not to get much attention in either the Sunday pulpit or the pages of Forbes Magazine. The Top 10 Test

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Nasa Code of Ethics-Summary

    Nasa Code of Ethics-Summary

    The NASW Code of Ethics maybe considered the most ambitious set of ethical guidelines in social work history. Ethical issues have always been a concern of the professional social worker. As early as 1919 there were attempts to draft professional codes of ethics (Reamer, 1998). There have been several social work organizations since, that have attempted to draft ethical codes, such as the American Association for Organizing Family Social Work and several chapters of

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    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Jack
  • Ethics in the Workplace

    Ethics in the Workplace

    Good ethics is essential in the workplace to have a good, working environment. Many companies now enforce ethics training, in hopes that the good ethics will rise above bad ethics. But in too many cases that does not happen. It is important to enforce good ethics in the workplace so that trust may be a result. Employers must be able to build trust around their employees and visa versa. Employees must also be able to

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    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Kevin