A Business Ethical Duty: Social Responsibility Joe McClendon Western Governors University A community business has a social responsibility to its local community‚ its employees have an ethical duty their employer‚ and management has business responsibility to act in the best interest of stakeholders. Company Q is a small local grocery store chain located in a major metropolitan area. The company is struggling internally with ethical integrity and social responsibility. Company Q’s ethical
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ETHICS ETHICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Many of the ethical issues and dilemmas in international business are rooted in the fact that political systems‚ law‚ economic development‚ and culture vary significantly from Nation to nation. Consequently‚ what is considered normal practice in one nation may be considered unethical in others. Because they work for an institution that transcends National borders and cultures‚ managers in a multinational firm need to be particularly sensitive
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make additional acquisitions‚ support its $30 billion debt‚ as well as allow executives to cash in on their stock options. The final reason why people participate in unethical behavior is because the company culture puts the bottom line ahead of ethical behavior. This is exactly what happened at Enron. Enron had a program called “rank and yank.” In the “rank and yank” process your performance is evaluated yearly and if you are ranked the 15-20 percent lowest ranking employees you are let go or encouraged
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be discussing Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) using Anglo-American and Primark case studies as examples. First‚ I will discuss what is meant by ethical business behavior. Second‚ I will discuss how Anglo-American and Primark apply ethics into their business practices. Third‚ I will discuss what the costs and benefits are to an organization when they behave ethically. Finally‚ I will choose one component from Svennson & Woods’ model from “A Model of Business Ethics”‚ and
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Ethical Dilemmas for Multinational Enterprise: A Philosophical Overview Part One: Review Question #1 Multinational Corporations have always been and are currently now under harsh criticism. They are mainly condemned for exploiting resources and workers of third world countries‚ taking jobs away from the US industry‚ and destroying local cultures. Although there are negatives of multinational corporations‚ there are also positives. Business done overseas provides jobs for the people of the
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LAW ON OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS* I. Introduction A. Law - from the Latin word “lex” which is derived from the verb “Ligare” meaning “to bind” - a rule of conduct‚ just and obligatory promulgated by legitimate authority for the common observance and benefit (as defined by Sanchez Roman‚ a Spanish Civilist) B. Sources of Law 1. Legislative- Congress 2. Constitution- supreme law of the land 3. Administrative or Executive Orders‚ Regulations and Rulings-
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Individuals who are engaged in international business transactions have reported a cultural component to ethics. You are working on opening a branch of a food distribution operation in a foreign country‚ and a local official suggests that a little cash would help your company get started. Research international business and ethical standards‚ and answer the following questions: Q 1. In what ways can culture affect ethical standards and shape business behavior? A. In a way that some countries ethics
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Ethical Issues The issue of ethical behavior is one of the top challenges facing organizations today. A good definition of ethics includes the thought of doing what is morally acceptable or what is “good” and “right” as opposed to doing what is “bad” or “wrong” (Sims‚ 1992). But why are these issues a concern for organizations? What can they do to promote ethical behavior from their employees? Organizations should be concerned with ethical behavior for many reasons. Even though ethical decisions
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Ethical Situations in Business Competency 310.2.1: Ethical Issues in Business Business Management / October 2012 Abstract This essay examines the ethical and socially responsible courses of action in a given business situation. Company Q is a small local grocery store chain located in a major metropolitan area. They have recently closed a couple of stores in higher-crime-rate areas of the city‚ reportedly because these two stores were consistently losing money. After years of requests from
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Multinational corporations have existed since the beginning of overseas trade. They have remained a part of the business scene throughout history‚ entering their modern form in the 17th and 18th centuries with the creation of large‚ European-based monopolistic concerns such as the British East India Company during the age of colonization. Multinational concerns were viewed at that time as agents of civilization and played a pivotal role in the commercial and industrial development of Asia‚ South
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