When talking about organizations most people thinks they are fully aware of the subject matter‚ but lack the in depth knowledge of the topic. As future business leaders it’s important to fully understand things like‚ what is an organization? Why must I understand the purposes of organizations? Or why is it important for a business student to learn about organizations? These questions are more complex than they appear‚ and being ignorant of the subject matter not only affects you but those under you
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1. Explain why ethics is important in the business environment. Ethics is important not only in business but in all aspects of life because it is the vital part and the foundation on which the society is build. A business/society that lacks ethical principles is bound to fail sooner or later. While many businesses have codes of ethics‚ the words written in a formal code are valuable only if their intent is reflected in the actions of the people who represent the organization. A business cannot be
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In this chapter the author starts out with the question why be ethical? Why bother? And who cares? Well‚ John’s story gives us good reasons why we need to be ethical and why we need to care. John was exposed to asbestos at his job. Later on he died from it. This would have not happened to John if the manufacturer of asbestos wouldn’t continue producing asbestos after they knew of the possible health risks of asbestos. Besides‚ the people that work for the manufacturer of asbestos were also exposed
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Why Organizations Change Organizations change for a number of different reasons‚ so they can either react to these reasons or be ahead of them. These reasons include: 1. Crisis: Obviously September 11 is the most dramatic example of a crisis which caused countless organizations‚ and even industries such as airlines and travel‚ to change. The recent financial crisis obviously created many changes in the financial services industry as organizations attempted to survive. 2. Performance Gaps: The
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Hunting or Killing? Is hunting a moral or ethical practice in today’s society? Can we justify the killing of wild animals for food‚ clothing‚ or for sport. It has long been a fact of life that the human race has had to hunt in order to survive. But in this new age of technology were everything we need to survive can be found on a supermarket shelf‚ then why do we still hunt animals? It’s not out of necessity that many Americans continue to hunt‚ but rather the life experience and the respect
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market environment‚ organization faces a lot of challenges in dominating or even surviving throughout the industry. To maintain organization sustainability‚ an effective leadership and management skills are both needed as the essential elements.There are plenty of factors which help to maintain a sustainable organization. From Abraham Zaleznik’s leadership prospective‚ a “good” leader is needed for a sustainable organization‚ which can help communicating along the organization directly. Meanwhile
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hunting to be moral and the right thing to do in most cases. There will always be arguments on why hunting is used today but there are many reasons why hunting is ethical. Although some disagree‚ it is clear that hunting is ethical because it is how humans have survived for many years and by hunting‚ it restores and conserves natural habitat. There are some people that disagree that hunting is ethical‚ asking the question‚ is it right to kill animals for sport? According to peta.org‚ “hunting is
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2.1 -------------- 1. The business conduct that led to the WorldCom and Enron scandals was unethical‚ but not all of the behavior was illegal. Please discuss why Boatright explains in the Why the Law is Not Enough section of our text‚ “reliance on the law alone is a prescription for disaster.” (2012‚ p. 10) -------------- Reliance on the law‚ alone‚ is a prescription for disaster. This is true for several reasons. For starters‚ the law is not always appropriate when it comes to helping regulate
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Why do organizations use Expatriates? Expatriates were used as a means of addressing agency issues as a result of the separation of ownership and management and their amplification through distance. Edstrom and Gailbraith (1977) proposed three motives for using expatriates. Firstly‚ as position fillers when suitably qualified host country nationals (HCNs) were not available. Secondly‚ as a means of management development‚ aimed at developing the competence of the individual manager. Thirdly‚
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2012 Daniel Go Does the Possession of Knowledge Carry an Ethical Responsibility? There is no singular definition of knowledge‚ but for the purpose of this paper; knowledge will be defined as the familiarity with a situation or fact. Ethics‚ on the other hand‚ is a set of moral principles that govern a person’s behavior. Simplifying the knowledge issue would be to state that: The familiarity of something (whether a fact or situation) entails compliance with ethical or moral obligations
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