however‚ today’s society is demanding much more from businesses. Society is looking at not only if a company makes money but how it contributes to society. Society is insisting that companies change their focus to incorporate social‚ cultural and ethical responsibilities. British American Tobacco has done just that and the subsequent addresses these changes. 2. Brief History on British American Tobacco (BAT) British American Tobacco is the world’s second largest tobacco international tobacco
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Ethical Issues Quality. Batching plants‚ ready mix trucks and other machineries should be certified and be inspected on a regular basis. Weight scales‚ volumetric measuring devices and admixture dispensers should be calibrated frequently. Trucks should be inspected on a regular basis for blade wear‚ build-up‚ accuracy of water measurement and functioning revolution counters. Batching plants should have a process for preventing contamination of cementitious materials. There must be a process for
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Current ethical issue analysis Due to the sheer size of its market and exposure‚ the juggernaut that is Wal-Mart faces a multitude of ethical issues of a wide variety in today’s market. The company touts having three main points in its code of ethics: respect for the individual‚ service to the customer‚ and striving for excellence. It is estimated that Wal-Mart is the largest U.S. importer of Chinese products‚ and that Chinese manufactured goods actually make up around 70% of the company’s total
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Ethical and Unethical issues about Coca Cola http://www.bigbrummie.co.uk/ The company has come under fire in the last few months for the way in which its workers are treated in Guatemala. On February 25‚ 2010‚ Coke was sued by those Guatemalan labourers‚ who claim that they‚ “endured a campaign of violence” from the people who worked for the bottling or processing plants owned by Coke. (Unethical) In 1998‚ Coca-Cola set up a bottling plant in Perumatti in the southern state of Kerala. Since
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Ethical Issues in the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research Richard R. Sharp‚ PhD Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine Historical Perspectives The use of animals in biomedical research has a lengthy history. Early Greek writings (circa 500 B.C.)‚ for example‚ describe the dissection of living animals by physician-scientists interested in physiological processes. These early vivisections appear to have been done mostly for exploratory purposes‚ however
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5. What ethical issues have you witnessed or heard about on this company? State your opinions on what should have been done to deal with these ethical issues. a) Conflict on human rights Nokia has been involved in conflict-minerals which engaging in human rights abuses. For example‚ the conflict-minerals took place in Democratic Republic of Congo‚ Central of Africa in July of 2010. The illegal activities involved the extraction and trade of minerals which controlled by warlords. The head of the
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History When people first started to get involved in environmental ethics‚ the choices were based on “how does it benefit humans”. Most ethical perspectives were anthropocentric‚ human interests at the expense of nonhuman things. Such as clear cutting‚ or burning because we as humans can benefit more from the wood or the land‚ than the animals can benefit from it. The value of nonhuman things would depend on what the human needed the nonhuman thing for. In the early 1970’s some members
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receives a call from Bill inviting him to go out on the yacht for the weekend with the family. Joe feels relieved that Bill has called with the invite thinking their friendship has been a little distant lately due to the contract negotiations. What should Joe do about the invitation from Bill? Since the contract is still in negotiations‚ Joe needs to explain to Bill he is
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Samsung’s Ethical Issues Against Employees One of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers‚ Samsung Electronics is also South Korea’s top electronics company. It makes many kinds of consumer devices‚ including DVD players‚ digital TVs‚ and digital still cameras; computers‚ color monitors‚ LCD panels‚ and printers and communications devices ranging from wireless handsets and smartphones to networking gear. However there is downside in that huge successful company as every others have. A
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Personal Ethical Statement Upon review of my results from the Ethical Lens Inventory‚ I learned that I have an optimistic approach about things. I seem to see in the good in situations rather than allowing the negative aspects of a situation prevents me achieving my goals. This is in regards to my preferred ethical lens‚ my reasoning skills allow me to determine what needs to be accomplished and what my role consist of so that everyone will be treated fairly. In terms of my blind spot I don’t
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