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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Natural Environment 5 1. Sustainable Packaging and Minimizing Waste Issues 5 2. Water Usage Issues 6 II. Workplace Ethics 9 1. Workplace Ethics Definition 9 2. Findings of Concern Regarding Ethics at the Workplace 9 3. Unilever‚ PepsiCo and Nestlé In Light of Relevant Issues 10 III. Recommendations 12 1. Natural Environmental Issues 12 1.1 Packaging Issues 12 1.2 Water Issues 12 2. Workplace Ethics Issues 13 IV. Conclusion 14 V. References 15 1. Academic Journal
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Issues in Psychological Testing PSY/475 October 24‚ 2011 Issues in Psychological Testing What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing? What impact do these issues have on the field of psychological testing? Informed consent involves the process by which a psychologist gain an individual’s voluntary consent prior to the administration of an assessment or test. As stated by Hogan (2007)‚ “The psychologist is responsible for informing the person about
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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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and downsides of drug testing in schools/ Help for those who test positive. The topic of drugs in schools has always been one that is prevalent in society and a main concern toward protecting our youth. Billions of dollars get spent every year on drug agencies that focus on stopping the importation of drugs to America and their distribution. Some of those funds also go to anti-drug campaigning and agencies that speak to schools and young adults about the dangers of using drugs. Yet with all this
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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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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: 1) Ethical issues and society: The selling of addictive product such as tobacco‚ cigarettes. Most people think that the selling of such harmful products is unethical. However‚ there are also some people think otherwise. The pros defend their point of view based on the fact that such products enhance their pleasure and reduce their stress. (Ex: cigarettes help reducing stress at work for people who have to work long hours) On the other hands‚ the cons are against it
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Every four out of five workplaces in the United States since 2006 now require you to take a pre-employment drug test . All employers should be able to give their employees a drug test randomly. But‚ the question is should employers be allowed to do random drug testing and that’s a big yes from eighty-four percent of all employers. There are many reasons why the employer should drug test at the workplace like to make the workplace a safer environment‚ also to maintain productivity and attendance
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Drug Testing in Professional and High School Athletics Many people do not see the severity of drug use in professional and High School athletics. Drug use in professional athletics is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem‚ but also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while and individual might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of an outlawed drug. However ‚ that athlete may just be one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem
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