This case deals with the ethical dilemma that Tobacco manufactures face when selling tobacco products in third world countries. First‚ there is the ethical dilemma of business versus health. The opening and development of the tobacco business in Third World countries like China‚ Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ India and Africa‚ is considered against the health consequences of tobacco use which according to an Oxford University epidemiologist‚ has estimated to cost 3 million lives annually rising to 10 million
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Socially Responsible Marketing Table of Contents Origins of Social Marketing 1 Definition of Socially Responsible Marketing: 2 Social Issues: 2 Bono’s Product (RED) Initiative: Reducing CSR to Cause-Related Marketing by Stefano Ponte‚ Lisa Ann Richey and Mike Baab 3 Social Marketing Mix 3 Product – offer made to target adopters 3 Price – costs that consumers have to bear 4 Special focus on GAP: 5 ETHICS 6 Definition 6 The Organisational Moral Development Model – Reidenbach
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What would a socially responsible tobacco company look like? It could certainly not be defined as such if it did not address the harm its products cause. It would be engaged in research and development seeking to develop less harmful versions of it product that would remain acceptable to its customers. It would have a clear code of conduct about how it seeks to market it’s products and to whom it would aim to tackle corruption and smuggling. It would ensure tobacco farmers worked in good conditions
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CASE 46 Making Socially Responsible and Ethical Marketing Decisions: Selling Tobacco to Third World Countries Strategic decisions move a company toward its stated goals and perceived success. Strategic decisions also reflect the firm’s social responsibility and the ethical values on which such decisions are made. They reflect what is considered important and what a company wants to achieve. Mark Pastin‚ writing on the function of ethics in business decisions‚ observes: There are fundamental principles
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SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE Telus Corp. Nowadays many successful companies are making corporate social responsibility a key to business. Telus was selected to one of the Top 50 Socially Responsible Corporation in Canada that Maclean’s published in 2011. In response to the 2011 Alberta fires‚ the company provided free wireless calling‚ a stoppage on billing‚ long-distance calling cards‚ replacement cellphones and over 1‚600 comfort kits for relief workers and residents of Slave Lake (Jantzi-Sustainalytics
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Subject: Human Resources‚ Task2‚ Ethical decision making This is to bring to your kind notice that recently we have received a report from the quality assurance department regarding the toy collection which has been recently been made for elementary schools for our South American client. The toys made did not pass the quality check as it includes a metal whistle‚ which contains high percentage of led which is highly harmful for the children. The shipment needs to be left by the end of the week
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of travel in its earliest days. However‚ over the years‚ with the growing number of people travelling around the world (for different purposes)‚ the word ‘travel’ has acquired a new meaning. It no longer refers to the traditional purpose of holidaying but has emerged as one of the major industries of the world and contributes to a large extent to the economic development of the country‚ Mauritius being one of them. On the international level‚ it is believed that tourism originated since the 12th
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The importance of ethical decision making Ethical decision making involves acting in a morally correct and socially responsible way. The law is based on ethical principles. However‚ the law is only ethically relevant to the period in time which it was made. This means that the law will never be able to account for every course of action and that the responsibility lies with the decision makers to ensure they act in an ethical manner. White collar crime in Australia has resulted in the collapse
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ETHICAL DECISION MAKING Ethical Decision Making MGT 350: Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making Abstract What is ethics and what place does it have in decision-making? Ethics means different things to each of us. We develop our ethics from our culture‚ ethnic background‚ religious beliefs and all that make us unique as humans. Knowing this does not help when we are asked as administrators or managers to make decisions that are jam-packed with ethical dilemmas. Acting as Faith Community
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“right” answers. What are your reactions to the three ethical dilemmas? What other information would be helpful to know about these situations to make a decision? CHAPTER FOCUS Virtue or Character Ethics Principle-Based Ethics: Developing Moral Rules Utilitarian Theories: Doing the Most Good for the Most People Deontological Theories: Balancing Rights and Obligations Justice in Health Care Values and Health Policy Ethics of Care Ethical Problems Faced by Community Nurses: The Research
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