References: Ferrell‚ O. C.‚ Fraedrich‚ J.‚ & Ferrell‚ L. (2012). Business ethics: Ethical decision making and cases. (9th ed.). Mason‚ OH: South-Western: Cengage Learning.
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Fiduciary Responsibility Shana Bates City University of Seattle Business Ethics Amy Thiele June 20‚ 2014 Introduction This paper discusses in detail the issue of fiduciary responsibility. A fiduciary relationship describes an association in which an individual is vested with the obligation of caring for another person’s rights or property. The fiduciary relationship is supposed to be a very special and confidential association where the fiduciary must be honor-bound to legally accomplish
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Assignment 3 1a) Business Ethics is a professional ethics that examining ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations. The 17 key areas of concerns relating to business code in a global organization are as following: 1) International business 2) Health and safety 3) Protection and proper use of company asset 4) General Ethical Standards 5)
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have unbiased reports is one of the ethical issues that could have been solved by the companies themselves. Auditor independence is another activity that could have been handled voluntarily. According to Jennings (2012) the SOX established code of ethics for public accounting firms. Some of the services that accounting companies that audit public companies are prohibited to do are; provide bookkeeping services for the same public companies that they are auditing‚ appraisal and valuation services
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this essay would discuss on whether ethics is required or optional on business. On this essay it will analyse four ethics theory‚ namely Milton Friedman‚ R. Edward Freeman‚ Albert Carr and Carroll. Milton Friedman and Albert Carr illustrate that ethics is required whereas Edward Freeman and Carroll state ethics is optional. After analysing these theories‚ it is difficult to find out that whether ethics is optional or required. However choosing on whether ethics is optional or required would depend
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What is ethics? Ethics can be defined as a set of principles used by an individual to govern his or her decisions in an effort to ensure fairness and equality. Business ethics‚ as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is the applied ethics discipline that addresses the moral features of commercial activity. The same source also gives a history of business ethics which states that the concept as an academic principle is relatively young-only about forty years old; but in general is as
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National Institute Of Management Business Ethics – Paper 3 By Velasquez Q1) Identify The Behaviors That you think Are Ethically Questionable In The History Of Microsoft. Evaluate The Ethics Of These Behaviors? Q2) In your Judgment‚ Who was Morally Responsible For Maryann Rockwoods’Accidenatl Needlestick: Maryann Rockwood? The Clinic That Employed Her? The Government Agencies That Merely Issued Guidelines ? Becton Dickinson
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Business ethics is the conduct within companies and corporations deemed acceptable by society. Consumers rely on businesses to be honest in representing the products they sell in addition to use of economic resources. Due to the availability of electronic communications‚ consumers are now able to more closely monitor the activities of a company. Should a company’s behaviors be suspect‚ the information can be shared instantaneously. Acceptable conduct regarding business practices has evolved over
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Business Ethics Doug Donofrio FIN/486 May 27‚ 2013 Mary Corcutt Eron and WorldCom are both companies that collapsed due to ethical violations. The major factors that lead to the dissolution of Enron Corporations and WorldCom will be indentified. The specific ethical violations in accounting practices at these two companies will be explained and the role of business ethics in strategic financial planning will be described. “Business Ethics are the standards of conduct or moral judgment that
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Business Ethics Business ethics is part of today’s society whether you like it or not. There are many things happening in today’s corporate world that needs to be opinioned. Are ethical judgments merely a matter of personal opinion? Yes because we live in a free society I think that most ethical judgments are based on a matter of what you believe in. Everyone has the right to think differently. There will also be similarities and differences in your ethical point of view because of religion
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