Ethical Issues in Sales: Two Case Studies Thomas L. Carson Ethical issues in sales are an important and neglected topic in business ethics. Roughly 9% of the U.S. work force is involved in sales of one sort or another. But very little has been written about ethical issues in sales. Case 1: Shoe sales [The following case is taken from a paper that I received from a student. I am using this case with the student’s permission. The student did not want me to use his/her name. I have made some minor
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Ethical Issues in the Counseling Practice “Ethical Issues in the Assessment Process” COUNSELING Two important ethical issues in the practice of counseling are described below: a) Keeping Relationships Professional * Dual relationships * Bartering * Multiple clients b) Professional Responsibility * Advertising & Soliciting Clients * Credentials * Evaluation‚ Assessment‚ and Interpretation KEEPING RELATIONSHIPS PROFESSIONAL Dual Relationships: Refers to the professional’s
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Friendly Advice and Quid Pro Quo? Prior responding to the case study questions‚ I would like to mention two points that relates with employee’s unethical behaviour in an organization. The first is one is‚ the role of leaders in influencing unethical behaviour in the workplace. In most cases‚ employee did unethical act for the following reasons: due to lack of motivation‚ while falling in to ethical dilemma‚ and when they are under frustration…etc. When we discuss about unethical act‚ always it is
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Anthropologists Ethical Issues John R. Hunt Human Behavior Perspective Module 1 Professor Dan Moore September 4‚ 2011 Anthropology has been known as a study of an infinite curiosity about humans. Not only concerned with an interest in human beings and their development’s‚ Anthropology is a much broader concept of trying to understand the relationships between human beings and all possible questions about them such as where we came from and where we may be going
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Ethical Issues with Termination At-will employment means that the employee or employer has the right "to end the employment relationship at any time with or without notice or cause." (FedEx Office: AllBusiness‚ 1999-2009) Involuntary termination is a touchy subject for employers and it can happen for numerous reasons: specific cause‚ such as stealing‚ poor performance‚ and layoffs due to lack of work. Even though most companies have an "at-will" relationship with their employees‚ it is still
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Toys with Happy meal The Ethical Dilemma of McDonald’s McDonald’s currently faces a crisis‚ as parents‚ who objected to the free toys offered with the McDonald’s Happy Meal‚ sued the company. San Francisco passed a law banning free toys with food. In this paper‚ I will address how a corporation responds to a law‚ which challenges the organization’s current policies. I will also assess McDonald’s ethical dilemma of the balancing corporate concerns and community concerns‚ and I will argue they
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In our everyday lives‚ we have to deal with a variety of different ethical issues. We as individuals with our different thought processes deal and view with these issues in different ways. Abortion is one of the most controversial ethical issues within the health care profession. Abortion is a topic that can cause heated ethical discussions within the healthcare community. Abortion contains legal and ethical issue. Abortion mean ending a pregnancy before the fetus (unborn child) can live independently
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Ethical Environmental Issues SOC 120: Introduction To Ethics & Social Responsibility 01/18/10 “Ethics is the study of the choices people make regarding right and wrong” (Ruggiero‚ 2008). Environmental ethics‚ it is more of a study about moral relationships of human beings to‚ and also the value and moral status of‚ the environment and its nonhuman contents. Humans have been sharing our lives with nature for many of years; we have to make many ethical decisions with respect to the environment
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Ethical Issue A problem or situation that requires a person or organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right (ethical) or wrong (unethical) Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. ~ G. K. Chesterton Indeed‚ education is an ongoing process. We are always receiving and passing it on‚ adding something in the process‚ sometimes even taking certain things‚ impertinent from time to time‚ away from it while passing it on further
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Intervention‚ is a reality television show‚ produced by A&E network‚ that delves into the struggles faced by alcoholics. In this particular case‚ producers were faced with an dilemma on whether it was their responsibility to intervene when a member of their cast put themselves‚ as well as others‚ at risk of a potentially dangerous situation. After becoming heavily intoxicated‚ the cast member decided to get behind the wheel of her car and go for a drive; however‚ no one in the production crew obstructed
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