Intentions play a significant role in determining whether an act is ethical. (Ethics: Survey and Observations July 23‚ 2003) Consequentialist (teleological) theories determine ethical behavior by weighing the consequences of an action. The good and bad consequences of an action are tallied and if the total good consequences outweigh the total bad consequences‚ then the action are ethically proper. Therefore an action is ethical if the consequences of that action are more favorable than unfavorable
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The Performing Arts in a New Era Kevin F. McCarthy | Arthur Brooks | Julia Lowell | Laura Zakaras R Supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts The research in this report was supported by the The Pew Charitable Trusts. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The performing arts in a new era / Kevin McCarthy ... [et al.]. p. cm. “MR-1367.” Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8330-3041-8 1. Performing arts—United States. I. McCarthy‚ Kevin‚ 1945– PN2266.5 .P475
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Exercise – from last! 1) Find an example of an organisation following the: - Simple structure - Machine bureaucracy - Adhocracy 2) Imagine yourself as an employee in each of above (one by one) How does the communication between you‚ your team and your manager work taking below into consideration? - Simple structure (you are an employee reporting directly to the CEO‚ no employees reporting to you) - Machine bureaucracy (You are a middel manager‚ managing a team of 5 and you report to the CEO) -
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Ethical Observations Sean Kearns ACC291 May 27‚ 2012 Unethical accounting behavior and the resulting practices of it within businesses today is a very hot topic since the Enron accounting scandal of 2001. One might ask how does a scandal of this proportion come to be and can it happen again? What situations could lead to unethical behaviors and practices in accounting today that might cause history to repeat itself? The author intends to answer these questions and shed light on some insight
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nonexperimental data. If we use Clasical Regression model assuming that regressors are deterministic (fixed) it will not be realistic for the nonexperimental data. * What assumptions about the error term are related to random sample assumption? Give some examples when the random sample assumption can fail in a cross-section. How can we deal with such cases? Random sample assumption can fail in a cross-section when samples are not representative of underlying population‚ in fact some data sets are constructed
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consequence of individual or Organisational characteristics? What would promote ethical behaviour at work? 1. Introduction The aim of this research essay is to discuss on what type of characteristics drive and influence people’s actions ethically at work. Ethics is an important value everyone should have‚ whether at work or in life. In an organisation‚ workplace behaviour ethics should be a core value. Being ethical is essential to fixing problems and improving processes. This is crucial in establishing
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understood leadership and what it took to accomplish a humongous task such as the Pyramids. The Imperial Emperors understood how to manage the Chinese army and even China for that matter for centuries all together. The Moghuls of India‚ the Romans‚ Alexander the Great never needed any books or references on how to act like leaders. Moving on to a more recent time in history‚ the rise in the companies in the professional world‚ there has been an increase in the amount of sessions on leadership. From
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© National College for School Leadership 2003 1 Leadership in Organizations Gary Yukl 2001‚ Prentice Hall Gary Yukl is Professor of Management and Leadership at the State University of New York in Albany‚ and a board member of the Leadership Quarterly journal. He is a well-known scholar and author on leadership. Leadership in Organizations was first published in 1981. This fifth edition was published in 2002‚ and the formerly 19 chapters have been consolidated into 15 (which includes
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power sharing: Maria did not get the team members opinion of the home rehab activity‚ so she should share ideas‚ power and valuable information to improve team development. Also‚ she should act as one of the teams rather than a leader. There is an example in the book that I admired which is a team leader might say‚ “Remember the deadline. We must all have the proposal in the mail by Thursday.” A less team-member oriented statement would be‚ “Remember the deadline. I need the proposals in the mail by
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Transformational Leadership: Suppressing the minority In Ethics‚ The Heart of Leadership‚ Michael Keeley argues against transformational leadership. He believes that the only to prevent harm done to the minorities by the majorities is “to keep majorities from uniting around a common interest – the reverse of what transformational leaders are supposed to do” (Ethics‚ 124). In general‚ I agree with Keeley. He attributes this idea to James Madison‚ although other scholars have disagreed
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