CHAPTER 1 – Understanding Ethics LESSON OVERVIEW The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the student to ethics. You will give students a basic understanding of ethics and show where employees face the dilemma of balancing their own moral standards with those of the company they work for and the supervisor or manager to whom they report to on a daily basis. CHAPTER OUTLINE The textbook outlines the chapter with the following seven headings. As an instructor‚ you can use the headings to focus
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liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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VELASQUEZ Business Ethics. Concepts and Cases‚ 6th edn Advertising Death? In 2004‚ New York‚ Illinois‚ and Maryland – possibly to be joined by 30 other states – sued Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co (now part of R. J. Reynolds) for its “Kool Mixx” hip-hop promotions (CD-ROMs‚ DJ contests‚ hip-hop-themed cigarette packs‚ free magazines‚ free “Mixx Stick” radios‚ a website) as targeted at youth in violation of the 1998 tobacco settlement. Although the settlement prohibits ads aimed at teens‚ the
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Business Ethics Term Paper: Wal-Mart Walmart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 9‚826 retail units under 60 different banners in 28 countries. With their fiscal year 2010 sales of $405 billion‚ Walmart employs 2.1 million associates worldwide. Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton‚ with the opening of the first Walmart discount store in Rogers‚ Ark. The company incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ on Oct. 31‚ 1969. The company’s shares began trading
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February 19th 2014 BUS 440W Littman Corporate Actions And Business Ethics Roger And Me Assignment 1) “Is it right for General Motors to be closing their factory in the town of Flint Michigan? A town who’s residents rely on their jobs to support their families?” 2) After watching Michael Moore’s documentary‚ there is an abundance of information that suggests my ethical issue is valid. The town of Flint‚ Michigan relied on General Motors as the primary source of income for decades. Once
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Corporation – A separate legal entity that has an existence at law that is separable from those who form it. It is a separate legal entity in the sense that it has an existence at law‚ but no material existence. * It is separate and distinct from its shareholders * A properly authorized agent may bind the corporation in contract with third parties. * Shareholders possess limited liability for the debts of the corporation‚ and creditors may look only to the assets of the corporation to
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Jamie M. Boatwright Business Ethics January 18‚ 2011 Should Aaron Feuerstein rebuild in Malden and pay his employees in the meantime? What do you think of Feuerstein’s decision? What would you have done had you been in his position? I believe that Aaron Feuerstein should proceed with his plans to rebuild in Malden as well as continue to pay his employees some type of severance pay. Although the company faced tough economic hardships that were not at the fault of the employees‚ it should not
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Business Ethics Module 2 – Written Assignment 1. Act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism are the two different forms of utilitarianism Shaw and Barry distinguish. According to our textbook‚ act utilitarianism is the classic and most straight forward version of utilitarianism. Act utilitarianism states that we must ask ourselves what the consequences of a particular act in a particular situation will be for all those affected. If it brings more total good than those of any alternative
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Business Ethics Concepts & Cases Manuel G. Velasquez Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter Four Ethics in the Marketplace Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Definition of Market • A forum in which people come together to exchange ownership of goods; a place where goods or services are bought and sold. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Three Models of Market Competition • Perfect competition – A free market
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ACCT 201 Ethics Case* Fall 2012 NAME: Janika Washington________________ MAJOR: Business Management____________ Please complete items 1 through 4 by typing in your answers in the space provided and then printing TWO (2) copies of the completed case and submitting both copies in class on the date specified by your instructor. As the controller of LNP Company‚ Amy discovers a misstatement that overstated net income in the prior year’s financial statements. The misleading financial statements
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