Normative theory and whistle-blowing Introduction Whistle-blowing in this context is the act‚ for an employee‚ disclosing what he believes to be an unethical or illegal behaviour to higher management (internal whistle-blowing) or to an external authority or the public (external whistle-blowing). Examples of unethical acts include sexual harassment and racial discrimination at work while illegal act include the accounting fraud by the Arthur-Andersen accountants for Enron (Sims & Brinkmann 2003)
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Beneficence‚ Reason and Sainthood Beneficence is seen as doing good or performing charitable acts for the betterment of mankind. It consists of acts of mercy‚ kindness‚ support‚ assistance and charity aimed at the promotion of the good of others. Kant argues that beneficent acts cannot exist in isolation‚ but must have a moral aspect. It is generally accepted that no man is an island; hence every human being needs his/her fellow beings in one way or the other. Because of this interdependence nature
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The case of Blindness of Merck is one of the good examples‚ which can be used to analyse the four theories of ethic such as Utilitarianism‚ Kantianism‚ Rights and Justice as well as CRS. This essay will be focus on Utilitarianism theory. River blindness is a disease that afflicts around 18 million peoples in Africa and Asia. It is the result of black fly’s bite. Merck is a pharmaceutical company located in New Jersey which is known for productivity of research and development effort. In the
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Current Event Group 8 Mohamed Ibrahim Suleiman What is conflict of interest? Conflict of interest is not between conflicting interests only‚ but it is more about when a personal interest comes into conflict with an obligation to serve other’s interests. This type of ‘obligation’ is characterized by a relation between an (agent) who agrees to act in the interest of the (principal)‚ for example- among fiduciaries‚ such as executors and trustees. The subject matter: The subject matter regarding
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INTRODUCTION The paper will be discussing the effectiveness in making better organizational decisions by applying the knowledge of normative ethical theories. The first step to make an ethical decision is recognizing the moral issue. (Jones and Ryan‚ 1998) The knowledge of normative theories would aid decision maker in recognizing the moral issue. I will begin with the virtue ethics of the normative ethical theories that tell us in order of making an ethical decision‚ the integrity or character of
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Cloning is a procedure conceived to notion in the late 1960s‚ but it is only recently that it was fully understood and that scientists have started to figure out how to successfully copy the genetic composition of one organism to another. Since science already knows how to do this‚ the only problems and obstacles that remains is efficiency and the success ratio of each operation. The cloning process consists of taking the nucleus of an organism‚ and placing it‚ along with the DNA that contains all
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Abortion is a procedure performed to end a pregnancy before birth occurs. I will succinctly analyze whether the act of abortion is morally right or wrong. Since the philosophy of ethics is very social and states that we are all moral autonomous agents and are part of a moral community‚ we are defined as ’persons‚’ i.e. ethical individuals that legislate to reason right from wrong and thereby have a responsibility to do so. However‚ there is a fine line between being a ’person’ and being a ’human
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According to Osho‚ the Indian mystic and spiritual teacher‚ "Consciousness means living with a witness; unconsciousness means living without a witness. When you are walking on the road‚ you can walk consciously — that’s what Buddha says one should do — you are alert‚ deep down you are aware that you are walking; you are conscious of each movement. You are conscious of the birds singing in the trees‚ the early morning sun coming through the trees‚ the rays touching you‚ the warmth‚ the fresh air‚
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Development 5 3.1. Proposed Ethics Policy 5 3.2. Rationale of Ethics Policy 6 3.3. Policy Development 6 3.3.1. Virtue Ethic 7 3.3.2. Utilitarianism Ethic 7 3.3.3. Kantianism Ethic 8 3.4. Corporate Social Responsibility 8 4. Implementation‚ Effectiveness‚ and Limitations 9 4.1. Implementation of Ethics Policy 9 4.2. Effectiveness of Ethics Policy 10 4.3. Limitations
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PREVIEW: PHIL C100 Quiz 1 — P A G E 1 — 1. The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek philein (to love) and sophia (knowledge or wisdom). X | True | | False | 2. Which of the following is a "philosophical question": | Is there a God? | | Does the end justify the means? | | What form of government is best? | | What is Time? | X | All of the above. | 3. An argument is a reason for accepting a position. X | True | | False | 4. The area of philosophy
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