Chapter 1‚ Introducing Business Ethichs What is business ethics? Business Ethics (BE) has been called an oxymoron. By an oxymoron‚ we mean the bringing together of two apparently contradictory concepts. The statement also suggests that there are not‚ or cannot be‚ ethics in business. However‚ there appears to be good reason to suggest that business ethics as a phenomenon‚ and as a subject‚ is not an oxymoron. Whilst there will be disagreements about what exactly constitutes “ethical” business
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or concerned with consequences of an action (Thiroux J & Krasemann K 2012). This theory believes that an act is not necessarily considered to be ethically right or wrong‚ but rather is judged to be morally applicable because of the consequences its position creates (Lecture Week 2). So‚ from a consequentialist viewpoint‚ a morally right action is one that creates the best overall result. For example‚ a consequentialist may claim that lying is wrong because of the negative consequences it may produce
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Brand name creation process We read the chapter 16 from the New Products Management -book. We interested in the topic “What is a good brand name?” and so we wanted to find an article that would tell more about brand naming. We read the article “Observations: Creating Effective Brand Names: A Study of the Naming Process” by Chiranjeev Kohli and Douglas W. Labahn from Journal of Advertising Research (January-February 1997‚ p. 65-75. The article focused on the brand name development process. The
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4. "Why did your parents give you your name - what is the story of your name? Are you named after someone or some place? If you don’t know why you have your name‚ make up a story." 1. My name is Viet Nga. Anyone who sees my name at the first time‚ will think of something relating to Viet Nam and Russia. It’s right. It’s a romantic love story of my parents and my name was given to memorize the time and the place where my mother met and loved my father. Back in 1985‚ a Vietnamese student was sent
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1. ETHICS‚ VALUES‚ AND ATTITUDES Ethics is a set of beliefs about right and wrong behaviour. Ethical behaviour conforms to generally accept social norms. Ethics is a philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it. A social‚ religious‚ or civil code of behaviour considered correct‚ esp. that of a particular group‚ profession‚ or individual. Under this is: * A virtue is a Habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable.
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Ethics and Morality Marian Agbabokha Walden University Last week’s foundation course‚ exposed me to a lot of issues regarding my profession as an election officer‚ it gave me food for thought. As a scholar and student of public policy and administration‚ what kind of responsibilities will this course place in my care‚ based on the information I would have gathered and assimilated‚ that I would have to pass on to those in my work place
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Effective Technical and Human Implementation of Computer-based Systems (ETHICS) ETHICS is an acronym‚ but the name of this approach is meant to imply that it is a methodology that embodies an ethical position. ETHICS‚ is a methodology based on the participative approach to information systems development. In addition‚ it encompasses the socio-technical view that for a system to be effective the technology must fit closely with the social and organisational factors. In particular‚ this means
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famous talk show host if her name had been Cindy? Would Elvis be the King of Rock and Roll if his name had been Jim? Our names are the cornerstone of our personality. From creative spellings to family tributes‚ our names say a lot about us‚ and they help us become who we are. Whether they are a loving nickname from a close friend‚ a mocking joke from peers‚ or an innocent mispronunciation from a teacher‚ names are a powerful and personal piece of who we are. A name identifies us. It is the sound
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The film ‘My Name is Khan’ directed by Karan Johar‚ is about the story of a man named Rizwan Khan‚ a Muslim man with Asperger’s syndrome who fall unconditionally for a woman named Mandira who is a Hindu‚ single mother living out her life successfully by opening her own salon in San Francisco. However‚ a tragedy tears his family apart. In order to mend back what is broken‚ Rizwan Khan innocently sets foot on a journey to meet the president of America and utters the words “My name is Khan and I am
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“My Name is Margaret” Our name identifies us in many ways. It connects us to who we are and connects us to our family. White people have had the power to express what identifies them best and black people really never got the chance to experience what identity is‚ it has always been prearranged for them. This passage’s main point is about identity and breaking out of the silence that the whites have had over the black people‚ about taking control and breaking the norms. In this story‚ Margaret
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