Oxymoron Oxymoron Definition Oxymoron‚ plural oxymora‚ is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings e.g. “cruel kindness” or “living death”. However‚ the contrasting words/phrases are not always glued together. The contrasting ideas may be spaced out in a sentence e.g. “In order to lead‚ you must walk behind.” Difference between Oxymoron and Paradox It is
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QUESTION 2: BUSINESS ETHIC IS AN OXYMORON? INTRODUCTION When car manufacturers produce cars due to their customers need cars‚ it damages the environment and became a causing factor of global warming. For the society‚ is it an ethical behavior? The organization itself think this behavior is ethical because manufacturers do the ’right’ thing which is increasing profit for the corporation and meet the needs of their customers‚ others will regard it as an ethical problem because it destroys the living
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|Word 1 |Meaning |Word 2 |Meaning | |accept |to agree to receive or do |except |not including | |adverse |unfavourable‚ harmful |averse |strongly disliking; opposed | |advice |recommendations about what to |advise |to recommend something | |
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Is Sales Ethics an Oxymoron? Introduction It has been said that sales ethics is an oxymoron. In this paper‚ this topic will be discussed. First‚ what is an oxymoron? It can be explained as the bringing together of two apparently contradictory concepts such as ’a great defeat ’ or ’humiliating honor ’. From this topic‚ it is saying that sales ethics is an oxymoron which indicates that there is no ethic in sales. It is suggesting that sales are in some degree unethical. For example‚ it may believe
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It has been said that sales ethics is an oxymoron. Do you agree? Discuss this statement. Do you agree that sales ethics is an oxymoron? Repeatedly‚ this statement has been a dispute amongst business enthusiast for decades. For this essay‚ oxymoron is a figure of speech described as a conjoined pair of two obvious contradictory such as pretty ugly‚ living dead‚ pretty ugly‚ jumbo shrimp etc. To kick off with‚ sales ethics is the application of ethical values to sales behaviour (Clive 2011). Ethical
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WHY BUSINESS ETHICS IS NOT AN OXYMORON? NOTION: In an attempt to answer the subject matter‚ it is then imperative to settle first an understanding of what ‘business’ and ‘ethics’ is as independent from each other and what is ‘business ethics’ as a whole. 1.0 Technical definition of terms 1.1 Business – an organization involved in the trade of goods‚ services or both to consumers. It may be privately owned and administered‚ or state owned to provide service to its customers generally
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It has said that Sales Ethics is an oxymoron. Do you agree? Discuss this statement. Oxymoron is defined as a figure of speech which enforces terms which may seem contradictory. Are sales ethics controversy? Business Ethics describes the moral content of behaviour practiced within a certain organisation (Hair‚ J. F‚ Anderson‚ R. A‚ Mehta‚ R‚ and Babin‚ B. J.) It is the study of how people with business relationships react when they face a particular situation with moral consequences. Trust is a major
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MASS CUSTOMIZATION : JUST AN OXYMORON Customization means manufacturing a product or delivering a service in response to a particular customer’s needs‚ and mass customization means doing it in a cost- effective way. The concept can be customized either very broadly as a business strategy for profitably providing customers with anything they want‚ anytime‚ anywhere‚ in any way; or narrowly as the use of flexible processes and organizational structures to produce varied and often individually
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Business Ethics Is Not An Oxymoron by Dexter Calma Ateneo Graduate School of Business Business‚ in a very simplified definition‚ describes an exchange of something for another. In this context‚ it can be implied that there is a fiduciary understanding that the parties involved receive goods or services that are of equal value according to the appraisal system that they have agreed upon‚ whether it is based on units of measurement‚ or just mere goodwill. Thus‚ ethical standards that are applied
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Is Business Ethics an Oxymoron? Copyright: Daryl Koehn I have taught business ethics for ten years‚ and I would be rich woman today if I had a dollar for every person who has said to me‚ "Business ethics. Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?" Sometimes businesspeople make this comment. More often‚ though‚ the skeptics are people outside of business. Those who actually work in business know that business ethics is a serious issue for a number of reasons. Businesses obviously care about the ethics
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