Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility Case Analysis: BP (Beyond Petroleum) Beyond Petroleum (BP)‚ one of the world’s largest energy companies has seen many highs and lows over its 100 history. Throughout BP’s 100 year history there have been numerous questions about the company’s ethical conduct. These ethical misconducts include fraud‚ environmental crimes‚ regulatory negligence‚ and the endangering of habitats (Thorne‚ D.M.‚ Ferrell‚ O.C.‚ & Ferrell‚ L.‚ 2011). With the multiple
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Operations Management and Ethical Issue According to Aquilano‚ Chase‚ and Jacobs (2005)‚ "Operations management (OM) is defined as the design‚ operation‚ and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm ’s primary products and services" (p.19). Operations management is a dynamic field and presents exciting new issues and challenges for operations managers. For example‚ Maura Sprenger‚ human resources director at Techno Inc.‚ a fast growing information technology company
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The clients social workers provide services for are faced with various issues that may cause challenges for both the client and social worker. These issues includes social injustice‚ economic hardship‚ inadequate health coverage‚ lack of transportation and limited family support. Although social workers are held accountable for adhering to the code of ethics‚ depending on the client’s lifestyle or personal choice the social worker personal and professional beliefs may be challenged. Levenson states
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES Melwin Fernandes 200083225 Ethics and Other Management Issues (CIS 485) Duncan Jeffries Project Management Issues What is Project Management? Project management is the discipline of planning‚ organizing‚ and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. It is often closely related to program management (Wikipedia). A project is a temporary endeavour‚ undertaken to meet particular goals and objectives
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Ethical Issues in Procurement Management When people or business deal with contracting as a means of Procurement for their company‚ there may be issues regarding who the company will deal with. Procurement Management conducted correctly can be a valuable tool when combating this problem. The United States Government is a larger institution that relies on contractors to take care of many of the logistics necessary to keep our government running smoothly. Our government does not have the manpower
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Nike has become one of those global companies targeted by a broad range of campaigning pressure groups and journalists as a symbolic representation of the business in society. In Nike ’s case‚ the issues are those of human rights and conditions for workers in factories in developing countries. In the face of constant accusations‚ Nike has developed a considered response but the criticism of Nike still continues. Nike produces footwear‚ clothing‚ equipment and accessory products for the sports and
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Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. Analyze the relationships among ethical‚ social‚ and political issues that are raised by information systems. 2. Identify the main moral dimensions of an information society and specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide ethical decisions. 3. Evaluate the impact of contemporary information systems and the Internet on the protection of individual
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ETHICAL ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT PAPER Ethical Issues and Management Paper Jamie Culley University of Phoenix Online Campus Ethical Issues and Management Paper Introduction. The responsibilities of a manager go far beyond supervision. In fact‚ managers are forced to make important decisions every day that affect the company‚ their employees‚ and possibly the public depending on the circumstance. Managers take part in hiring‚ performance‚ evaluation‚ discipline‚ and termination. They are also
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INTRODUCTION Knowledge Management (KM) has never attained so much publicity as it has in recent years. It is a relatively new facet in organisations and also in educational institutions. Today‚ it is of utmost importance in the corporate world. The definition of KM has been defined and redefined by various experts through all these years. KM is defined as the tools‚ techniques and strategies which are essential to retain‚ analyse‚ organise improve and share business knowledge. (Groff & Jones 2003:
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Ethical Issues in Management; Harassment or Flirting An ethical workplace has never been more important in today’s business world; one must be very careful and sometimes to a degree think as if paranoid when dealing with allegations of harassment to protect one’s self‚ especially now that more organizations are going global. Harassment in the workplace‚ especially of a sexual nature‚ can cost anyone his or her job if interpreted as sexual harassment instead of a pure intention of simply giving a
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