Matthews‚ Ph.D. February 10‚ 2004 Applying Ethics to the Merck Case The purpose of my essay is to show whether the business decisions made by the management team of Merck pharmaceutical are ethical. Using corporate assets for charitable purposes‚ the company manufactures and distributes a drug called Mectizan at no charge to impoverished nations and their inhabitants. I will expound on three ethical theories and then analyze the Merck case according to each theory‚ summarizing how the authors and proponents
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Brown v. Southall Realty Co.‚ District of Columbia Court of Appeals‚ 1968‚ 237 A.2d. Parties: Lillie Brown‚ Defendant‚ Appellant Southall Realty‚ Plaintiff‚ Appellee Mr. Penn‚ Owner Judicial History: The Plaintiff‚ Southall Realty‚ filed suit to evict the defendant‚ Lillie Brown‚ for unpaid rent. The defendant contested that the rent was unpaid due to an illegal contract that was in violation of sections 2304 and 2501 of the D.C. Housing Regulations. The trial court of the District of
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commissioner to give the final OK on insurers’ rates in the state—lives to see another day. Although its days may be numbered‚ said the current insurance commissioner. The Third Appellate District Court affirmed a lower’s court ruling that Mercury Casualty Co.’s advertising expenses can be excluded from the commissioner’s calculation of Mercury’s California premiums and that the lower rate doesn’t create a “deep financial hardship.” The California Supreme Court declined to hear Mercury’s appeal of the appellate
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McAuslan Brewing Co. Identification of Major Problems/Issues 1) PROBLEM: There is no separate and formal human resource department. Each department within the company is independently responsible for hiring and training newcomers. This is a major problem because it is very probable that unqualified new employees with no experience and the skill necessary to do the job are being hired. Also‚ the company needs a separate department which specializes in finding and training employees. SOLUTION:
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The first everyday product I have been using is P8 Lite‚ a smartphone produced by Huawei. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is one of the largest Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen‚ China. It is becoming one of the fastest growing and innovative smartphone brands‚ with approximately 8.3 percent market share worldwide. Huawei is expanding its global market share in European countries such as Germany‚ Italy‚ and Spain. According to the “Asian Business and Management
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Science Technology Company (STC) Case Bill Watson as President of Science Technology Company (STC) should ask the Chief Financial Officer‚ Harry Finson‚ to fine tune and rehash the 5 year financing plan Harry prepared. This is to address the following issues and concerns: A. Projected thirty percent (30%) increase in annual sales Historically in a strong ATE market‚ STC was able to increase its sales on a compound annual growth rate of 12% only. In 1983‚ the company posted its highest
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This case study involves an evaluation of implied assumptions within the work environment. It will analyze the behavior within the working relationship between co-workers‚ as well as show the difference between logical and emotional thought process and reactions. It will also recognize misleading reasoning and assess the reliability of arguments. Finally‚ it will identify problems within the work environment itself and attempt to construct solutions to solve these problems. Hypothesis The problem
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Tiffanys is now any girls best friend. The perfect blend of romance‚ comedy and tragedy‚ Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the must-see classic that captures the life of the young and ambitious‚ and shows the clear statement of what it is like to make it in a big city. Perfectly put together by Blake Edwards‚ and creatively written as a novel by Truman Capote‚ Audrey Hepburn (Holly Golightly) and George Peppard (Paul Varjak) make this film just as special as its name. I decided to watch this iconic
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Heartland & Company 1. What are the advantages of basing a supplier’s overall evaluation on its lowest performance on one of the five dimensions (Quality‚ Delivery‚ Cost Management‚ Technical Support‚ and Wavelength)? What are the disadvantages? Overall‚ do you think that basing a supplier’s overall evaluation on its lowest performance on one dimension is a good idea or not? Why or why not? There are a couple advantages of basing a supplier’s overall evaluation on its lowest performance measure
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The case about misappropriation of a trade secret that I researched is Best Buy Co. v. TechForward Inc. What happened was that Los Angeles-based TechForward sued Best Buy for misappropriating an original TechForward trade secret for the Best Buy “Guaranteed Buyback Program” (Star Tribune). The issue with the lawsuit involves what TechForward’s business does for its consumers. What they do (a much smaller business than Best Buy Co.) is calculate the buyback value of various consumer products such
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