public information kept in various IS can pose some ethical issues. ETHICAL ISSUSES • What information must a person reveal about themselves? • What information can people keep to themselves? • Who is held responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of information? • Who owns information? Who owns the channels and airways through which information is passed? • What information does a person or organization have the right or privilege to know? Privacy is ethical concerns when dealing with information
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------------------------------------------------- Gibrat’s law Gibrat’s law‚ sometimes called Gibrat’s rule of proportionate growth is a rule defined by Robert Gibrat (1904–1980) stating that the size of a firm and its growth rate are independent.[1] The law of proportionate growth gives rise to a distribution that is log-normal.[2] Gibrat’s law is also applied to cities size and growth rate‚ where proportionate growth process may give rise to a distribution of city sizes that is log-normal‚ as predicted by Gibrat’s law. While the city size
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Current Ethical Issues in Business November 22‚ 2010 PHL/323: Mr. Michael Smith Current Ethical Issues in Business Ethics plays an important role in the function of a business. The overall standards of a company often determine the conscious effort and importance of ethical standards. There are various reasons for business ethics that go beyond the invisible line set by most business standards. Competition‚ security‚ and safety become compromised by carelessness‚ neglect‚ and ethic violations
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TOPIC: THE CURRENT CHALLENGES FACING (BP) IS UNPARALLELED.THAT IS AN ETHICAL CRISIS IS UNCHALLENGING.BUT IS IT REALLY A CASE OF THE OIL INDUSTRY? BEING AT FAULT? IS IT REALLY A REGULATORY ISSUE? BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF BRITISH PETROLEUM
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OF SMALL‚ HIGH GROWTH ELECTRONICS FIRMS In a relatively short period of time the Japanese have been able to produce higher quality products that are more reliable and cost less than many competing products manufactured throughout the world. Their ability to accomplish this task has been attributed to their precise utilization of various operations management activities‚ along with human resource development in the manufacturing segment of their organizations. If
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Insight from industry How international firms Insight from Industry are coping with supply chain issues in China Bin Jiang Introduction A recent US-China Business Council survey found that US companies cited the supply chain-related problem as a major problem facing companies operating in China. One reason for this is the restrictions placed on providing distribution services through third parties. Foreign firms are required to import products through officially sanctioned trading companies
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meaning of ethics or what is ethical differs. Ethics is commonly associated with morality and Webster’s New world Dictionary defines ethical as “conforming to the standards of conduct of a given profession or group.” Knowing what a particular society considers ethical and unethical is what contributes to living successfully in that society. This is the same for researchers; researchers need to be aware of what is considered ethical and unethical conduct of scientific inquiry. From the time immediately
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BUSI 385 Philip Morris International Inc. Cigarettes an Ethical Dilemma For a Prosperous Company By Matthew Murray Table of Contents Company Overview Company Success and Campaigns Tobacco Regulation and Effect on the Company An Ethical Look on an “Evil” Company Philip Morris and Positive Ethical Behavior Company Views and the Utilitarian Approach The Fact of the Matter for Philip Morris In Conclusion References Company Overview The Philip Morris founded
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Case StudyWhat Can Businesses Learn From Text Mining?Text mining is the discovery of patterns and relationships from large sets of unstructured data – the kind of data we generate in e-mails‚ phone conversations‚ blog postings‚ online customer surveys‚ and tweets. The mobile digital platform has amplified the explosion in digital information‚ with hundreds of millions of people calling‚ texting‚ searching‚ “apping” (using applications)‚ buying goods and writing billions of e-mails on the go.Consumers
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For this first assignment‚ I chose to read and answer the questions concerning the CNN news item on the PIP breast implant scandal. What is the ethical dilemma in the case you have chosen? The ethical dilemma here is between the principle of profitability and the respect of patients’ health and human life. Indeed‚ the company PIP used industrial silicone and numerous other unknown chemicals in order to cut the costs of their product and thus get a higher margin of profit. They probably had a
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