Unit 3 Individual Project-Rights and Obligations Travis Pernell American InterContinental University International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Instructor Kerri Holloway April 3‚ 2011 Abstract This paper will discuss the four elements that make up a valid contract and the objective theory surrounding contracts. This paper will discuss how the objective theory applies to the Leonard v. Pepsico‚ Inc. case. The paper will also discuss how the court reached its decision to claim that
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LEGAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS ETHICAL DILEMMAS Ethics is an essential component of all situations and decisions of life‚ whether personal or professional. Ethics defines itself as‚ a systemized set of generally accepted standards or moral values and also the academic study of such belief systems (Massey stream glossary). Ethics can further be divided into various categories depending on the issues and aspects of each respective case. An ethical dimension of business decision-making has
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Current Environmental Issues Tamisha Johnson Soc 120 Instructor Kerr June 19‚ 2010 Current Environmental Issues With the world’s population steadily increasing‚ our environmental issues are steadily changing. With this increase we are experiencing a loss of natural resources. Our forests are being torn down to meet the needs of growing cities. The reason for this is more demands for paper‚ wood‚ or even new land. With the help from everyone hopefully we can increase the demand to plant new
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5. What ethical issues have you witnessed or heard about on this company? State your opinions on what should have been done to deal with these ethical issues. a) Conflict on human rights Nokia has been involved in conflict-minerals which engaging in human rights abuses. For example‚ the conflict-minerals took place in Democratic Republic of Congo‚ Central of Africa in July of 2010. The illegal activities involved the extraction and trade of minerals which controlled by warlords. The head of the
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August 26‚ 2012 Ethical Dilemmas Facing a Profession Healthcare professionals often face complex ethical dilemmas in the workplace. These dilemmas often arise when employment obligations conflict with personal beliefs. An ethical dilemma that is becoming more common in the workplace involves emergency contraception. Emergency contraceptives or morning-after pills are a fiery topic. Some pharmacists are refusing to dispense morning-after pills because it is against their beliefs. Imagine yourself
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According to the Christian viewpoint‚ “what makes humans special is that we can limit ourselves‚ to recognize that something may be perfectly understandable and yet be wrong.” (Mckibben‚ 2003). Bill McKibben writes in his article “Design-a-kid”‚ that‚ “The choices we face‚ in fact‚ will settle this question on specialness once and for all. If we cannot summon our ability to use self-restraint‚ or if it proves to be weak‚ we will leave our specialness behind forever.” What he is saying here is that our nation
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Samsung’s Ethical Issues Against Employees One of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers‚ Samsung Electronics is also South Korea’s top electronics company. It makes many kinds of consumer devices‚ including DVD players‚ digital TVs‚ and digital still cameras; computers‚ color monitors‚ LCD panels‚ and printers and communications devices ranging from wireless handsets and smartphones to networking gear. However there is downside in that huge successful company as every others have. A
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Issues Facing Today’s Organizations Jessica Kemske June 3‚ 2012 Organizations today face many different challenges. Some challenges are based on the nature of operations and some challenges are more common and are faced by most organizations. A couple of the more common challenges would be technological advances and societal views. In my opinion‚ technological advances are the biggest issue that organizations face today. If we look back even just ten years ago we
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Contemporary and Pervasive Issues “How will ethical issues affect leadership in a business?” Word Count: 5671 In this essay I am going to discuss how ethical issues can affect leadership in a business. In order to answer this question the essay will start by giving a brief introduction into the two topics; leadership and business ethics. I will then aim to successfully link them by considering the argument of whether leaders should concern themselves with ethical issues or whether making as much
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An issue facing Singapore society today By: Cerys Ong Jie Ling Where do you draw the line between healthy and unhealthy competition. Rather than a raised query‚ I feel the above would be better categorised‚ a rebutting statement‚ an argument and also an intangible grasp of judgement. All of which‚ directing to the bigger issue of Singapore and her almost overwhelming influx of foreign talents. Instead of trying to elucidate on a whole gamut of consequences‚ pros and cons regarding the topic
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