2 Purpose of the Report 2 A Snapshot of Nike’s Business Ethics 3 Ethical Dilemma’s Facing Nike 4 Nike’s Best Ethical Practices 7 Conclusion 8 References 9 Executive summary As globalization increases the scope of the Multinational Companies (MNCs) to penetrate the market both for cost effective labour and markets also has far reaching consequences. The question of business ethics and social responsibilities also extend to the suppliers‚ contractors
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Business Ethics Some people say that ethics do not have anything to do with business. Others say that businesses have moral obligations that go beyond just functioning according the law and doing what is best for the company and its shareholders. Business ethics examines ethical principles‚ ethical problems and obligations that apply to people doing business. Companies have the obligation to ensure that their actions cause as little harm as possible to the environment‚ society and employees. It
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Part I: Capitalism 1.1 Introduction According to an online article entitled “ Reflections on capitalism” : The word “capitalism” was popularised by Karl Marx in the middle of the 19th century .It is a social ‚ political as well as an economic system that countries use to guide their development programs and economic policies. Almost all the worlds countries are currently running their economies on capitalist inspired doctrines ‚this fact testifies to a great extent of the many advantages and viability
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Semester 1‚ 2010/2011 CBEB3101 Business Ethics Quiz 1 26 August 2010 SUGGESTED ANSWERS True/False Questions: Circle the correct answer. 1. Ethically responsible leaders within any business promote ethics through personal behaviour and thoughts alone. False 2. Talking about business’s social responsibilities is to be concerned with society’s interests that bind business’s behaviour. True 3. Rawl’s theory of social justice is the ethical principle that is based on the foundations
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Business Research Ethics Tanya Beeler Steve Roussas - RES/351 September 5‚ 2012 Abstract The Tuskegee syphilis study was an unethical research study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service from 1932 to 1972 on a poor African American community in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. There were 600 men involved including 301 men that had already contracted syphilis and 299 men that had not. The ramifications of the unethical research that was conducted on these men affected their spouses‚ children and the
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Wal-Mart Business Ethics RES/351 09/10/2012 Sara Skowronski Wal-Mart Business Research Ethics "The real problem today is the ineffective and inconsistent oversight of professional boxing‚ which has led to continuing scandals‚ controversies‚ unethical practices‚ and unnecessary injuries and deaths in the sport‚" once quoted by Charles W. Pickering. Wal-Mart has developed to become one of the biggest retail store in the world. Being one of America ’s biggest
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increasing globalization‚ international business ethics has become an important issue. The number of multinational companies‚ which operate outside of their home country‚ is increasing rapidly. Many conflicts occur due to contrasting ethical values of various nations in the international community. Some ethical dilemmas arise from issues of employee rights‚ human rights‚ environmental concerns‚ preventing corruption and moral obligations. International business encompasses a full range of cross-border
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Running head: Case Study Report 3 Case Study Report 3 Deb Gephart Western International University LDR 620 Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Ray November January 28‚ 2008 Case Study Report 3 I chose to report upon the case study involving ImClone and Samuel Waksal’s deceitful practices involving selling personal shares of ImClone stock. Samuel Waksal knowingly participated in insider trading which involved selling his ImClone stock and then notifying his family of the
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Business Ethics: A European Review Out of Africa: an introduction Gedeon J. Rossouw Business ethics as academic field began its existence in North Atnerica. Its early development was dominated by the North American discourse about ethics and its relevance in the business context. The various approaches to the study of business ethics‚ as well as the issues that emerged there‚ made a lasting impact on the landscape of this area of study. Since this period of inception in the 1970s business ethics
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Final Exam 1. Define what is referred to as an anti-fraternization policy. Draft a policy regarding employee fraternization‚ addressing issues which you deem important to include in such a policy (not to exceed one page). (Snoyenbos: 394) (DeGeorge: 226-232) (LA Times‚ 03 Feb 2007) Anti-fraternization policies aim to sidestep potential conflicts of interest that arise from work-related relationships involving people who are relatives or dating/marrying within the company. It is also designed
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