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    Question 1: A.i. Organizations in the market are expected by the authorities and the public to behave ethically in the manner in which they undertake their activities. Acting responsibly and ethically means operating in a way that every stakeholder to the organization is content "Stakeholders are those individuals who are impacted by a company's operations. Based on the moral standards of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, and caring, companies would appear to be required to address their

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    features of an ethical dilemma and bring about the most morally accurate solution in accordance with the guidelines of each of the ethical theories. The society normally bases its personal choices of ethical theory on each person’s life experiences. Ethics can be referred to as well-based standards of knowing what is right and wrong which prescribe what human beings should do when it comes to fairness, benefits to society, obligations, rights and identify virtues (Tännsjö, 2013 23-36). Ethical theories

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    Issue “It might be impossible for Harvard to teach ethics,” was what Chuck Colson, a former lawyer, a politician and devout Christian, noted after discovering reports on one of the school’s ethics classes. A businessman who had taken an ethics class at Harvard University, described it as “practical pointers.” However, Mr. Colson argued, in an article, that Harvard’s philosophical relativism makes it impossible for them to teach “real ethics.” Upon discovering this article, Harvard Business school

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    My Ethics And Ethics

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    In today’s world, ethics is frequently thought of as belonging to a particular religious point of view, but by definition that is not the case. Ethics is defined as “moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.” We make rules for ourselves to live by which affect our actions. We all have different mindsets, therefore have different opinions on what is right and wrong to us. Our surroundings, the people we converse and interact with, our religious commitments

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    In Normative Ethics there are three distinct schools of thought, and each differentiate through moral intentions. Consequentialism relies on the consequences of an action in order to distinguish whether or not something is morally acceptable. Deontology considers the morality of an action by one’s reason for doing a certain deed. Lastly, virtue ethics bases morality off of virtuous character, and how a virtuous person would act given a certain predicament. Ultimately, consequentialism provides the

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    Environmental Ethics This research will be based on two types of theories. These theories will be the guiding approaches that will be used in order to come up with the real issue at hand and also be able to provide a solution for the same. The first of the two approaches will be deontological approach and the other will be utilitarianism approach. Therefore, to better understand how to use these two approaches, it is better to first discuss them briefly and have a better understanding of what they

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    Ethics and Society Ethics refers to the principles or standards of human conduct that can be used by an individual to make decisions between alternative courses of action. Ethical choices occur in all lifestyles and typically involve a conflict where one person or group benefits at the expense of another. Business, for example, is often confronted with the decision to utilize technology to reduce its workforce and thereby raise its profits to benefit its shareholders, at the expense of eliminating

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    only companies, but also the role of safety and health professionals (Goetsch, 2015). Is there such a thing as “ethical competence?” (Pohling, 2016) To begin, a definition of ethics is needed, thereby creating a baseline by which to measure ethical dilemmas and behaviors. My textbook defines it this way: “Ethics is the application of morality with a context established by cultural and professional values, social norms, and accepted standards of behavior.” (Goestsch, 2015) Another source

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    Children and respirators are terms typically appalling and scary to society. In the nursing profession, it is often that nurses will deal with these two appalling terms. A case involving these two terms has been analyzed in regards to nursing ethics. Nursing ethics involves several different complex ideas and with the aid of the four way method one is able to analyze and make a decision in regards to controversial and difficult nursing situations. The four way method helped analyze a fourteen year old

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    Apple and ethics Introduction Basically, Apple outsources assembly activity to China offshoring company. We can see the words 'Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China' at the back of the iPhone. According to one article, 'Where are the iPhone, iPad, and Mac designed, made and assembled? A comprehensive breakdown of Apple's product supply chain'(2), Apple outsources to build their products. So iPhone, iPad, Mac are assembled in China and other countries. That is because Apple has to save

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