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The role of ethics and values in personal and professional decision making

Ethics is a philosophical term derived from the Greek word "ethos," meaning character or custom (Sims, 1994, p. 16).

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Corporate ethics codes and the profit motive conflict

Enron, likely the most famous of these cases, involved accounting and other forms of fraud at many levels of the company, including the executive level. Clearly, the actions of these corporations represent a failure in the moral and ethical actions of a number of players.

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Personal ethics versus legal obligations in moral development

Ethics are often stronger than the laws of the land. Laws are cobbled together by special interests and have little to do with right and wrong, or personal ethical codes. For most people, their own personal codes of ethics will be stronger than the laws.

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Lamar Odom's examination of ethics and ethical decision-making in leadership

Leadership ethics by Lamar Odom that basically examines whether doing the right thing is enough in leadership. The author examines this issue given that the behavior of leaders has been one of the most intriguing issues in today's society and in order to provide insights on ethics in leadership.

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The ethics of deception in police interrogation and confession

Would I lie to a suspect to get a confession even it was legal to do so? Legal or not, lying to get a confession creates a moral black hole for an officer.

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Technology ethics and power in organizational hierarchies

It is commonly argued that information technology and information systems is largely value neutral in the same way that other technologies do not necessarily have any ethical implications by themselves.

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Swiss business culture and management at Novartis International AG

Business culture in Switzerland is formal and focuses on building reputation and respect between business owners and their clients. This aspect of the Swiss makes it necessary to form long lasting relationships with every client they handle.

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Developing an ethics program for Company X

Ethical actions within organizations have attracted increased attention and concerns in the past few years because of recent incidents of unethical behaviors by management of some leading corporations across the globe.

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The Travel Agency: a business opportunity for elderly tourists in Ontario

The Travel Agency is an organization focused on providing the elderly with the opportunity to travel the world in the safest conditions possible.

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Ethics of mandatory data retention laws in Australia

The main issue concerning the topic is the aspect of whether it is right or wrong to keep data and information with respect to privacy and confidentiality as the data retention implies that the private information of the public will be accessed without their consent.

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