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Bribery and kickbacks in global business ethics

The issue of business ethics is always at topic of interest for enterprises throughout the world. There are several business ethics issues that are frequently discussed. The purpose of this discussion is to examine bribery and kickbacks within the sphere of business.

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Sustainable growth and environmental stewardship in business ethics

Businesses and societies should not continue to focus on unlimited growth. The reason for this is that unlimited growth will ultimately reach a point where today's growth compromises the prospects for future growth tomorrow. Businesses and societies should instead focus on sustainable growth.

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Cultural relativism and situationalism in business ethics

Morality pertains to moral conduct or standards, which in turn, determine the rightness or wrongness of one's conduct (Perle 2004). Ethics is the study of standards of conduct. It is also called moral philosophy. Ethics and morality are often used interchangeably because of their connectedness.

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Psychological and cognitive theories in organizational business ethics

The article What can psychology tell us about business ethics (Messick, 2009), was very interesting. It was fascinating to read about people make decisions based upon ideas and notions that they are not even aware that they have.

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Pareto-optimality and shareholder primacy in business ethics

Question 1 pareto-optimal state means that essentially no person is being needlessly left behind. For example, if a particular person's utility or usefulness to the economy or quality of life cannot be raised without reducing the utility of someone else, a society has achieved this state.

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Kant's contributions to business ethics and the categorical imperative

Today, Immanuel Kant is still considered one of business ethics' most predominate philosophers. Thus in a way, the study of business ethics is founded on the ideas floated by Kant and those who shared in his opinions.

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The history and philosophy of business ethics

The term "business ethics" has contexts in different ways making the history of business ethics vary according to how one perceives the subject. The history is likely to vary on the historians.

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Effects of business ethics violations on organizational communication

In any functional organization, many events take place. Some of these events are significant to the organization, while the others are not of much importance because they do not influence the organization in any way.

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E-commerce ethics: legal boundaries and business conduct

The author of this report is asked to answer to five major questions or series of questions. First, the author of the paper is asked to answer a few brief questions relating to Alibaba.com as described in application case 15.3.

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Utilitarian and values-based ethics approaches to racism in American business

Despite a myriad of laws outlawing discrimination and protecting civil rights, racism continues to pervade all aspects of American business.

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