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Derivatives, corporate culture, and the ethics of the banking industry meltdown

This paper examines the ethical and financial risks of derivatives. The paper discusses moral philosophies, how white collar crime differs from blue collar crime, and reviews the role of corporate culture and banking industry leaders in the banking industry meltdown that contributed to the worst…

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Virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics compared

Generally, virtue ethics emphasizes the motivation, or reason, for any particular act to determine whether or not it is ethical (Hursthouse, 1999).

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Primary and secondary stakeholders in business social performance

Primary stakeholders refer to a group or people that engage in economic transactions, with a business firm as it carries out its daily business activities of providing the society with goods or services.

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The impact of blogs and instant messaging on business communications

Business communications is a field that has drawn the interest of theorists and practitioners interested in improving the results of communication within the business activity. Communications in business has significantly evolved and changed throughout the decades.

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Aristotle's virtue ethics and creating great workplaces

From the beginning of its evolution, human beings have been searching for the meaning of happiness. While many may seem this to be an inconsequential questions, others have devoted entire lives to the search for happiness.

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Utilitarianism, Kant's categorical imperative, virtue ethics, and Confucianism

One of the most intuitive ethical philosophies is that of utilitarianism, an ethical ideal that suggests that ethical decisions should be made based upon what decisions will achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

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Managerial ethics and organizational decision-making responsibilities

Ethics are "an individual's personal beliefs about whether a behavior, action, or decision is right or wrong" (Griffin, 2010). Is everyone considered a manager? Why, or why not?

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Utilitarian ethics and the Ellsworth email privacy case

Utilitarian ethics proposes that actions are considered right or wrong according to the greatest amount of people that they help and/or make happy.

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and corporate ethics violations

Companies, like people, are bound by ethical requirements -- a responsibility to consumers and customers. Companies are expected to do follow up on the promises of their advertisers.

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The ethics and effects of sex in advertising

Many advertisers know the power of using sex in advertising. Sex sells. Pretty female models in bathing suits are used in car ads. Years ago, a pretty blonde woman was in a shaving cream commercial on television urging men to take it all off. Women are used as sex objects more frequently than men.

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