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Bribery, personal ethics, and negotiating power in West Africa

The question of bribery has been distilled in business literature as a question of ethics. In this situation at the airport with the customs officer, it is important to distinguish between business ethics and personal ethics.

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The Socratic method in modern organizational ethics

With many organizations, the way to ensure ethical decision making has been to introduce a new code of conduct that reflects the present world and its business challenges.

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Ethics in marketing research and targeting practices

Fritzsche, D. (1987). "Marketing/business ethics: A review of empirical research." Business & Professional Ethics Journal, 6, 65-79.

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Ethics and financial decision-making in Australian investment practices

Socrates, some 2500 years ago, the question of whether or not ethics can be taught or has limited application has raged on. Yet, a consensus that ethics does or does not have a place in business has never been garnered and the age-old issue will likely remain elusive in the centuries to come.

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Goodwill Management Solutions Inc.: developing ethics programs for non-profits

Over a period of time organizations around the world have realized the need to emphasis on making ethics as an integral part of their overall business strategy.

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Resolving ethical conflicts between developed and developing nations in business

For instance, if on maintains that ethics are universal then he or she would make the same decision not taking into account the particularities of the culture that is affected by the decision.

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Innovation and ethics in organizational change management

"the race for the survival of the world is not the strongest, but the most adaptive." Innovation is at the top of nearly every organizations priority list, yet it is probably one of the misunderstood concepts of the current generation of business leaders.

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Creating and implementing an effective organizational code of ethics

There are many factors that go into creating a code of ethics for an organization. At its simplest, a code of ethics should be a "collection of principles and practices that a business believes in and aims to live by (Spiro, 2010).

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Cisco's Ethics Idol program as an alternative ethics training method

The relevance of ethics and corporate social responsibility cannot be overstated. This is more so the case given that a business that has in place an effective ethics and CSR framework is likely to develop a reputation as a responsible entity and minimize the regulatory burden (Andersen, 2004).

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Enron's rise and fall: ethics and accounting in corporate fraud

During the merger Enron subsequently incurred a large amount of debt in addition to losing exclusive rights to the use of the pipeline due to deregulation of natural gas pipelines. It was vital at this time for the company to embark on a new business strategy if they were to stay in business.

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