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The relevance and importance of business management education

A major in Business Management seems secure, and yet, it could be easily rendered an obsolete concentration. If Business Management were rendered obsolete, it would have adverse implications on the economy, on issues related to social justice, and on the ability for organizations to thrive.

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Clegg, Kornberger, and Rhodes on organizational ethics and undecidability

Clegg, Stewart Martin Kornberger & Carl Rhodes. (2007). Organizational ethics, decision making, undecidability, ethical decision-making. The Sociological Review, 55:2.

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Alexander Hill's ethical framework for applying Christian principles to business

Alexander Hill's book Just Business is highly important for both people interested in business and those interested in Christianity.

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Rule breaking and innovation in entrepreneurial ethics

Rule breaking, innovation or ethical dilemma? People often think that in order to run a business, or be a leader, one must adhere to all the rules. But the old saying "Some rules are made to be broken" rings true.

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Code of ethics for XYZ Doodad Company

Any employee will be able to report a code violation to HR. A number of companies do not encourage this because of the way it discourages teamwork, the XYZ Doodad Company wants to make sure all of its employees are living up to the ethical standards it requires.

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Case Study Undergraduate 1,067 words

Ford Pinto Case Analysis: Ethics, Cost-Benefit, and the Harm Principle

Analyzes the Ford Pinto fuel system scandal through utilitarian ethics and the harm principle, showing how financial decisions overrode human safety.

Ethics

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Whistleblowing, organizational ethics, and Jewish law in corporate dilemmas

Personal Can Ethics Get?-Corporate and Communal Ethics in the Present Climate. The words corporate and ethics seem to be contradictions in terms, especially in today's recessionary climate where competition is fierce and moral and legal considerations at best take a back seat to profits and…

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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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Differences between domestic and international business negotiations

The most obvious difference between business negotiations that are conducted domestically vs. negotiations conducted internationally are the linguistic and cultural barriers that must be overcome. When two different parties literally speak different languages, much can be lost in translation.

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Ethics and legality of monitoring competitors' customers

Competitive intelligence is one of the most strategically important areas within companies today. It is in fact one of the most critical areas for continually monitoring in the context of strategic planning, execution and measurement of results (Fahey, 2007).

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