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Developing a personal ethical framework using virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontology

Ethics is a set of principles or values that helps us define what courses of action in life are good and distinguishes them from courses of action that are bad.

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Ethical business practices improve financial performance and profitability

Most people agree that businesses are and should be driven by motivations for profit. Some believe that behaving ethically will limit a company's ability to make money.

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Ethical principles in business and their relationship to law

Identify three companies in the news or which you are familiar with that operate ethically. What are the reasons these companies/organizations are ethical?

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Ethical egoism and normative theory in business practice

Ethical Egoist- Egoism can be either descriptive or normative. Descriptive egoism holds that for each individual, there is only one ultimate aim -- survival and the betterment of the sole individual based on their own hierarchical principles.

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Best Medical Supply Company's code of business conduct

The Code of Business Conduct covers a wide range of business practices and procedures of a medium sized company producing medical supply. The company's name is "Best Medical Supply Company Inc."(BMSC).

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The Enron scandal and competing ethical frameworks in business

In 2000, immediately following the 2000 Presidential election fiasco, the biggest news story was the Enron ethical scandal in which top executives lied outright to shareholders about the value of the company's stock.

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Integrating ethical principles and profitability in modern business

There are not too many greedy people who want to live a life of greed or the overwhelming desire to acquire and sit on top of piles of money (Putnam 2003). Most people just want to live in convenience, send their children to school and avoid financial stresses.

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Caterpillar's labor disputes and outsourcing ethics

Over the last several years, the issue of ethics and legal challenges has been increasingly brought to the forefront. This is because globalization has created a change in the way firms are interacting with employees.

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Hooker Chemical and Ford Motor: corporate ethics in the Love Canal and Pinto scandals

The Love Canal situation dealt with a chemical company that buried there toxic chemical waste and then sold the land that was contaminated. The Hooker Chemical and Plastics, Co. bought a canal that was unfinished because the owner went bankrupt before he got to finish it.

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Environmental responsibility and ethics in the casino industry

Every company regardless of the nature of their work is required to contribute to the community that sustains their growth. Casinos are therefore not an exception to this rule.

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