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Three ethical dilemmas in modern business: transparency, healthcare, and environmental responsibility

What do you consider the three most important ethical issues or dilemmas encountered by modern day businesses? Explain and give examples of each. How do laws, societal changes in values and globalization present challenges for corporate business ethics?

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Dick Grasso's NYSE compensation and executive character in leadership

Dick Grasso was paid compensation that was deemed to be excessive. Grasso's compensation at one point was in the same ballpark as what the NYSE made. The scandal had poor optics - it looked bad on the NYSE to have paid their top executive so much.

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The tension between profit and ethical conduct in business organizations

Business ethics mean different things to different people, which is quite clear in the way some unethical organizations do business.

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Nike and Reebok's exploitation of workers in Chinese sweatshops

Business ethics [...] issue of international sweatshops, particularly in China. It will also look at how to control or eliminate these sweatshops.

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Ethical purchasing standards and procurement integrity in business

Business ethics can be defined as systems of principles and values that direct choices and dealings within a company. In the business world, a company's culture often sets the values for determining the distinction between good and bad decision making and actions.

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Ethical dilemmas in the Kokomo Corporation loan case

There are various different levels of unethical conduct, both in general and in business management issues.

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Unethical practices in Indian telecom licensing and telecommunications privacy

Telecom rights are a valuable asset that is typically strictly controlled by national governments.

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Chroma Technology Corporation's approach to employee ownership and fair wages

Business Ethics magazine recently awarded the Chroma Technology Corporation, a Vermont-based manufacturer of high-tech optical lens products, the "Living Economy Award" as part of the 16th Annual Business Ethics Awards.

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Financial ethics in corporate scandals and Sarbanes-Oxley

Recent high profile bankruptcies in the U.S. corporate sector such as the ones filed by Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing in 2001 have highlighted the importance of financial ethics in business since lack of ethical practices were identified as the main cause of their failures.

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Sam Walton's ethical business principles and Walmart's corporate culture

Business ethics is the discipline of ethics which looks at ethical rules and principles in a business perspective, the different moral and ethical problems which can crop up in a business environment; and any specific responsibilities and requirements that apply to persons engaged in commercial…

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