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Regulatory capture and corruption in Toyota's unintended acceleration scandal

Slow regulatory action on Toyota's unintended acceleration problems reveals even deeper systemic issues with safety ratings for the Japanese corporation

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Enforceability of contracts under the UCC Statute of Frauds

The valid contract for the sale of the stereo system for $6,000 is enforceable depending on circumstances, such as which party is seeking to enforce it, because it falls within the UCC Statute of Frauds (Freidman, 2005).

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Ethical dilemmas facing Valerie in corporate kickback fraud

Discuss the ethical concepts and dilemmas that are facing Valerie? Valarie has discovered evidence that her boss, Waters, is accepting kickbacks, from the two fragrance companies he has chosen for Wisson to work with.

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The oil curse: the Chad-Cameroon pipeline and corporate responsibility

What is the "oil curse"? Why do you think it develops? The term "oil curse" refers to the fact that many countries that are rich in natural resources continue to remain underdeveloped and unstable. This problem develops in country's such as Chad that are corrupt and that lack democracy.

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Ethical issues in offshore outsourcing and whistleblowing protections

What factors would you weigh in deciding whether to employ offshore outsourcing on a project? Is there any way to regulate offshore outsourcing? If there were, would this be desirable?

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Ethical conflicts in therapist-patient relationships and dual relationships

Distinguishes conduct prohibited outright by applicable ethical guidelines from that subject to subjective beliefs of the therapist. Introduces the typical classes of potential ethical violations and their respective sources of potential problems with respect to therapeutic goals.

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Comparing transactional and transformational leadership styles

Transactional leadership refers to the transaction or the quid pro quo arrangement whereby the employer provides a specific benefit or benefit package to employees in exchange for their professional services.

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Carroll's pyramid of corporate social responsibility and stakeholder obligations

The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility outlines four levels of CSR - economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic. Triple bottom line refers to the three spheres of sustainability - economic, social and environment. Both concepts recognize the economic role of organizations as fundamental.

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Sexual discrimination and harassment in the American workplace

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Technology's impact on employment and worker retraining needs

Innovation and technology as the enabler of job creation and prosperity has been argued as the basis of the global economic growth experienced by the nearly every nation in the last century.

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