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Jeffrey Wigand's whistleblowing against the tobacco industry's practices

Jeffrey Wigand's contribution to business ethics is two-fold, and one in which his name has become synonymous with as a noted whistle-blower.

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Starbucks' ethics codes and corporate culture strategy

IV. Decision Making A. Decisions There are potential business ethics and regulatory issues that could impact Starbucks by affecting the corporate strategy, brand development, and decision-making processes. One of the issues is diversity issues.

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Research Paper Undergraduate 5,723 words

Global Business Culture Analysis of Japan: Key Dimensions

Explores Japan's business culture—communication, religion, ethics, values, and social structure—and what U.S. companies must know before entering Japanese markets.

Business

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Corporate social responsibility toward environment and people

Business is about profitability through the exploitation of natural resources and people around the world.u Can organizations adopt a more socially responsible behavior then towards people and the environment? Discuss.

~16 min read

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Ethical codes and corporate compliance in business firms

It is commonplace to find that a company has an official code of ethics in place for its employees, but it is also commonplace that employees rarely use the code of ethics.

~4 min read

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546 words

Guillermo Furniture Store's strategic choices for sustainability

Unlike the budgets of many national and local governments, a locally run business must be sustainable in order to provide for its employees and owners.

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Should managers be licensed as professionals like doctors and attorneys

Every business, large or small, has a manager. In small businesses, these persons often perform more than one job. In larger corporations, managers are often restricted to a limited number of tasks within the workday.

~18 min read

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Measuring organizational effectiveness through outcomes, processes, and structures

In order to assess effectiveness, managers can use three types of indicators: outcomes, processes, and structures. The first type shows if the result of an activity performed by the organization corresponds to expectancies.

~15 min read

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Comparative financial performance of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola in 2004

PepsiCo is on an upswing, Coca-Cola is headed in the opposite direction. For 2004, Pepsis' net income rose to $457 million, or $1.73 a share, from the previous year's $416 million, $1.50 a share (Pepsi Bottling Group 4Q profit increases).

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The rise in employer background checks and workplace safety

This article discusses the resurgence in employer background checks, which have risen 16% in the past year, according to the article, and that number is triple the number of checks done just eight years ago. Why are background checks becoming so popular?

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