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The UN Global Compact's role in promoting corporate social responsibility

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The Apple Corporation has recently been beset by a series of scandals, regarding the discrepancy between how it manufactures its products and the ethics it claims to uphold in its compliance plan.

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The National Enquirer is a tabloid newspaper and as such, makes its revenue primarily from printing stories regarding public figures that are not inherently supported by meaningful investigative journalism, professional ethics, protection of privacy or adherence to responsible fact-finding.

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Ethical issues impact business on multiple different levels, and sometimes businesses can find it difficult to make ethical or appropriate decisions. One recent headline-making case highlights how difficult ethical decision-making can be for real-life businesses faced with real-life scenarios.

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Because of the application of Internet, the present society is capable turning the geography to become history by wiping out of geographical barriers in the sphere of information transactions. The tremendous growth of e-business has facilitated economic globalization.

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