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Nestle's global business strategies and competitive positioning

Nestle is a large scale multinational corporation engaged in manufacturing a wide variety of food, beverages, and health care products. It was incorporated in 1866 by Henry Nestle in Switzerland as a small food manufacturing company.

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Ford Pinto recall decision: ethics versus shareholder value

If you were deciding whether to engage in the recall or settle the cases in which injury occurred, which would you choose? Why?

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Transferring to Bentley University for business and liberal arts education

When first choosing a university in the United States, the size was one of the last things on my mind. When I was accepted to Northeastern, I gladly accepted because of the good quality of the school's academic programs and access to resources and interactions with the local business community.

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The parable of the sadhu and corporate ethics in Aristotle and Plato

Parable of the sadhu teaches us the importance of a group's commitment to the welfare of an individual. In corporate ethics, this would mean the support of the entire organization for the welfare and career/personal growth of an employee.

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Stakeholder theory and corporate environmental responsibility in business

Friedman's stakeholder theory emphasizes the critical function of stakeholders in determining company's goals and responsibilities.

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Ray Kroc's business strategy and transformation of McDonald's

Ray Kroc paying particular attention to leadership qualities. It has 6 sources. Business strategy implemented in a particular market determines the success that an organization would have.

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Maintaining Christian faith in the business world

If a person is a devout Christian, who practices his faith in all aspects of his life, how does his belief -- his doctrine -- allow him to interact in the secular world of business?

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Teleology and relativism in business decision-making

According to Trevino and Nelson (2007), Philosophy describes a universal scheme of measures that people live by. From this definition, it follows that the moral philosophy defines specific rules or principles that people use to determine right and wrong.

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Measuring perceived leadership ethics and employee outcomes

Davis and Rothstein (2006) conducted a meta-analysis about the effects of perceived behavioral integrity of managers on employee behavior. Their analysis only included 12 studies, which is small for a meta-analysis, illustrating perhaps that this is a thinly-studied subject.

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GSK's bribery scandal in China and pharmaceutical industry ethics

The world's fourth-largest pharmaceutical company measured by sales (after Pfizer, Novartis, and Sanofi) is GSk and is a British multinational pharmaceutical company that deals in biologics, vaccines, and consumer healthcare. The company operates internationally and has a very large product mix.

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