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Three ethical principles for modern business management

The modern business world demands that managers and companies must be ethically principled. In this case, ethics alludes to moral principles coupled by the behavior of a just live or business. In business, moral principles stem from logic.

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Zero-tolerance policy enforcement and employee termination decisions

Linda's business problem is whether she should write a memo that would explain two employees' violation of a zero-tolerance policy and ask that they be allowed to keep their jobs, despite violating that policy. Should Linda discuss the issues with Mr. Hill, her direct supervisor?

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Empirical research characteristics in supervisor ethics and manager integrity studies

Kottke, J., & Pelletier, K. (2013). Measuring and differentiating perceptions of supervisor and top leader ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 113(3), 415-428. doi:10.1007/s10551-012-1312-8

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Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts and Terminology

Explore core organizational behavior concepts including culture, diversity, communication, ethics, and change management with real workplace examples.

Business

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The impact of socially responsible funds on Russian companies

In 1989, the Cold War came to an end with the fall of the Soviet Union. The dominant power in its hemisphere was reduced considerably in its economic sway, with the bulk of its extra-territorial holdings being disseminated into the world's population as independent, democratic nation-states.

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The Caux Round Table principles and human rights violations in Zimbabwe

The "Caux Round Table Principles for Business," which was adopted by a series of U.S., European and Japanese leaders in 1994, clearly put on papers several of the businesses' and economic agents' responsibilities in third countries where they might be operating.

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Should corporate executives be bound by morals and ethics in strategy development

There was a time when it was believed that moral and ethics were meant for society alone and did not have a place in business. This belief went on to add that the business environment was different and dictated that corporate strategies were to be guided only by the motivation of profit.

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The history of the corporation in American capitalism and law

The contemporary business corporation is an initial creation of the United States imagination that was originally designed to expand local markets. The initial design soon became an essential means to develop a national market.

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Commercial speech protection and limitations under the First Amendment

Advertising is a critical component of any business. Many forms of advertising are protected by the First Amendment, yet "the Supreme Court for many years took the view that commercial speech -- speech that proposes an economic transaction -- was not protected by the First Amendment" (Linder 2012).

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Corporate social responsibility practices and stakeholder theory in Beijing

The basic idea of CSR is that business and society are interwoven rather than separate entities (Wood 1991). As discussed, a number of theories have been identified in the literature to explain CSR.

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