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Ethical barriers in international marketing across cultures

economy may indeed seem borderless, borders do exist: what ethical boundaries have arisen in the New World Order of marketing, voluntarily imposed by individual organizations and nation states, and involuntarily imposed by circumstances?

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Executive compensation and corporate performance in America

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO 2011) states, "U.S. corporations held a record $1.93 trillion in cash on their balance sheets in 2010. But they are not investing to expand their companies, grow the real economy or create good middle-class jobs.

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Boeing's strategic planning amid legal scandals and ethical challenges

As a provider of military equipment, a developer of defense technologies and an innovator in the field of aeronautics, the Boeing Corporation is a complex global network of divisions, departments and geographic contexts.

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Mission-driven grocery delivery service for elderly and disabled clients

We are a nonprofit organization specializing in meeting the needs of our clientele. Our clientele primarily includes residents of nursing homes, disabled citizens, and those that reside in senior assisted living communities.

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Ethical dilemmas faced by young managers in workplace settings

Personal, Organizational, and Cultural Values play in Personal and Professional Decision-Making In today's increasingly high-powered, competitive workplaces, employees at all levels, occasionally (or even frequently) find themselves having to make difficult ethical decisions at work, such as rather…

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Consumer willingness to pay premium prices for ethical products

Ethical Pay? Creating an ethical foundation is crucial for success within a changing consumer environment (Driscoll & Hoffman 2000).

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Utilitarianism as a self-correcting ethical theory

The three basic ethical theories share a number of similarities, because they each attempt to describe and explicate the ethical decisions made by humans as well as the logic (or illogic) that is used to inform any particular behavior.

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Financial management elements and GAAP principles in healthcare organizations

Financial reporting practices and ethical standards in health care finance constitute the foundation of every successful organization. Healthcare organizations and other industries in the general market adopt Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

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Wealthy industrialists and the practice of Social Darwinism in nineteenth-century America

Beginning with a discussion of Social Darwinism's inherent logical fallacy, this study examines whether or not wealthy industrialists of the nineteenth century actually practiced what Social Darwinism called for.

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

The UN Global Compact (UNGC) is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption (United Nations, 2010).

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