Case Study Undergraduate 892 words

Rational Decision-Making and Organizational Change Ethics

Explores how Walsh and Mangel applied the rational decision-making model to manage organizational change, balancing ethical intensity with business necessity.

Business

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575 words

Lasik Vision's competitive strategy and healthcare ethics conflict

What was Lasik Vision's competitive priority? As a company, Lasik Vision wished to maximize profits by expanding its customer base and cutting costs wherever possible. From a business standpoint, this seems to make sense, especially given that Lasik was a first-mover in the industry.

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843 words

Michael Sandel and Charles Stevenson on justice and ethics

Globalization has brought the world closer in communication, economics, politics, and especially business. The Internet and technological improvements have allowed instantaneous communication almost anywhere.

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654 words

McDonald's ethical behaviors and social responsibility practices

Ethical behaviors fall into several groups, including personal ethics, organizational culture, unrealistic performance goals, leadership, and decision-making processes. When all of those things are taken together and handled properly, it results in an ethical company.

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411 words

Aristotle's four dimensions of human experience applied to business success

Morrison, Thomas V. (1998) If Aristotle Ran General Motors. Owl Books. The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his most formative text upon "Ethics." Thus to apply his four fold philosophy about the dimensions of human experience to self-help in the context of business development may seem strange.

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Case Study Undergraduate 886 words

Apple Case Study: Global Operations and Stakeholder Management

Analysis of Apple's international market systems, political risks, stakeholder management, and supplier ethics programs across 16 countries as of 2014.

Business

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786 words

Marcus Welby Hospital's ethical obligations in a for-profit HMO partnership

By giving the non-profit Marcus Welby Hospital (MWH) a 30% ownership stake in a for-profit structure, MWH potentially takes on an obligation of profitability for its new shareholders. This could mean, theoretically, turning away patients which are not strictly profitable for the institution.

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816 words

CEO accountability and the on-Time Airlines customer service crisis

The snowstorm event which delayed, stranded, and kept "dozens of passengers as virtual hostages on planes for several hours" (Case Study. N.D.) called for rational and forward thinking by airline staff and the executive management team.

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960 words

RadioShack's controversial mass layoff by email communication

RadioShack is a consumer electronics goods and services seller that operates more than 4,000 stores around the world. Over the past several years, the company has undergone a run of executive management changes including ten new changes to vice presidential and upper management level jobs.

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Book Review Undergraduate 811 words

Conflicts of Interest in Global Nursing Management

A journal review of Lisa Willars' 2004 article on how nurse executives can navigate conflicts of interest in the evolving global healthcare industry.

Health

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