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Corporate ethics codes and the profit motive conflict

Enron, likely the most famous of these cases, involved accounting and other forms of fraud at many levels of the company, including the executive level. Clearly, the actions of these corporations represent a failure in the moral and ethical actions of a number of players.

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Personal ethics versus legal obligations in moral development

Ethics are often stronger than the laws of the land. Laws are cobbled together by special interests and have little to do with right and wrong, or personal ethical codes. For most people, their own personal codes of ethics will be stronger than the laws.

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The ethics of deception in police interrogation and confession

Would I lie to a suspect to get a confession even it was legal to do so? Legal or not, lying to get a confession creates a moral black hole for an officer.

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Technology ethics and power in organizational hierarchies

It is commonly argued that information technology and information systems is largely value neutral in the same way that other technologies do not necessarily have any ethical implications by themselves.

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The Travel Agency: a business opportunity for elderly tourists in Ontario

The Travel Agency is an organization focused on providing the elderly with the opportunity to travel the world in the safest conditions possible.

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Religion, discrimination, and social media in workplace ethics

The implications and considerations of infusing God and the United States military as well as how this has changed over time

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Deontological ethics and Kant's categorical imperative theory

Ethical principles and theories are the basis of ethical analysis because such perspective guides the seeker along the path to decision. Each theory lays emphasis on different points like predicting the result and following one's duties to other people to reach an ethically correct decision.

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The ethics of publicly funded rescue services and risky behavior

Taxpayer Rescue Missions: Are They Ethical? Should Americans be rescued for free, even when their stupidity is what placed them in danger? According to the United States Coast Guard, the answer is yes.

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Professional ethics and the Volkswagen emissions scandal

In what was deemed a major blunder on the part of VW’s executives, and a blot to the long-term reputation of the Volkswagen Company, the Volkswagen emissions scandal was uncovered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which had found out that “many VW cars being sold in America had a ‘defeat…

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Virtue ethics and Fairtrade decision-making in supply chains

Virtue ethics is the ethical strategy preferred. Efficient leaders and true professionals strive at achieving moral excellence which encompasses integrity, justice, valor and good sense. In the present day, virtue ethics constitutes one among the three key normative ethics strategies.

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