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The social contract and corporate social responsibility in modern management

In today's increasingly competitive and globalized world, managers face an increasing number of challenges. One of the contemporary challenges impacting a manager's role is the need to uphold a social contract, through the implementation of corporate social responsibility.

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Corporate social responsibility: balancing profit and ethical accountability

Corporations have been blamed for a variety of evils from global warming and the destruction of the rainforest to problems related to gross negligence of funds as well as abuse of employees.

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Organizational culture and workplace performance at InfoTech Pakistan

Organizational culture, or corporate culture, comprises the attitudes, experiences, beliefs and values of an organization.

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Globalization and ethical challenges at Hershey Chocolate Company

Globalization has impacted almost very aspect of organizational discourse. This is true even for organizations which once primarily operated in the United States. Access to cheaper labor has prompted intense competition between organizations, forcing many U.S.

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Patricia Dunn's unethical conduct and the HP pretexting scandal

Hubris at HP and Beyond" (Holtzman, 2006), describes actions by HP's former Chairwoman, Patricia Dunn to spy of her fellow directors, employees and reporters. She justified her action by stating that she needed to find out who was leaking sensitive company information to the press.

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Personal and professional growth through University of Phoenix nursing education

A reflection upon where I was in my personal and professional life when I began the University of Phoenix program. How did you feel about the role of learning and its importance to your personal growth and development?

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Monopoly versus competition in the airline industry

This paper presents an in-depth examination of the airline industry and the recent arguments over whether airline companies are being conducted as monopolies or competitors. The writer uses several examples of congressional testimony to illustrate the differences between the two.

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Solving corporate accountability: why government and NGO intervention fails

Corporations are people, this is clearly defined through our interpretation of the 14th amendment, but corporations are not made up of one, or even a small group of people. Each corporation harbors hundreds, thousands and even hundreds of thousands of employees, managers, and executives.

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The subjective nature and workplace impact of stress

The President of the American Institute of Stress says that stress is difficult to define because it is so subjective. It causes fear and anxiety in some, yet is highly pleasurable for others.

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Cosmetic plastic surgery for teenagers: ethical and legal concerns

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, in 2007, more than 87,000 teenagers had cosmetic surgery; and that number has grown exponentially since.

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