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The commercialization of gastric band surgery and medical ethics

Rundle, Rhonda L. "Industry Giants Push Obesity Surgery." 31 Mar 2008. One of the most interesting aspects of reading the Wall Street Journal from a personal perspective is the paper's tendency to address every issue from a purely economic perspective, regardless of the moral implications that…

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Ethical lapses at Tenet Hospital Group and healthcare ethics enforcement

It then addresses questions of ethics formulation and enforcement in healthcare, and how it impacts my practice as a healthcare professional.

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Supply chain optimization and e-business in modern organizations

supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials; transformation of these material into intermediate and finished products; and distribution of these finished products to customers' (Ganeshan & Harrison, Introduction to Supply…

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Enron's collapse: fraud, ethics, and corporate accountability

In his book A Conspiracy of Fools, Kurt Eichenwald details the Enron implosion, how it came about and how the main players were. For several years there had been suspicions about Enron's behavior -- most notably the company's inability to produce financial statements.

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Peter Steinfels on teaching ethics versus morality in universities

Peter Steinfels in his 2004 article asks whether or not universities should teach aim to teach morality. He explicates several perspectives from those involved in the academic field. On the one hand, there are those that feel it is not the place of the university to try to inculcate morality.

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Cultural dimensions and consumer ethics variations in Hofstede's model

Culture and Consumer Ethics" by Ziad Swaidan informs the reader of the disparity in consumer ethics that reflect cultural variations. It explains these variations as differences in the collective programming of the mind that differentiates in one culture from another.

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Ethical dilemmas in Nestle's business practices and marketing

Nestle is a world known food company that is known in the United States for instant coffee, Nescafe and its chocolate. But this company has had a great deal of controversies and ethical dilemmas that surround it throughout the history of its existence.

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Comparative analysis of SCRA and WKKF codes of ethics for participatory research

Organizations for Participatory Research: Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) and WK Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)

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The role of ethics in management and scientific truth

Who Is a Manager? A manager is someone who knows how to take charge, organize, direct, and be accountable for individuals and groups of people operating under his guidance. Anyone who shows leadership skills can be a manager. A manager's goal is to work towards the common good.

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The role of accounting in organizational operations and ethics

Also without using a book definition, why do you feel accounting is important to the operations of an organization?

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