Applied ethics

The resources useful in preparing the responses include: government policies on such crisis, the local emergency communication contacts such as the phone lines for the nearest security post, and the map of the institution and its neighborhood. In addition, other items needed includes a pen and paper or other writing platforms such as phones and tablets, the emergency numbers of the possible emergency medical response teams just in case casualties exist, and the pictures of the people at risk…

Over the years, the discipline of ethics has increasingly gained relevance. Also, the need for proper ethical conduct has become pertinent to individuals and organizations, in order to maintain a positive image and avoid lawsuits (Salehi et al, 2012). Although a new field, ethical leadership has grown in relevance over the years, with an increasing need for organizational leaders to gain trust from employees and stakeholders (Monahan, 2012). Also, major organizational failures, such as Enron,…

company can be. There are numerous dynamics that contribute to the overall organizational culture but the factor that plays the principal influence to this unique culture is ethics. Ethics is comprised of the morals, values, and belief systems that one person or organization has. In this paper we will discuss the role ethics play within The United States Air Force, and how it affects the overall organizational culture. Ethical Rules in the Air Force In the…

Companies around the world normally have a code of ethics that its employees follow to maintain a successful business. Ethics are the moral principles that guide a person’s action in anything they do. Many companies focus their ethics to provide a fair environment for their employees as well as a safe one, too. I believe that ethics are very important to have in the work place because without them there wouldn’t be a structure in the company. Although ethics are the moral principles that guide…

When trying to find the best financial option for a tech company using the method of case study, there are certain ethical guidelines one needs to follow. Because this project involves actual people, the Belmont Report would be a worthy source of ethical guidelines. In this report, “three principles, or general prescriptive judgments, that are relevant to research involving human subjects” ("The Belmont Report"). These three basic ethical principles are: respect of persons, beneficence, and…

belong to have a code of ethics for the way they conduct business that is probably somewhat specific to the company. I think that is why she made a point to say that what the CEO was doing was both “unethical and illegal”. To work together people must have values at least when it comes to how they run the company, otherwise there will be a breakdown in the actual operation of the business, a break down in the “checks and balances” that ensures that the company’s code of ethics is followed.…

When auditors choose to become a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), they agree to maintain professional conduct by abiding by the AICPA Bylaws and Code of Professional Conduct. Their mission statement is “Powering the success of global business, CPAs, CGMAs and specialty credentials by providing the most relevant knowledge, resources and advocacy, and protecting the evolving public interest.” Auditors, as members of public practice, must honor the public…

these rules are usually known as code of morals/ethics. Breaking the code of ethics ensures a reaction by the company and the outcomes will be serious. In order to avoid this position our company recommends or requests its employees to read the manuals where the ethical codes are mentioned. It states the consequences that an employee has to face when he damages the rules. Sometimes without the notice of the employee, he/she may violate a code of ethic. In that case, the ethical officer will give…

Jean Piaget (1929) has listed five categories of responses which occurred in interviews with children and these five categories can be extended for classifying interviewee’s responses in other contexts – answers at random, suggested conceptions, liberated conceptions, spontaneous conceptions and romancing (as cited in Wellington, 2000). Analyzing such responses is a tiresome yet important task for any researcher in order to understand how relevant the response is. Every researcher is faced with…

I agree with the military saying as well about, “perception is reality.” Perception is vital in the workforce, the term person perception, is defined as “the perceptions people form about each other”, which links with the attribution theory (Robbins & Judge, 2009). Robbins & Judge explain that the attribution theory allows us to describe the ways in which we judge people differently, contingent on the importance we attribute to a given behavior. This theory suggests that we attempt to…