Applied psychology

Compare and contrast ethical and unethical companies Ethical companies are defined as those that do not cause damage to the environment, or pay a low salary to their employees, use child labor, or produce products which are detrimental or dangerous for humans lives or the environment. Nowadays, ethics in business has become more vital because many companies are only interested in making money, regardless of how much pollution is caused to people or even to nature (environmental pollution).…

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,…

Introduction Organizational culture is defined as a “system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs showing people what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior.” (Carpenter, Bauer, Erdogan, 2009) Culture within an organization can play a detrimental role in how successful a 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,…

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…

I feel that what Brooke Deterline meant by “shared values” is the values that she and her employer share when it comes to the company they both work for. She says “This man hired me because he believed in me, because believed in me to do my job” The company they 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…

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…

It is a fact that security plays a major role in welfare of an organization. Security services is a group bund by goal to protect any organization that includes the employees, equipment, infrastructure and most importantly delicate information. So as a team of two individuals we decided to propose a security consulting firm and decided to launch it as Chip Security Services. Statement of Compliance: The Chip Security Services hereby declare that it will abide with State and Federal laws…

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…