Applied psychology

As a media practitioner, they always face ethical dilemmas in their working field. The ability to make correct ethical and rational choices are important for them. They have to choose what is good and bad, what are the morally ways to settle it and what should or should not be included in media content. And to solve these ethical dilemmas, Ralph Potter had created the potter box analysis, a decision-making model that acts as a guideline determining how to make ethical choices. It is a four-point…

The Code of Ethics is a set of rules for practitioner behaviour as it helps the practitioner to deal with the ethical practice dilemma or issue as well as help to build a public trust in the activities of a profession. [2] The code of ethics for different professionals may vary from one another. According to Malaysian Dietitians’ Association (MDA), the code covers 5 topics for the dietitian which are professional competence, relationships with colleagues, relationships with clients, legal…

Business ethics are standards and obligations (Kubasek et al, 2017), with which businesses should comply but are not legally obliged to. While business ethical norms determine what is considered as good or bad business conduct they are by no means set in stone and are open to interpretation (Kubasek et al, 2017). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) forms part of the ethical framework that shapes business decisions. Businesses should act fairly towards their employees, the community, and the…

The Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Critical Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats by Michael Lipsky was written to explain the importance of the role of public service workers when delivering government services to the public. The involvement of public administration in difficulties that are currently affecting the undeserved and have made the government to take responsibilities on public safety, health and security. Lipsky believed that government workers play a significant role in our society by…

The role of an accountant has variety of different activities. While an accountant has various elements while working the two that priorities out are: ethics and business sense. Having a excellent business sense would help identifying a successful business. As for ethics this is looking at whether a business is behaving in the correct way. Both of these skills would help a future accountant to develop. Business sense would let the accountant to see what a business is doing well and what they…

At Dicks Sporting goods, the upper management uses ethical determination to make selections based on what they need in employees. This theory is also known as the ethical theory of Utilitarianism. In Utilitarianism, the sum of actions get evaluated and the results of those actions decide if that action is justified or proven as wrong. Assuming Utilitarianism is negatively connotated theory, it solely relies on the idea of ending the action with the best case scenario consequence. As in most…

Carson’s View on Ethics in Sales and the Golden Rule The art of business and sales can be seen as a grand balance of give and take. Thomas L. Carson explains in his essay “ The Ethics of Sales” that we first need to distinguish between lying, deception, withholding information, and concealing information; this is stated in reference to the beginning the understanding between ethics and business sales. Carson later adds that there are four main duties that salespeople should have and that are…

Capstone Preparation—Suppliers Wahl holds many values in high esteem and is especially careful in choosing suppliers. Wahl relies particularly on fairness, sustainability, and safety. According to the Wahl Clipper Corporation Workplace Standards, Wahl has strict regulations against discrimination and strongly supports freedom of association. Wahl’s workers are free to believe what they want without judgment. Because Wahl values sustainability, it wants its suppliers to improve their…

Business and corporate strategies play an important role to achieve the desired goals of Walmart. If the correct strategies are implemented on the company, Walmart will have advantage over their competitors. Business Strategy A business strategy is a long-term course of action that is implemented to achieve a particular goal or objectives. Walmart uses cost leadership strategies and differentiation. Cost leadership strategies are implemented by Walmart and it helps to offer many different…

An organization is considered to be acting ethical toward its employees when standards are set to equally enhance each and every stakeholder. Individual employees are considered to act ethically toward employers by adhering to the organizational code of ethics. The code of ethics determines the workplace environment such as preventing discrimination, unsafe practices, and illegal activities. The code of ethics not on sets the standards for daily operation it also guides the treatment of…