Environmental ethics

Walrexon stores in Indonesia employee children and work them for long hours in poor environments. A TV ad recently reveals the conditions of these employees and Walexron seeks to find the legal and ethical issues that correspond to their predicament. Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 prohibits the importation of merchandise produced by convict labor, forced labor or child labor (Bagely, 2015, p. 771). So, if Walexron imports the goods that the children are making, they breaking the law by…

In the argument essay “Lifeboat ethics, the case against Aid that does harm”, Garrett Hardin presents his opinions on world population and world food. The article starts off with the analogy of the Earth as a spaceship, but then advances to the Earth as a lifeboat. The reason for the move away from the spaceship analogy and onto the lifeboat analogy, is that a true spaceship would have to be under the control of a Captain, and no Captain could possibly survive if his course were to be determined…

shareholders, as well as society in general. Individual managerial ethics is concerned with individual behavior rather than corporate behavior. The recent situation involving Wells Fargo would appear to be an ethical problem perpetrated by the individuals who chose to participate in these fraudulent activities. It would be difficult to justify the fraudulent activity utilizing the most commonly used ethical perspectives. The utilitarian view on ethics is typically concerns with outcomes and…

to the speed of social media and false information spreading like wildfire, we bring in experts on the myriad of social media platforms to directly and quickly engage any questions or concerns that may arise in the digital world about our ethics and how ethics plays a major role in our decisions concerning our business operations without divulging information that would aid our competitors and reducing our market share, but answer critics and watching for any damaging words to our reputation. B1…

wanted to put to rest and leave behind this incident. Even though, this was a main disaster that occurred, there was regulations and acts that came after all this and now are putting into effect to help the environment such as: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,…

Core Values The following is an excerpt from a corporate ethics statement associated with a manufacturing company for sensor technologies… It makes sense to treat you right! Baldwin Technologies strives to attract the best people to our company; therefore it simply makes sense to treat you right! We encourage all people with the following message. Above all else, guard your heart for everything you do flows from it (Proverbs 4:23 New International Version). Below the word, sense is used as an…

also consider non financial objectives to satisfy the other stakeholders of the organization. An organization should stress the importance of culture of ethical and societal responsibility. The organization should make commitment to a strong work ethic, integrity, honesty and quality, personal relations based on trust and mutual respect besides fostering a nurturing sense of quality and long-term achievement in the daily work beyond fashion and shortsighted gain. (Adapted from the website of…

Utilitarianism is a powerful philosophy and a key component in the study of ethics. While Jeremy Bentham’s “the greatest good for the greatest number” take on utilitarianism is extremely questionable and squanders minority rights, John Stuart Mill provides a more agreeable vision of utilitarianism that proves practical in today’s world. Kelsey Timmerman’s autobiography Where Am I Wearing explores this discussion in his quest to discover the source of his clothes. Most of his travels visit…

Business ethics is a topic that receive much attention in literature. However the term is‘business ethics not sufficiently defined. The typical definitions refers to the rightness or wrongness of the behaviour, but there is no clear cut definition for ethics . Its all about what is right or wrong in behaviour. so business ethics is seen as the study of how we ought to conduct business. The study of what makes certain actions within the business context the right, rather than the wrong. So…

establish working and team ethics in doing so. The exact definition of Civic Responsibility is “responsibility of a citizen. It is comprised of actions and attitudes associated with democratic governance and social participation. Civic responsibility can include participation in government, church, volunteers and memberships of voluntary associations. Actions of civic responsibility can be displayed in advocacy for various causes, such as political, economic, civic, environmental, or…