Ethical Decision Making for Business

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Subject: Ethical Decision Making for Business

– Recommended textbook for the subject: Weiss, J., Business Ethics: A Stakeholder and Issues Management Approach, 6th edition (CHAPTER 4)

– Answer the following essay questions:

1. Identify a company or organization in the media or with which you are familiar that operates ethically. What are the reasons this company/organization is ethical? (You may refer to the leadership, management, products, or services of the organization.)

2. Do you believe the covenantal ethic and social contract views are realistic for large organizations like Bank of America, JPMorgan, ExxonMobil, and Citibank, or federal agencies like the FTC and the Department of Defense? Why or why not? Explain.

3. Outline some steps you would recommend for preventing future corporate scandals like Enron, WorldCom, and the subprime lending crisis based on the contents of this module.

4. My job requires that I lie every day I go to work. I work for a private investigation agency called XRT. Most of the work I do involves undercover operations, mobile surveillances, and groundwork searches to determine the whereabouts of manufacturers that produce counterfeit merchandise. Each assignment I take requires some deception on my part. Recently I have become very conscious of the fact that I frequently have to lie to obtain concrete evidence for a client. I sometimes dig myself so deeply into a lie that I naturally take it to the next level, without ever accomplishing the core purpose of the investigation.

Working for an investigative agency engages me in assignments that vary on a day-to-day basis. I choose to work for XRT because it is not a routine 9-to-5 desk job. But to continue working for the agency means I will constantly be developing new untruthful stories. And the longer I decide to stay at XRT, the more involved the assignments will be. To leave would probably force me into a job photocopying and filing paperwork once I graduate from college. Recently I was given an assignment that I believed would lead me to entrap a subject to obtain evidence for a client. The subject had applied for disability on workers’ compensation after being hit by a truck. Because the subject refused to partake in any strenuous activity because of the accident, I was instructed to fake a flat tire and videotape the subject changing it for me. Although I did not feel comfortable engaging in this type of act, my supervisors assured me that it was ethical practice and not entrapment.

Coworkers and other supervisors assured me that this was a standard “industry practice,” and that we would go out of business if we didn’t “fudge” the facts once in a while. I was told, “Do you think every business does its work and makes profits in a purely ethical way? Get real. I don’t know what they’re teaching you in college, but this is the real world.” It was either do the assignment or find myself on the street— in an economy with no jobs.

a. What is the dilemma here, or isn’t there one?

b. What would you have done in the writer’s situation? Explain.

c. React to the comment, “Do you think every business does its work and makes profits in a purely ethical way? Get real. I don’t know what they’re teaching you in college, but this is the real world.” Do you agree or disagree? Why?

d. Describe the ethics of this company.

e. Compare and contrast your personal ethics with the company ethics revealed here?

5. A security breach in a technological world is one of the biggest issues facing companies today. Cyber security is a critical consideration for any business but time and time again businesses are faced with the fear of hacking into their customers’ information. Review the TJX case in the textbook. What are the ethical issues impacting the TJX case? What are the long term effects and how might this company win back trust?

Revision of case study

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Double check Please.

Dear previous writer:

What you put down for the Pilon case as I think in that case, the small claims decision was upheld but I think the last line of that section says that it should remain with the family court.

Please make your corrections on this.

Pilon v. Lavine, 2016 Case Brief

Full Title: Pilon v. Lavine, 2016 ONSC 1965 (Div. Ct.)

Court: Division Courts.

Procedural History

The case involved a $12,000 debt following a divorce between Lavine and Pilon. According to the plaintiff, before their separation Lavine had offered the loan to Pilon and wanted the settlement of the loan to be part of the separation agreement. The loan payment therefore had to do with the settlement of the outstanding properties and debts and thus applied much to either the small claims debts or property litigations or in the higher courts levels of hearing the case. While the claimant maintains that she wants to hear the case in the small claims court, the defendant is pleading to keep the case in the family court. The judgment of the case should therefore depend on whether the court will find that the transaction was within the contexts of family law relations and not in the claims court or the other way around.

Issue

The main issue was whether the small claims court was the appropriate place for hearing the case. Essentially, the decision would highly depend on the nature of the claim and the nature of the transaction or agreement between the parties during the exchange.

Holding

The main points of contention have to do with the fact that if the case is to be heard in the family law relationship, then it means that the defendant is absolved of the debts and will only pay half of the amount since they are supposed to share the credit under the regulation. On the other hand, if the case is to be heard under the simple claims courts, it means that there was a business transaction and the defendant will be liable under the informal contract in the exchange to make a refund of the money. The hearing will therefore involve defining the nature of the exchange during the time of the exchange and determining whether the nature of the transaction would lead to a binding contract. Contexts that would leave the defendant free with no further arguing of the case include instances, where, for example, the plaintiff may have given the amount as a gift or a similar case.

Rules

The loan agreement and the nature of the transaction will determine how the defendant should pay back and the amounts that he should pay

The court will determine the existence of the loan agreement and the boundaries of the payment schedules and nature of the payment transactions

Reasoning

The main reasoning in the case has to do with the Uniform Marital Property Act that emerged in 1983 to define the way that the family should handle property and wealth during divorce and separation. Accordingly, the case suggests that there was a pending debt during the relationship that had to be arbitrated at the time of the separation. The court is to make a decision whether or not the debt qualifies in the case considering that

the couple is separated and each individual is leading their own lives. The legal notion is that if the debt belonged to an asset that the couple shared then it would be judged under the family law relationship and both the defendant and Lavine will have to repay the debt.

Facts

Lavine and Pilon are separating from a marital relationship and have to mitigate the separation of properties and debts among the couple

According to the financial history, Pilon owed Lavine a sum of $24,000 of which Pilon payed half the amount as per the payment schedules of the loan agreement

At the end of the relationship, Pilon still owed the plaintiff $12,000 which Lavine requested to be settled as a small claims settlement.

The court found that the loan, which was evidenced by the agreement and payment schedule still fell under the family law relationship and would be heard as such since they were contingent to the contexts of marriage between the two.

Pilon v. Lavigne, 2016 ONSC 1965 (Div. Ct.)

The Healthcare Delivery System

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APA format 8 Slides/1 Slide 3-5 resources for employees who want more information/ No Plagiarism/ Rubric Attached

 

You have recently been promoted to Health Services Manager at Three Mountains Regional Hospital, a small hospital located in a mid-size city in the Midwest. Three Mountains is a general medical and surgical facility with 400 beds. Last year there were approximately 62,000 emergency visits and 15,000 admissions. More than 6,000 outpatient and 10,000 inpatient surgeries were performed.

After the first series of training, your CEO decided that employees would benefit from an online self-check after completing the training. You are tasked with developing a PowerPoint presentation with a list of questions that ask about liability protections for the physicians and the facility. Correct answers should be provided in the notes so that employees can check their responses.

Please prepare a PowerPoint presentation (or feel free to use other shareable Webware/software that you prefer) with questions that check employee understanding about the liability protections for physicians and the facility.

  1. The PowerPoint presentation should be a minimum of 8 slides and a maximum of 12. (Here is a library resource for help creating a PowerPoint presentation.)
  2. On each slide, provide a question that can be utilized to ascertain basic understanding. Open-ended questions are preferable.
  3. Use the notes area on each slide to provide the answer with a thorough explanation of why that answer is correct.
  4. Include a slide that provides links to 3-5 resources for employees who want more information.
  5. Your final slide should be the reference page for sources cited in the Notes.

NOTE – APA formatting, and proper grammar, punctuation, and form required. APA help is available here.

Social Studies Action Plan

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ACTION PLAN SUMMARY  (Writers based in the United States only…PLEASE)

As classroom teachers, we realize every student will not fit perfectly into the same mold.  As a result, sometimes you will have to take steps to better understand a students strengths and areas for improvement.
As a result, for this assignment, you will write a paper designing an action plan you would implement for a 4th grade student struggling in one strand of Social Studies (History, Geography, Civics/Government or Economics).  Without implementing the Action Plan, your paper should provide a picture of the student you have chosen, including a clear depiction of the students strengths, weaknesses, and/or areas of concern.  You will use current (research-based) literature (at least four different sources to support your decisions regarding the ways to best serve this student; thus, impacting his/her ability to become successful in the Social Studies classroom.
This assignment should be at least four (4) complete, double-spaced pages in length, not including the Reference Page or Title Page.  Please type your paper in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font.  You must use proper APA style citations and format in your paper.  Also, type your last name in the header of every page (right-justified).
Please note: It is perfectly fine if you would like to construct your paper using subheadings.  It will make it easier for grading purposes.  The recommended subheadings would be as suggested below:
Profile Caricature or drawing and precise description of student, strengths, weaknesses.
Please include the students caricature here. A stick caricature or special drawing is fine here.
Areas of Improvement
Effectively describe areas of concern
Decisions/Strategies
Researched based literature from peer-reviewed sources.
References
(APA format, all references must come from a reputable source and must be properly cited)

Expectations
    Use proper APA format
    Use proper in-text citations
    Review the checklist to receive the best grade
    Include every requirement listed in the checklist
    Underlined and bold printed words effectively describe what I will be looking for in the Action Plan

ACTION PLAN SUMMARY CHECKLIST

PROFILE    The teacher richly and creatively described the student but clearly eliminated any identifiable information.  A pseudonym is used with an in-depth evaluation of the student including general information (i.e. age, gender, grade, classroom behavior, attitude, etc.).    12 points       

AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT     Complete and detailed descriptions of the students strength(s), weakness, and/or areas of improvement are scholarly written (including how the teacher was able to identify the students weaknesses, strengths, etc.).    20 pts

DECISIONS / STRATEGIES    A thorough description of the researched based protocols, strategies, materials, and activities that were relevant and meaningful for the student were included.    30 pts

RESEARCH/APA    A minimum of 4 sources (including the book) were referenced in the paper (in-text citations) and listed on the reference page. All in-text citations and references are in proper APA format.    10 pts   

CONVENTIONS    The action plan summary is free of grammatical and spelling errors with a minimum of 4 complete typed pages (not including the title and reference pages).  All pages have the name clearly typed in the header (right justified).    8 pt