Essays and Research Papers on Business Ethics

A 10 page paper discussing the effectiveness of RJR's human resources management. RJR Tobacco is not one of those companies with a marginal HR function. Rather, the HR group is dynamic and committed to the future. Training is one of their primary responsibilities, as is being involved with the business's strategy for ...

A 7 page analysis of Kaplan's book in which the writer argues that this is a well-written blueprint for improving business relationships. In this book, Kaplan lays out a detailed and comprehensive plan that demonstrates how an individual can get control over not only their business life, but their personal and social life as well. ...

A 12 page paper that describes what organizational culture is and how it is developed. Specific examples are offered that include a step-by-step process for developing or adapting the company's culture. Ethical values are also defined and described and related to the company culture. Changing values of the average American have forced companies into adopting ...

A 20 page paper discussing and explaining aspects of options trading. Strategies discussed include: put options, call options, straddles, strangles, covered call writing, naked trading, debit and credit spreads and index options. Also discussed are: strike and premium prices, option pricing, option prices vs. stock prices, intrinsic value and time value of stock options. Bibliography ...

A 6 page research paper that explores the process of collective bargaining focusing on the railroad negotiations that occurred in the early part of the 1990s. The writer concludes by showing how the results of these negotiations contain implications that can be applied to the field of collective bargaining as a whole. Bibliography lists 5 ...

5 pages in length. In this age of acquisitions and mergers, corporate fraud and white-collar crime, there must be a way to track income which gets figuratively swept under the carpet when the auditors come through. One way to discover these hidden assets is through newfound income recognition procedures, also commonly known as forensic ...

10 pages in length. 10 pages in length. Compares the Categorical Imperative of Kant to the case of the faulty gas-tank design in the Ford Motor Company Pinto. Makes reference to utilitarianism as well as the virtue theory and the rights theory. Looks at the ethics, the solution, cost-benefit analysis and ...

Stealing From Employers: The moral and ethical question: This five page paper discusses why it is immoral and unethical to steal from ones employer. Bibliography lists two sources. CWSteali.wps

5 pages. Describes the relationship between public option and public relations. The theoretical and social implications are discussed. There is a distinct relationship between public option and public relations. We find that there are not only social implications but also theoretical implications that arise when considering these two items. It is ...

12 pages in length. 12 pages in length. A well-written paper that examines the concept of reputation and its utility in explaining the role and scope of public relations, as well as the ethics of public relations. It is supposed by many that all one needs to succeed in business is to provide ...

An 11 page paper which discusses different groupisms in the workplace and illustrates how prejudice and discrimination, against many different types or groups of people, leads to equal opportunity for all, in relationship to the workplace. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This 7 page paper investigates the corporate values at Northwest Airlines and Levi Strauss & Co. The writer points to the changes in Northwest since 1993 when the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. The writer also describes the values that have been a part of Levi Strauss since it was founded more than ...

This 22 page paper is about social responsibility and how these three companies exemplify this. An introduction discusses social responsibility in general. Then, each of the three companies is explored in terms of their written statements and actions taken to fulfill the company's goals towards social responsibility. Each company also faced a specific crisis, at ...

5 pages in length. The writer discusses environmental ethics as they relate to John Stuart Mill's 'Utilitarianism,' Ronald Dworkin's 'Taking Right Seriously' and Claude Ake's 'The African Context of Human Rights.' No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper discussing differences between ethics and simple differing points of view originating from different cultural backgrounds. The growing diversity of the American workforce and the increasing rate of the globalization of business both contribute to the situation whereby individuals of many different ethnic and national backgrounds can be working together at any given ...

An 8 page paper arguing in favor of providing ethics training in business. Modern business and nineteenth-century philosophy would seem on the surface to have little in common, but the increasing complexities of business in the face of technological advance and globalization provide clear indication that they need to be considered together and as a whole. ...

A 10 page paper which discusses the first 10 chapters of "Cultural Diversity in Organizations: Theory, Research and Practice" by Taylor Cox. No additional sources cited.

5 pages in length. The Liz Claiborne company is accused of not being as forthright with regard to its factory workers as it leads the public to believe. In the company's defense, it has become somewhat difficult to compete in a global marketplace with more and more textile manufacturers moving their operations out ...

6 pages in length. A collection of ten responses to questions on cultural diversity in the organization including thoughts on mentoring, human resources and corporate promotion. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper discussing the nasty business of whistle-blowing, in which few win anything lasting. Allegations of wrongdoing very often can be explained away in a wash of legalese and rhetoric, with nothing good coming of the action. Other charges can call attention to otherwise-overlooked situations that the organization is happy to rectify. ...

A 5 page paper that analyzes this company's cash flow and write-offs. This is a poorly managed company that experienced serious financial problems that resulted in a complaint filed by the FTC and numerous articles. No bibliography.

A 5 page paper discussing the value of principle-based ethics in business and using environmental issues of globalization as a point of discussion. DesJardins is one who has evaluated the old philosophers in terms of today's issues. In the view of principle-based ethics , it is the action that commands the greatest attention, rather than the actor. ...

This 4 page paper looks at how economic growth can promote sustainable strategies in business. A number of scenarios and case studies are given in this concisely written paper to aid the student in the understanding of how green issues and business can be seen as coexisting with both sustainability and profitability achieved. The bibliography ...

This 25 page paper looks at the way the idea of sustainable development has risen on the public and corporate agenda along with the role the Schumacher Society. The paper considers why there was a need for an organisation and the way in which this society works by way of lectures and sponsorship. The use ...

A 6 page paper which discusses the recent campaign of United Colors of Benetton which chose to use the slogan 'We on Death Row,' and implement the use of criminals on death row to promote their products. The paper argues that such an advertising approach is very unethical and highly offensive to the public for a variety of reasons. ...