Ethics Policies

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how current ethics policies are the outcome of years of debates as to what should define morality and fair and appropriate behavior. Nowadays, most institutions in the fields of economy, politics, medicine and law guide their activities by a set of morals rules concentrated in their internal code of ethics. To better understand the concept of ethic policies, this paper analyzes the code of ethics of three major organizations from the same industrial sector, electronic engineering. The companies are Microsoft, Nokia and Intel.

Outline:
Memo of Transmittal
Executive Summary
Ethics Policies within Companies
Microsoft Corporation
Nokia
Intel Corporation
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"Aside from the previously mentioned policies, the Intel ethic code also contains reference to intellectual property, gratuities, reciprocity, publicity, small and minority suppliers, controlled substances, environment, health and safety. The intellectual property right protection policy states the fact that Intel completely respects the rights of all business partners, suppliers and competitor companies. However, the publicity policy mentions that business partners are denied the right to sell their own products by associating them with Intel products. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Wikipedia, The Free Online Encyclopedia, March 6, 2006, Ethics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics, last accessed on March 6, 2007
• American Heart Association, March 2007, Ethics Policy http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3023721, last accessed on March 6, 2007
• Dan Kegel, August 5, 2006, Corporate Ethics http://www.kegel.com/corporate_ethics.html, last accessed on March 6, 2007
• Official website of Microsoft, March 6, 2007, http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx, last accessed on March 6, 2007
• Official Website of Nokia, November 2006, http://www.nokia.com/, last accessed on March 6, 2007

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