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The paper outlines how James M. Childs' 1995 text, "Ethics in Business: Faith in Practice", offers an excellent defense of the utility of applying a religious sensibility to the professional workplace. The paper briefly summarizes four of Childs' chapters with the aim of synthesizing and making clear the arguments which guide his philosophical thought.

Tags:book, review, childs

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This paper presents a detailed discussion about morals and ethics in business, religion and personal settings. The author takes us on an exploratory journey of the meaning of morals and ethics and discusses how they affect those areas of life. .

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The paper points out that almost everyday the media covers another organization being accused or investigated for ethical violations. These events around the world have heightened everyone's awareness of ethical business practices. The paper discusses how to establish a business code of ethics and relates that it is a complicated process that needs to be backed by everyone in the organization. The paper stresses that in order to be successful, businesses have to have more than written standards. The paper concludes that as companies become more global, formal ethics programs are becoming even more essential. The "smart" organizations will develop their policies now so they are better prepared for challenges to come.

From the Paper
"There is a good deal of evidence that most people value ethical behavior so much that they will find some way to punish those whom they believe are behaving unethically and reward those who are perceived as ethical (Velasquez 1996). Social psychology research has concluded that people in all kinds of social situations react to perceived injustices with distress and will try to eliminate this distress by restoring justice. On the other hand, they are attracted to just organizations and will reward them with loyalty and commitment. Employees who believe or actually see that their company's dealings are unjust, will exhibit higher absenteeism and turnover and lower productivity and demand higher wages (Vesasquez 1996). However, if employees feel that an organization's decision-making is just, they will exhibit lower levels of turnover, decreased numbers of absenteeism, higher levels of trust, and more commitment to the organization, as well as demand lower wages (Folger, & Konovsky). Further, when employees believe that their company is just, they are more willing to follow the organization's managers. Likewise, customers will turn against a company if they perceive a gross injustice in the way it conducts business and will lower their desire to purchase its products (Brockner, Tyler & Schneider)."

Tags:justice, honesty, standards

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This paper discusses the benefits of ethical business conduct. The paper suggests that when it comes to coffee, the industry is saturated, however one company, Starbucks, has risen above the pack through their extremely ethical, and highly publicized, business practices, both in regards to their sourcing, and their treatment of their employees. The paper focuses on the ethical business practices of Starbucks and how it has benefited their business.

Table of Contents:
The Ethical Dedication of Starbucks
Framework for Ethical and Economic Success
The Ethical Supply Chain Practices of Starbucks
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The final principle which Starbucks operates by is that it must be recognized that profitability is essential to their future success. (Starbucks) Schultz in his founding of Starbucks understood that positioning his company as devoted to ethical practices would win him over more customers and thereby increase in sales and profits, fulfilling both the prerequisites for profit, and laudable ethical behavior. Given the choice, it is important that companies understand and recognize the importance of satisfied customers on brand loyalty and profitability, while human resource managers have likewise come to understand that satisfied employees have a great deal of influence on customer satisfaction. (Wells 87) Starbucks employees are beyond satisfied, in that their benefits packages, as mentioned above, are rather generous and quite above the industry standard."

Tags:profitability, employees, customers, sales

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This is an analytical paper to discuss and analyze the topic of ethics in business. Specifically it will discuss to what extent the corporate form of "the business corporation," its structure, prerogatives, and procedures that lead to ethical problems arising, or being difficult to resolve. The essay ends with the writer concluding that corporations don't have ethics and refuse to use ethical guidelines with their business practices.

Outline:
The Business Corporation
Ethical Foundations for Leadership
Creating Value-Based Cultures
Ethical Communications
When Businesses go Bad

From the Paper
"What is a business corporation? To begin a discussion on ethics, it is important to first define a business corporation. A business corporation is a company doing business that enjoys certain legal protections as a corporation. Usually, it is assumed to be a for-profit corporation, founded by three or more members, who sell shares of stock in the corporation to gain capital to operate. Of course, there are also non-profit, charitable, and even religious corporations, but for the most part, corporations are in the business of making a profit as their main business endeavor. There are some expectations for corporations besides making a profit, however. One business ethics writer notes, "The good corporation is expected to avoid perpetrating irretrievable social injury while focusing on its purpose as a profit-making organization" (Duska, 2006). The key to the successful business corporation is the ability to blend ethical and socially conscious operations with profit making, and as history indicates, that has been difficult to maintain for some corporations."

Tags:ethics, business, corporations, leadership

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This paper looks at the broad justifications Childs presents to validate his book and summarizes his broad arguments favoring the infusion of faith into professional work environments. The paper discusses how Childs' work seems to emphasize the limitations of reason in developing unassailable moral principles for behavior. The paper also shows how the early chapters of the book seem to focus upon how the new age of post-modernist uncertainty has opened up a new opportunity for religion to inform the business decisions of men and women.

Tags:ethics, business, childs

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The paper discusses how those versed in the matters of business tend to look with skepticism when the discussion topic is of ethics and business.

From the Paper
'Ethics in business is not a laughing matter. Or is it? Those versed in the matters of business tend to look with skepticism when the discussion topic is of ethics and business. Many believe the old saying that "water and oil don't mix" also applies equally to ethics with business - they don't mix either. Some believe ethics in business isn't logical, either. Ethics hamper success in..."

Tags:ethics, in, business

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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the topic of business ethics. Specifically, it discusses just what business ethics are, and what they mean to the organization and the individual. Business ethics mean different things to different people, which is quite clear in the way some unethical organizations do business. This essay explores the ethics of business, and what those ethics mean for the organization and the individual in the organization.

Outline:
The Organization
The Individual

From the Paper
"Because business ethics are such a concern, several "watchdog" organizations have sprung up to help govern ethical business decisions, and some of these organizations even offer ethical training for businesspeople and others. One group, the Ethics Resource Center, offers training in character development for young people, human resource evaluation training, and conducts research on business ethics across the nation and the world. They will help organizations develop ethical standards and practices, and have been involved in education and research about ethics for over 85 years. That is a surprising statistic, because some people may believe that ethics, or the lack of ethics, in business is a relatively new phenomenon, but this organization indicates that is not the case."

Tags:negative, consequences, character, development, environmentalism, inequalities

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This paper talks about ethical behavior in a corporate organization and uses a case study to highlight the necessity of ethics in business. The case study involves Anucha Brown Sanders, an executive at Madison Square Garden, and a sexual harassment suit she has filed against the organization she worked for as well as the head coach of the New York Knicks team. The author summarizes the experience that Sanders went through and describes the influences that lead to the unethical result of sexual harassment. The paper points out that the Sanders case is an excellent example of a violation of ethics on the part of one employee toward another and how this can ultimately damage the organization for its inaction and also suggests ethical decisions that could have been made for the best outcome.

Outline:
Conflictive Influences towards an Unethical Result
Challenges-Limitations-Omissions as Contributing to an Unethical Outcome
The Path to the Best Ethical Outcome

From the Paper
"This disparity between the ethical guidelines within each individual employee makes it all the more important that the organization establish rules and regulations in this regards, and ardently stand by them. As will be illustrated in the Madison Square Garden and Mrs. Sanders situation, the failure of a company to do so can result in considerable costs, both in regards to finances and also image, which in the case of such public parties as Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks, is particularly important, as the creation of brand equity and image is vastly expensive, but may be destroyed by a single public relations mishap."

Tags:sexual harassment

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The paper presents James M. Childs' view that too many people are infinitely more interested in acquiring the conspicuous markers of worldly success than they are in serving (and in bearing witness) to God. The paper looks at the personal values which inform this writer and the paper briefly details why these values are important (to this subject at least) and why they are essential in the discharge of the writer's professional duties as an investigator and as a recovery agent.

Tags:childs, chapter, two