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Business Ethics and Operational Success, 2008.
This paper discusses the benefits of a relevant ethical code in an organization's leadership.
1,376 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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The paper discusses the mid-1990s dramatic and unprecedented economic growth in the United States as precipitated on fraudulent corporate accounting, corrupt internal cultures and ultimately, unsustainable organizational practices. The paper looks at the collapse of Enron, Tyco and WorldCom that were destroyed internally by the embezzlement and greed of their own leaders. The paper shows how the presence of strong, defined and enforced business ethics codes is a determining factor in the long-term viability of corporations.
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"This premise may best be exemplified by Enron, the energy concern that emerged in the late 1980s and, within a decade, had established itself as the largest energy provider in North America, also possessing prodigious contracts with the British government and direct ties to the incoming presidency of George W. Bush. But just as Enron had been a symbol for the perceived economic prosperity of the 90's, so too would it become emblematic of the malfeasant underbelly of America's increasingly unregulated and poorly self-governed mega-corporations. In 2002, allegations came to the surface that the organization's core of executive leaders had misrepresented company earnings, participated in insider-trading and had essentially looted the company of its value."
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Business Ethics - "Accuscan", 2008.
An analysis of the business ethics of the company Accusan.
2,438 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 74.95
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This paper examines the internal issues of Accusan and its current financial difficulties. The paper discusses the inflection points from the past 10 years of operation where strategic decisions might have been made to avoid the current turmoil. The paper then points out that these inflection points exist as they are part of the rationale guiding the company's strategic decisions today. The paper explains that the overriding issues are the on-going budgetary concerns with revenue and profits, and other primary issues are the personality conflicts between key staff members. The writer suggests that all of the current issues arise out of the fact that the company's revenues have been decreasing for years, yet no-one questioned the market reasons for this until it was too late. The writer believes that this is a top leadership issue and all of the current problems arise out of leadership's inability to place the right people in key positions that would anticipate the market rather than react to it. In conclusion, the writer believes that until the company's financial straits are solved it would be better to concentrate on markets it is familiar with and where its core competencies are.
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Executive Summary: Scope, Situation Summary, Key Points, Conclusions, Recommendations
Ethics--A Case Study Analysis: All Assumptions Seen Documents Provided; Arguments Made by Each person Concerned; Argument Evaluation - Sound or Unsound; Specific Fallacious Arguments
Conclusions
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"AcuScan is currently suffering severe strain on its revenue stream and cash generation. Following extensive layoffs the previous year, the threat of additional layoffs, though not planned, is a possibility. It has tasked departmental managers, except for Sales & Marketing, to slash their operating budgets by 15% across the board. At the same time, AcuScan is considering a new product development project in an industry it is unfamiliar with and led by people ill-equipped to execute on this plan. On-going budgetary demands in combination with the new product development and launch are tasking various departments with objectives that are counter-productive to each other."
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Core Competency and Business Ethics, 2006.
An analysis of business management concerns of the automotive industry and Yahoo! and Google.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper responds to a series of four questions related to business management concerns. Specifically, it discusses core competencies, business ethics, a case study and the entrepreneurial strategy mix. The paper illustrates core competencies through a discussion of the U.S. automotive industry while the business ethics question revolves around several actions taken recently by firms such as Yahoo! and Google in their global operations.
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"General Motors (GM), Ford, and Chrysler are the traditional "big three" of the automotive industry in North America while GM is, for the time being, the largest automotive manufacturer in the world (GM's, 2005). While these three competitors have few core competencies in common, one would be that they have mastered the concept of producing a product for every conceivable market. This competency, summarized as the capability to produce a comprehensive product line, was really started by GM in the first part of last century with its car for every purpose and pocket book approach as propounded by its then Chairman Alfred P. Sloan (GM's, 2005). This mindset and strategic approach has permeated the entire automotive industry ever since."
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Business Ethics of Exxon, 2007.
An analysis of how the Exxon company and its unethical corporate conduct in the past has affected the way businesses in general must operate.
5,890 words (approx. 23.6 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 140.95
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This paper discusses certain business decisions made by Exxon and their impact on other businesses. It describes the background to each instance of unethical corporate conduct on the part of Exxon. It discusses the ethical considerations that evolved from these instances and the addition of new regulations that the industry has seen in response to the Exxon incidents.
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Abstract
Business Impact of Exxon and Ethical Considerations
Introduction
Grand Bois, Louisiana Overview
Analysis of the Factors that Led to Grand Bois
Exxon Valdez Analysis
Exxon's Pipeline from Chad to the Atlantic
Industry Specific Impact of Exxon's Ethical Dilemmas
Business Impacts of Exxon's Ethical Dilemmas
Recommendations for Future Research
Discussion
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"And lastly, the effects of businesses in general seem to be mostly in agreement by the authors. An increased need for social responsibility has been inflicted on businesses, due to the Exxon incidents. Situational ethics is no longer acceptable to society, and instead, a common morality is mandated. And, although Bowen and Power (1993) did not name the decision to reduce personnel onboard the Valdez as ethically critical decision, they do agree with the other researchers in the need for Exxon, and businesses in general, to consider the ethical implications of their proposed actions prior to thinking profit, and that by focusing on doing 'right' the financial rewards will then follow."
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Ethics and Irish Business, 2005.
Examines pertinent ethical issues facing businesses operating in Ireland.
1,036 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 36.95
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There are many ethical considerations that must be addressed when an organization conducts business in a foreign country. In Ireland, there are some very specific ethical issues that a foreign corporation might deal with upon commencing business - with the three most important ethical considerations revolving around religion, the possibility of terrorism and sectarian violence. These ideas are explored in this paper.
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"Ireland is also a predominately Catholic nation, so marketing things that are contrary to the teachings as practiced by a majority of people may cause ethical issues. Thus religion is a third ethical issue related to conducting business in Ireland. In Ireland as in any other country there are cultural differences between nations that have to be acknowledged and respected (Dineen & Garavan, 1994). Businesses conducting relations within Ireland can not simply rely on their own institutional framework, but rather have to adapt to those that are predominant in the country they are doing business in (Dineen & Garavan, 1994)."
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Business-to-Business vs. Business-to-Consumer, 2005.
An analysis of the differences between B2B and B2C supply chains.
1,240 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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The internet has brought about an incredible evolution in business practices and has vastly altered the ability of businesses to reach their clients and suppliers. This paper examines how, although business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies operating on-line are similar in many ways, the differences are also significant. It discusses many of the differences and outlines why those differences are so vital to the success of these companies. It also shows how from sales to orders to software integration and delivery systems, the variations are important.
Outline
Supply Chain
Business-to-Consumer Supply Chain
Business-to-Business Supply Chain
The Differences
Discussion
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"Most business-to-consumer sites operate similar to the traditional brick and mortar stores in terms of the supply chain. These companies typically have various suppliers from which they purchase either finished products or raw materials for the in-house production of a product. Many of those e-businesses that purchase finished products for resale are wholesalers. These companies or individuals contract with larger organizations to sell a company's product to the end-user for a small profit. Often these wholesalers do not have to maintain any sort of inventory, as the delivery of the product occurs via drop shipments."
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Business Operations Management, 2007.
A look at the advantages and disadvantages of process and product types within business operations management.
789 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of process and product types seen in business operations management, and provides a brief explanation of where on the product life cycle each one fits. The paper highlights the importance of consumers with developing or changeable brand images. This often translates into pursuit of the young, in hopes of securing a long-term predisposition toward a brand. The paper also discusses the retail industry, which is viewed as a highly competitive and dynamic marketing environment today. Several disadvantages of the process and types are also presented.
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"In the beginning of the product life cycle, the rationale for the need for the product is established. After the need is established, the product design process is implemented. This stage of the product life cycle consists of creating brand awareness for the consumer. One disadvantage of this is that as a result of the heightened number of acquisitions and takeovers, many brands suffer irreparable harm. Other causes of lowered brand equity can be attributed to years of inconsistent advertising and agency management, generic marketing, look-alike advertisements, undistinctive products, and the proliferation of promotions (Wentz, 1993). In operations management, the importance of the product itself has received more emphasis than ever before. Consumer choice affects branding because the strategy of pulling products through the marketing channel encourages retailers to carry branded products in reaction to consumer demands. Some manufacturers also go in or brand extension, a scheme that requires adding related products to an existing stream of branded products, or developing a new line with the same brand identity. In doing so the manufacturers capitalize on the brand's reputation and identity, and consumer's choice is based upon brand preferences. This an example of an advantage of the product type that occurs during the product life cycle. Brands that attract the consumer more are termed as brand-driven purchases."
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Operating an e-Business, 2005.
An analysis of the legal and regulatory ramifications of operating an e-business today.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper provides an overview of e-business and its implications, an analysis of three potential ethical problems facing e-businesses today, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.
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"Target marketing is a common practice used by a number of large producers, wholesalers, service institutions, and retailers in the United States (Peterson, 1991). According to Choudhury and Cui (2003), "The increasing efforts by marketers to target diverse groups of consumers call for a closer examination of the ethical implications of market segmentation and differentiated marketing" (p. 364). The practice of target marketing refers to the concentrated marketing of a product to a segment of consumers based on the attractiveness of the group in terms of such factors as its size and growth rate. "Theoretically speaking," Choudhury and Cui suggest that "there is nothing inherently wrong with targeted marketing" (p. 364). Increasingly, though, more and more cases of targeting potentially harmful products at vulnerable consumers have raised ethical concerns in terms of justice and fairness, such as targeting sweepstakes at the elderly and handguns at women. According to Choudhury and Cui, "Even indirect and subtle targeting of potentially harmful products at vulnerable consumers has received criticism, such as targeting children with R-rated movies and using animal characters to promote cigarettes and alcohol" (p. 365). Even assuming that consumers are not the targets of such marketing practices, though, they are still far from being completely secure in sharing their personal information online, which brings us to the next ethical issue for e-businesses today: security of personal information."
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Daniels Radebaugh's "International Business: Environments and Operations", 1991.
This paper is a chapter-by-chapter review of John Daniels and Lee Radebaugh's "International Business: Environments and Operations": Theories, corporate policy, environmental frameworks, cultural issues, trade and the role of the government.
6,975 words (approx. 27.9 pages), 1 source, $ 135.95
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"In their textbook International Business: Environments and Operations, John Daniels and Lee Radebaugh address the complex problems which face companies doing business on a global basis. The textbook is designed to accompany an introductory course in international business, and the authors are careful to present information of use to those who will never take another course in the subject as well as to those who are destined to study the subject in depth. As a result, information is presented in a broad context providing information which the authors deem essential to a basic understanding of international business.
Daniels and Radebaugh have divided the text into seven multi-chapter parts: Background; Comparative Environmental Frameworks; Theories and Institutions -- Trade and Investment; World Financial Environment; International Business in ... "
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Information Technology and Business Operations Improvement, 2007.
This paper discusses the large part that information technology plays in the operation of a company.
2,187 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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In this article, the writer notes that information technology plays a major role in every business, ranging from a small corner shop to a large multinational organization, as it can be an important source of competitive advantage. This essay is based on a hypothetical scenario concerning a newly-established business, making and selling greeting cards to specialist shops and retailers but not directly to the public. The writer discusses how information technology can improve the way in which the business operates. The writer then suggests a new vision and mission statement and discusses any changes that will be required to the IT system following a change in the business's strategy to begin selling greeting cards directly to the public.
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Introduction
Task 1 - Using IT to Improve Business Operations
Task 2 - Selling Greeting Cards Directly to the Public. New Vision and Mission Statement and Changes to IT System
Conclusion
References
Appendix
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"When starting a business, the establishment of organizational objectives and strategy to be followed is critical in order to gain competitive advantage. The IS strategy should be designed to reinforce the organization's overall business strategy, in this case, to only sell our products to specialist shops and retailers. In preparing a practical strategy four elements must be considered: the business vision, Information Technology, key people, and application systems. To establish sound objectives and an appropriate strategy, the external, as well as the internal factors that can influence a firm's operations have to be identified. These can be determined by conducting PESTLE and SWOT analysis. Moreover, Porter's Five Forces Model developed in 1980 sets out to identify the factors that can influence an organization's competitiveness."
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Ethics and Environmental Ethics, 2006.
An investigation into ethics and how they apply to natural resource management.
4,455 words (approx. 17.8 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 116.95
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This paper defines ethics and explains some of the different viewpoints on ethics that exist. The paper then gives a critical view of ethics. Next, it discusses Aldo Leopold's land ethic. The paper concludes that there are many different opposing viewpoints in ethics and every person must make up their own ethics by which to live.
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How do we Define Ethics?
A complicated System of Groups
Ethical Theories
Deontological Versus Teleological Theories
Every Situation is Different
The Critical View of Ethics
The Never Ending Story
Ethics as a Limiting Factor
Ethics as Propaganda
Ethics and the Environment
Aldo Leopold's Ethics
Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic
Conclusion
In the Literature
The Rose Theory
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"In order to discuss ethics, one must first attempt to understand the intricacies involved in this discipline. First, a distinction must be made between ethics and morality. "Ethical wisdom consists in knowing how to frame the ideal, and moral sagacity consists in knowing how to put the ideal to work and realize it in practice" (Rader 1964). In other words, ethics may be thought of as the theory by which morality is practiced. Although separate ideas, neither morality nor ethics can exist without the other. Once this distinction is made, the question must be asked, is ethics a science? Researchers have long tried to answer this question, and many have come to the following conclusion. It is believed that ethics is a "normative science: concerned with norms and standards not empirical facts" (Rader 1964)."
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e-Business Commerce in the Pharmaceutical Business, 2007.
This paper looks at how online business has changed the pharmaceutical business.
4,264 words (approx. 17.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 113.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in the past decade, the topic of e-business and its' utilization in the pharmaceutical industry has emerged as a significant factor for patients, doctors and online pharmacies. The writer discusses that the operation of e-business has revolutionized communication and has changed the ways hospitals and pharmacies conduct business. The writer points out that from online customer service to remote diagnostics, the World Wide Web offers businesses tools that enhance production, sales, customer satisfaction and profits, as a result. The writer concludes that in the future, perhaps e-business will revolutionize itself so much that prescriptions and medical evaluations will be able to be conducted online, through the use of online video portals and the like.
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Introduction
Online Pharmacies
Online Pharmacies and Ethical Issues
Healthcare Computer Systems Security
Healthcare-related Websites
Conclusion
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"The legal system has been greatly affected by the security and regulatory concerns affecting e-business, and as a result, existing laws have changed and new ones have been implemented accordingly. In recent years, the importance of legal issues in information systems security as it affects the pharmaceutical industry is a pressing concern for both governments and healthcare organizations regarding the protection of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. The regulations implemented by HIPAA increase the security of patient sensitive information, which cannot be exchanged by third parties unless consented to by the patient. This law was implemented to increase the protection of identifiable information of patients such as name, address, contact information, and diagnosis."
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Ethical Egoism and Ethical Relativism, 2002.
Examines the positions of ethical egoism and relativism about morality of individual action and their validity in the contemporary discourse of philosophy.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper shows that ethical egoism underlies a fundamental assumption of self-interest and happiness whereas ethical relativism holds that morality is relative to the norms of society.
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Richard Nixon: From Success to Failure to Success, 2006.
An essay following Nixon through his failures in the early 1960s to his successful election to the presidency of the United States.
2,286 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper presents a brief outline of former U.S. President Richard Nixon's political career. The paper traces Nixon's early political successes starting with his vice presidency under President Dwight D. Eisenhower through a series of setbacks over the next few years to his victory in the 1968 presidential election against President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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"The press ran with the story and Nixon was under fire. He admitted to remembering "something between $15,000 and $18,000 collected and disbursed" (Morris, P. 763). One newspaper reported Nixon received and "expense allowance from up to fifty to one hundred well-to-do southern California political angels since he entered the U.S. Senate in 1951" (Morris, P. 763). The fund was actually used to pay for extra clerical work and to answer mail from his home state. In a statement released by his attorney the facts of the money were described as "It handles postage for mail on which I do not choose to use the much-abused senatorial franking privilege. It defrays travel expenses. It pays for the cost of printing speeches and documents which otherwise might have been printed at the taxpayer's expense." (Morris, P. 767). Nixon had not done anything illegal, and had in fact saved the taxpayers money. This did not prevent his enemies from continuing their political attack. In spite of the fact, Eisenhower had already chosen Nixon as his running mate for the 1952 Presidential campaign, and all investigations failed to prove the fund was not used illegally, but rather honorably, there was even mixed emotions regarding Nixon within the Republican Party. Nixon's supporters urged Nixon to stand tall and not resign as running mate. However, Harold Stassen, a staunch Republican supporter from Philadelphia, suggested Nixon offer his resignation to Eisenhower for the good of the party (Morris PP. 800-801). Nixon did not offer his resignation and Eisenhower won the election in a landslide."
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Marketing in E-Business, 2007.
An analysis of how marketing differs on a business-to-consumer (B2C) site compared to a business-to-business (B2B) site for an e-business.
992 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper describes how the marketing mix for an organization operating as an e-business optimizes an organization's opportunity for success. It discusses how a proper marketing mix is essential to developing tactical plans for selling products and services. The paper then provides an explanation of how marketing differs on a business-to-consumer (B2C) site compared to a business-to-business (B2B) site.
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E-Business Marketing
Product
Place
Price
Promotion
Conclusion
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"The introduction of the Internet and electronic commerce (E-commerce) is fundamentally changing the way businesses engage in marketing strategies. "Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational goals" (Kotler and Keller, 2006, p.16). The key components of a solid marketing strategy include a comprehensive analysis of the marketing mix, which includes product, place, price and promotion. Including all elements of the marketing mix optimizes an organization's opportunity for success and is essential to developing tactical plans for selling products and services in a B2B or B2C setting. E-commerce and electronic marketing (E-marketing) is prevalent in business-to-business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2B) settings. This paper provides an explanation of how marketing differs on a B2C site compared to a B2B site."
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