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This 4 page paper looks at a case provided by the student, and considers the ethical issues raised, including the contribution of funds by a company to a political party which subsequently grants them tax privileges. The paper answers a set of 8 questions set by the student. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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the deputy chairman of Flick, Count Otto Lambsdroff the FDP treasurer, and Hans Friderichs, the economics minister. These are the main players; the stakeholders extend beyond these individuals, and include
the shareholders and employees of Flick, the political parties in Germany, companies within Germany that the Flick competes with, and the general electorate within Germany (Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). 2. Stakeholders
may be seen as having different priorities, those who are impacted directly primary stakeholder; these will include individuals noted above as they are impacted directly. As the funds went to
a physical party, the political party itself was also a stakeholder. The next priority stakeholders can be argued as the employees and shareholders of Flick, the decisions are made regarding
the donations and tax position of transactions as an impact on their position. The more remote stakeholders, such as the other political parties, competitors and general electorate have the lesser
priority due to the lower level of impact. However, there are important and impact is likely to have a greater effect where there is a cumulative effect with other events
changing the general environment 3. There are a number of ethical norms which may be argued as violated by flick, Lambsdroff and Friderichs. They may be argued that Flick violated
Kants categorical imperative, and treating individual simply as a means to a particular end, as these contributions were made to a specific political party who favored policies that would benefit
Flick. All three may be argued as violating the principle of indirect utilitarianism (Collinson, 2000), as by favoring a political party and seeking exemption from tax on transactions as the
action is one which directly benefits a smaller number of people, rather than a larger number of people. However, this is also subjective argument and while it may be argued
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