Essays and Research Papers on Business Ethics

5 pages in length. Ethics may be an intangible commodity in the business sector, but it is as vital a component of commerce as any other organizational aspect - and perhaps even more so. The Caux Round Table Principle of Ethics illustrates the requisite nature of these values within the corporate setting by ...

This 14 page paper argues that the fast food industry has brought a fundamental change to the eating habits of people both in the United States and around the world, and that the change is not for the better. It also briefly discusses alternatives to fast food, such as the slow food movement. Bibliography lists ...

This 7-page paper discusses the concepts of legitimacy theory and social contract theory. The paper also compares and contrasts the voluntary environmental disclosures (VED) of ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the stand Barack Obama took in Chicago to help residents of the Altgeld Gardens housing projects; it also considers the steps necessary to develop a mission statement, and why such a statement is necessary. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper uses the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company case as a springboard for discussion. It argues that employers should not be able to test based on utilitarian and deontological principles. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

3 pages in length. Exposing industry fraud has become a regular occurrence in today's business community, particularly within the finance industry. On the heels of the Madoff scandal comes an eight billion dollar operation by Stanford Financial that has all the earmarking of a Ponzi - or pyramid - scheme involving high-yielding certificates ...

This 3 page paper discusses mortgage fraud, gives an example of it, the impact on the industry, and suggests actions that can be taken to stop it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the ways in which women do business. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the ethical stances a firm can adopt; shareholder approach, multiple stakeholder approach and shaper of society, considers each approach and then examines the English football team Manchester United and discusses which ethical approach that are adopting, The bibliography cites 6 sources.

10 pages in length. Whether globalization is either a largely beneficial or highly destructive component of economic, political and social progress in the twenty-first century is dependent upon the view respective to each side of the cultural fence. For Western society, globalization is indeed a boon for extending an already-established market presence throughout ...

A 10 page paper that begins with comments about the writer's own personal ethics. The paper explains and discusses Deontological ethics, consequentialism, including comments about Mill and Bentham, and virtue ethics. An ethical dilemma is presented and the writer uses an ethical decision making model to solve the ethical problem. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...

This 8-page paper examines the issue of board of directors' responsibility when it comes to corporate fraud. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at the way CSR has been interpreted by the retail industry in the UK. The paper defines what it meant by CSR, looks at the way it can observed in retail practices and uses examples from companies such as Tesco, Waitrose, The Body Shop and Marks and Spencer. The bibliography ...

This 15 page essay discusses a number of issues that can be related to the sales persons. Topics include persuasion versus manipulation, integrity, and ethical approaches. Some of the issues discussed are lying, intent and means, Aristotle's Rhetoric (logos, ethos, pathos), utilitarianism, deontology. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 11 page paper in two parts. Part 1 discusses the environmental and practical tradeoffs of China's Three Gorges Dam in one page. Part 2 discusses factors affecting Shell Oil's involvement in sustainability in ten pages. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 3 page book report on this novel, which is fictionalized account of the Archer Daniels Midland price-fixing scandal from the 1990s. The novel is completely true to life as Eichenwald was the New York Times reporter on the case. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper looks at the fictitious case of Riordan Manufacturing and creates an outline cooperate compliance plan for the firm. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 7 page discussion on sweatshops and the problems they prevent for lesser developed nations in terms of unfair wages, poor working conditions and environmental impacts. This paper proposes a solution to those problems. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5-page paper comments on an article in which Dow and Monsanto were able to convince the state of Minnesota to lower its standards for a pesticide. The article discusses the ethics of the situation.

Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman commented that "There is one and only one social responsibility of business to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say engages in free and open competition, without deception or ...

This 4 page paper discusses the ethics and the responsibilities of marketers when marketing different types of goods. The marketing of Tobacco products such as cigarettes, alcohol and financial services are considered and the aspect of potential harm is discussed along with customer choice and the role if information used to make the purchase decision. ...

A 4 page paper discussing Fluor Corporation's dedication to corruption-free operation in terms of normative philosophy and ethics. The paper discusses Kant's deontology and Mill's utilitarianism, concluding that as Fluor continues to operate from a higher "categorical imperative" and work for the greater good that greater transparency brings, the company, all of its employees ...

This 8 page paper discusses the Rely tampons issue; defines white collar crime in relation to it, and then connects the Rely case to the “rational choice” criminal theory. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper answers three questions about various issues dealing with the media. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page paper that discusses the entitle article by Helm. The writer discusses Starbucks' corporate social responsibility and points out which parts of the article provide that type of insight. The writer also comments on how Starbucks lost its way and how it is trying to come back. Bibliography lists 4 sources.