Essays and Research Papers on Business Ethics

This 5-page paper focuses on how a new company might form an ethics program. Topics discussed include developing an ethics code, monitoring ethics violations, and how to measure the effectiveness of the program. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5-page paper analyzes ethics in public relations while examining the Tylenol deaths in Chicago in 1982 and how the company was honest and sincere in their PR procedures. There are 5 sources cited.

This 14-page paper discusses the World Bank and ethical issues faced. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

The concept of universal happiness is an ideological goal which is both admirable and desirable. However, achieving this in a world where commercial enterprises have double standards where different ethics are applied depending upon the context of a country in which a company is operating is unlikely to lead to the realization of universal happiness. ...

This 2.5-page paper analyzes the Exxon Mobil scandal and how they are trying to misinform the public on the current global warming crisis. There are 3 sources cited.

This 2.5-page paper analyzes the Enron scandal and Chris Seay's book "The Tao of Enron: Spiritual Lessons from a Fortune 500 Fallout." There are 3 sources cited.

This 3 page paper examines ethical and sustainable business practices and how marketing enters the picture. Bibliography lists 5 pages.

In April 2010 an explosion at a BP oil rig caused deaths and resulted in billions of dollars worth of environmental damage. This 7 page paper looks at the events and considers whether BP should carry all of the blame, of if there is cause to blame others as well as BP. The bibliography ...

This 4 page paper discusses the many reasons why it’s important for people to be on time. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses Samsung's values and philosophy, and whether they match with actions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5-page paper focuses on whether board chair Patricia Dunn should have been ousted in 2006 for her role in Hewlett-Packard's pretexting to find a leak. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page research paper/essay in which the writer addresses the challenge facing politicians and public administrators in regards to the current financial crisis. In exploring the various challenges involved, the writer draws heavily on an article by James Lieber that attributes this worldwide crisis to corporate greed and fraud. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper examines Unilever and Nestle. Their mission statements are discussed, Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper presents the non-ethical behavior of oil companies as it pertains to Nigeria and the Niger delta. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3-page paper examines a potential ethics violation in a construction project, and how the reader must attempt to solve it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper considers the use of the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment and assesses how an individual who has a results/utilitarianism orientation may have values that are aligned to the Kudler Fine Foods case.

This 3 page paper discusses the ways in which people form their value systems, how organizations may do the same, and what happens when companies do not act according to their values, as well as what happens when individuals are not in agreement with their company’s values. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper uses a six stage decision model to discuss level on Wal-Mart should adopt a policy to extend its health insurance to same-sex partnerships. The paper clarifies the issue, identifies the stakeholders, looks at the values and identifies potential resolution, considers the objections and proposes an implementation. The bibliography cites 3 sources. ...

An 8 page paper that begins with a scenario of a plastics company that is violating EPA emissions standards and the actions the corporate office does not want to take. The paper discusses the legal and ethical aspects of the case and concludes with recommendations for sustainable development. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines an article detailing age discrimination of people in their 40s. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper which considers three scenarios involving ethical dilemmas, and the relationship between professional codes of ethics and personal moral values. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at values that the Coca-Cola Company, after identifying the values that the firm claims to aspire to the practices of the firm are discussed to assess if the firm lives up to the values. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 14 page paper looks at the role of ethics within leadership, including issues of how leaders should make decisions, how ethical decisions can be recognized, the context that they should be judged within and an examination of different models that could be used to help determine and identify ethical leadership and decision making. The ...

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of ethical leadership. The track record of Bill Gates is examined to emphasize ethical principles. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 12 page paper that provides an overview of servant leadership. The importance of forgiveness as a principle of leadership is explored. Bibliography lists 7 sources.