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BUSINESS ETHICS (CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (BENEFITS (Productivity…
BUSINESS ETHICS
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WHISTLE BLOWING
KANT
deontological, action itself not consequences.
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ENRON: financial fraud & conspiracy to rig energy prices. WB: Sharon Watkins 'I stumbled across was hiding losses', told chairman & reassured her, she didn't then go & tell police.
Uni of Greenwich researched 1000 whistleblowers. 82% raised concerns internally, 15% externally & 3% w/ trades union.
ERICN BROKOVICH: uncovered a series of mysterious illnesses in Hinckley discovered they linked to the chromium in waste water from a nearby Pacific gas & electric plant. PG&E denied it was toxic but Brockovich proved it linked to cancer & PG&E were forced to pay millions to the affected.
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CASE STUDIES
FORD PINTO: prototypes didn't pass tests. Ford did nothing & still sold them. to incr profits & not loose money. Hamed users- 180 dead.
NIKE SWEATSHOPS: low wages, cannot live on. Kids uneducated. Shoe rubber burnt where kids played- cancer.
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SPORTS: cheats, e.g. olympics, football.
GLOBALISATION
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DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOK KEEPING:Deposit money in a banking deposit it in another country.Now there's no limited in trade & businesses worldwide.
NEO-COLANISALISM
Can be economic today: global companies often richer & better resourced than many nations. ECONOMIC WEAPON: reach across world. Its possible to colonialism without armies.
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