When coming to a railroad track normally there are safeguards to let both the train and the cars crossing know that either one is about to come through. The social responsibility of corporate at Amtrak was having some type of safeguards on the bridge altering boats that there was a bridge ahead or in distance. Legally the Mauvila should share responsibility also because if they had checked and seen what type of weather they was facing before leaving to see was it safe for travel could have prevented some of the fatalities. The lack of people coming forward to take the responsibility for the tragedy is ethically. When accidents
I recommend the company should respond to the former employee’s charge of constructive discharge by first apologizing. This former employee has had a negative impact on their life do to our company, and an apology would not hurt the situation. The government has various laws and statues pertaining to constructive discharge, management needs to avoid anything that could be misconstrued as discrimination in the work place. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) refers to processes and techniques of resolving disputes that fall outside of the judicial process (Alernative Dispute Resolution Law & Legal Definintion, 2011). Legally, this could save the company bad publicity, a great amount of stress, and money that isn’t necessary to spend.
The employees must keep company’s tangible assets and knowledgeable things. The company and its employees have obligation to protect their tangible and intangible assets. Generally, the protection of assets is most important part in profit entities. County of San Diego and G.M Financial conduct their businesses that elementally trust employees. Nevertheless, the reason that company adopts the code of ethics is forbid to fraud, theft, and corruption by
This reflects a utilitarian stand-point because the wood dust is a serious problem that could lead to serious injury or worse for every member of the company. By reporting this to OSHA it may lead to fines and consequences for my employer and others at the managerial level but not reporting this could lead to the end of every employee. The reason I chose to notify OSHA is because they are a neutral 3rd party whose only role is to ensure the safety and security in an occupational setting along with responding to allegations against the aforementioned employer. OSHA themselves is basically the top-notch you can get to in regard to employee safety, they have governmental backing and an obligation to come check out an allegation and can put up further road blocks for companies if they don’t comply. I am concerned that even the owner doesn’t care enough to ensure the safety and well-being of his employees as he said, “You cannot prove that there is an explosion hazard here.
The law on confidentiality and restrictive covenants are in place to ensure that employer’s business interests are protected. Employers may rely on mechanisms such as the confidentiality clauses and restrictive covenants to protect their businesses from damaging competition, disclosure of trade secrets and confidential information. The objective of these provisions is to avoid employees from abusing they employer’s business interests when the employment has come to end. The degree of protection provided to employers differs if the employee has ended the contract of employment. The implied duty of fidelity protects business interests and imposes a obligation employee must not disclose any information or trade secrets of their employers business.
The storing of such data calls for necessary security that would protect the employees’ privacy on their information from any litigation or theft. For Huffman Trucking to ensure the protection of employees’ information, it must address the risks related to the safeguarding of confidential information. That is, the company will ensure that no harm would come to the business. However, irresponsive of the procedure of handling the crucial information, the company must implement security measures to effectively safeguard the data, and the assets of the business, as well, from inherent threats such as litigation and
Everyone one from their employees all the way up to upper management and partners must adhere to the code of ethics put into place at the corporation. Microsoft recognizes that they face intense competition and will continue to face harsh competition across the markets of products and services, but yet they refuse to bend any rules in order to make it to the top. Microsoft also has a code of standards for their finance division that is separate but in addition to their ethical standards. The finance code of ethics demands the executives and the employees to act in a responsible manner and to avoid conflicts of interest. It also demands the employees to abide by the laws and regulation set forth by the state and federal governments.
In this case, the supervisor should have approached Human Resources sooner and allowed them to make the decisions to breach the privacy and confidentiality. If there is a real risk of harm to the patient or other persons, a breach such as this could be warranted, but each case should reviewed separately and one person should not be making this decision (Mair, 2011). Business research is critical to a manger’s decision making, but ethical research is a very important part of the process. Information should be free of manipulation and confidentiality should be maintained to protect all parties
Code of Ethical Conduct The topic of my choice is the ethical code of conduct from Chipotle. As we all know the code of conduct is not merely written to just be another set of rules in life but to protect the company and its employees. I will discuss areas that back my previous statement and reasons why they are important, as well as implementing them in the best way. Chipotles code of conduct has a whistleblower policy in which you can make any complaint or concern with confidentiality. This policy goes well with compliance with the code of conduct.
The property of a citizen should be kept in safety, Hospers says, “libertarians support legislation that protects the property rights of individuals against confiscation, nationalization, eminent domain, robbery, trespass, fraud and misinterpretation, patent and copyright, libel and slander” (Velasquez 677). Citizens within society must sustain the right to live without the fears of property abuses, if these rights are ever crossed capital punishment should be enforces upon the criminal. As a result, the only action the government should take should be the protection of a human’s right to life, liberty, and