Hiringthe foreign workers may interfere with the policies of China¶s political and legal environment.Prior to Riordan¶s plans to expand the facility in Hangzhou and hire additional foreignworkers, the management should consider the political and legal climates of China to eliminateinterference with the goals of the company. China is a communist state but embraces a freemarket economy (Hodgetts, Luthans, & Doh, 2005). Presently the political environment is stablein comparison to Latin America or the Middle East (Hodgetts, Luthans, & Doh, 2005). However,Riordan needs to investigate thoroughly the legal and regulatory aspects of expanding the facilityand hiring foreign workers in China.The legal and regulatory environment in China needs investigating. Planning to expandthe Hangzhou facility must be approved by the government.
DQ1: Review the case study Just Because it’s Legal, Is it Ethical in Perspectives in Business Ethics. How might bankruptcy law provide an outlet for unethical behavior? DQ 2: Consider the topic of air pollution. Discuss whether a business should go beyond what the law requires. How might a company be rewarded or punished for making an ethical or unethical decision?
1. What philosophical principle did Google’s managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the costs? Answer : I would say that Google used utilitarian approach when they are entering the chinese market, as it is explained by the utilitarian approach that, “it focuses attention on the need to weigh carefully all of the social benefits and costs of a business action and to pursue only those actions where the benefits outweigh the costs”. In the case we can see that China is a one huge potential Internet market for Google that’s why they choose to adjust their service according to the chinese regulation for censoring some issues regarding sensitive issues like politic. In addition, the philosophical approach used is the Friedman doctrine stating that the only social responsibility of business is to increase profits, so long as the company stays within the rule of law.
First, consider whether or not the data collected will pose legal ramifications for Kudler. Are we as an organization going to implement security controls to protect the consumer’s credit information, such as, credit card numbers, customer name and billing address? Are we going to utilize the purchase cycle data to analyze the habits of our consumers to market more products? Are we going to sell any of this information to marketing companies to help us to conduct ad campaigns for Kudler Fine Foods? Second, how do we deal with the ethical challenges that come with a Frequent Shopper Program, such as, Kickbacks?
What if the law includes a duty to rescue requiring an individual to help another if he or she is able? • Should vigilantism be permitted when the criminal justice system fails? • Historically, in your opinion, has civil disobedience been effective in changing the law? • What conditions exist in the various professions, other than criminal justice professions, that contribute to the commission of unethical behavior? Consider the business and corporate sectors, medical professions, religious authorities, retail establishments, construction industry, insurance industry, banking, education, professional sports, research, pharmaceutical companies, and politics.
The parts of the planes should have been stamped with China. The plane is basically an engine and wings which are both made in China while the whole product was put together in Mexico. The JEC, CAAS and SAC if they tried to appeal the decision they would not win as the rules state they would have to make a new
Week 7 DQ 1: "Detecting Unethical Practices at Supplier Faculty" Please respond to the following: Assess the value of having a Supplier Code of Conduct when outsourcing operational functions to international markets and the enforceability of such a code. Evaluate whether or not you believe a U.S.-based company outsourcing jobs to foreign markets is ethical. Support your position. Assume that you have to make the decision to outsource work to a foreign market. Determine what country would be your best option.
* What assumptions underlay the tribute system? * How did the tribute system differ from the ideal Chinese understanding of its operation? * In what ways did China and the nomads influence each other? * In what different ways did Korea, Vietnam, and Japan respond to Chinese influence? * In
However, if businesses believe they have been a victim of deceptive advertising they can bring an action under s.43(a) of the Lanham Act. The Federal Trade Commission has developed a framework for regulating deceptive commercial speech, in which one must prove the advertisement was a “material representation, omission or practice” that was “likely to mislead a customer”, and that “no one acting reasonably under the circumstances” would believe the claims. Deceptive commercial speech in the UK is regulated by the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD) as well as national advertising codes. The UCPD seeks the protect the economic interests of consumers from deceptive commercial practices but does not seek to protect businesses. The UK also regulates political campaign spending for the 365 days up to the vote and four months after the vote but does this only for relevant elections and does not regulate outside these campaign periods.
Under what conditions, if any, is whistleblowing morally justifiable? INTRODUCTION Business ethicists define whistle blowing as an act of disclosure made by a person about some wrong doings by a corporation to an external agency which is difficult for the public to know otherwise. Companies have started implementing policies against whistle blowing. There are several ethical issues confronted by whistleblowers. Whistleblower can be justified only after looking at the Perspectives on Whistle Blowing and is discussed in detail later.