Ethics
Manufacture of Alcohol in Pakistan
From Madan G Singh Pakistan is an Islamic state, but the leadership is pragmatic and has allowed alcohol to be manufactured and marketed. The Murree Brewery is the oldest in the subcontinent and its shares are regularly traded on Karachi stock exchange Alcohol Manufacture in a Muslim Country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is not…
Read MoreEthics for Nurses and Paralegal
From Randell Stroud Ethics are both personal and administrative. Your personal ethics may be one thing, whereas the ethics you are required to follow under the guidelines set forth by the American Nursing Association or by the National Paralegal Association, may conflict with your own morality Nevertheless, you have a duty to follow such ethics…
Read MoreDisability Inclusion: Is Your Board On Board?
From Lonnie Pacelli The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Special intelligence Unit 9900 is dedicated to everything related to geography, including mapping, interpretation of aerial and satellite photographs, and space research. Within this unit there is another, smaller unit of highly qualified soldiers who can detect even the smallest details-the ones usually undetectable to most people.…
Read MoreNot to Decide Is to Decide – And When I First Learned That, It Was Enlightening and Liberating!
From Sandy Shaw Imagine a father telling his son to do something only to meet with this response, “Thanks. I will think about it.” When God the Father tells me to do something I should move fast and quickly. Jesus said to those businessmen in the fishing industry, “Come, follow me.” Immediately, they left their…
Read MoreFraud Detection and Prevention in Financial Reporting – Is It the Auditors’ Responsibility?
From Desmond Aidoo The issue of fraud has been in existence for ages leading to the collapse of most businesses due to misleading financial reporting and misappropriation of funds. It has also questioned the integrity of some key industry players as well as major accounting firms. Unfortunately, fraud is not in any physical form such…
Read MoreFuture Job: Ethical Technology Advocate
From Martin Hahn Ethical Technology Advocates are going to be mankind ‘s go betweens with a wave of robots and artificial intelligence programs which will be helping to operate our complex and connected community by 2025. Certainly one of their crucial tasks is to negotiate the delicate relationship of ours with the robots by setting…
Read MoreThe Basics of Best Practices
From Kim L. Clark When small entities do business, they (we!) must try harder. Developing and maintaining a sterling reputation that creates a trusted brand that generates good word-of-mouth and referrals is how we succeed. Delivering excellent products and services every time is a must, but there are additional factors that play important roles. Instituting…
Read MorePrincipled Reasoning and Ethical Decisions
From Beth Ann Pratt As the world becomes more complicated the need for ethical business choices moves to the forefront. Corporation’s decisions can affect the world in a positive or negative manner on an ever-larger scale. The five steps of principled reasoning give some order and sense to a subject that can be too open…
Read MoreA New Business Guide to Going Green
From Stephanie Rosendahl Many businesses just getting started are finding that the competition for attention on the web is fierce. And these businesses are finding that by going green, they are displaying their corporate responsibility, but they are also finding that there are financial benefits to going green. So how does a new business go…
Read MoreThe Future of Ethics and Morals
From Sandra Anna James In his essay “Perpetual Peace,” the German philosopher Immanuel Kant talked about the importance for each country to come together and join forces in a “league of nations” whose sole objective would be to ensure their peaceful coexistence. According to Kant, the governments are morally obligated to pursue peace and collaborate…
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