business ethics

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Corporate ethics versus security ethics

June 1, 2010 10:01am PDT

There are direct conflicts of interest between a technology corporation's responsibility to its shareholders and the ethical responsibility to its customers' security. Ignore them at your peril.

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Download two ethics and conduct codes for IT consultants

October 3, 2008 5:14pm PDT

Can signing a code of ethics really encourage honorable behavior among consultants? Download two firms' conduct codes, and find out how they use them.

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Corporate Ethics Officer: A new job title makes an appearance

February 13, 2009 7:18am PST

Because of all the recent corporate scandals, some companies are trying to ensure their trustworthiness by hiring Corporate Ethics Officers. Here's what the job entails.

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IT ethics and the recession

December 31, 2008 12:00am PST

Michael Krigsman takes a look at the results of a recent survey about the recession's effect on work ethics. He advises employers not to underestimate the level of stress the recession causes workers.

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Is it ethical to use company resources for your job hunt?

May 7, 2003 7:00am PDT

This TechRepublic member has concerns about job hunting while on the job. To what extent is it ethical to use company resources to search for your next job? Would you ever consider taking some of...

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Ethics In Brief: Challenges In Business Ethics

May 12, 2008 12:00am PDT

This paper opens by noting the apparent gap between published codes of business ethics and actual business performance. It proposes that business ethics should be taken as seriously by Christians...

Provided by: Kirby Laing Institute For Christian Ethics

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Business Ethics: The Role Of Culture And Values For An Ethical Workplace

November 24, 2009 12:00am PST

An ethical workplace is established through an organization's culture, values and leadership. To promote ethical behavior, human resource professionals, people managers and senior management need...

Provided by: Society for Human Resource Management

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Business Ethics Pedagogy: A Synthesis Of Paradigms, Philosophies, And Teaching Methods

April 2, 2011 12:00am PDT

Is the job as educators to teach students how to make ethical decisions or is it to teach students how to become innately better people, thus becoming better ethical decision-makers on the job?...

Provided by: University of Minnesota

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The Critical Importance Of Business Ethics For Effective Leadership

December 14, 2010 12:00am PST

Leadership in business must set the standard and "Walk the talk" when it comes time to ethical behavior. There can be no compromise of ethics. There can be no "Waiver of ethics." A leader must...

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The three pillars of professionalism

December 26, 2008 4:32am PST

For doctors, accountants, and lawyers there are memberships in mandatory professional associations with strict rules of conduct and ethics prescribing who is and who isn't a professional. But what...

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Ethics: When telling the truth to the client hurts everyone

September 17, 2008 11:31am PDT

When a firm gets the majority of its business as a third-party consultant with a large vendor, it sometimes finds itself placed in the position of having to do what is best for the vendor and not...

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IT consultant resources about proposals, PM techniques, skill development, ethics

April 21, 2010 4:01am PDT

In this final installment in this two-part series about a training program for IT consultants, Rick Freedman recommends resources that focus on proposals, PM techniques, skill development, and ethics.

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Microsoft is one of the world's most ethical companies

March 19, 2012 10:56am PDT

Despite past business practices that suggest otherwise, Microsoft is now one of the most ethical companies in the world.

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When A Company Writes Its Code Of Ethics, Isn't It Wrong To Plagiarize?

November 20, 2008 12:00am PST

It is common practice for companies to copy others' ethics codes, sometimes word for word, according to research by University of Notre Dame finance professors Tim Loughran and Bill McDonald and...

Provided by: University of Notre Dame

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Ethical Business-To-Business Exchange: A Revised Perspective

August 28, 2010 12:00am PDT

There is increasing interest in ethical questions in marketing. Most contributions to the marketing ethics literature refer to business-to-consumer situations and take an actor-focused...

Provided by: IMP Group

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Security, Linux, and consulting tips lead the week in TechRepublic

September 19, 2003 7:00am PDT

Before plunging headlong into this week's sea of admin tasks, catch up on the noteworthy news and discussions that might have gotten by you. This roundup includes Linux, how to deal with...

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Business Ethics - What?

March 4, 2010 12:00am PST

Business ethics is a branch of applied ethics. It treats ethical aspects of human actions within the sphere of business organizations and professional activities. As such, it is concerned with...

Provided by: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Business Ethics In Banking

November 12, 2007 12:00am PST

The intention of the present paper is to pay attention to the very essence of the ethics in economy, and especially in banking. There is an always present dilemma between ethics and economy....

Provided by: FACTA UNIVERSITATIS

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Comparing Men's And Women's Perception Of Modality Of Teaching Business Ethics

January 3, 2010 12:00am PST

This paper is the second report of a research project involving collecting information via e-survey about occasions in which graduates of a California private University have encountered ethical...

Provided by: National University

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Shaping Tomorrow's Business Leaders: Principles And Practices For A model Business Ethics Program

September 25, 2007 12:00am PDT

Many leading businesses no longer debate the legitimacy of the role and importance of ethics; rather, they are forging ahead, finding new ways to put ethics into practice. A few recent examples...

Provided by: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics