“Technologies of Control: The New Interactive Media for the Home”: A Review of the Premises Presented in the Book by Kevin Wilson
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A 5 page overview of Wilson’s premises regarding the incredible capability of modern technology to not only monitor individual and group behavior but to utilize the information collected in that monitoring to change and direct that behavior. Wilson contends that this practice is not simply the collection of general information to be utilized in marketing goods to consumers, but rather as a restructuring of communication practices which will result dramatic changes in practically all aspects of modern society. No additional sources are listed.
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“There Go the Little Guys…”
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A 4 page paper outlining the method by which Wal-Mart enters a new market; undercuts prices on a scale that local mom-and-pop stores cannot match; puts those stores out of business; and then raises its own prices to pre-Wal-Mart levels when local consumers have no other choices available to them. Wal-Mart is not the only big-box store that puts pressure on small local business; Home Depot and Lowe’s have the same effect without using Wal-Mart’s predatory practices. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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"Can Ethical Behavior Really Exist In Business?": Summary
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses how ethical decision-making goes hand in hand with sound business judgment, yet this is not a concept always followed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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"Decisions Without Blinders"
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A 3 page review of the article by Max H. Bazerman and Dolly Chugh. Published in the January 1, 2006 edition of Harvard Business Review, this article explores the tendency for humans to ignore factual information when making decisions. This tendency is described by the authors as being a phenomena of "bounded awareness". No additional sources are listed.
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A Backhanded View of Business Ethics
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A 4 page paper discussing aberrations of business ethics promoted by two self-proclaimed “theorists.” Albert Carr, Norman Gillespie and Peter Drucker all maintain very different views of the role that ethics and ethical behavior play in the conduct of business. The purpose here is to examine and assess the position of each, determining which approach is the better one to follow. The paper concludes that the international business climate has changed dramatically since the height of Drucker’s writing activity, but the simple rules and common sense he promotes have not. Carr and Gillespie are just plain wrong. Each has invested misplaced energy and thought that perhaps could have been used to produce something worthwhile. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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A Case of Cognitive Dissonance
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This 12 page paper considers the decision making process in a scenario of an ethical dilemma where an employees is asked to act illegally and unethically. The employee is facing cognitive dissonance, the paper explains who this occurs, the way the conflicts arise and how the employee may deal with them. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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A Case Study in Business Ethics
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This 5 page paper evaluates a case study submitted by a student. The case involves the marketing of a new drug where a firm has hidden vital information. An individual stumbles along the information and wonders what to do. The paper provides a solution to the dilemma as well as a counter argument. The paper also embraces ethics as it pertains to the sale of stock for this troubled company. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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A Case Study in Business Ethics
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This 6 page paper takes a look at ethics with the use of a hypothetical case. Philosophical theories are used to evaluate a case where an employee must decide whether to follow orders or do the ethical thing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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A Case Study in Corporate Morality
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This 4 page paper examines several philosophical arguments regarding a case study submitted by a student. The problem is that three executives have to decide whether or not to accept a contract with a corrupt government. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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