Archive for the ‘Ethics’ Category
Fairtrade pioneer, Bruce Crowther of Garstang, the world's first fair-trade town, has been awarded an MBE in the new year's honours list. As the capital becomes the biggest Fairtrade city in the world, a man who helped get this socially responsible ball rolling is being acknowledged for his efforts and foresight, by the royal family no less.
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Background check is a very important and essential element of making yourself comfortable with people you might be looking forward to having a relationship with as an employee, business partnership or even personal. A background check can be diverse in its nature, from a simple check to a due diligence investigation, however, most background checks involve the following:
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Free Internet Media is a web publishing firm which exists primarily to develop revenue generating web sites, but we also operate a number of sites primarily for the purpose of making the world a better place.
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In life, "Truth matters", to quote one of my favorite leaders ever, a former General Counsel with whom I worked. If you are like most people and want to sleep well at night, stay off the slippery slope. When an alarm bell rings in your mind, listen to it! It probably sounded off for a reason. Pausing to consider why the alarm went off ensures you will take time to reconsider the situation from an ethical point of view.
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Should You Take The Bait?
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Most authorities agree that there is room for improvement in business ethics. One of the most problematic questions raised in relation to business ethics is whether or not businesses can become more ethical in the real world. The majority opinion on this issue suggests that government, trade associations, and individual firms can indeed establish acceptable levels of ethical behavior.
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Working in a stockroom can be a dirty job and someday you hope that your efforts will be noticed and you will get the chance to prove what you can with a promotion into a supervisors role. However, if supervisors watching the operation see everyone dressed for the part of throwing freight around the back room, they will generally place them all in the same category.
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Most people certainly do not enjoy receiving bills in the mail, especially when such invoices are accompanied by harsh and indifferent sounding legalese that sometimes does not even sound as if it was written by a human being. It is no secret that large banks and corporations earn much of their money via the morally questionable use of hidden terms and fees in the fine print that require reading glasses to see, and many such companies do not conduct themselves by a high code of moral ethics. After all, why be nice when you can be rich?
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With the advent of construction booming, it is now more important than ever before to be aware of your surroundings and protect yourself against potential hazards in the workplace. It is not only the responsibility of the company and job foreman to make certain that all risks and hazards are addressed, it is also very important that the workers be aware of their surroundings and take every precaution possible to prevent injury to themselves or others. Construction safety awareness can result in saving lives and a drastic reduction of preventable accidents on the job site.
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The ethics of buying a fake doctors excuse is a hot topic of debate these days. Although opinion varies, the fact is that thousands of people each day buy fake doctors notes to miss work or delay a test at school. This is not surprising when you think that most of us have told a "little white lie" at one time in our lives. Many would say that small lies are so common from politicians to used car salesmen that we often take them for granted. Clearly, we all have our own set of ethics we follow and the buying of doctor's excuses is an individual choice that is not for me to judge.
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