Ethics

Special Theme – Commission on Macroeconomics and Health Ethics in international health research: a perspective from the developing world* Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta1 Abstract Health research plays a pivotal role in addressing inequities in health and human development, but to achieve these objectives the research must be based on sound scientific and ethical principles. Although it is accepted that ethics play a central role in health research in developing countries, much of the recent debate

Business ethics “Mapping of the diversity of CSR tools” Group N (14) United Nations Global Compact The Global Compact is a multi-stakeholder voluntary initiative that the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan spearheaded in 1999. Therefore the source of this tool is the public sector. The main issues of this tool are Human rights, labor standards, environment and corruption as business commitments. Like the UN Norms, the GC calls on companies to “support and respect human rights”, within their

Contemporary history of the Middle East From 1956 to nowadays Sébastien GALLAND 1958: Iraqi revolution 1957 • Israel withdraws from Sinai and Gaza. 1958 • Iraq proclaimed a republic • following revolution Baghdad Pact. and shortly after leaves S. GALLAND 1964 : PLO – 1967 : 6-day war 1963 • Ba'athists take power in Syria. 1964 • Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) founded. 1967 • Arab-Israeli "Six-Day" war; • UN Security Council Resolution 242 is passed • Israel

on the social side other than the economic side, business are less based on profit performance but protect social welfare in order to be more respected by its community. Benefices and costs: What are the Benefits of CSR Programs? Business Ethics’ list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens showed these companies to have done better financially than all of the other companies in the S&P 500 Index (Clark, 2006). Thirty hospitality and travel brands listed in the Fortune Corporate Reputation Index

Christian Ethics Topic studied: War War is something awful, revolting and disgusting! Lives are taken away, and most of them are innocents. We are living in a fallen world full of sin and war is the result of our failure to keep God’s covenant. We are going to look at how we should react on this topic as Christians. Here are some statistics of the two biggest wars the world has ever seen. World War 1 and World War 2: The World War 1 have a total casualties of around 35,5 millions persons[1]

BUSINESS ETHICS What compatibility possible between Market and Ethics? Summary Introduction I) Ethics and Market are supposed to be incompatible A) Ethics and Market are incompatible in theory and in practice, the short-term economy becomes the reference 1) In theory, incompatible (History of the Liberalism) Economic liberalism is a school of thought, born during the Enlightenment, who believes that economic freedom (free trade, free enterprise, free choice of consumption, work, etc

ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIE INTRODUCTION Groupe Accor, leader européen dans son domaine, réinvente depuis près de 45 ans les métiers de l’hôtellerie au rythme du monde qui l’entoure pour proposer à ses clients des produits de qualité toujours plus innovants. Maintenant Accor regroupe une quinzaine de marques complémentaires, du luxe à l’économique, reconnues et appréciées pour leur qualité de service à travers le monde : Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, Suite Novotel, ibis

How and why businesses integrate ethics as part of their communication strategy? Acknowledgements I would like to address a special thank you to my supervisor, Mr Riccardo De Vita, whom has helped me with my research by shared with me his knowledge. It was a pleasure to have a supervisor who provided me with good advices and feedback. In addition I would like to thank you the entire library staff for their support. A big thanks you also to my friends and family for their support and faith

understood immediately what was happening, what was required was a radical change to face the crisis that soon would have buried the company itself IV. Nike’s Responses Nike’s directorship canalized the company in creating and supporting ethics, human rights, good work conditions, prevention of child labor, etc, by the formation of associations to precede unethical behaviors on the company and its partners worldwide. While many people still doubted about Nike’s real intentions and practices

Understanding Business Ethics is a text extracted from a book dedicated to business ethics. Since it has to do with a controversial issue – and quite misunderstood one – the author starts explaining what Business Ethics is, what it implies, and how it is regarded nowadays. In that framework, the first question that is often raised is basically: “Can business be ethical?” Since business seeks profit, how can it be moral? Most of people do think that business is unethical, which is not truly surprising