2011年7月21日 星期四

Ethic Question 3

If you overhear someone else is saying your best co-worker did something wrong and he/she may lose his/her job. Will you tell your co-worker? Will you make decision alon or ask someone else?

2011年7月18日 星期一

Ethic Question 4

SUMMARY: History will certainly remember Paul Newman as an icon of modern cinema. But he was far more than just an actor. Paul was a gentleman in the truest sense of the word who embodied the American ideals of extraordinary integrity, a tireless work ethic, a commitment to family, and a deep sense of responsibility to the people who made his success possible. What many may not know is that he donated 100% of post-tax profits and royalties from the Newman's Own company to charities world-wide -- more than $250 million to date. He was also passionate about the Hole in the Wall Camps he helped found for children with life-threatening illnesses, and he was deeply involved with a variety of other innovative nonprofit organizations including his most recent undertaking, the Safe Water Network. Newman's Own has been an inspiration for individuals and business leaders alike and helped launch a movement for greater corporate philanthropy. Paul always considered himself an outsider in the corporate sector. His vision was to see companies change the way they conducted business and learn from the Newman's Own model of giving back. He was reticent around CEOs, but he quietly aimed to revolutionize corporate America.

QUESTIONS:
1. Should all companies try to give back something to deal with social issues that need help?

2. Should corporate philanthropy always be tied to improving the sales of the company or should some philanthropic projects not benefit from increased reputation or sales?

2011年7月16日 星期六

Ethic Question 2

SUMMARY: The city of Bozeman, Mont. ended a controversial policy of requiring municipal job applicants to provide their usernames and passwords for social-networking sites after it sparked widespread criticism. The city of Bozeman believes we have a responsibility to ensure candidates hired for positions of public trust are subject to a thorough background check," he said. "The extent of our regulation for a candidate's password, username or other Internet information appears to have exceeded that which is acceptable to our community." While job seekers are often warned that recruiters will be looking at their profiles on Facebook and MySpace, it is far more rare to be asked for a login to those sites by a prospective employer. Bozeman took the idea of social-network monitoring to the extreme, providing a release form that asked job applicants for "any and all current personal or business websites, web pages or memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com, etc."

QUESTIONS:
1. Do you think that Facebook is a good source of information on potential employees?

2. Is it a violation of privacy for employers to use Facebook pages as a means of selecting potential candidates for a job? Does Facebook accurately represent you as a potential employee?

3. Bozeman Montana stopped requiring job applicants to supply Facebook logins, but the article states that many employers use Facebook, MySpace, etc. to gather information about employees anyway. Is everything posted on the Internet part of the public domain, or do you consider certain things (like social networking sites) more private?

2011年7月15日 星期五

Ethic question 1

we often equate lies with dishonesty, distrust or manipulation. Is it ever okay to tell a lie?
Chances are we all have told at least one lie today, but what purpose did it serve? Did it save you from a difficult situation? Make someone else feel good? Get you out of a traffic ticket?
Why is it okay in one situation, but not okay in another situation?