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Personal Worldview And Business Ethics: Personal Religious Beliefs

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Personal Worldview and Business Ethics Paper Hope Allen Liberty University BMAL 560 February 2, 2018 Dr. Henry Step 1 Please answer the following questions: To what extent should personal religious beliefs impact our decisions about business ethics? Rules and regulations should apply to personal religious beliefs. For example, if a person was hired and exceeded the job expectations and requirements, individual of higher authority is threatened by their own position and fire the employee for no reason. Personal religious beliefs should remain isolated because being over qualified resulted in loss of job. Feelings can cloud judgement and in this instance legal actions should proceed beyond the bad error of choice. To …show more content…

Their commitment to leadership and integrity have been proven for many years, since 1971. Their dedication has boasted growth and profits amongst its customers. Customers are passionate about quality with excellent customer service and the business has improved the lives of others. Starbucks have created an environment where humanistic compassion is present. The ethics have been embedded in the company and developed a corporate responsibility where customers can come and look forward to top notch experiences. “As a result, Starbucks continues to accelerate its international presence. In essence, it continues to be one of the top leaders in the coffee industry and a customer oriented organization” (Lemus, E., von Feigenblatt, O. F., Orta, M., & Rivero, O. , …show more content…

In 2015, an unethical decision was made on their behalf with falsifying emissions tests. They ignored the safety concerns for consumers, and decided to continue with cheating the system. “This shows that they were knowingly doing wrong which is unethical” (Patra, B. P. , 2016). The unethical standards and behavior reflected the company inability to operate around the value of the company. Decisions that are purposely made to deceive others are usually establish by groups within to try and benefit the company’s needs. The competition in the marketplace is always high, but to avoid such behavior companies have to insure their values closely aligns with others. References Lawerence, A. T. & Weber, J. (2015). Business & Society: Stakeholders, Ethics and public policy. (15th ed). New York: McGraw- Hill. Lemus, E., von Feigenblatt, O. F., Orta, M., & Rivero, O. (2015). Starbucks Corporation: Leading Innovation in the 21st Century. Journal Of Asia Pacific Studies, 4(1), 23-38. Patra, B. P. (2016). The Deliberate Case Deception: Case Study on Volkswagen Emission Scandal. Vilakshan: The XIMB Journal Of Management, 13(1),

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