Arthur Andersen With a conflict of interest Needs to be set straight Arthur Andersen was a major accounting firm that had clients worldwide. One of their biggest clients was Enron. Turns out this would also be the client who would ultimately lead to the end of Arthur Andersen’s firm. I read an article about … Continue reading
Getting paid to play College programs breaking rules NCAA It seems that there is always some form of illegal activity surrounding large, successful football and basketball programs within the NCAA. Nearly everyday on the sports Sports Center line up, there is a few minutes dedicated to an update regarding the illegal funding, coaching behavior, or … Continue reading
Scandals everywhere, American Apparel What is your image? For paper 2, I want to explore the clothing company American Apparel Inc. The casual clothing organization often described as hip, artsy a, cool, also wears another adjective: contradictory. American Apparel stands as a paradox, wearing two contrasting masks at once. One organization face shows the company … Continue reading
Fracking, a blessing? Or another distraction From a green future? I am going to use environmental ethics theory to investigate a case related to the natural gas industry. I think it would be interesting to explore the industry specifically through an environmental lens, which incorporates both utilitarian and deontological theories. Natural gas extraction has … Continue reading
Children put to work Slaving to give us chocolate Save the poor children I was reading through the list of suggested topics for our second paper and the supply chain of chocolate and slavery caught my interest. I quickly did a Google search and got immediate hits involving the Ivory Coast. I recall reading a … Continue reading
Full transparency, Environmental design, Interface carpet. I am choosing to write Paper 2 based on the company InterfaceFLOR. InterfaceFLOR is a manufacturer and innovator of carpet tiles. This company has been a leading organization in developing its strategic plan and business model to include sustainable initiatives. InterfaceFLOR will serve as a good case to analyze … Continue reading
African slaves Made all your food What are we all going to do? I plan on looking at child labor and slavery in the production of chocolate, or more specifically cocoa, through the relativism standpoint to discuss the chocolate manufacturers’ choices. With 75% of the worlds chocolate supply being provided by the Ivory Coast and … Continue reading
Every night I hear Babies cry for nourishment Formula won’t give In light of the recent boycotts of infant formula I decided to research about the Nestle formula case. To give some background about the case, during the 1970’s, parties accused Nestle of encouraging mothers in developing countries to use baby formula. Even at this … Continue reading
Should Detroit shut down Did the big three let us down Who should lift them up And here is a song to set the mood… The topic I have taken on for my paper to, if the Haiku didn’t clue you in, is the collapse of the auto industry in Detroit in 2008. In order … Continue reading
Happily healthy Whole Foods really has it all? I will soon find out. In Paper 2, I will investigate Whole Foods Market and its mission, business model, and relationship between what the company portrays as truly important to its mission and what its actions are really telling customers. After reading Josée Johnston’s article called “The … Continue reading
B-Ethics 