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The systematic study of what is right or wrong
What is ethics?
A complex situation where there's no clear right or wrong answer.
What is an ethical dilemma?
A body of rules of conduct
What is law?
What are business ethics?
A national security and law enforcement agency
What is the FBI?
An organization made to protect public health by ensuring the safety and efficiency of drugs, food supply, and cosmetics.
What is the FDA?
A theory that explains how people decide what's fair
What is justice?
The law between the government and society that applies to everyone
What is public law?
Ethical beliefs that don't change throughout life
What are ethical principles?
Responsible for locating and arresting federal suspects.
What is the U.S Marshal Service?
Prevents disease and promotes community-wide health through education, policy-making, and research.
What is public health?
The approach that uses the law as a guide to morality
What is conventional reasoning?
Law dealing with the rights and responsibilities in contracts
When an action isn't legal, acceptable within industry, benefits the company, or may be acceptable in a foreign culture.
What are reasons businesses behave unethically?
Ensures the safety/health of the public through combating illegal drug trafficking and distribution.
What is the DEA
Improving transparency and accountability within financial markets
What are the protections of consumers and investors?
A responsibility that is required of all companies
What is e-commerce law?
Negative public image; Lawsuits
What are consquences of unethical business practices?
Manages borders, enforces immigration laws, and responds to disasters
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
A specialized government body made to oversee, create, and enforce rules to protect consumers and ensure fair competition.
What is a regulatory agency?
A theory that describes how people decide what is ethical
What is cognitive moral development?
Provides a federal legal process made to give individuals and businesses a new chance from overwhelming debt
What is bankruptcy law?
Determines if an action is acceptable for a business
What is a business's ethics code?
Local law enforcement agencies that are elected and are responsible for county-wide policing.
What is a Sheriff Department?