Outsourcing presents a number of difficult ethical concerns for the operations manager. Recently, IBM was faced with the decision of whether or not to outsource technical jobs to India. In considering outsourcing, IBM had to balance potential negatives like job loss against potential profit gains. A...

One of the great political philosophers of the Renaissance was Nicolo Machiavelli. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Machiavelli was perceived as being devious and unethical. Furthermore, today the term "Machiavellian" denotes ruthless opportunism and the use of manipula...

In the two films Primary Colors and Godfather, there is a difficult distinction of where the line can be drawn between what is business and what is morally wrong. Morals are important to have, but sometimes we have to make exceptions. The Godfather paints a portrait of a family that loves each oth...