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Business Ethics -- Al Parrish Thesis

4. Conclusions

The contemporaneous society is extremely competitive and sometimes, even out of envy, people will accuse others of having engaged in immoral actions in order to have achieved their goals. This paper has striven to look at the career of one of the most respected Alaskan businessmen. Having started as a busboy, Al Parrish soon ascended the organizational ladder to high managerial positions. As he completed his professional formation, he felt it was time to give something back to the community and joined the managerial team at Providence Health System.

The analysis of Al Parrish' career reveals that high positions and business success can in fact be achieved without getting one's hands dirty and compromising their moral integrity. William J. Tobin at The Voice of Times says about the vice president and CEO of the Alaskan healthcare facility: "Al has always done a very good job in anything he was involved with, and he has done a superlative job as the CEO of Providence Health System […] He has held a number of very high-profile jobs with great responsibility, and every time, he has performed with...

h excellence" (Alaska Business Monthly).

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Fritz, J., 2009, How Does a Nonprofit Differ from a Business? About.com, http://nonprofit.about.com/od/qathebasics/f/nopvspro.htm last accessed on June 2, 2009

Klein, R.A., 2002, Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Ship Industry, New Society Publishers, ISBN 0865714622

July 18, 2004, Alaska's Top 25 Most Influential Business People: Al Parrish, Alaska Journal of Commerce

February 1, 2006, Alaska Business Junior Achievement Hall of Fame Laureate: Al Parrish: "great citizen of the city and of the state," Alaska Business Monthly
2006, Department of Health and Social Services, State of Alaska Health and Social Services, http://hss.state.ak.us/apps/cert/ViewDocument.aspx?FileInfo=dc2b3f15-20c0-486a-8297-d0cd7f6bcf06 last accessed on June 2, 2009
2009, Providence Alaska Executive Team, Website of Providence Health System, http://www.providence.org/alaska/media/0014execs.htm last accessed on June 2, 2009
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