Comprehensive Case 1.1 Enron 1. There were several parties responsible for the "crisis of confidence" created by the Enron debacle. Enron’s executives were responsible for their behavior in trying to adjust their financial statements. Andersen’s auditors were responsible for not doing their jobs with integrity and not keeping their independence in from Enron. Regulatory groups were responsible for making
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Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties The largest bankruptcy of a non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held
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Good morning‚ Mr Lau and friends. Today we will be presenting the ethical issues on animal testing. Throughout the history of biomedical research‚ experimental procedures are performed on living animals. Commonly used animals include mice‚ rats‚ rabbits‚ monkeys and dogs. (END) Furthermore‚ it is estimated by the Humane Society International that more than one hundred and fifteen million animals worldwide are used in laboratory experiments annually for the purpose of research to assess the effectiveness
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even forced to enter bankruptcy. Enron is one of the biggest examples of when making business ethical decisions go wrong. An American energy‚ commodities‚ and services company based in Houston‚ Texas Enron was a big deal. Employing approximately 20‚000 staff and was being one of the world’s leading electricity‚ natural gas‚ communications‚ and pulp and paper companies. Enron was a company on top on of the reason the fall was so drastic. Since Enron was the largest corporation contributor to
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Ethical Health Care Issues HCS/545 September 10‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Ethical Health Care Issues When working with patients and their families‚ the health care professionals occasionally will face unpopular and difficult decisions that relates to medical treatments which questions moral issues such as religious beliefs and even professional guidelines of ethical or not. Health care ethics is used as a parameter for staff to exemplify the
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Evolutionary Change HOME :: CHAPTER :: :: SEX SELECTION: ETHICAL ISSUES PREVIOUS :: NEXT Sex Selection: Ethical Issues A paper to be used as background for discussion K. Cloonan‚ C. Crumley‚ and S. Kiymaz Edited by S. F. Gilbert and E. Zackin Discussions of cloning and stem cell research involve whether we should set limits on technologies that do not yet exist. However‚ the debate on whether sex selection is an ethical practice involves technology that is already perfected. It is
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While gene therapy holds promise as a revolutionary approach to treating disease‚ ethical concerns over its use and ramifications have been expressed by scientists and lay people alike. For example‚ since much needs to be learned about how these genes actually work and their long-term effect‚ is it ethical to test these therapies on humans‚ where they could have a disastrous result? As with most clinical trials concerning new therapies‚ including many drugs‚ the patients participating in these studies
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Ethical Issues in Organizational Behavior Ethical decisions play a very important role in an organization. Ethics is the concept of good and bad behavior. Ethical behavior is governed by state‚ federal‚ and local laws. It is important for an organization to promote good moral choices and do everything in its power to prevent unethical behavior from taking place in the workplace. This can be achieved through continuous training and reinforcement of the desired behavior. Unethical behavior in the
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Consequently‚ developments in information systems also involve social and political relationships-- and so make ethical considerations in how information is used all the more important. Electronic systems now reach into all levels of government‚ into the workplace‚ and into private lives to such an extent that even people without access to these systems are affected in significant ways by them. New ethical and legal decisions are necessary to balance the needs and rights of everyone. As in other new technological
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An ethical dilemma that continues to be discussed is vaccinations in babies and children. Many parents continue to refuse to vaccinate their children despite research showing it is in their child’s best interest to vaccinate them. There are multiple reasons that parents choose not to vaccine their children. Most of the reasons are due to lack of education and knowledge. Nurses can help provide parents with knowledge to make informed decisions regarding immunizations. Immunizations
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