The Impact of Unethical Behavior The profession today called accountancy and the professionals today called accountants have been in practice by other names since 4000 BC (Giroux‚ 1999). As long as commerce of any kind in any form exists‚ the profession and the professionals will continue to be in the midst of the business world quietly making innovations that change the way the amassing of wealth is recorded. Most accountants are persons of integrity and ethics. Business ethics has many levels
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Enron’s name was formerly Northern Natural Gas Company‚ which was formed in 1932 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. But in 1985‚ it bought the smaller Houston Natural Gas and finally changed its name to Enron. The “crooked E” logo was designed in the 1990s. Enron was well known for transmitting and distributing electricity and gas throughout the United States. Enron developed‚ built‚ and operated power plants and pipelines while dealing with the rules of law. They owned a huge network of natural gas pipelines which
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Samsung’s Unethical Behavior The article that I chose to review was titled‚ “Samsung ’s Unethical Behavior More Diversified Than Its Smartphone Lineup.” The article focused on the unethical practices that are currently practiced by South Korea electronic giant Samsung. Samsung has been accused of refusing to release information in regards to worker health. There have been documented cases of leukemia and non-Hodgkin ’s lymphoma and independent researchers have reached out to determine how prevalent
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Unethical practices and behavior in accounting may often go unchecked because the actions may be the result of upper management and even senior executives. Employees fearing negative reactions from management or their peer group may remain silence if they are aware of a person doing unethical things‚ causing the employee to turn a blind eye. Falsifying or altering business documents such as sales receipts‚ or tampering with accounting reports is unethical practices for a company to engage in.
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Impacts of Unethical Behavior Adam S. Wilcox XACC/280 5/9/2012 Angelia Hunter Impacts of Unethical Behavior The collapse of Enron in 2001 shed the light on a number of unethical business and accounting practices in the corporate world. In 1986 Enron CEO Kenneth Lay combined his Houston Natural Gas company with several other companies. At this time the company began growing exponentially. By the mid-1990’s the deregulation of the oil and gas industries allowed Enron to spend
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Impact of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Over the past decade‚ numerous accounting scandals have been revealed. The impact of the unethical behavior exhibited in these scandals caused the companies that were affected to have a huge financial loss for the company as well as investors‚ collapse‚ or become in a financial crisis (Ashe and Nealy‚ 2010). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed “in an attempt to codify the ethical behavior of companies‚ their executives‚ and their management”
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Effects of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Prior to 2002 there were no regulations enforcing lawful ethical accounting practices. There were also no internal accounting controls which led to the large corporations to commit fraud by altering the books to make them look more profitable. By providing false information and significant omissions in there financial statements investors were enticed into forking up large amounts of money into these corporations. The effect of these actions will
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isn’t one way or another to be able to ensure ethical behavior in any business all the time. There are things that can be done to help encourage and increase the likely hood of a business acting ethically all the time. The two strongest influences for ethical behavior in the professional world are the regulations that are set by the government and committees like the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)‚ and to have good ethical behavior being modeled from top management (lead by example). The
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shopping for the low prices and variety of products. This is why it is so controversial Wal-Mart continues to grow even with the accusations of unethical business practices. Wal-Mart has been accused of sexual discrimination and unfair pay for employees‚ and destruction of small towns‚ excessive amounts of corporate power through the government and how Wal-Mart is turning into a monopoly. With all of these allegations‚ Wal-Mart is still one of the leading discount retailers in the country‚ and as
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Ethical versus Unethical Behavior Carlos Mercado University of Phoenix MGT 344 November 17‚ 2007 Ethical versus Unethical Behavior Companies establish ethics policies as a way to identify expectations of workers and to offer guidance on handling common ethical problems that might arise in the course of doing business. For an organization to determine whether a behavior is ethical or unethical‚ the terms must be defined. The term ethical behavior refers to how an organization
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