Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Carlyn J. Medley January 23‚ 2012 ACC/291 Kevin Waters Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Before the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 organizations were trusted to do the right thing and be ethical when posting information within their ledgers and journal. Unfortunately‚ some organizations were anything but ethical and moral. This realization became all too real when it was discovered the Enron and Arthur Andersen were participating in immoral and unethical
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Reducing the Level of Unethical Behavior in the Financial Markets By: LaDonna Malone May 8‚ 2009 I. Introduction of how we will show how to reduce the unethical behavior II. SEC Ethics III. How our economy has affected ethics IV. Does competition destroy ethical behavior? V. Ethics in the financial and investment industry VI. Have we turned a blind eye to unethical behavior? VII. Does business ethic pay? VIII. Conclusion Investment fraud we hear about this constantly
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Turnitin gave a grade of 4% similarity. | Unethical Behavior of Police Brutality | Ethical Behavior In Criminal Justice | | Yasmen Sarter | 11/18/2012 | This paper is to the best of my ability. | From the perspective of law‚ excessive physical force most clearly constitutes police brutality‚ a term often applied loosely to various forms of police misconduct (Holmes‚ 2000). Over the years‚ police brutality continues to be an issue of concern all across the world and the need for
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Enron The affect of the unethical behavior of the profitability of Enron was that the third party “outside” independent auditors was not able to backup and have accounting financial statements‚ some of those auditors and financial institutions may have been misled by the corporation’s net income. If I was an accountant for this company I would have followed regulated federal security laws‚ and if failed to provide prove of documents or financial statements‚ I would admit to my mistakes but also
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High-Tech Sweat shops What kinds of unethical and illegal kinds of behaviors do high-tech sweatshop companies engage in? What criteria should these companies use to decide if they are treating their overseas employees fairly? How would you characterize the stance on social responsibility of companies that function as body shops? In what ways can developing an ethical approach to managing outsourcing - whether inside the United States or in countries abroad - affect the well-being and performance
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Matthias Rath (Final Project) A) What line of business is your company The company I was asked to research is Matthias Rath. Dr. Rath is from Germany and is an international scientist‚ physician and health advocate. His scientific discoveries in the area of heart disease‚ cancer and others are reshaping medicine. Dr. Rath believes that vitamins can cure aids‚ cancer and other diseases. He founded Dr. Rath Foundation‚ which is use to support research and education for natural health and
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The pharmaceutical giant and British drug maker‚ GlaxoSmithKline‚ has agreed to plead guilty and pay the government three billion dollars in a health care fraud settlement bought by the FDA. This is the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company in recorded history. GSK have admitted to committing three fraud charges. They promoted the off-label use of two anti-depressant drugs – Paxil and Wellbutrin. The two anti-depressants are not necessarily considered as bad medicine instead the GSK
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Unethical Behavior in the Workplace: Causes and Corrections Lisa Witzel University of Central Oklahoma Ethics and Organizations Ethics As the lines between what is moral and ethical and what is not becomes more blurred‚ it is important more than ever to desire and maintain an ethical work culture. In the past few decades‚ the fast pace of technology‚ the moral disintegration of values in the general population and the blatant disregard for ethical
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Beatrice Arnold ACC/291 February 4‚ 2013 James Covert Unethical Practices and Behavior The business environment can be a cause for unethical practices and behavior in accounting. An example of this can be management instructing an employee to record a transaction in an incorrect manner. It can be as simple as a company whose clients sign a contract on December 1‚ 2012 for the year. Then reporting the revenue for the whole year in December instead
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Impacts of Unethical Behavior In 2005 former Tyco CEO Denise Kozlowski and ex-CFO Mark Swartz where convicted of taking more than $120 million in unauthorized bonuses‚ abusing an employee loan program‚ misrepresenting the company’s financial condition to investors to boost the stock price while selling $575 million in stock (Crawford‚ 2005). Kozlowski and Swartz’s defense was they did not steal from the company. The defendants maintained the board of directors approved all bonus money. Unfortunately
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