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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Unethical Research Arnuang Bullie RES/351 Jeff Duncan November 9‚ 2012 In this paper I will try and discuss the unethical business research conduct that has resulted in individuals or a firm being convicted‚ or at least tried for‚ this conduct. Some questions will be what were the inappropriate questions‚ what were the research results‚ and who was involved in the maintaining of the participants’ confidential information‚ and were there any acts involving the use of participant information
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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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ethical for the malls to refuse to hire the elvettes because it will be illegal based on discrimination if they refuse to hire them. I understand that the mall is advertising the brand name of Santa Claus and the customers want Santa Claus. It is unethical for them to disregard the elvettes just because they are female because they are selling the image of Santa Claus and if they look like Santa Claus then they should be accepted by the malls otherwise‚ they could refuse. Santa acted ethically by sending
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Effect on Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was intended to improve corporate governance and increase the transparency of financial audits. The legislation also could have significant effects on the public accounting industry. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 has requires companies to repeat the section 404-certification process annually and to review processes and controls for changes on a quarterly basis. The Act also promises to make important improvements in
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(Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision making:
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suppliers with poor quality products. In an effort to lower improve on these supplies‚ GM became too aggressive with their suppliers. GM frequently shared supplier information with other suppliers to put pressure on them to reduce costs to GM. The unethical behaviors lead to the loss of suppliers. In an effort to be released from U.S. tariffs for importing their vehicles‚ the competition also began the realization of building their own manufacturing plants inside the borders of the United States. Quickly
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Have you ever gone to a fast food restaurant and wondered what is really in your cheeseburger? If you knew what was in it‚ there is a good chance you would not want to eat it. The real tragedy is that the American beef industry knows this‚ so they make it difficult for the average person to learn what goes into the production of their beef. But the beef industry is not the only party that is guilty of this. The large corporations who produce our food are all doing the same thing. The morality
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Money‚ Attitude‚ and Unethical Behavior Business Research Methods December 11‚ 2013 Introduction Many believe that the success of a business is determined by they amount of money they generate on an annual basis. Because of this widespread belief‚ we often see a lack of morals‚ values‚ and ethics incorporated into the business. Many businesses feel as if there is no room for ethics in the business world and that the relationships built should focus solely on the generation
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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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