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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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    it‚ but Jem stops her. Scout asks Jem why she cannot kill the bug and Jem claims that‚ “...they don’t bother you” (320). Jem knows that killing something that did no harm and was completely harmless is wrong‚ this is why he advises Scout to not kill the roly-poly. Once again‚ this roly-poly is another creature that symbolizes a mockingbird‚ innocent‚ harmless‚ and to Scout‚ a source of entertainment. The reason that Jem makes such a big deal about this situation is because he is still processing Tom

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    Unethical Research Practices Unethical research is commonly found within pharmaceutical companies. In a hurry to get new drugs to market‚ companies will often cut corners during the research process. Pharmaceutical companies will spend millions of dollars on drug research‚ but very little on unethical drug promotion (Parmar‚ Jalees‚ 2004). The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of how unethical research practices can lead to death from both past and present case studies. Present Rizwan

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    Impact of Unethical Behavior The impact of unethical behavior is wide spread‚ and does unimaginable damage to people‚ and business alike. The results of unethical behavior on the grandest scale would be Enron‚ Tyco‚ and Global Crossing‚ or WorldCom. Greed led to accounting abuses‚ cover ups and every day people becoming whistle blowers. Manipulating financial reports is illegal and unethical because the financial records are supposed to show the core financial results of the business

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    Institutionen för skogens produkter Organizational exposure to risk of unethical behaviour – In Eastern European timber purchasing organizations Daniel Norberg & Emil Gustafsson Master Thesis Nr 17 2008 ISSN 1654-1367 Institutionen för skogens produkter Organizational exposure to risk of unethical behaviour – In Eastern European timber purchasing organizations Daniel Norberg & Emil Gustafsson Master Thesis 30 ECTS credits‚ D-level in Business Administration Daniel Norberg

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    and squashing the competition‚ many companies turn to underhanded methods such as pointing out everything that the other companies do wrong. Aflac is different. Aflac is an ethical company who strives to care for its clients and employees. In fact‚ Aflac has been listed several times on the “100 Best Companies to Work for” and “Most Admired Companies” lists published by Forbes (Aflac‚ 2016). In addition‚ they have been listed on the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list‚ which is published by Etisphere

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    Thanks for the financial aid offer of $9‚170.00. I appreciate the offer and the faith Georgia Institute of Technology has placed in me by giving me this financial aid award because every dollar helps in bridging the college financing gap. I do realize that the award covers only 18.75% of the total cost ($48‚ 896.00) of attending Georgia Tech. After the Great Recession of 2008‚ my parents relocated to India which is why they are not able to support my college tuition expenses. Their software

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    Abortion “Ethical or Unethical” In my paper I will argue on why I feel that abortions are unethical and why they should not be allowed. As you are reading this paper I really hope that I don’t start to contradict myself. Let me begin by saying there are several different reasons why abortions should be prohibited. The first reason why I feel that abortions should be prohibited is because of religious laws. The bible says that “thou shall not kill”. By aborting babies we are disobeying god and

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    Ethics in Business Folole Muliaga was a Samoan woman living in New Zealand with her family. In May of 2007‚ Mrs. Muliaga was sitting in her dining room while one of her sons was at the computer. That morning an agent for Mercury Energy visited the home to announce that the power was being turned off. The agent gave the son a disconnect notice which was then given to Mrs. Muliaga by her son. Mrs. Muliaga told her son to ask the man to come inside. The agent came into Mrs. Muliaga’s home but

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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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