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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If Napoleon was ethical‚ then why is one of his most famous quotes “Men are more easily governed through their vices‚ rather than their virtues”? He was not ethical‚ even though some may say he was. Napoleon was unethical because he killed many people‚ conquered most of Europe‚ and he was also power hungry. There can be many reasons why Napoleon was unethical‚ but there are also some very simple ones. First of all he killed many people‚ and many people called it like it was‚ a Hitler-esque fashion
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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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staff‚ many questions can be raised. Is it a question of whether the affair was wrong‚ or whether the conduct reflects poorly on not only the person’s involved‚ but the company that was involved? Perhaps it just came down to Mr. Stonecipher not practicing what he preached. From an ethical standpoint‚ Mr. Stonecipher was clearly in the wrong. As a CEO or a leader for that matter‚ you must lead by example and his example was poor at best. You cannot enforce standards in the workplace if you are skirting
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To what extent was socialism involved in the Meiji Restoration? The Meiji Restoration was one of the fastest and most effective political‚ social and economic overhauls of an entire country. In merely one generation Japan as a country unified and became one of the most powerful countries in the world. Yet were the changes fundamentally socialist or just incorporated aspects of socialism? When viewing it at as a whole‚ the Meiji Restoration did exhibit ideas from the majorly state socialism but
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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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and Unethical Tactics For Influencing Behavior Multiple career moves landed Jeanne Lewis in positions to influence the behavior of the employees that worked for her at Staples‚ Inc. In the context of this writing the ethical tactics used by Lewis for influencing behavior will be explored. Lewis ’ decision to work with her employees until she was confident in the team will be examined in the context of her ethical behavior as well. An early example of Lewis ’ ability to influence behavior is
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ passed in congress in 2002 is designed to protect investors from the potential of fraudulent corporate accounting activities. This act strictly mandates reform‚ aimed directly to prevent fraud and improve corporate financial disclosures (INVESTOPEDIA‚ 2012). As a result of several confidence shaking investor accounting scandals that occurred during the late 90s which
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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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