public office for personal gain for example‚ by accepting bribes or by charging personal expenditure to a public expenses account. Besides that‚ there are several types of corruption that found in local government which are extortion‚ embezzlement and bribery. Extortion is threatening or inflicting harm to a person‚ their reputation‚ or their property in order to unjustly obtain money‚ actions‚ services or other goods from that person such as blackmail. Embezzlement in other hands is the illegal taking
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Business Ethics Across Cultures Article Review Berry C. Miller Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility (Axia)/XMGT216 July 11‚ 2010 Frank Czarny Business Ethics Across Cultures Article Review Managers and leaders of companies conducting business internationally face many ethical and moral issues. When companies conduct business with other nations many dilemmas may occur because of ignorance of the other nation’s customs and beliefs. Understanding the customs and beliefs of countries
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of the most controversial issues is bribery. Bribery is wrong because it tempts those being bribe not to do their jobs in the right way. But some cannot tend to resist bribery because they are in situations‚ which they need to accept it. For example‚ some people being bribed receive very low amount of salary that’s why they are forced to accept it for the benefit of his/her family. Another situation is the greediness of people. There are people‚ who accept bribery because they want more money. They
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are useless in raising the cost of corruption. For years many powerful corporates argued against tough measures imposed by governments and international organizations. This has included resistance to the adoption and implementation of the OECD anti-bribery legislation‚ the public ban on public procurement eligibility in World Bank funded contracts‚ and investigation and sanction by individual governments. Instead‚ many argued that ‘self-principles’ would suffice: trust the company‚ or group of companies
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This law makes it illegal to engage in any form of bribery‚ whether monetary or of any kind‚ in order to get an edge in another country. This law applies to all US companies including officials‚ directors‚ officers‚ shareholders‚ employees and agents. In the past‚ many companies in the US and the world would engage in bribery in order to get ahead in business procedures. Whether it be a license or creating a loop hole in local laws‚ the bribery of foreign government officials is something that
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would not be appreciative of nothing. They would not understand the hard work that it takes to be appreciated. Age or gender is blind to an unappreciative child. For example‚ bribery is not appropriate just because a temper tantrum is thrown in public. A parent should know how to control their child. A great definition for bribery is something‚ such as money‚ gifts‚ candy‚ or a favor‚ offered or given to a person in a position of trust to influence that person’s views or conduct. Most parents want
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COMBATING CORRUPTION FOR ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT: THE RULE OF LAW‚ TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BY: OCHIENG KENNETH OMONDI Table of Contents {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} ABSTRACT {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-start} INTRODUCTION {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} Corruption - defined as ’the abuse of public power for personal ends ’ - has always existed. During recent decades‚ however‚ it has
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The two articles‚ which are from the same source‚ I have selected provide excellent summaries of the business ethics in the two countries selected‚ they are a guide to people wishing to do business in these two developing and fast growing nations. The countries I have selected are India in Asia and Brazil in South America. Both of these countries are part of the BRIC (Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China) group of countries which represent 4 of the fastest growing economies in the world‚ as such there
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I WILL MAKE MY COUNTRY CORRUPTION FREE BY DOING ........ The cancer of corruption has afflicted each and every domain of our lives. It stems from the desire to make fast and easy buck. What others earn in their life-time‚I will earn within a year. Too many government rules and regulations‚ wide powers given to bureaucracy and authority excercised on administration by political leaders can be attributed as main sources of corruption in our country. At present India ranks 94th in corruption index
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behavior oh his senior management. He chalked the ethical differences up to cultural disparity. Unfortunately‚ his team members were very corrupt; their interests lie in bribing businessmen to accept inferior products‚ creating fake invoices to pay for bribery schemes and personal gain‚ and award suppliers based on personal relationships and kickbacks‚ rather than producing quality products at competitive prices. Unaware of the extent of corruption ‚ trouble did arise‚ creating monetary setbacks and threatening
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