consequences (teleological ethics): Practical and already underlines business thinking. But difficult to evaluate all consequences‚ right of minorities can be sacrificed./Focus on duties‚ obligations‚ principles (deontological ethics): The means matter more than the ends‚ Decisions based on abstract universal principles such as honesty‚ fairness‚ rights. One person’s rights lead to another’s duty‚ Natural rights are inherent‚ universal‚ and inalienable/Focus on virtue (aretaic ethics): The assumption is
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relationship between law and business. Adam argues that law primarily benefits the owners of businesses at the expense of workers and customers‚ while Beth takes the opposite position - that law primarily benefits the individual employees‚ customers and others‚ at the expense of the owners of businesses. Charlie posits that all parties are better off because of the presence of law‚ while David asserts that law is not a significant factor in the conduct of business. Based on your text‚ which
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Business and Ethics on a Global Scale In a business sense the world is shrinking at a fast pace. With each passing day the global marketplace is becoming more appealing and more accessible. Although business may bring people together‚ culture is a dividing line that needs to be addressed in a thoughtful manner. When dealing business in other cultures it is important to keep traditions and differences in mind. Potential clients may have different perspectives as to what is ethical and what
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ACCOUNTING MINICASE: ACCT – 13 TEACHING NOTES BUSINESS ETHICS PROGRAM Survive the Year Teaching Notes What Are the Relevant Facts? 3. Not make the allowance adjustment but provide information to the auditor that will effectively lead to revealing the uncollectability of the Ender account. Chris and Robin‚ the CEO‚ know a material receivable is probably uncollectable‚ but no adjustment to the allowance account has yet been made. 4. Make a partial adjustment for the uncollectable receivable
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ACCOUNTING MINICASE: ACCT – 17 TEACHING NOTES BUSINESS ETHICS PROGRAM Ignore the Error? Teaching Notes What Are the Relevant Facts? 1. Kelsey‚ the audit senior‚ knows a material cutoff error exists in Compo’s financial statements. 2. Compo‚ a major client of the CPA firm‚ does not want to make an adjustment for the cutoff error. 3. 4. What Are the Ethics of the Alternatives? • Contrary to the firm’s policy‚ Bruce‚ the audit manager‚ has asked Kelsey not to document the cutoff error. What
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executives. Proper system of internal controls and corporate governance were never in place. “In addition to a culture of anything goes accounting‚ Ebbers was strongly against producing a corporate code of ethics. According to the SEC report‚ Ebbers described efforts to produce a corporate ethics code as a colossal waste of time.”2 Fraudulent behavior at WorldCom was wide-spread because its culture established what is appropriate and expected behavior. Culture comes from what “top management says
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Business Ethics Case Study #1 Starbucks Starbucks is a business that has been around since 1971 serving a various amount of coffee for people all around the United States. This business started in the city of Seattle with getting port of coffee from around the world. Today they are international business getting in approximately $11 billion dollars a year. With this being said Starbucks is a very high pace‚ high traffic environment with all the stores giving a home feel to them so when you order
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possibly help me get a higher positioned job in the future. For myself‚ if I know telling Stewart is unethical and I still do it‚ I am going against my own moral values. By doing so‚ I am complying with Albert Carr’s way of thinking about business and personal ethics being separate. I would be complying with Carr’s thinking because I would be following Baconivic’s orders even though it goes against my own values. If I don’t listen to Baconivic‚ I could risk losing my job at the company. By doing so
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A business is not one that lives in isolation; it can be an integral part in a community’s success or demise and has social responsibilities to; the community‚ stakeholders‚ and anyone who may be affected by a company’s actions. Corporate social responsibility is a term that is never used lightly and is a key role in the development of a successful and morally healthy business. “The objectives of a corporation are to outperform its competitors‚ presumably through preferred competitive strategies”
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to garner more support in communities with stakeholders‚ as well as realizing that the global business world is more socially and environmentally responsible as a whole; they need to get with the program or be left behind. I still believe all of these measures are for the sole benefit for Wal-Mart to attempt to change public opinion of them‚ and not due to any real desire on their part to change their ethic culture. Even as they make changes that seem to be socially responsible and ethical‚ they are
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