Assignment 1: Unethical Behavior in the Workplace Annette Fininen Prof. Milo BUS 300 January 29‚ 2013 Assignment 1: Unethical Behavior in the Workplace The dictionary defines ethical as “conforming to accepted standards: consistent with agreed principles of correct moral conduct”. Because “correct moral conduct” is subjective it may be difficult at times for an employee to determine if their behavior is considered unethical. Is there unethical behavior in the workplace
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The Impact of Unethical Behavior The profession today called accountancy and the professionals today called accountants have been in practice by other names since 4000 BC (Giroux‚ 1999). As long as commerce of any kind in any form exists‚ the profession and the professionals will continue to be in the midst of the business world quietly making innovations that change the way the amassing of wealth is recorded. Most accountants are persons of integrity and ethics. Business ethics has many levels
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Article Review 2 October 17‚ 2014 Samsung’s Unethical Behavior The article that I chose to review was titled‚ “Samsung ’s Unethical Behavior More Diversified Than Its Smartphone Lineup.” The article focused on the unethical practices that are currently practiced by South Korea electronic giant Samsung. Samsung has been accused of refusing to release information in regards to worker health. There have been documented cases of leukemia and non-Hodgkin ’s lymphoma and independent researchers have reached
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Effects of Unethical Behavior Article David Haynes ACC/291 October 8‚ 2012 Celeste Garrett Effects of Unethical Behavior Article There are several situations that can unethical behaviors and practices. In 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was made law to stop unethical situations that where taken place in many companies‚ big or small when a company practice unethical practices‚ there can be lots of damage to the company. In many instances law has at best led
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Impacts of Unethical Behavior Adam S. Wilcox XACC/280 5/9/2012 Angelia Hunter Impacts of Unethical Behavior The collapse of Enron in 2001 shed the light on a number of unethical business and accounting practices in the corporate world. In 1986 Enron CEO Kenneth Lay combined his Houston Natural Gas company with several other companies. At this time the company began growing exponentially. By the mid-1990’s the deregulation of the oil and gas industries allowed Enron to spend
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knowledge would be unethical to share? Ethics is defined as the rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or group. (Bovee‚ Thrill and . 2007‚ pg 63) When an employee leaves one company to work for a competitor‚ they aren’t just taking their skills or qualifications with them. They are taking the knowledge of the previous company that they worked for‚ such as product information or production plans. It is up to the former employee to keep in mind the ethics of behavior when it comes to
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Mrs. Muliaga that he turned off the power as directed by Mercury Energy because of non-payment on a $120 in arrears. Mrs. Muliaga asked the agent to give them a chance to pay the bill‚ which he replied that he was just acting on orders and suggested she call Mercury Energy. Although the agent saw the tubes in Mrs. Muliaga’s nose‚ he did not question what they were being used for. One the agent left‚ Mrs. Muliaga started having breathing difficulty and her sons became concerned. Thereafter‚ the sons
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article There are a few factors that can lead to unethical practices and behaviors in accounting such factors are financial pressure‚ opportunity‚ and rationalization. With proper checks and balances and accounting procedures a company can minimize the risk of unethical practices and behaviors. Unfortunately‚ there is no sure way to completely avoid unethical practices and behaviors. The most important element of unethical practices and behavior is opportunity
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provide information with regards to the financial position of an organization or business. This type of information is critical to investors as it provides them with important and detailed information that could turn out to be the determining factor as to their decisions to invest or not to invest in a particular organization. Therefore‚ it is not uncommon to find unethical behavior in accounting as unethical practices come in different forms. Different situations that might lead to unethical practices
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Unethical practices and behavior in accounting may often go unchecked because the actions may be the result of upper management and even senior executives. Employees fearing negative reactions from management or their peer group may remain silence if they are aware of a person doing unethical things‚ causing the employee to turn a blind eye. Falsifying or altering business documents such as sales receipts‚ or tampering with accounting reports is unethical practices for a company to engage in.
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