Chapter 2 Literature Review Introduction Ethics in business has been asserted to be the most important problem facing American companies today. The issue of unethical behavior has recently become the focus of media attention in wake of scandals in companies such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco International. (Chen and Tang‚ 2006). The organization is one of the biggest influences on ethics in the work place. Organizations do affect ethical behaviors. One of the main sources that affect
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Unethical Recruitment Wal-Mart vs. Target Ethics is a very crucial part in businesses especially when it comes to the Human Resource department to recruit ethically. Ethics seeks to address questions about morality‚ different concepts of what is good and bad‚ right and wrong‚ justice‚ and virtue. (Hirsch‚ 2010‚ p.33) Many people associate ethics with their feelings‚ religion‚ laws and cultural society but on the contrary ethics is not a matter of one’s feelings nor is it based on religion
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Unethical Behavior By: Ashly Pappas CJA/473 It’s sad to say that employees in almost every business will encounter unethical behavior. When employees see other employees doing something wrong because of the company’s standards‚ so this makes employees question what is right and wrong. When employees find that other employees are doing something that is wrong‚ that employee needs to consider how they feel about this and who to inform. When employees discover unethical behavior this can lead
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Microsoft Acquisition Strategy Microsoft identifies potential acquisition targets under four categories. Using these four categories‚ we can evaluate the strategic fit of the proposed acquisition of Sendit: 1. Distribution partners Sendit acts as a distribution partner through its use of Windows as a base operating system for its mobile Internet networks. This expands the potential customer base for Windows‚ as each mobile network operator will essentially become an ISP with a Microsoft platform
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The Leaders unethical behaviours in Organizations Leadership and Management in Organizations‚ 7‚5 hp Autumn 2013 The Leaders unethical behaviours in Organizations Introduction The ethical behaviour and the moral goodness of leaders has been a topic of analysis for centuries. The moral character and the ethical practice of the organization have become an increasing concern for leadership researches in the aftermath of the global financial crises
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2012 Business Analysis Part I Microsoft is ranked 37 in the Fortune 500 list of companies (CNN‚ 2012). It is the world’s largest software company (Turits & Wesman‚ 2012)‚ and is composed of five separate divisions: Windows‚ Business‚ Servers and Tools‚ Entertainment and Devices‚ and Online. Investors should look at how a company meets the needs of its stakeholders and perform a strength‚ weakness‚ opportunity‚ and threat (SWOT) analysis. By looking at how Microsoft meets the needs of its stakeholders
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Enron’s collapse was the result of unethical practices; alas‚ such practices had a long‚ ignominious presence. The Enron story begins with CEO Kenneth Lay‚ who in 1986 combined his Houston Natural Gas company with several other entities. Until 1996‚ Enron primarily sold natural gas. Yet‚ in a sign of trouble to come‚ in 1987 Lay overlooked evidence of financial misdeeds in the company’s Valhalla‚ NY unit as executives Louis Bourget and Thomas Mastroeni greatly inflated profits while embezzling
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Effects of Unethical Ben Carr ACC291 February 28‚ 2013 Tamela Velaquez Effects of Unethical “What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.”-John Stuart Mill. Greed is the motivation behind every major scandal in corporate America. Living a lavish lifestyle also plays a key role when an individual decides to lie‚ cheat‚ and steal in order to take what others have earned. The Tyco International scandal is a great example of which unethical
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Unethical Research RES/351 Due November 12‚ 2012 My goal was to search for an article that regards unethical research in a field of business. The article I found is titled The Publication of Ethically Uncertain Research: Attitudes and Practices of Journal Editors. Before I read this article‚ I had not any idea about the restrictions of research in the media. From what I have learned through the article‚ there are many restrictions in doing so. For instance‚ the Declaration of Helsinki
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accelerators) and sent them out to be sold to customers knowingly these vehicles were dangerous to individuals (Patton‚ J.‚ & Estep‚ B.‚2010).. Unethical behavior includes the Japanese purposely failing to mention the defect in the accelerator system so they could keep up their sales to become the number one selling automobile company in the United Sates. The company was looking to make money and were not worried about the fact they were going to hurt many individuals in the society (Patton‚ J.‚ &
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