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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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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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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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Rebecca Shaffer Acc/291 12/10/2012 David Mobile Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis In the Accounting profession there are many situations that lead to the unethical behavior in this profession. Situations such as the misuse of company funds‚ exaggerating the value of a company’s assets‚ insider trading‚ and inflating revenues. When you choose to become an Accountant you take on a great deal of responsibility not only to the corporation
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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 Aylin Rodriguez ACC/291 Principle of Accounting II 01/14/2013 Glenn Purcell Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes Oxley Act was passed in 2002 as a result of plenty of corporate scandals. The purpose of this act was not only to defend investors and provide them with accurate and reliable information but also make companies and employees behave ethically and with integrity. After the law was passed the financial statement have
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Similarly managing behavior and emotional disorders should start in childhood rather than waiting for them to escalate out of proportion later on in adolescence or adulthood. The question is what is the best way of managing bad behavior? In most societies corporal punishment has been one of the interventions used to address behavioral disorders and emotional behaviors. What is it that leads some children into behaving the way they do‚ be it negative or positive behavior. Why is it that some
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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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The Role of Leaders in Influencing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace Linda Klebe Treviño Michael E. Brown A fter years of focusing on explaining and predicting positive employee attitudes (e.g.‚ job satisfaction‚ employee commitment) and behaviors (e.g.‚ employee citizenship‚ work performance)‚ organizational behavior researchers have increasingly turned their attention to understanding what drives costly misconduct in organizations (Bennett & Robinson‚ 2000; Giacalone & Greenberg‚ 1997;
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Unethical Research Arnuang Bullie RES/351 Jeff Duncan November 9‚ 2012 In this paper I will try and discuss the unethical business research conduct that has resulted in individuals or a firm being convicted‚ or at least tried for‚ this conduct. Some questions will be what were the inappropriate questions‚ what were the research results‚ and who was involved in the maintaining of the participants’ confidential information‚ and were there any acts involving the use of participant information
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