: Impact of Unethical Behavior The impact of unethical behavior is wide spread‚ and does unimaginable damage to people‚ and business alike. The results of unethical behavior on the grandest scale would be Enron‚ Tyco‚ and Global Crossing‚ or WorldCom. Greed led to accounting abuses‚ cover ups and every day people becoming whistle blowers. Manipulating financial reports is illegal and unethical because the financial records are supposed to show the
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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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They are only out for their own agenda and do not care about the unethical practices they are doing to make a profit. General Nutrition Center has a reputation for misleading the general public. In 2004‚ Abbey Spanier Rodd Abrams‚ LLP files a class action lawsuit on behalf of consumers against General Nutrition Center for
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Unethical Research Practices Unethical research is commonly found within pharmaceutical companies. In a hurry to get new drugs to market‚ companies will often cut corners during the research process. Pharmaceutical companies will spend millions of dollars on drug research‚ but very little on unethical drug promotion (Parmar‚ Jalees‚ 2004). The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of how unethical research practices can lead to death from both past and present case studies. Present Rizwan
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Alberto Martinez. Unethical Business Practices The modern business world is characterized for being aggressive and competitive. Companies must be alert and always ready to take advantage of opportunities as quickly as possible. If companies are not aggressive enough they risk losing business to other competitors. For all these reasons‚ many people now question whether there is a place for ethics in this highly competitive capitalist
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concerns the moral appropriateness of a course of action (Arrigo‚ 2006). It presents classical theory as an overarching ethical principle that could be applied in solving moral ethical issues. In this case‚ classical ethics will be used in analyzing unethical orders in the military. This means that different perspectives of moral issues will be discussed through the introduction of relativism‚ emotive and ethical egoism. Utilitarianism Utilitarianism favors a course of action that facilitates happiness
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Ethics in Business Folole Muliaga was a Samoan woman living in New Zealand with her family. In May of 2007‚ Mrs. Muliaga was sitting in her dining room while one of her sons was at the computer. That morning an agent for Mercury Energy visited the home to announce that the power was being turned off. The agent gave the son a disconnect notice which was then given to Mrs. Muliaga by her son. Mrs. Muliaga told her son to ask the man to come inside. The agent came into Mrs. Muliaga’s home but
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Unethical Behavior and its Cost 1 The Fall of Dennis Kozlowski Many leaders work hard and strive diligently to lead companies to success and wealth in an ethical manner. In doing so‚ the reputation of the company is enhanced as are the benefits to the shareholders and the public. That notwithstanding‚ some leaders have been identified with exhibiting poor judgement and gross unethical behavior
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In 2006‚ Coca-Cola made headlines in the United Kingdom for being “banned from students’ union over unethical practices.” The students at Sussex University have decided that they can make a difference in exposing Coca-Cola for their unethical practices‚ unhealthy product‚ and the depletion of much needed ground water in rural Indian towns. They are not alone in believing that Coca-Cola contributes to the obesity of children; universities in the United States have also banned Coca-Cola‚ and a “quarter
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e. online articles or journals‚ company websites‚ pamphlets‚ newspaper snippets‚ interviews) – EVIDENCE 6. Guidelines: 1. Introduction of the company. 2. Ethical Issues : • Identify the unethical actions • Causes of Unethical Behavior • Is the action illegal? Does the action violate any laws? • Do laws take any action towards the company? • Does the action violate company or professional standards? • Does the company make any reparation action?
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