Stacey Kay O. Fortuna 9:00 – 12:00‚ TTH November 29‚ 2011 Why Good Accountants Do Bad Audits The Article on Why Good Accountants Do Bad Audits specifies the different reasons why accountants and auditors have taken part – consciously and unconsciously – in different accounting scandals. The signing of the Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002 wishes to achieve corporate accountability. But the signing of this act doesn’t guarantee that accountants and auditors will not feed on their unconscious self – serving
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Pygmalion Effect: Good People Doing Bad Things “Mother of two kills man who earlier hurt children.” Reports like these are seen every day. These headlines often leave people thinking‚ “Why do good people sometimes do bad things?” This question has everyone from scientists to citizens wondering. The Pygmalion and Golem effects help answer this. These self-fulfilling prophecies tell why people do certain things to meet the standards of others. When faced with pressure‚ their reputation on the line
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Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison
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Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe
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engaging in illegal or unethical activities by assuming bad behaviour is an inherent personality trait. "Only shady people do shady things‚" right? We assume the CFO who reports false financial data and the hedge fund manager who commits insider trading do so because they are inherently "bad people." The maxim of individual responsibility is comforting because it implies that‚ to eradicate criminal or unethical behaviour‚ all we need to do is identify and weed out the corrupt few. However
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Competition: Good or Bad? In a recent study conducted by the American Journal of Education‚ 73 percent of the college respondents surveyed stated that competition‚ for the most part‚ had helped them throughout their educational career. The study‚ conducted over a 2-month period at 7 US colleges‚ reveals a general consensus among students at a post high school level‚ however still shows a disconnect between students with different attitudes to the topic. Nevertheless‚ it presents the underlying
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The everyday automobile would seem like a silly thing to give up with all its amazing factors. But do the bad factors outweigh the good ones? Cars are becoming a large problem in our nation‚ with the effects they are creating on the atmosphere and world’s environment and people’s health‚ the dangers of driving‚ and the outrageously high costs they have‚ even when there is an easy alternative for the trouble of automobiles. When most people think of the negative side of cars‚ they might think
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Fracking can be both good and bad in today’s world. Fracking can be good in many ways such as its an alternative use for fuel because we use so much each day. This means that we have more gas and oil to use for cooking‚ heating and powering out cars‚ for instance. Also‚ it reduces the amount of toxic chemicals in the earth’s surface because it uses so much water. With oil and gas being pumped from the ground locally then the energy cost around the country will be cheaper instead of having them shipped
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Wal-Mart: Good or Bad? Wal-Mart has long been a staple in our economy. The store has allowed us to perform most of our shopping in one convenient location‚ thus cutting down the amount of time required to perform our shopping compared to going all over town to shop for what we need on day to day basis. Lately‚ people have been arguing whether Wal-Mart is actually beneficiary or not to the economy‚ and about the way it treats its employees. One such group calls its self the Wal-Mart Watch and they
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sucked their kids into other worlds. This trite statement causes much controversy in today’s society as videogame are making a greater appearance in the world. It is an infrastructure of its own. Countless complaints regard the statement “videogames are bad”‚ but this account should not go undisputed. With all of the conflicts going on planet earth‚ it is nice to be able to step outside of reality for a taste of the undiscovered realms. “War. War never changes” Fallout 3. This brief but very hard hitting
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