Business Ethics Title of Assignment: Term Paper Whistle Blowing This assignment was done in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Finance Major course (BBA 4) Term paper (GROUP ASSIGNMENT) THE PAPER WILL REQUIRE SOME RESEARCH AND CRITICAL REFLECTION ON WHAT HAS BEEN COVERED IN THE LECTURES AND TUTORIALS. The term paper will be on a topic of interest to the student‚ but requires the approval of the tutor. You may choose a topic from current issues in the news‚
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Story of Steely McBean‚ Whistle Blower Employment Law April 15‚ 2014 By Penelope Brady & Tara According to George Kerevan‚ “Word of the Week” columnist for The Scotsman‚ “The etymological origins of whistle blowing are gloriously obscure.” Yet even without knowing the term’s pedigree‚ we get a vivid picture from the words themselves. Kerevan suggests the obvious one‚ a police officer shrilling on a whistle when he or she catches a crime in progress. Whistle blowing means calling attention
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MAKAHAMADZE Whistle blowing has been described as violating company and collegial loyalty while at the same time it helps to inform the public about business practices. This article is intended to: a. Discuss this statement in relation to whistle blowing as a technique of exposing unethical business practices in an organization b. Suggest other ways of exposing unethical business practices – highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each technique (a)INTRODUCTION Whistle blowing is an
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Rachel Bohnenberger Professor Van Doorn ENVS 150-002 30 January 2015 Critique Two In the first video‚ The Story of Solutions‚ the main focus was to shift attention from making more and more for the economy to making the economy better. It was described in the video that in order to make the economy better‚ we need to focus our attention on sustainability. One example given was banning plastic bags. Two methods were given on how to accomplish said task—the old method and the new method. The old
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catastrophe. All these misjudgment actions from the NASA team and the Morton Thiokol team have lead to the challenger real crisis. Whistle blowing A whistle blower is a person who reveals some wrong actions done by his employer or the company he works for in an investigation or to some authority and in some cases to public and press. This is mainly the case of Boisjoly who reveled during the commission investigation all the information he had regarding the problems that they discovered within
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Write a report explaining the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting. The report needs to cover the following sections:Section 1: InductionExplain why it is important to ensure children and young people are protected from harm in the work setting. As part of the Working Together to Safeguard children‚ organisations and individuals have a responsibility to work together to safeguard the well-being and welfare of all children and young people in
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Blowing a whistle is considered to be immoral if done in the premises of a professional firm for the outsiders; consequently‚ the choice of blowing a whistle is a major problem in engineering. It is the duty of an engineer to tell others about the harm it contains if the boss or the clients are unable to track the instructions. He must also inform about the harm when they are in favour of not only the security but also the interests of people. Being a professional‚ a person is empowered at a good
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There were several situations that lead the executives and managers of WorldCom to "cook the books." Acquisition of other companies drove WorldCom to spend beyond their means; managers were told to spend whatever was necessary to increase revenue‚ even if it meant that long-term costs would outweigh the short-term gains. This fiscally unhealthy mentality led to a very bad decision to enter into long-term fixed rate leases for network capacity with extensive punitive termination provisions. Once the
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Reporting Income for Dot-Coms Priceline.com 1. Under the current system of accounting‚ the company would record revenues of $250 as they are the merchants to the transaction and $200 (80% of transaction value) as their cost of goods sold. 2. Alternatively‚ the company can net off the effect and show $50 (20% of transaction value) as their commission revenue. 3. If I were the CFO‚ I would recommend to opt for the first method of revenue recognition because it would show better
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J. P. (1985) "Characteristics of Organizational Climate and Perceived Wrongdoing Associated with Whistleblowing Decisions‚" Personnel Psychology‚ Vol 38‚ No 3‚ pp 525-544. Oz‚ Effy (1992)‚ "Ethical Standards for Information Systems Professionals: A Case for a Unified Code‚" MIS Quarterly‚ Vol 16‚ No 4‚ pp 423-433. Parmerlee‚ Marcia A.‚ Near‚ Janet P.‚ and Jensen‚ Tamila C. (1982)‚ "Correlates of Whistleblowers ’ Perceptions of Organizational Retaliation‚" Administrative Science Quarterly‚ Vol 27‚
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