Loria Young
Ethical and Legal Environment of Organizations (MOD 45)

Abstract
This paper will depict a discussion on the case studies found in week one of Ethical and Legal Environment. The information found in week one is a combination of how we look at business ethics, systems of ethical reasoning, and our goals of values in management. Ethical decision making in the business environment plays an important role in our everyday work environment. Here we will look at how some of the most notorious scandals within American history have cause new rules and codes to emerge that has surpass those of the past. The Enron Scandal will be the first that we will discuss; and how Kenneth Lay’s take on Enron’s values and vision played and important roles in how he operated in everyday business among other things. Next, we will look at the Kauffman-Harmon vs. Kauffman case, in how the courts viewed the children part in the transactions. Following that we have, Flagiello v. Pennsylvania Hospital, looking at the different way that the courts made have viewed the case if she was a burglar rather than a patient. Finally, we will look at Estate of Weingeroff v. Pilatus Aircraft, this action arose from tragic events on March 26, 2005, when a PC-12 turboprop aircraft that Pilatus had manufactured crashed while attempting to land in State College, Pennsylvania, and how the courts viewed this actions from the plaintiffs.

This first case study will show how Kenneth Lay’s statement about Enron’s values and visions play a part with Enron’s business practices, and were there factors that corrupted these values. We will also look at the possibility wither or not, Lay actually believed that these values were being followed by the company, but had been duped by Skilling and Fastow. Finally what steps could Lay have taken to be sure that Enron’s business practices were consistent with