Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis February 25, 2013 ACC/291 After the unethical acts of two famous companies Enron and World Com congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxly Act in 2002. This legislation was put in place due to the companies cooking the books and making the company look better financially then they really were. This defrauded a lot of public investors and thus the act came in to being to protect the public from scandals like this. To do this
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environment. In the American businessenvironment, we are dealing with many different generations, each having diverse wants, needs,goals, and aspirations. The more that management knows about their employee’s feelings, theeasier it is to manage their behavior to help them grow and the economy will prosper. Logic andresearch seems to agree that front- line employees are in the best position to assess theorganization’s actions, problems, and proposed solutions.This paper presents a very practical approach
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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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Introduction……………………………………………………………………………...……………………………………………………………3 CSR Analysis…………………………………..…………………….…………………………………………………………………………………4 Stakeholder Analysis………………..………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………5 Consumer Analysis…………………….…………………………………………………………………………......................5 Shareholder Analysis……………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Employee Analysis…………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………...7 Executive Management Analysis……………..………………………………………………………………………………..7 Role of Government
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Effect of Ethical Behavior Article Analysis ACC/291- Carla Leonard July 22, 2013 The evolving culture of compliance. versus true integrity are identified by putting laws into place that protects it's employees. The ethical behavior with corporations and their executives have been often placed under scrutiny but unjustified in many cases. The resources and manpower that it takes to form these corporations has often been integrity based but legislatively unfair. The government has place
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ETHICS IN BUSINESS . Table of Contents Introduction: 1 Body one what is ethics: 2 Body two the four views of ethics: 3 Body three the ethical challenges: 5 Body four companies reaction to unethical action: 6 Conclusion: 7 The summary: 8 References and bibliography: 9 Introduction: Management is an exiting topic to study. It gives people the ability to interact with the recent action around the world. Also it gives people the authority to judge the situation, and make a
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5- Balance Sheet Presentation along ratio analysis According to Holmes, Langford, Welch, & Welch, (2002). The article examined several points in connection with fraud. These points were: (a) whether fraud schemes varies and depending on the attitude of Top level executives regarding controls; (b) whether discovering of such schemes varies based upon attitude; and (c) whether outcomes differ based on attitude also this article contain several dimensions as follows: victim to any
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integrity and management everything in the organization must be carefully monitored to assure there is the least possible amount of unethical activity. Unethical activity has in most cases negative effects on an organization such as legal issues resulting in fines, slacked employee performance and loss of company credibility. Even with the high risk of unethical behavior people often find themselves in situations in which the temptation can be high due to having to reach unreachable goals in short amounts
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illegal but which are believed by the employee to be unethical are less apt to be actionable. Both of these situations are addressed in terms of the so-called public policy exception to the employment at will rule. The cause of action, often labeled "wrongful discharge" or "retaliatory discharge," is typically tort-based, although a few states employ contract theory in this context. On the other hand, individuals who report illegal or unethical practices within the organization--for example, to a
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illegal but which are believed by the employee to be unethical are less apt to be actionable. Both of these situations are addressed in terms of the so-called public policy exception to the employment at will rule. The cause of action, often labeled "wrongful discharge" or "retaliatory discharge," is typically tort-based, although a few states employ contract theory in this context. On the other hand, individuals who report illegal or unethical practices within the organization--for example, to a
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