The First Circuit _______________ BRIEF FOR RESPONDENTS _______________ STEPHEN M. SHAPIRO TIMOTHY S. BISHOP MAYER BROWN LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 706-8684 MARK A. PERRY Counsel of Record PORTER N. WILKINSON GEOFFREY C. WEIEN GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 955-8500 mperry@gibsondunn.com RACHEL S. BRASS GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 555 Mission Street Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 393-8200 Counsel
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GUIDELINES FOR CASE ANALYSIS The following guidelines are designed to assist in the case analysis process. The Guidelines are not intended to be a rigid format, however. Each question is intended to surface information that will be helpful in analyzing and resolving the case. Each case is different, and some parts of these guidelines may not apply in every case. Following each case are discussion questions that should be answered as part of any complete case analysis. The heart of any
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13-Antonakis.qxd 11/26/03 5:38 PM Page 302 CHAPTER 13 Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness Joanne B. Ciulla T he moral triumphs and failures of leaders carry a greater weight and volume than those of nonleaders (Ciulla, 2003b). In leadership we see morality magnified, and that is why the study of ethics is fundamental to our understanding of leadership. The study of ethics is about human relationships. It is about what we should do and what we should be like as human beings
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13-Antonakis.qxd 11/26/03 5:38 PM Page 302 CHAPTER 13 Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness Joanne B. Ciulla T he moral triumphs and failures of leaders carry a greater weight and volume than those of nonleaders (Ciulla, 2003b). In leadership we see morality magnified, and that is why the study of ethics is fundamental to our understanding of leadership. The study of ethics is about human relationships. It is about what we should do and what we should be like as human beings
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Case Studies to accompany Auditing and Assurance Services in Australia by Gay and Simnett Prepared by Renee Radich and Philip Ross [pic] McGraw-Hill Australia [pic] A Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Copyright © 2002 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Limited Additional owners of copyright are named in on-page credits. Apart from any fair
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by full-time executives. Corporate Governance is to conduct the business in accordance with owner or shareholders’ desires, which generally will be to maximize shareholders wealth, while conforming to the basic rules of the society embodied in law and local customs” ( laureate Milton friedman) According to OECD( organization for economic cooperation and development) Corporate Governance is a set of relationship between the company ‘s directors, its shareholders and other stakeholders. It also provides
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Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK, and Clive Smallman Commerce Division, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the mainstream theories of corporate governance in an attempt to suggest that their underlying assumptions and ideologies are misplaced and ought to give way to an emerging pluralistic view of the governing process in order to understand any governance contribution to the dynamics of the business environment
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Raleigh, USA Email: sreiter@binghamton.edu Received October 31, 2012; revised December 1, 2012; accepted December 12, 2012 ABSTRACT The US accounting profession was caught up in, and some say responsible for, the whirlwind of accounting and business scandals that rocked the US markets in 2002. To restore investor confidence in financial information, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act created a new Public Company Accounting Oversight Board with the authority to set standards for auditors of publicly traded
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Corporate Psychological Defences: An Oil Spill Case Author(s): T. Ketola Source: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 65, No. 2 (May, 2006), pp. 149-161 Published by: Springer Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25123778 . Accessed: 03/12/2013 07:49 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover
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The University of Edinburgh Business School Risk Management Management and Ethics Contents 1 Introduction 2 Risk and Culture 3 Anticipatory Approaches 4 Resilient Approaches 5 Change Behaviour 6 Recovery 7 Risk Communication 8 Ethical Issues 5.1 Introduction Management ensures that the goals of the organisation are achieved within the resources available. It can be making decisions or ensuring appropriate measures are in place. It might be setting targets and ensuring they are achieved. In
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