business in an ethical and socially responsible manner. American companies that exhibit unethical behavior, such as fraud and labor law violations can be subjected to an outside investigation and subsequent prosecution. In the United States, there are laws that govern such activities and are strictly enforced and prosecuted. In any country, culture is a driving force in what is considered ethical and unethical, and cultures differ between each country greatly. What is considered ethical in one culture
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Thinking Critically about Ethics- Graded Project- Paralegal Program Attorney Howe’s possible Ethical Violations: (MONDAY) Model Rule 5.5(B)- Attorney Howe, left a new hire, Carl, unattended, while also suggesting that he may conduct interviews in his office without specifying particulars regarding his presence or direct supervisory responsibilities. In hindsight, Attorney Howe could be indirectly contributing to the unauthorized practice of law due to his gross negligence to supervise his
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Analyzing Ethical Issues in Marketing Kari Bertrand MKT/554 November 11, 2013 Sandra Payne Analyzing Ethical Issues in Marketing There are three areas of ethical concerns for marketing flavored cigarettes. The first concern is the marketing to younger consumers or minors, that are not legally able to purchase tobacco products, (Layton, 2010). The second is the ban on favored cigarettes other than menthol, but there is no ban in regard to flavored cigars or blunts. The third and final concern
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Poor ethical practices and immoral acts have been conducted across many years by many individuals and businesses in the business world in regards to finance. This paper will focus on two of the more well-known ethical issues that occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Enron Corporation and WorldCom. This paper will focus on the factors that led to the demise of the corporations, as well as the violations that occurred within the accounting practices, and the specific ethical violations in strategic
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Wal-Mart Inc. Ethical Treatment of Employees Prepared for Wal-Mart Corporation Prepared by Alexander W. Nash April 26, 2011 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARYiii INTRODUCTION1 ANALYSIS OF WAL-MART’S ETHICAL TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES 2 THE COMPANY: WAL-MART INC.2 THE PRACTICE: ETHICAL TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES 2 WAL-MART’S ETHCIAL TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES3 RECOMENDATIONS5 EVEN PAY SCALE 5 MORE ACCOUNTABILITY5 CHINA’S LABOR LAWS AND CONDITIONS 6 CONCLUSION6 Executive Summary Wal-Mart
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Tracy Weispfenning Nike Case Study #1 MGMT 310 Jason Cussler January 31, 2014 Nike Falters in Ethical Practices Nike has faced many ethical dilemmas such as human rights abuses, labor violations, and negative impact on the environment where manufacturing plants are located. Their responses have varied from improving labor standards in each facility to implementing a recycling program for worn out shoes for the consumer, and creating a no waste recycling program at all levels of the Nike
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Global Ethical Problems Donna Bistrican XMGT/216 September 25, 2010 Global Ethical Problems The Wall Street article reports on the ethical issue of freedom of speech and human rights violation in China and Google’s dilemma. Companies deal with ethical conflicts with China daily. Google Inc.’s struggled with ethical implications for doing business with China. The paper addresses the ethical problems that companies like Google, Inc. encountered that caused their decision to withdraw from China
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as the consequences related to violations of the compliance rules for individual or corporate taxes, have reduced tax fraud activity. 2. Suggest what you believe to be the most flagrant ways in which tax preparers violate IRS Circular 230 rules, and provide a rationale for your response. Propose the most likely IRS penalty for the violation identified, and recommend the most important alternative action(s) that the IRS could take to prevent this type of violation in the future. 3. Evaluate the
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themselves in an ethical dilemma with a government inspector about the distance between the dumpster and their back door. Due to the new local health codes and laws having been issued requiring trash dumpsters to be a minimum distance of 30 feet from the rear entrance of the building, and new land-use laws requiring that all out buildings be at least 6 feet from the property lines. The enclosure that houses the trash dumpster is 5 feet from the property lines, which is in violation of those laws.
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Brian Grizzell Contemporary Business January 27, 2014 Examine Apple’s current position on the company’s ethical and social responsibilities and determine whether or not the company has met these requirements/responsibilities. Provide two examples to support your decision. Apple Corporation has been known to have many successes and challenges in many years as it relates to their ethical and social responsibilities. In recent news, Apple has been under a microscope due to the suppliers that they
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