Andres Garcia Memorandum Date: March 3, 2012 To: President of the United States Fr: Andy Garcia Re: Holding them Accountable Mr. President, Trust and ethics are very important factors in the business world. We have to create a number of different solutions that help play a key role in building proper business ethics from employees, shareholders, board of directors, the CEO and the American people. I feel that all businesses need to promote accountability, transparency, and compliance
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Effects of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis ACC/291 July 8, 2012 Effects of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Ethical practices and behaviors are different for everyone. In order to identify what might lead to unethical practices and behaviors in accounting, it is necessary to examine who is in control. Some individual may look at what can be done versus what are legally acceptable accounting principles and behaviors. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was enacted by United State
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Effect of Unethical Behavior In accounting, there are or have been situations that might lead to unethical practices and behavior. Unethical corporate behavior is caused by a variety of factors. For example, pressure from management or a Board of Directors when accountants are to meet unrealistic business objectives or deadlines is a huge factor. In addition, other factors like furthering ones career, protecting ones livelihood, working with an immoral environment, and simply the lack of consequences
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examination of the business failure of WorldCom Incorporated and also compare and contrast the leadership management and organizational structures and failures. Examining Business Failure 2 Introduction WorldCom was the second largest long distance provider and on July 19, 2002 filed the largest bankruptcy ever in U.S. history with its $41 billion dollar debt load, and more than $107 billion dollars in assets. In 1999 WorldCom’s profits began to decrease when WorldCom reduced budgets on telecom services
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Unethical Corporate Practices Carol Bramlett MGT/521 December 1, 2013 Heather Rideout Unethical Corporate Practices 2. What was the culture at Lehman Brothers like? How did this culture contribute to the company’s downfall? The Lehman Brothers management encouraged excess risk taking by its employees and rewarded them handsomely for this. The management also encouraged staff that took questionable deals and punished whoever was critical of company policies. It was also very secretive in
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Final Paper: Case Study of WorldCom Financial Statement Fraud Introduction This paper will discuss the financial statement fraud committed by WorldCom by examining what led up to the fraud, who committed it and why, and the impact it caused on various stakeholders and the economy. WorldCom applied aggressive and undisclosed accounting tactics to provide financial statements that reflected a $10 billion profit for the years 2000 and 2001, rather than the actual combined loss of $73.7 billion
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Rhonda Ellis-Thomas LDR/531 May 30, 2012 Dr. Felicia A. Bridgewater Examining a Business Failure Paper 2002 has witnessed its share of scandals. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and Global Crossing are just a few names to mention. WorldCom, the nation’s No. 2 long-distance phone company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2002, approximately one month after it publicized that it had indecorously booked $3.8 billion in expenses (Beltran
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Lindsey Davison August 26, 2013 Acc/291 Jonathan Gillen Effects on Financial Statements When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was implemented in 2002, it impacted a lot of publically traded companies. There were many companies that were using unethical practices to boost their numbers and give the top dogs of the company’s loads of money. Companies like Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom were companies that most of us heard about getting hit the hardest once
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two apparently contradictory concepts such as 'a great defeat' or 'humiliating honor'. From this topic, it is saying that sales ethics is an oxymoron which indicates that there is no ethic in sales. It is suggesting that sales are in some degree unethical. For example, it may believe that ales or business is integrally harmful. Or we can say it is at best amoral and it is beyond the normal moral considerations. In order to better discuss the statement of the question, it is necessary for us to define
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Situations of Unethical practices and Behavior in Accounting Acc/291 Principles of Accounting II Joseph Kronewitter 07-01-2012 There are so many unethical situations that can take place in corporations around the world and sometimes
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