Whistleblowers can be viewed as providing a praiseworthy act or be severely labeled as informers who have breached the loyalty of their co-workers and company. Whistleblowing can be a service to the community and public. Whistleblowing can be ethical or unethical, and the whistleblower discovering corporate misconduct has the options to be an internal or an external whistleblower. Whistleblowing can save people’s lives. Dr. Jeffrey Wigand made the decision to go public with information that his employer Brown
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® Academy o/ Management Executive. 2004. Vol. 18. No. 2 Business ethics and customer stakeholders O.C. Ferrell A common view of the firm holds that employees, customers, shareholders, and suppliers are key organizational stakeholders.^ While obligations to these stakeholders are sometimes considered to be motivated by organizational self-interest, the ethical perspective asserts the rightness or wrongness of specific firm actions independently of any social or stakeholder obligations.^ Customers
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NOTE: Facilitator noted that more indepth info would have been beneficial to this paper, so please only use this as a reference. Table of Contents 1. Assignment cover sheet p. 0 2. Title page: HealthSouth and the Scrushy Way p. 1 3. Table of Contents p. 2 4. Introduction p. 3 5. Government Subsidies p. 3 6. Signs of Corruption p. 4 7. Ethical issues of HealthSouth p. 5 8. Management of HealthSouth
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Power and influence Introduction In recent years, fraud and other forms of unethical behavior in organizations have received significant attention in the business ethics literature (Uddin and Gillet 2002; Elias 2002; Rockness and Rockness 2005; Robison and Santore 2011), investment circles (Pujas 2003; Albrecht et al. 2011), and regulator communities (Farber 2005; Ferrell and Ferrell 2011). Scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Xerox, Quest, Tyco, HealthSouth, and other companies created a loss of confidence
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ACC571: FORENCIS ACCOUNTING | Case Study 1: And the Fraud Continues | SOLIAT KOSOKO | | Professor: Dr. Timothy Franklin Deleanor Brown | 1/20/2013 | Introduction This case demonstrates organized crime, occupational fraud and abuse. This crime is commonly seen among individuals and organizations that are in a lot of social and financial pressures. Some of the crimes involve organize crime are money laundering, mail and wire fraud, conspiracy and racketeering. Any organization that has weak
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Management Planning for Tyco MGT 330 Management Planning for Tyco Planning is one of the important actions management must consider when forming the foundation and goals of an organization. The company’s mission is set from the goals set by management. According to Tyco’s mission statement the company’s mission is to, “To be our customers’ first choice in every market we serve by exceeding commitments, providing new technology solutions, leveraging our diverse brands, driving operational
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Case Study: Tyco international fraud Tyco Background Tyco International has operations in over 100 countries and claims to be the world's largest maker and servicer of electrical and electronic components; the largest designer and maker of undersea telecommunications systems; the larger maker of fire protection systems and electronic security services; the largest maker of specialty valves; and a major player in the disposable medical products, plastics. Edward Breen, who replaced kozlowski removed
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Ethics is the basic concepts and moral principles of decent human conduct which includes values such as the essential equality of all men and women, human or natural rights, obedience to the law of land, with respect to what is right and what is wrong (Velentzas., 2010). Ethics is the behavior that a person should adhere to in his daily dealings with the world. Ethics is a system of moral principles applied by people, society and the world. Ethics provide guidelines for acceptable behavior in the
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Research Paper One: The Role of Federal Regulations in Corporate America ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Richa Chopra ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Kaplan University ------------------------------------------------- The Role of Federal Regulations in Corporate America Introduction Dishonesty, greed, cover-ups, and bail-outs are some of the things
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Business Ethics across Cultures Juanita Bates Axia College University of Phoenix Business Ethics across Cultures 1 Ethics is a guideline of knowing what is right or wrong. Ethical perspectives are a moral view of things. Business ethics are a form of professional or applied ethics. These ethics examines ethical principles and ethical or moral problems that may arise in the business world. All aspects of businesses are affected including individuals and organizations. With the growth
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