Corporate and Professional Ethics
The Hallmark of Leaders at All Levels
PHIL320-1204A-09
Phase V Individual Project
Robin Tolbert
November 12, 2012 University of Colorado Technical Online
Educationalist Russell Fail
Corporate and Professional Ethics
Part I. Classify the Ethical Issue
Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) Charged with Suborning Nigerian Governmental Officials to Acquire Contracts.
As early as the 1900 KBR began their business quest. The renowned KBR is ranked as one of the world largest top performance engineering and construction industries. Their employee is base way over twenty seven thousand. They exist in forty five countries and five continents. KBR prestige status has impacted the energy and petrochemical, government and civil infrastructure in a prominent manner. However, a cloud over shadows the fame of this mega empire: bribery of Nigerian government officials. It began in 2007 with its parent organization Halliburton. Halliburton was under investigation for unethical business practice in the Iraq War. In 2009 KBR was under investigation for unethical business practice in Nigeria. Later the CEO of KBR was found guilty of bribery charges. The charges stem from bribery of Nigerian Governmental Officials in the amount of tens of millions of dollars to obtain contracts (CNN, 2009).
The Impact that Bribing Government Officials to obtain Contract have on Interested Parties.
For a very long time corruption has existed among government officials. Unless government can find an effective way to combat it, it will continue to exist in the future. This type of ill behavior date back as 30 plus years to seminal contribution on what economist call related empirical work quantifying the extent of corruption and putting a dollar sign on its economic effect has been limited. Of course this is not surprising because most corruption is clandestine. It is not an exact science of the efficiency of the government. Fair meager of measuring the consequences of a notoriously corruption
PHIL320-1204A-09
Phase V Individual Project
Robin Tolbert
November 12, 2012 University of Colorado Technical Online
Educationalist Russell Fail
Corporate and Professional Ethics
Part I. Classify the Ethical Issue
Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) Charged with Suborning Nigerian Governmental Officials to Acquire Contracts.
As early as the 1900 KBR began their business quest. The renowned KBR is ranked as one of the world largest top performance engineering and construction industries. Their employee is base way over twenty seven thousand. They exist in forty five countries and five continents. KBR prestige status has impacted the energy and petrochemical, government and civil infrastructure in a prominent manner. However, a cloud over shadows the fame of this mega empire: bribery of Nigerian government officials. It began in 2007 with its parent organization Halliburton. Halliburton was under investigation for unethical business practice in the Iraq War. In 2009 KBR was under investigation for unethical business practice in Nigeria. Later the CEO of KBR was found guilty of bribery charges. The charges stem from bribery of Nigerian Governmental Officials in the amount of tens of millions of dollars to obtain contracts (CNN, 2009).
The Impact that Bribing Government Officials to obtain Contract have on Interested Parties.
For a very long time corruption has existed among government officials. Unless government can find an effective way to combat it, it will continue to exist in the future. This type of ill behavior date back as 30 plus years to seminal contribution on what economist call related empirical work quantifying the extent of corruption and putting a dollar sign on its economic effect has been limited. Of course this is not surprising because most corruption is clandestine. It is not an exact science of the efficiency of the government. Fair meager of measuring the consequences of a notoriously corruption