Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties The largest bankruptcy of a non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held
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Addressing International Legal and Ethical Issues Simulation When a business conducts international transactions with other countries he or she needs to understand the laws and sensitivity of foreign culture‚ religion‚ and politics when making decisions. Some foreign countries can have problems with the contract‚ which can cause disputes that will need to be resolved. Generally‚ the international legal and ethical issues are a starting point for businesses to do international trade with other
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Assignment 1: Staffing Organizations–Part 1 Bus 335 December 7‚ 2013 Professor Mayfield 1. Identify the type of employment relationship you would establish between the coffee shop and employees from a legal perspective. Explain your reasoning. From a legal perspective my coffee shop will be a friendly environment for all. In regards to my employees‚ they will be treated fairly and with respect. I want to have a work environment in which my servers are happy to come to work every day;
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Virtual Organizations: The Benefits‚ Problems‚ The Solutions Technology in the early millennium was not as advanced as it is today. In the late nineties‚ email and MySpace were the primary means of networking for people‚ iPads were only a dream‚ and the closest thing to a smartphone was a phone with a built-in camera. This decade promises more than advanced communication; it converges on computer-based intelligence with enhanced interactive networking forums. On the social networking level‚ webcasting
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Responsibility I would like to begin with a quote from an expert in ethics: “ Managers are responsible for creating and sustaining conditions in which people are likely to behave themselves.” So managers are the one who must take active steps to ensure that the company stays on an ethical footing. So in addition I would like to present the theory of three pillars that support the organization. Ethical Individuals The first pillar is made up from managers who are ethical individuals. These
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Heneman−Judge: Staffing Organizations‚ Sixth Edition II. Support Activities 4. Job Analysis and Rewards © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2009 CHAPTER FOUR Job Analysis and Rewards Changing Nature of Jobs Job Requirements Job Analysis Overview Job Requirements Matrix Job Descriptions and Job Specifications Collecting Job Requirements Information Competency-Based Job Analysis Nature of Competencies Collecting Competency Information Job Rewards Types of Rewards Employee Value Proposition Collecting
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As we know‚ Viet Nam economy is now developing more and more strongly. Besides‚ there are still a lot of business problems that we haven’t solved for many years such as unsafe food‚ corruption‚ air pollution from industrial waste… About unsafe food‚ in Viet Nam‚ so many food companies have not been certificated for having enough conditions about food safety. People are using unsafe and poisoning food. In my opinion‚ Government should introduce stronger administrative sanctions. Because‚ the
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Metaphors of Organizations "All theories of organization and management are based on implicit images or metaphors that persuade us to see‚ understand‚ and imagine situations in partial ways. Metaphors create insight. But they also distort. They have strengths. But they also have limitations. In creating ways of seeing‚ they create ways of not seeing. Hence there can be no single theory or metaphor that gives an all-purpose point of view. There can be no ’correct theory ’ for structuring everything
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Legal but not ethical—Modern Education’s promotion (868 words) After the implementation of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination‚ parents and students raised their concern on the results in public examination. Differ from the previous 3-2-2-3 study pattern; the new 3-3-4 pattern is a one-take-pass exam model. In some of the extreme cases‚ there were secondary schools paid for their students to join private tutorial courses‚ aimed for the admission of university [3].
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Running head: Ethical Dilemma Ethical Dilemma Amber Norris Grand Canyon University February 24th‚ 2013 Ethical Dilemma All healthcare professionals take the Hippocratic Oath‚ in this oath it states that‚ “I will respect the privacy of my patients‚ for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know.” (Miles‚ S. H. (2004) There are many different versions of this oath but the concept
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