more difficult to predict than the company planned for‚ but Enron continued to recognize future profits despite the losses that were actually being produced from the long-term contracts. Another ethical consideration was how Skilling encouraged employees to invest and buy stock in Enron when they knew the truth about the lack of value in the stock. Upper management (mainly Fastow) created a complex business model almost impossible to understand by any outsiders‚ and had financial statements that were
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BUSINESS ETHICS WITHOUT STAKEHOLDERS Joseph Heath Abstract: One of the most influential ideas in the field of business ethics has been the suggestion that ethical conduct in a business context should be analyzed in terms of a set of fiduciary obligations toward various "stakeholder" groups. Moral problems‚ according to this view‚ involve reconciling such obligations in cases where stakeholder groups have conflicting interests. The question posed in this paper is whether the stakeholder
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Strategies Seminar Session Week -6 Class room discussions: • Assess the benefits and disadvantages of relationship marketing strategies. • How relationship marketing strategies for B2B interface may differ from those of B2C? • Collect 3 business examples when CRM pitfalls were avoided and analyse them. Directed learning Please go through the following journal articles and the core textbook to solve the above questions: • Gummesson‚ E. (1994)‚ “Making relationship marketing operational”
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Business Ethics – Term Paper March 21/13 Discrimination Introduction Discrimination is defined as distinguishing something from something else (i.e. don’t hire him because he has no experience). Unjustified discrimination is distinguishing something from something else on a basis that is not justified (i.e. don’t hire him because he is black). The term discrimination commonly replaces the term unjustified discrimination in business‚ philosophy‚ psychology and day-to-day community life. In a just
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[Dec-13] [MPRBA 203C/MPCBA 203C/MPRHR-203B] MBA‚ Twinning MBA (CMU) & MHRM Degree Examination II TRIMESTER ETHICS IN BUSINESS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (Effective from the admitted batch 2013–14) Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks: 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instructions: All parts of a section must be answered in one place only. Figures in the right hand margin indicate marks allotted. ---------------------------------------------
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1. APPROACHES TO BUSINESS ETHICS When business people speak about "business ethics" they usually mean one of three things: (1) avoid breaking the criminal law in one’s work-related activity; (2) avoid action that may result in civil law suits against the company; and (3) avoid actions that are bad for the company image. Businesses are especially concerned with these three things since they involve loss of money and company reputation. In theory‚ a business could address these
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statement and a balance sheet as well as to interpret reasons why the cash position for the business does not equal to the profit for the period. By showing the spreadsheet‚ two financial statements and looking into theories of matching principle‚ prepayments and accruals‚ provisions(bad debts and depreciation)‚ it is not hard to distinguish the cash flow from the profit. Content It is vital to understand the cash position and the profit do not necessarily go together when running business. Profitable
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Business Environment Business Environment TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT 3 MAIN OBJECTIVE: 3 METHODOLOGY 3 THE ENRON STORY: BRIEF 4 HOW AND WHAT TYPE OF FRAUDS WERE COMMITTED? 5 THE ROLE OF STOCK OPTIONS 5 THE USE OF OFF-BALANCE SHEET PARTNERSHIPS 5 Example: LJM 5 Chewco 6 LOBBYING 6 ACCOUNTING PRACTICES 6 DIFFERENT ETHICAL DIMENSIONS 7 SOCIAL DIMENSION 8 AFFECTS ON EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS 8 ENRON INDIA 8 AGGRESSIVE
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Journal of Business & Economics Research – November 2006 Volume 4‚ Number 11 Building Customer Value And Profitability With Business Ethics Robert C. McMurrian‚ University of Tampa Erika Matulich‚ University of Tampa ABSTRACT Firms assume ethical business practices only add costs to the firm. However‚ business ethics actually add value for customers and result in increased profitability and performance for the firm. INTRODUCTION D ue to constantly changing competitive environments
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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BUSINESS ETHICS Distinguishing: • Ethics • Ethics in Business • Business Ethics • Governance • Corporate Governance • Good Corporate Governance In brief: • Ethics: code of conduct for personal behaviour. • Ethics in Business: Applying personal ethics into business. • Business Ethics: Ethics of business‚ what is good & bad‚ right or wrong for business. • Governance: Methods and practices
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