Unethical Business Practices at Enron LDR/531 Organizational Leadership August 11‚ 2011 Unethical Business Practices at Enron Enron Corporation came into existance in 1985 as the result of a merger between InterNorth and Houston Natural Gas. This merger produced the longest natural-gas pipeline network in the United States. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Skilling‚ Enron changed from a gas-pipeline business into a natural-gas and electricity company during the
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Institutionen för skogens produkter Organizational exposure to risk of unethical behaviour – In Eastern European timber purchasing organizations Daniel Norberg & Emil Gustafsson Master Thesis Nr 17 2008 ISSN 1654-1367 Institutionen för skogens produkter Organizational exposure to risk of unethical behaviour – In Eastern European timber purchasing organizations Daniel Norberg & Emil Gustafsson Master Thesis 30 ECTS credits‚ D-level in Business Administration Daniel Norberg
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Ethical Business Practices in Purchasing and Supply Management Ethical Business Practices in Purchasing and Supply Management “The best and most successful organisations recognise that they will only prosper in the long term if they satisfy the aspirations of their stakeholders; including customers‚ suppliers‚ employees‚ local communities‚ investors‚ governments‚ public interest and environment groups. ” “To satisfy this intense scrutiny and the demands for greater accountability in society
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Unfortunately‚ in recent times‚ we have seen a number of examples of unethical behavior in organizations‚ often tied to the organization’s handling of finances. In this question‚ discuss ethical issues facing the top leadership or financial managers in today’s corporate environment regarding their approach to the financial matters of the firm. What pressures exist that might encourage unethical behavior‚ particularly as it pertains to the firm’s financial reporting or situation? How might these be
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Individual Work Week 1 Nicole Chase Small Business Management Instructor Aileen Journey Everest University July 17th‚ 2013 According to big class action most consumers have the right to the best goods and services at the lowest prices. The competitive process works the best when the prices are set honestly and independently. Price fixing occurs when an agreement among competitors to raise or fix the prices of their goods and services. (Bigclassaction.com) I have had a personal experience
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Matthias Ruth Alternative treatments for HIV/AIDS Matthias Ruth is a doctor turned vitamin entrepreneur. He runs the Dr. Ruth Health Foundation and founded the Dr. Ruth Research Institute. He has been called “the most powerful crackpot on the Earth” due to the large amount of funds he has gotten from investors who can see the value of selling “vitamin pills” to cure the most serious of ailments. In the UK‚ his adverts claimed that “90 per cent of patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer die
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Kay Lim Hung Professor Ortiz English Class 095-01 17 April 2013 The Right To Choose To Not Wear a Helmet Barry Millman wrote the article “ Motorcycle helmet law a no-brainer to both sides”‚ which expresses an argument from two different opinions about a controversial issue. The United States is known by the freedom‚ which is given to the entire citizens to express his or her own opinion. Therefor Americans will bring up their opinion toward any situation. Today the debate is among
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1) Mishandling of customers goods and making way at times with some valuables: Baggage mishandling remains a large and growing headache for the industry‚ estimated in the billions of dollars for lost luggage claims and recovery service costs. The costs of passenger frustration are harder to nail down‚ but just as worrying. At times customer’s luggage is mishandled to the extent the customer has to discard the suitcase or the carton in which the goods were in
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William Voisin Professor Mazpule Psyc. 2001 June 5th‚ 2013 BP (Beyond Petroleum) focuses on sustainability 1) Based on the history of the company‚ why did BP get involved in so much questionable conduct? The reason why BP got involved in so much questionable conducts is because at first they didn’t want to spend the money on fixing the stuff. They have been ignoring all these red flags and at the end they ended up spending much money. They could of saved a lot of money if they had fixed
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Running Head: UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES Unethical Business Practices in Corporation The Business Enterprise – BUS508 Professor Karmetria Burton Strayer University Lisa Brooks May 9‚ 2009 Abstract Many companies demonstrated questionable business ethics. It is my belief that businesses are so consumed with being competitive between their buyers and sellers until they lose site honesty and integrity. I have presented three various types of businesses which all exemplified
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