Unethical Practice and Behaiors in Accounting Byron Nelson February 11‚ 2013 ACC/290 U. Peter Wueger University of Phoenix Introduction Unethical practices and behaviors in accounting can be attributed to a variety of circumstances. Greed‚ opprotunity‚ disconnection‚ and ignorance can be said to be the primary root issues behind these practices. In an effort to prevent these practices former U. S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and former U. S. epresenative Michael Oxley drafter legislation that
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Unethical Marketing of Children’s Lunchbox Foods Brilliantly marketed highly salty foods are being deliberately targeted for our children’s lunchboxes. According to Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)1 the promotion of extremely high salt foods targeted at school lunchboxes is an unethical marketing practice. Four out of five items surveyed by CASH used a combination of at least three marketing techniques to specifically aim at children. "The use of marketing practices targeted at children
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Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Carlyn J. Medley January 23‚ 2012 ACC/291 Kevin Waters Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Before the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 organizations were trusted to do the right thing and be ethical when posting information within their ledgers and journal. Unfortunately‚ some organizations were anything but ethical and moral. This realization became all too real when it was discovered the Enron and Arthur Andersen were participating in immoral and unethical
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Peace and Social Justice” B) What are some of the things that have made Dr. Rath`s company unethical? While Dr. Rath believes that his theories and his vitamin products can cure aids‚ cancer and other major diseases‚ not everyone believes in them nor have they been scientifically standardized. On the opposite‚ many will argue that Dr. Rath`s organization and company have been illegal but also unethical. Dr. Rath tried to enter the market in many countries to promote his products. After reading
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Tobacco Giant ’s Unethical Research Throughout history many industries manage to be successful enterprises‚ recreational substances like alcohol and tobacco have been under scrutiny in modern times. The detrimental impact on the health of our society has become a matter of concern of our government. Tobacco is responsible for more than six million each year. World Health Organization (2012) The origin of tobacco is ancient it is believed to have begun growing in the America’s in 6000 BCE. Borio
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was leaking sensitive company information to the press. The author refers to Dunn’s actions as arrogance‚ but they were‚ by any measure‚ unethical conduct across several standards used to classify unethical behavior‚ namely personal gain‚ professional responsibility and legal and social responsibilities. One might assert that Dunn’s actions weren’t unethical because they weren’t conducted for personal gain‚ but were intended to help the company and its shareholders. However‚ this point is debatable
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Introduction In article seven‚ ‘How to Make Unethical Decisions‚’ I read about how people choose to solve problems and make decisions. The highlighted problem associated‚ is that many people hastily make decisions without putting too much thought into them. Sometimes the use of ethical judgment can be put on the backburner and determining appropriate actions is heavily affected. It is important to analyze and understand commonly used unethical decision making practices‚ as well as look at appropriate
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Tiffany Pace Timothy McAlister MSD 113 – Business Ethics Research Paper 3/11/10 Unethical Issues in the Banking Industry Ethical issues in banking are currently receiving a great deal of attention‚ and those who manage these organizations seem to be under constant public scrutiny. This paper presents and discusses the certain ethical issues and concerns with banking managers. Suggestions for enhancing the degree of ethicalness in organizational practices and decision behaviors’ have also
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Human Trafficking- Unethical and Underestimated Every year‚ thousands of men‚ women‚ and children fall into the hands of traffickers. These traffickers not only capture individuals traveling abroad‚ but they also search for those in their own country (UNODC‚ 2016). Human trafficking has been around for thousands of years. Many people know about this form of slavery‚ but underestimate the detrimental effects that it places on those who have been victimized. Because of the dramatic outcomes that
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proficiency‚ and clear communications. Unfortunately for many cases where people were found guilty these rules in the laboratory weren’t entirely met. There are many cases of unethical conduct in the laboratory‚ ending up in serious consequences to the scientist and the facility itself. One of the cases portraying unethical conduct that affected the accused could be the one of Jeff Pierce who was released in 2009 being found innocent with DNA testing. Pierce had already been serving fifteen years
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