Angelique C. Rufino Book Title: Current Issues in Business Ethics: Edited by: Peter W.F. Davies Reference no: HF 5398 C 87 1997 CHAPTER 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS By: Philip Stiles “The increased interest in corporate governance has mirrored the rise in concern in business ethics generally with the voluminous literature on high profile scandals and failures in firms providing a common base for much descriptive and prescriptive work in both areas. Both subjects‚ too‚ share a key focus
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names were too hard for her to pronounce. She gives them the new names of Pamela and Cynthia. Her sister is silent and does not respond to this event‚ yet Santha says in a tiny voice she accepts the new name probably because she is scared to disagree. Santha believes when she is Cynthia‚ she does not have care about the day to day activities at school or her actions. The title “By Any Other Name” refers to Cynthia having to loose her identity and her cultural qualities to be at this school.
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Healthcare fraud is a major issue in our Healthcare system. It affects our overall economy and well-being of our citizens. There are many different types of healthcare frauds such as insurance fraud‚ drug fraud and billing fraud. Insurance fraud occurs when the insurance provider is given false insurance claims with the intent to defraud. As a result of frequent false insurance claims‚ the inspection procedure uses the best available experts and verification process to check the false claims
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WorldCom Case Study Update 20061 by Edward J. Romar‚ University of Massachusetts-Boston‚ and Martin Calkins‚ University of Massachusetts-Boston Read the original case. In December 2005‚ two years after this case was written‚ the telecommunications industry consolidated further. Verizon Communications acquired MCI/WorldCom and SBC Communications acquired AT&T Corporation‚ which had been in business since the 19th Century. The acquisition of MCI/WorldCom was the direct result of the behavior
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expose such crime‚ and what factors inhibit them from doing so? What specific policy measures can be adopted to encourage exposure of white collar crime? The principle agents who expose white collar crimes in contemporary society are informers‚ whistleblowers and investigative reporters. Informers would consist of the people like politicians who usually give information to receive a lesser sentence or the like for their own involvement. This is very popular here in IL where the politicians are tried
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Learning to Navigate the Rough Seas of Ethics Shalonda Floyd Ethical Issues in Business and Accounting Professor Gates March 5‚ 2013 Learning to Navigate the Rough Seas of Ethics According to Gilber‚ D. and Rasche‚ A. (2012)‚ the United National Global Compact which is Global Public Policy network advocating to universal principles in the areas of human rights‚ labor standards‚ environmental protection and anticorruption has turned into the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative
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1.0 Introduction Port Klang Free Zone or PKFZ is an integrated 1‚000-acre Free Commercial and Industrial Zone providing facilities for international cargo distribution and consolidation centre. PKFZ is situated in Port Klang‚ adjacent to port‚ the world’s 15th ranked port in 2009 in terms of throughput volume. However‚ problems occur when few Malaysia’s politician has been charged in persuading the government to spend an additional RM227m on acquiring additional land for the Free Zone development
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The face of entrepreneurship has changed over the years‚ and today‚ it is dramatically different. Women are taking a more active role in providing for their families while nurturing their children. America’s entrepreneurs are much more diverse now. Cynthia Odo‚ originally from Ghana‚ immigrated to this country and was able to achieve owning her own business. Her success has allowed her to further her goals and aspirations by creating a foundation of teaching and knowledge that will also give young women
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Changing Jobs and Changing Loyalties Cynthia Martinez was thrilled when she first received the job offer from David Newhoff at Crytex System. She had long admired Crytex‚ both as an industry leader and as an ideal employer‚ and the position the company was offering her was perfect. “ It’s just what I’ve always wanted‚” she told her husband‚ Tom‚ as they uncorked a bottle of champagne. But as she and Tom talked‚ he raised a few questions that began to trouble her. “What about the big project
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I reflect on the HBR article “The Best of Intentions” by John Humphrey‚ is a case involving racial and gender discrimination. Cynthia Mitchell is the manager for Agfunds financial services. Peter the regional vice president assigned Cynthia to make changes within the company that will bring in more customers. Cynthia respects her boss‚ but is in disbelief when Peter suggests that she don’t hire a highly qualified African American male (Steve) as the spokesman for Arkansas district manager. Peter
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