Topic Summary: Culture is the shared‚ learned‚ and enduring orientation patterns in a society. People demonstrate their culture through ideas‚ values‚ behaviors‚ symbols and attitudes. Culture is the customary beliefs‚ social forms‚ and material traits of a racial‚ religious‚ or social group. It is also the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time. Culture represents one of the four major risks associated with international business. Cross-cultural risk
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Week 1 Essay Questions (80 Points) 1. Why is corporate governance important? a) good corporate governance produces direct economic benefit to the organization b) To avoid scandal c) To imbibe trust in investors d) The perception of good corporate governance is an important ingredient of the image of an organization‚ whether public‚ private‚ or nonprofit. e) A perception of unethical conduct by an organization can be very costly in legal cases Reference:
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Cited: Alleyne‚ B. (2013). The Effectiveness Of Corporate Culture‚ Auditor Education‚ and Legislation In Identifying‚ Preventing‚ and Eliminating Corporate Fraud. International Journal of Business‚ Accounting‚ & Finance‚ 34-62. Beebe‚ G. D. (2012‚ June). Character Formation. Leadership Excellence‚ pp. 20-21. Cohen‚ W. A. (2009‚ Winter). What Drucker taught
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of ethical issues raised in the movie “Enron-the Smartest Guys in the Room” but the four I am going to focus on are listed below. Art Anderson‚ Ken Lay and all of the other executives did a number of unethical things which ultimately brought down Enron and affected thousands of employees and their futures. The bottom line was that each and every one of them acted out of greed for the almighty dollar. 1- Encouraging employees to invest and buy stock in Enron when they knew the truth about the lack
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achieve some specificobjective. So‚ it is not surprise that company management has an interest in how they arereported. The manager of the company needs to understand the effects of the accountingreporting that they reported so they can make the best decision on behalf of the company.In addition‚ earnings management is a strategy used by the management of a companyto deliberately manipulate the company’s earnings so that the figures match a pre-determinedtarget. This practice is carried out for the purpose
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291 Effect of Unethical Behavior in Accounting When describing accounting‚ it can be defined‚ as a type of method used to provide information with regards to the financial position of a company or an organization. The information provided to investors is imperative because it provides the investor with valuable information that can lead to their determination as to whether they should decide to invest or not to invest in a specific organization. Consequently‚ because of unethical practices and
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this paper is consider three possible rationales for why Enron collapsed—that key individuals were flawed‚ that the organization was flawed‚ and that some factors larger than the organization (e.g.‚ a trend toward deregulation) led to Enron’s collapse. In viewing “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” it was clear that all three of these flaws contributed to the demise of Enron‚ but it was the synergy of their combination that truly let Enron to its ultimate path of destruction. As in any organization
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S.W.O.T. Analysis of Enron MBA 503 University of Phoenix 05/10/06 Describe the Situation "Enron is now officially out of the energy business. They are now in a new business: confetti." Jay Leno http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blenronscandal.htm It is a shame that one of the most powerful companies has now gone out of business‚ had reputations destroyed and used millions of tax payers dollars on court costs; all due not having good business ethics. This paper
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Unethical Behavior in Organizations Many organizations spend great amount of resources to implement a set of ethics for employees to follow. However‚ the concept of what is culturally acceptable behavior‚ too often‚ is not aligned with organization’s intended ethics. As result‚ this paper explores the impact of unethical behavior‚ and the effects on the workforce. The intent is to reveal the benefits of business research and how this tool can unravel innovative solutions to dealing with unethical
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Bigger than Enron There were a number of actions in the film "Bigger than Enron" that led to the changes in the Sarbanes-Oxley bill. The companies that were much of the reason for these reforms were Enron‚ Sunbeam‚ and Anderson‚ and companies connected with them. Enron did a number of things that had a part in the reform of the Sarbanes -Oxley bill. Enron would hide or modify information in order to make it look as though there profits were growing year after year. One way they did this was
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