The ‘Parable of the Sadhu’ discussed how a group hiking up the Himalayan Mountains encountered an ethical dilemma and how their decisions are similar to corporate ethics. This article presents a complex situation in which immediate action was necessary. In briefly‚ a group of multi-national individuals embarked on a trip of a life-time up the mountain. Along their journey up‚ Sadhu‚ an Indian holy man‚ was discovered naked and barely alive by the group of multicultural mountaineers. Each ethnic group
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1. Export capital for production abroad Exporting capital is the removal of capital from the country in which it is originally held and it’s transfer for investment in an importing country willing to meet the demands of the company. (encyclopedia2.freedicitionary.com). At the basic definition of this practice‚ I take a libertarian way of thinking on this. If this is what a company needs to do to be profitable‚ government should not have the ability to interfere with this system. However‚ this
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governance and business ethics have gained a great amount of public interest due to its implication in the economic health of organisation. Such cases as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Oracle just to name a few in recent years have made world headlines outlining the governance of unethical behaviour comprising of corporate fraud‚ dubious accounting‚ and abuse of power that shocked the world and rattled the realm of business ethics. As a result‚ the role of ethics in the pursuit of business has come to the
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Introduction The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009: Understanding Its Causes‚Consequences--and PossibleCures This environment of easy credit and the upward spiral of home prices made investments in higher yielding subprime mortgages look like a new rush for gold. The Fed continued slashing interest rates‚ emboldened‚ perhaps‚ by continued low inflation despite lower interest rates. In June 2003‚ the Fed lowered interest rates to 1%‚ the lowest rate in 45 years. The whole financial market started resembling
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Chapter 3: What‚ in your view‚ makes a company “good” or “bad”‚ particularly if you start with the idea that ethics is an important part of your evaluation? Why? According to the Webster’s dictionary‚ good is defined as a favorable character or tendency. Every company has the option of being good or bad. One wrong move can turn a good company bad and one right move can turn a bad company good. Companies that use cheap labor versus companies that use high paid‚ highly educated labor are not bad
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The Importance of Financial Accounting Introduction According to Weygandt‚ Kieso and Kimmel (2012)‚ financial accounting is identifying‚ recording and communicating the economic events of an organization to‚ mainly‚ external users. Through financial accounting‚ some financial reports will be generated. Four financial statements are frequently used to report and analyze the financial status of companies and they are Income statement‚ Retained Earning Statement‚ Statement of Financial Position
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the economic crisis of 2007/2008. Certain incentive systems led the delivery of deceptive information rising conflicts of interests. There were excessive risks involved as well as fraudulent behavior that initiated the crisis. Moreover as the crisis suggested‚ there was lack of understanding the economics of securitization. Also‚ the risks were not significantly understood or considered‚ and the probable events could not be predicted (Stiglitz‚ n.d.‚ p.1). As a result of the crisis starting in 2007
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The Inside Man The film depicts a gang of robbers broke into a bank and seized customers as hostages‚ and threatened the police. "I have planned a perfect bank robbery"‚ the head of the gang said‚ this is a battle of wits‚ not a battle of force . Sure enough‚ the police have not used the "SWAT"‚ "lone hero" insist forcing‚ but got a hostage negotiation experts attempt to rely on rhetoric subdued. However‚ this did not work. Looks like the robbers who rob the bank when they faced the enormous
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Outcomes: The Institute of Business Ethics defines business ethics as ‘the application of ethical values to business behaviour.’ As Aristotle recognised‚ ethics is not an ethereal abstraction but is a practical aid to business problem solving. This module takes ideas from a range of disciplines (including some of the greatest thinkers of all time) to help understand‚ analyse and resolve ethical dilemmas in management. There has been a growing interest in the ethics of business and what is generally referred
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the Financial Crisis and the Behavioral Finance 1. Introduction The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) that was first proposed by Fama (1965‚ 1970) is the cornerstone of the modern financial economic theory. The EMH argues that the market is efficient and asset price reflects all the relevant information concerned about its return. The genius insight provided by the EMH has changed the way we look at the financial crisis thoroughly. However‚ the confidence in the EMH is eroded by the recent financial
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