Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance Robert J. Thompson ETH/376 July 8‚ 2013 Tammie Holland Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance Case 3-3 at the end of Chapter Three of Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting provides an example of how legal and ethical issues affect corporate governance. Examining the legality‚ Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ and ethicality of the activities of this case will ensure the activities of United Thermostatic Controls are equitable
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Despite operating in one of the most unattractive industries‚ Southwest Airlines has being very successful in its operations. Its operational success can be attributed to the use of a single aircraft type by the airlines targeted at minimizing the maintenance as well as the operational costs (Jackson et al.‚ 2011). The airline also targets the smaller as well as the less congested airports to minimize delays as well as schedule disruptions. The aircrafts are easily turned around easily minimizing
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In Wilson v. Southwest Airlines Company case‚ a male sued the airline after he was not hired as a flight attendant‚ because he was male. Southwest argued that allowing only females to be flight attendants was a BFOQ. The airline claimed that maintenance of its female-only hiring policy is crucial to be financially successful. Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) is legalized discrimination‚ and available only on rare occasions‚ when the employer is able to prove that the ground for choosing
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Week 8 Capital Budgeting and Cash Flows Read Moles et al Chapter 11‚ Damodaran Chapter 6 Review case study in Damodaran Chapter 5&6 http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/ACF3E/appldCF3E.htm Questions – please submit your finished document on Turnitin by 4 pm Wed.‚ Dec. 18. Include all basic calculations in your word document‚ but feel free to email me an excel file: e.bace@mdx.ac.uk. Try not to exceed 5-6 pages in your word document. 1. Explain why incremental after-tax
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Phillips (2007) “Corporate governance is an encompassing policy‚ processes and people‚ which serves the needs of shareholders and other stake holders by directing and controlling management activities with good business savvy‚ objectivity and integrity”. The author stated that sound corporate governance is dependent on external market place commitment and legislation plus a healthy board culture that safeguards policies and processes. Magdi and Nadereh (2002) stress that corporate governance is about ensuring
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OECD Principles of Corporate Governance Since they were issued in 1999‚ the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance have gained worldwide recognition as an international benchmark for good corporate governance. They are actively used by governments‚ regulators‚ investors‚ corporations and stakeholders in both OECD and non-OECD countries and have been adopted by the Financial Stability Forum as one of the Twelve Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems. The Principles are intended to assist in the
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ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET (to be completed by the student) AIB student ID number: A001426633 Student name: Mellisa Layne Course name: MBA Generic Subject name: Corporate Governance Subject facilitator: Kamla Rampersad de Silva Teaching Centre: Nations University No. of pages: 15 Word count: 2504 DECLARATION I‚ the above named student‚ confirm that by submitting‚ or causing the attached assignment to be submitted‚ to AIB‚ I have not plagiarised any other person’s work in this assignment
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Center for International Private Enterprise ECONOMICREFORM Feature Service® January 12‚ 2006 Business Ethics: The Essential Component of Corporate Governance John D. Sullivan‚ Ph.D. Executive Director‚ CIPE Aleksandr Shkolnikov‚ Program Officer‚ Global‚ CIPE Given financial scandals and the resulting new mandates on business‚ firms find themselves pressed to develop strong codes of ethics to guide the behavior of board members‚ managers‚ and employees. Although the concern with ethics has always
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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BUSINESS ETHICS Distinguishing: • Ethics • Ethics in Business • Business Ethics • Governance • Corporate Governance • Good Corporate Governance In brief: • Ethics: code of conduct for personal behaviour. • Ethics in Business: Applying personal ethics into business. • Business Ethics: Ethics of business‚ what is good & bad‚ right or wrong for business. • Governance: Methods and practices
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