On December 27 ‚ 2001 Martha Stewart‚ America’s beloved housewife‚ sold her shares of ImClone after she received specific inside information regarding the status of the companies business. A series of events led to an investigation‚ interviews‚ indictments‚ a trial & sentencing of Martha Stewart to 5 months in a minimum security prison camp and then 5 months of home confinement. Merril Lynch tipped off the Securities & Exchange commission to report the possibility of insider trading on
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that can cause lawful consequences. For example‚ in December of 2001‚ Martha Stewart sold over 3‚000 shares of Imclone System Stocks to save her $45‚000 on her ImClone stocks. She was convicted of conspiracy‚ false statement‚ and prejury changes. For this crime she was only sentenced to 10 months imprisonment‚ had to pay fines and penalties that exceeded $250‚000‚ and was no longer allowed to be President of Martha Stewart Living Omni-media. No lets take a look at the penalties for committing
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the FDA. She had her broker sell her 4‚000 shares valuing $230‚ before the news hit and later found guilty of insider trading. According to the Daniel Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of New Mexico‚ the charges of securities fraud against Stewart were dropped but she served five months in prison and five months on house arrest for four counts of obstruction of justice and lying to investigators (Brunet‚
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Abstract Insider trading mostly occurs by individuals close to the upper level management of an organization. This type of unethical behavior undermines the stability of the organization. In the ImClone scandal where Martha Stewart was indicted for her involement‚ the stability of her company suffered and the companies and people associated with Ms. Stewart suffered as a result of her decision. In this essay I will examine the parties that were privileged to knowing ImClone’s stock was going to
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article There are a few factors that can lead to unethical practices and behaviors in accounting such factors are financial pressure‚ opportunity‚ and rationalization. With proper checks and balances and accounting procedures a company can minimize the risk of unethical practices and behaviors. Unfortunately‚ there is no sure way to completely avoid unethical practices and behaviors. The most important element of unethical practices and behavior is opportunity
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The Price of Unethical Behavior The Price of Unethical Behavior Tyco International as a whole was no different any other company in that it contained a chief executive officer (CEO) that wanted to achieve success. But at some point that success turned into greed. Dennis Kozlowski began working for Tyco in 1975 and was named the CEO in 1992. Kozlowski had a reputation for being aggressive in his field and during his tenure at Tyco was named one of the “Top 25 Managers of the Year” and became
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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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Effects of Unethical Behavior Article David Haynes ACC/291 October 8‚ 2012 Celeste Garrett Effects of Unethical Behavior Article There are several situations that can unethical behaviors and practices. In 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was made law to stop unethical situations that where taken place in many companies‚ big or small when a company practice unethical practices‚ there can be lots of damage to the company. In many instances law has at best led
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Lisa Talley ACC\291 June 10‚ 2013 Eric Oechsner The Securities and Exchange Commission was created in 1934 to police the U.S. financial markets. Today‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission continues to create legislation tightening reporting standards and providing more transparency. Unfortunately‚ increasing standards often comes after a failure of the system. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is a primary example of legislation following
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