Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Carlyn J. Medley January 23‚ 2012 ACC/291 Kevin Waters Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Before the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 organizations were trusted to do the right thing and be ethical when posting information within their ledgers and journal. Unfortunately‚ some organizations were anything but ethical and moral. This realization became all too real when it was discovered the Enron and Arthur Andersen were participating in immoral and unethical
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Rebecca Shaffer Acc/291 12/10/2012 David Mobile Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis In the Accounting profession there are many situations that lead to the unethical behavior in this profession. Situations such as the misuse of company funds‚ exaggerating the value of a company’s assets‚ insider trading‚ and inflating revenues. When you choose to become an Accountant you take on a great deal of responsibility not only to the corporation
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Beatrice Arnold ACC/291 February 4‚ 2013 James Covert Unethical Practices and Behavior The business environment can be a cause for unethical practices and behavior in accounting. An example of this can be management instructing an employee to record a transaction in an incorrect manner. It can be as simple as a company whose clients sign a contract on December 1‚ 2012 for the year. Then reporting the revenue for the whole year in December instead
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ passed in congress in 2002 is designed to protect investors from the potential of fraudulent corporate accounting activities. This act strictly mandates reform‚ aimed directly to prevent fraud and improve corporate financial disclosures (INVESTOPEDIA‚ 2012). As a result of several confidence shaking investor accounting scandals that occurred during the late 90s which
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Aylin Rodriguez ACC/291 Principle of Accounting II 01/14/2013 Glenn Purcell Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes Oxley Act was passed in 2002 as a result of plenty of corporate scandals. The purpose of this act was not only to defend investors and provide them with accurate and reliable information but also make companies and employees behave ethically and with integrity. After the law was passed the financial statement have
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Unethical Behavior Article Analysis ACC/291 Unethical behavior can occur in any profession and cause damage to many people. Unethical practices and behavior in the accounting world can be very serious and cause a lot of problems for a lot of people. There are many types of things that are done in the workplace that would be considered unethical behavior. This would be things such as: reported false hours of work‚ using work equipment for personal use‚ taking things from work to your home‚
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Unethical Behavior By: Ashly Pappas CJA/473 It’s sad to say that employees in almost every business will encounter unethical behavior. When employees see other employees doing something wrong because of the company’s standards‚ so this makes employees question what is right and wrong. When employees find that other employees are doing something that is wrong‚ that employee needs to consider how they feel about this and who to inform. When employees discover unethical behavior this can lead
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(Rouse‚ 2010) RES/351 February 15‚ 2014 Unethical Behavior In the year 2004 young billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was tried for accusations or unethical behavior regarding the creation of the popular social media site Facebook. While attending Harvard University students Cameron Winklevoss‚ Tyler Winklevoss‚ and Divya Narendra were developing a social media site Harvard Connection now known as ConnectU. In 2003‚ ConnectU hired Zuckerberg to write some code for their website‚ and a few weeks later
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American companies today. The issue of unethical behavior has recently become the focus of media attention in wake of scandals in companies such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco International. (Chen and Tang‚ 2006). The organization is one of the biggest influences on ethics in the work place. Organizations do affect ethical behaviors. One of the main sources that affect behavior in organizations is the commitment of management to ethical practices and behavior. Such commitment can be communicated
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including: 815 crashes and 314 injuries. Toyota had built over 8.5 million defected vehicles (bad accelerators) and sent them out to be sold to customers knowingly these vehicles were dangerous to individuals (Patton‚ J.‚ & Estep‚ B.‚2010).. Unethical behavior includes the Japanese purposely failing to mention the defect in the accelerator system so they could keep up their sales to become the number one selling automobile company in the United Sates. The company was looking to make money and were
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