Unethical practices and behavior in accounting may often go unchecked because the actions may be the result of upper management and even senior executives. Employees fearing negative reactions from management or their peer group may remain silence if they are aware of a person doing unethical things‚ causing the employee to turn a blind eye. Falsifying or altering business documents such as sales receipts‚ or tampering with accounting reports is unethical practices for a company to engage in.
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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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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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Solongo Otgonbayar Professor Myra Bates Article Review 2 October 17‚ 2014 Samsung’s Unethical Behavior The article that I chose to review was titled‚ “Samsung ’s Unethical Behavior More Diversified Than Its Smartphone Lineup.” The article focused on the unethical practices that are currently practiced by South Korea electronic giant Samsung. Samsung has been accused of refusing to release information in regards to worker health. There have been documented cases of leukemia and non-Hodgkin ’s
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They are only out for their own agenda and do not care about the unethical practices they are doing to make a profit. General Nutrition Center has a reputation for misleading the general public. In 2004‚ Abbey Spanier Rodd Abrams‚ LLP files a class action lawsuit on behalf of consumers against General Nutrition Center for violating
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Abortion “Ethical or Unethical” In my paper I will argue on why I feel that abortions are unethical and why they should not be allowed. As you are reading this paper I really hope that I don’t start to contradict myself. Let me begin by saying there are several different reasons why abortions should be prohibited. The first reason why I feel that abortions should be prohibited is because of religious laws. The bible says that “thou shall not kill”. By aborting babies we are disobeying god and
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responsible to what a society has defined and regulated to be ethical or unethical behavior. Sexual harassment is one of the unethical conducts that a lecturer can conduct at a university. Sexual harassment is defined as any kind of sexual behavior that is welcome and/or inappropriate for the work place” (Cornell). This paper discusses the unethical behavior of a lecturer to students focusing on sexual harassment as unethical conduct at a university and how the principles and the ethical theories
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Effects of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Prior to 2002 there were no regulations enforcing lawful ethical accounting practices. There were also no internal accounting controls which led to the large corporations to commit fraud by altering the books to make them look more profitable. By providing false information and significant omissions in there financial statements investors were enticed into forking up large amounts of money into these corporations. The effect of these actions will
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psychological and ethical egoism and views‚ align with his demonstrated behaviors and tactics. In other words‚ Kozlowski and Swartz did what they wanted to do with no regard to those their behaviors would impact; as stated in the Ethics Theory and Practice‚ “People always do what they want to do” (Thiroux and Krasemann‚ 2009).
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UNETHICAL ISSUES STIRRED UP BY ALCOHOL COMPANIES The most severe and significant unethical act by Carlsberg is its marketing strategy. Over here‚ we will analyse and interpret a string of unethical marketing activities by Carlsberg. By definition‚ alcohol advertising is one-sided and presents alcohol consumption as a safe and problem-free practice‚ de-emphasizing the potential health risks and negative consequences. • Targeting the young drinkers In 2006‚ Carlsberg spent about US$2
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