Running Head: UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES Unethical Business Practices in Corporation The Business Enterprise – BUS508 Professor Karmetria Burton Strayer University Lisa Brooks May 9‚ 2009 Abstract Many companies demonstrated questionable business ethics. It is my belief that businesses are so consumed with being competitive between their buyers and sellers until they lose site honesty and integrity. I have presented three various types of businesses which all exemplified
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new ones have arose. Currently‚ sitting in 2015‚ the United States is again being subjected to another social issue; that is police brutality and the use of body cameras as a means of holding all parties involved accountable for their actions. It is simply irresponsible not to implement this new means of technology and I believe that it’s use is a key factor in solving the social issue of police brutality‚ and the untrust and stigmas that stem from this abuse of power. Names like Trayvon Martin‚ Michael Brown
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The Boston Police Strike In 1919‚ there was a general agreement that the Boston policemen had a great deal to complain about. They disliked their hours‚ working conditions and most importantly‚ their salary. After getting a raise in 1913‚ the policemen had asked for another raise in 1917 to compensate for the high wartime inflation. By the time the officers had finally received that raise‚ the buying power of that extra money had gone down so low that the policemen were still having problems making
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criminal and noncriminal events” (Boivin &ump; Cordeau‚ 2011). Every police officer has a great deal of discretion concerning when to use their authority‚ power‚ persuasion‚ or force. Depending on how an officer sees their duty to society will determine an officer’s discretion. Discretion leads to selective enforcement practices and may result in discrimination against certain groups of people or select individuals (Young‚ 2011). Most police officer discretion is exercised in situational situations with
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Abstract It would be convenient to start this research paper by stating that corruption is a challenge mainly for businesses in developing countries and that it is unrelated to the current affliction of the economy in the United States. It would also be convenient to claim corruption has declined in America as a result of awareness raising campaigns and the numerous anti-corruption laws. But none of those aforementioned statements would be true. Corruption is not the exception‚ but rather the rule
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day and age‚ where we have so many police shootings it’s no wonder all of the police departments around the country are looking at better ways to govern themselves. Just like in the military the police are using what is called a Hierarchy command “also known as top down authority” (Stevens‚ 2009).In a hierarchy command structure‚ information is distributed from the top down to the lowest personal. The police Hierarchy is structured starting with the Chief of Police‚ assistant chief‚ Major‚ Captain
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buy a used car is during the police car auctions. Police car auctions are done throughout the United States. Police departments in big cities seize many vehicles‚ and therefore police car auctions are done on a regular basis to avoid huge pile ups. In smaller cities the auctions are not done regularly due to smaller numbers of seized vehicles. Before these police car auctions take place they are normally published online with a site that collaborates with the police department of that particular
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Since police body cameras have been introduced‚ 75% less accidents have occurred with officers that wore a camera in a California police trail (Koh). Throughout the years‚ police brutality has been a big topic that has taken over the news. Whether or not police should wear body cameras is a question that has many sides and has taken the public into an argument that people don’t know which side to believe. Even though some argue that policemen having cameras invades privacy‚ cameras should be used
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Information security‚ sometimes shortened to InfoSec‚ is the practice of defending information from unauthorized access‚ use‚ disclosure‚ disruption‚ modification‚ perusal‚ inspection‚ recording or destruction. It is a general term that can be used regardless of the form the data may take (electronic‚ physical‚ etc...)[1] Two major aspects of information security are: IT security: Sometimes referred to as computer security‚ Information Technology Security is information security applied to
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Unethical Practices and Behavior in Accounting The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was created to prevent fraudulent financial activities‚ and to provide investors with more accurate financial resources on corporations. Under SOX‚ companies are held accountable if they fail to maintain the requirements that were set forth in the act. The act requires companies to maintain satisfactory internal control measures‚ provide responsible financial reports‚ disclose periodic reports‚ and establish rules
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