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    Enron The affect of the unethical behavior of the profitability of Enron was that the third party “outside” independent auditors was not able to backup and have accounting financial statements‚ some of those auditors and financial institutions may have been misled by the corporation’s net income. If I was an accountant for this company I would have followed regulated federal security laws‚ and if failed to provide prove of documents or financial statements‚ I would admit to my mistakes but also

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    Ethical versus Unethical Behavior Carlos Mercado University of Phoenix MGT 344 November 17‚ 2007 Ethical versus Unethical Behavior Companies establish ethics policies as a way to identify expectations of workers and to offer guidance on handling common ethical problems that might arise in the course of doing business. For an organization to determine whether a behavior is ethical or unethical‚ the terms must be defined. The term ethical behavior refers to how an organization

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    information to discover which products and services are important to the public‚ worker morale and behaviors‚ as well as what they can do to set themselves apart from the competition. However‚ wrong methods and/or unethical research conduct can obscure results and lead to the damage of a companies’ process‚ financial statue and image. An example of unethical business research can be found in the 2004 discrimination lawsuit against the restaurant Cracker Barrel. A number of bad

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    Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis ACC291 Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Ethics has long been a word that has several different meanings to different people. With most it means what “should” be done in various situations. It does not necessarily mean that it is illegal not to do what it considered ethical. Throughout history people have tried to justify the things they have done to make it seem as they had the best interest of those around them at heart. Unethical behavior

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    Tiffany Pace Timothy McAlister MSD 113 – Business Ethics Research Paper 3/11/10 Unethical Issues in the Banking Industry Ethical issues in banking are currently receiving a great deal of attention‚ and those who manage these organizations seem to be under constant public scrutiny. This paper presents and discusses the certain ethical issues and concerns with banking managers. Suggestions for enhancing the degree of ethicalness in organizational practices and decision behaviors’ have also

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    Unethical Business Practice Most people would agree that the objective of most businesses is to make money in an honorable manner‚ and to conduct business in an ethical way. Well‚ not all businesses operate in an honorable and ethical manner. According to Lovelenna Rajeev‚ author of Ethical and Unethical Business Practice‚ “Business ethics are moral values and principles‚ that determine our conduct in the business world. It refers to the commercial activities‚ either with other business houses

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    Matthias Rath (Final Project) A) What line of business is your company The company I was asked to research is Matthias Rath. Dr. Rath is from Germany and is an international scientist‚ physician and health advocate. His scientific discoveries in the area of heart disease‚ cancer and others are reshaping medicine. Dr. Rath believes that vitamins can cure aids‚ cancer and other diseases. He founded Dr. Rath Foundation‚ which is use to support research and education for natural health and

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    Identify situations that might lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting. The unethical practices and behavior in accounting would be misleading financial analysis for personal gain‚ misuse of funds‚ overstating revenue‚ and understating expenses‚ overstating the value of corporate assets or underreporting the existence of liabilities‚ sometimes with the cooperation of officials in other corporations or affiliates. Other unethical practices would be insider trading‚ securities

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    Introduction In article seven‚ ‘How to Make Unethical Decisions‚’ I read about how people choose to solve problems and make decisions. The highlighted problem associated‚ is that many people hastily make decisions without putting too much thought into them. Sometimes the use of ethical judgment can be put on the backburner and determining appropriate actions is heavily affected. It is important to analyze and understand commonly used unethical decision making practices‚ as well as look at appropriate

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    Matthias Ruth Alternative treatments for HIV/AIDS Matthias Ruth is a doctor turned vitamin entrepreneur. He runs the Dr. Ruth Health Foundation and founded the Dr. Ruth Research Institute. He has been called “the most powerful crackpot on the Earth” due to the large amount of funds he has gotten from investors who can see the value of selling “vitamin pills” to cure the most serious of ailments. In the UK‚ his adverts claimed that “90 per cent of patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer die

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