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Ethical analysis of ABC/DVD Manufacturing's plant closure decision

Situation Analysis -- ABC/DVD Manufacturing, Inc. must decide whether to close its plant in Anytown, MA. The plant closure would result in the lay-off of 50 employees. Management has asked for a brief outlining the ethical issues surrounding plant closures, and the questions apparent on profit vs.

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3,222 words

Going green and improving profitability at Jazz Event Productions

As happened with many service businesses during a recession, Jazz Event Productions experienced a drop in revenues in 2010. For a company that has grown steadily throughout its 15-year history, it was an unwelcome first.

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1,209 words

Securities fraud and corporate misconduct in the Enron scandal

When most people think of securities fraud and corporate misconduct, they will often associate Enron to these ideas. This is because it went from being the tenth largest company in America to one the biggest bankruptcies in U.S. history. On surface, everything appeared to be fine.

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2,365 words

CEO compensation inflation and governance failures in American corporations

There has indeed been a great deal of discussion regarding CEO compensation, which is rightly viewed as being completely out of line. The core problem and cause of inflated CEO salaries cannot be attributed to a single reason, but is rather the result of a range of inter-connected factors.

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Ethical marketing recovery strategies for BP and Toyota after crises

BP and Toyota have been in the news due to serious failures, which created significant safety risk and ultimately resulted in deaths as well as significant environmental damage in the case of BP with the exposition on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. In both cases there were internal failures.

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2,573 words

Ethical standards for nonprofit organizations and corporate responsibility

Introduction century ago, corporate social responsibility was an idea whose time had not yet come, and companies were free to treat their employees as badly as they could get away with and cause nearly unregulated environmental damage.

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806 words

Escalating commitment and disruptive innovation in Polaroid's bankruptcy

What Caused Polaroid's Bankruptcy in 2001? In 2001 Polaroid filed for bankruptcy. The circumstances surrounding the bankruptcy indicate several potential reasons, including poor management decision making and escalating commitment.

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1,603 words

The Securities Exchange Commission and Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board

"The Commission" refers to the Securities Exchange Commission, which is the primary governing body for financial markets.

~9 min read

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1,418 words

The disconnect between Enron's stated and underlying corporate values

It has been nearly a generation since the Enron scandal unfolded and yet the reverberations and post-mortems as it relates to the course of events that brought down Enron (not to mention Arthur Andersen) still resonate to this very day.

~8 min read

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752 words

Sustainability consultancy industry analysis using Porter's five forces

Sustainability reporting can be considered to be in its infancy, however the practices are developing quickly because of the need for organizations to understand their relationship to the environment in terms of externalities that are produce in operations, as well as social factors that affect…

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