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Enron's rise and fall: ethics and accounting in corporate fraud

During the merger Enron subsequently incurred a large amount of debt in addition to losing exclusive rights to the use of the pipeline due to deregulation of natural gas pipelines. It was vital at this time for the company to embark on a new business strategy if they were to stay in business.

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Corporate social responsibility in response to corporate scandals

In each society, corporations and companies have to answer to two aspects of operations; the quality of their management, this being in terms of people and processes and the nature of and quantity of their impact on society in the various areas.

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Company Q's economic model of corporate social responsibility

Many believe that business entities should have an ethical duty to be socially responsible, to work towards increasing its positive effects on society while decreasing its negative effects. Many organizations look for opportunities to be socially responsible while creating shareholder wealth.

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Ben and Jerry's corporate ethics and employee treatment practices

Ben and Jerry's Incorporated has become a famous name in the world of ice cream throughout the world. The company is well-known for its innovative array of ice cream flavors and for the unique way in which the company conducts business.

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Addressing unethical practices through improved departmental communication and controls

This memorandum is in response to recent inquires made concerning the suspected continuance of unethical practices within the company. As you are undoubtedly aware, unethical behavior can be extremely detrimental to a company's future.

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Three ethical principles for modern business management

The modern business world demands that managers and companies must be ethically principled. In this case, ethics alludes to moral principles coupled by the behavior of a just live or business. In business, moral principles stem from logic.

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Zero-tolerance policy enforcement and employee termination decisions

Linda's business problem is whether she should write a memo that would explain two employees' violation of a zero-tolerance policy and ask that they be allowed to keep their jobs, despite violating that policy. Should Linda discuss the issues with Mr. Hill, her direct supervisor?

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Empirical research characteristics in supervisor ethics and manager integrity studies

Kottke, J., & Pelletier, K. (2013). Measuring and differentiating perceptions of supervisor and top leader ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 113(3), 415-428. doi:10.1007/s10551-012-1312-8

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The impact of socially responsible funds on Russian companies

In 1989, the Cold War came to an end with the fall of the Soviet Union. The dominant power in its hemisphere was reduced considerably in its economic sway, with the bulk of its extra-territorial holdings being disseminated into the world's population as independent, democratic nation-states.

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The Caux Round Table principles and human rights violations in Zimbabwe

The "Caux Round Table Principles for Business," which was adopted by a series of U.S., European and Japanese leaders in 1994, clearly put on papers several of the businesses' and economic agents' responsibilities in third countries where they might be operating.

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