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Ethical issues impacting the pharmaceutical industry community

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Because questionable ethics have attracted such attention in the business and mainstream media, it is vital to remain above ethical reproach in one's own transactions.

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Over the last ten years the total number of ethics driven business scandals has risen dramatically. Where, many critics are now claiming that an ethics crisis has unfolded in the corporate world.

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Ethical conduct remains a thorny and highly debatable issue in organizations in diverse sectors and industries. Scandals involving corporations such as Enron and Worldcom have even increased public attention to the issue of business ethics.

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Ethics

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Ethical awareness in accounting after Enron and Arthur Andersen

The need for ethical standards within the corporate accounting field is urgent, and this paper delves into ethical issues. Given the fact that rules can be bent and manipulated, this paper also points to potential ways in which ethics can become as important as rules.

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Ethical behavior in organizations: individual and organizational influences

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An examination of whether desired outcomes can morally justify unethical methods, using trolley problems and ethical theory to argue against consequentialist reasoning.

Ethics

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Acting Out of Duty Can Be Wrong: A Kantian Analysis

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