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Ethical violations and exploitation in Walmart's business practices

Wal-Mart is one of the nation's largest and most profitable retail business organizations, largely as a result of its ability to provide consumer goods at such a low price that they can not be matched by competitors.

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681 words

The relationship between ethical behavior and business performance

The article has a rather broad set of stakeholders. The first of these is the general business community -- this includes all managers and decision-makers within business.

~4 min read

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5,924 words

Corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability in global business

Abstract/Introduction -- No one can argue that the international business community is becoming more and more complex as a result of globalism.

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Case Study Undergraduate 2,009 words

Accounting Ethics and Corporate Misconduct: CBA Corp Case Study

Analyzes accounting ethics failures at CBA Corp, examining employee behavior, examiner conduct, and safeguards to prevent fraud and restore stakeholder trust.

Accounting

~11 min read

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1,394 words

Military ethics and confidentiality in the global context

As globalism becomes more of a reality, and as various developing countries increase the amount of interaction they do with developed countries, many cultural issues arise.

~7 min read

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841 words

Ethical tensions in for-profit social enterprise business models

Conventional business wisdom suggests that the sole responsibility of a for-profit firm is to make a profit.

~5 min read

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1,390 words

Virtue ethics and confidentiality in nursing practice

The virtuous nurse must have beliefs that can be shared and learned by those around the nurse, and there are six dimensions to Audi's approach: a) in the field of work, virtue ethics emphasizes "how one reaches it"; b) the target for virtue ethics in nursing is the "well-being" of others; c) the…

~7 min read

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Normative ethical theories and honesty in modern business

Three normative ethical theories were developed in Western capitalist societies in guiding the ethical conduct of business (Fort, 2014). The stockholder theory considers the maximizing of profits as the sole objective of business and above all considerations.

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Case Study Undergraduate 1,724 words

Abercrombie & Fitch: Ethics, Discrimination, and Diversity Failure

Case study analyzing Abercrombie & Fitch's racial, gender, and age discrimination lawsuits, ethical failures, and the importance of diversity training in corporate culture.

Ethics

~9 min read

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Case Study Undergraduate 3,463 words

KPMG SA Scandal: Ethics Violations in Public Accounting

Analyzes the KPMG South Africa–Gupta scandal: money laundering, auditor independence failures, reputational damage, and lessons for public accounting ethics.

Accounting

~18 min read

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