1,559 words

Bill Gates's transition from corporate to ethical philanthropic leadership

Bill Gates founded Microsoft, but his most significant ethical contributions have come from his charitable work. Mr. Gates" success as a philanthropist comes after Microsoft became a multibillion-dollar company. The success of his company made Mr. Gates the richest person in the world.

~8 min read

View paper →

1,433 words

Ethical leadership and organizational effectiveness at Starbucks

Organizational leadership skills and traits necessary for tackling ethical issues will also be examined.

~8 min read

View paper →

1,206 words

Organizational culture and leadership in Enron's ethical collapse

Gibney\'s 2005 documentary film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room reveals some of the main ethical weaknesses in an unbridled neoliberal capitalist market system.

~7 min read

View paper →

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.

~7 min read

View paper →

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.

~12 min read

View paper →

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

View paper →

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

View paper →

2,498 words

Ethical decision-making and personal values in organizational leadership

A focus on ethical decision making is vitally important for the organizational leader of today and in the future. In accordance with ethical standards, every person in an organization is responsible to those whom his or her actions directly affect.

~13 min read

View paper →

2,097 words

The American Psychological Association's ethical principles and core values

The core values and ethical principles are a fundamental feature of any organization or profession. The purpose of ethical principles and core values is to facilitate the presence of guiding standards that are conducive to promoting honesty and integrity.

~11 min read

View paper →

2,145 words

Legal and illegal insider trading on Wall Street

It is a little known fact that there two types of insider trading -- legal and illegal. Usually, when we think of insider trading, we think of only the illegal, unethical acts of individuals trying to make their millions in a shady, underhanded way. Not necessarily true.

~11 min read

View paper →