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Executive leadership and ethical behavior in financial accounting

The question is missing a clause. "…is more conducive to ethical behavior" than what? The word "more" invites comparison but there is nothing to compare the current environment to. Well, the current environment is not much different than any past environment.

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Do the Ends Justify the Means? An Ethical Analysis

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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Three Ethical Frameworks in Public Safety Explained

Explore deontological, teleological, and virtue ethics—their premises, key philosophers, criticisms, and real-world applications in public safety fields.

Ethics

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Acting Out of Duty Can Be Wrong: A Kantian Analysis

Explores how acting from a sense of duty can still cause harm, using Kantian moral philosophy and the Good Samaritan example to examine motive versus consequence.

Philosophy

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Ethical analysis of Ford's Pinto safety decision and corporate responsibility

In 1971, the Ford Motor Company was making a new car, called the Pinto, which was supposed to offer low-cost transportation to the American public. Creating a vehicle that could be sold at the cheapest possible price was of primary importance to the vehicle's manufacturer.

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Ethical dilemmas in wireless internet access and installation practices

Selling broadband Internet access that includes wireless access is an area of services marketing that is troubling.

~7 min read

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United Airlines pension plan termination and good faith negotiation

The case of United Airlines and their pension plan illustrates many key components of business ethics. The integrity of a contract, involvement of stakeholders and the measurement of outcomes are all features of this deal.

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Ethical dilemmas in mentoring: Sheena's case study analysis

Effective mentoring and coaching are strengthened through nine major principles. The nine principles inform and guide the mentoring and coaching practice. Ethical practice is one of the nine principles of effective mentoring and coaching, and it enhances and safeguards mentoring and coaching.

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Arthur Andersen's ethical failures and the Enron scandal

Arthur Anderson was once a major accounting firm. The failure of the firm in 2002 may be attributed to bad ethical decisions which ultimately came to a head with the Enron scandal,.

~5 min read

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Abercrombie & Fitch's 2003 discrimination lawsuit and ethical failures

Clothing giant A&F has a not-so-good reputation in the arena of business ethics, and has been sued several times for size discrimination, sexism, and racism. In 2003, the company was taken to court by employees who felt that it had a systematic discrimination policy in place.

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