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Building ethical leadership through accountability and transparency in organizations

The foundation of any successful enterprise over the long-term is the ability to continually sustain and grow trust in the vision, mission, objectives and strategies of its leaders.

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Internet adoption challenges for small furniture retailers implementing B2C strategies

The internet has impacted nearly every form of daily life. This includes everything from the way that people interact with each other socially (through social networking), to how they purchase various goods and services.

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Measuring firm performance through financial statements and metrics

The overall performance of a firm must be measured against the firm's objectives. One objective is certain -- the firm exists to maximize shareholder wealth. The other objectives should be defined by management. These will vary depending on the firm.

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Moral development and ethical decision-making among Taiwanese CPAs

As a result of such public accounting scandals involving the world's largest public accounting firm, Arthur Anderson, and its unethical mishandling of such corporate accounts as Enron, WorldCom, Merck and Xerox, the public has a low level of confidence in the ethical makeup of Certified Public…

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The Walmart antitrust case against Visa and MasterCard

What unethical research behavior was involved? The antitrust case brought by Wal-Mart and other retailers against Visa and MasterCard in the U.S.

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Ethical analysis of ABC/DVD Manufacturing's plant closure decision

Situation Analysis -- ABC/DVD Manufacturing, Inc. must decide whether to close its plant in Anytown, MA. The plant closure would result in the lay-off of 50 employees. Management has asked for a brief outlining the ethical issues surrounding plant closures, and the questions apparent on profit vs.

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Going green and improving profitability at Jazz Event Productions

As happened with many service businesses during a recession, Jazz Event Productions experienced a drop in revenues in 2010. For a company that has grown steadily throughout its 15-year history, it was an unwelcome first.

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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.

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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.

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Ethical marketing recovery strategies for BP and Toyota after crises

BP and Toyota have been in the news due to serious failures, which created significant safety risk and ultimately resulted in deaths as well as significant environmental damage in the case of BP with the exposition on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. In both cases there were internal failures.

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