If the enhanced stakeholder perspective is truly the best for corporate social responsibility, this has significant implications not only for management but also for corporate governance. While Nohria (no date) argues that corporate governance is a Continue Reading...
Unethical 'Best Practices' Corporate Governance Case Study: Enron Enron, the seventh-largest American corporation, collapsed in December 2001 in what most people refer to as the 'New Economy's first major failure'. Following its collapse, Congressi Continue Reading...
Environmental Issues, Business Ethics Background history on business ethics The term "business ethics" has contexts in different ways making the history of business ethics vary according to how one perceives the subject. The history is likely to va Continue Reading...
Accepting Client Assignments Outstanding client service begins with a full understanding of the client organization, its business needs and the position to be filled. An AESC member should: Accept only those assignments that a member is qualified Continue Reading...
What are the essential details of the event, and what do you see as the causes of the crisis and/or negative impact to society? Essential Details The scandal chosen is the Volkswagen emission scandal. The essential details of the scandal encompass t Continue Reading...
Starbucks' Strategy Key elements of success in Starbucks' organizational culture Today Starbucks Corporation has become a leading retailer, coffee brand and roaster all over the world. It has more than 12,000 licensed and company-operated locations Continue Reading...
Strategic Audit a Corporation1 I. Current Situation A. Current Performance How corporation perform past year terms return investment, market share profitability? B. Nestle's performance Audit Report Performance of Nestle in the year 2011 Market p Continue Reading...
One critical area is with respect to board oversight. The Act mandated that the boards contain enough external members in order to function with relative independence from management. Board members must be sufficiently competent to detect fraud. Thi Continue Reading...
Grasso last year, contending that the $139.5 million payout that Mr. Grasso received in the summer of 2003 was exorbitant and in violation of New York's not-for-profit law, which states that executives at not-for-profit organizations, like the excha Continue Reading...
He defined the ideals that people share about how people ought to behave a "categorical imperative" - a transcendent concept of "rightness of action." No one would want to be taken advantage of the way Countrywide did, and under no circumstances did Continue Reading...
Like most litigations on such complicated issues the company had little to do but show reasonable accommodation, adopt better surface practices and wait out a lengthy period before their liability was reduced substantially by the courts. Ethical an Continue Reading...
(Southwest Airlines Corporation) The employees are always put first at Southwest Airlines, and according to the CEO Herb Kelleher, who was responsible for founding the company Southwest Airlines, the philosophy that employees come first is deeply e Continue Reading...
P&G also is leading the industry in patents specifically designed to increase the biodegradable nature of their products, more efficient production processes that generate less waste, and the continual improvement of sustainable business practic Continue Reading...
IT Fraud Evaluate the factors that add to corporate fraud The business fraud can be credited to conditions emerging from deceptive monetary reporting and misappropriation of possessions. These conditions are 3 and all 3 features of the fraud triang Continue Reading...
MF Global Discuss the key difference between conducting a financial audit and a fraud audit, and the related level of responsibility of the auditing firm. Financial audits are typically carried out by certified public accountants or outside agencie Continue Reading...
Toyota) Strategic Implementation The implementation of a strategy is one of the most important parts of the strategic management process. Most of the strategies tend to fail because of the poor implementation. In this case, we will be looking at t Continue Reading...
Management Philosophy Management's principal characteristic is the directing and leading towards the achievement of predetermined objectives. An organization runs and works based on defined specific objectives, and the role of management to direct e Continue Reading...
American Red Cross (ARC) The impact of this event on ARC's "benefits of business ethics" Hurricane Katrina and the September 11 disasters had an adverse effect on the benefits of business ethics of ARC. The absence of commitment and unsuitable cond Continue Reading...
PepsiCo In this text, I select PepsiCo as my company of choice for the analysis. Amongst other things, I will determine the impact PepsiCo's primary stakeholders, vision, and mission have on the company's overall success. I will also carry out an an Continue Reading...
Royal Philips Electronics and with reference to each of the proposed five chapters in the final essay. It is important to note that the essay is basically based on a critical analysis of the accounting and finance function of Philips Company and hen Continue Reading...
Voluntary Disclosure Concept of voluntary Disclosure The law requires all companies to disclose their financial information, together with additional information either in annual, half-yearly and quarterly financial reports. In this case, the descr Continue Reading...
company code of ethics for Boeing. In this document I will explore Boeing's code and attempt to reveal important items relevant to understanding how a functional code of ethics may be applied to a large organization. I will first describe a general Continue Reading...
Featuring an Analysis of a Corporation Starbucks Company Analysis In the year 1971, Starbucks opened its first store in Seattle's Pike Place Market. At the time, it engaged in selling ground beans over a small counter. In addition, the location wa Continue Reading...
The forensic accounting done on Koss reveals the importance for a business's auditing firm's responsibilities. It also shows that an auditing firm is liable to face legal charges for failing to find a fraud in their accounting activities in a busine Continue Reading...
Code of Ethics Over a period of time organizations around the world have realized the need to emphasis on making ethics as an integral part of their overall business strategy. While organizational activities in a corporate sector are carried out pri Continue Reading...
6. Company members falsifying, altering, destroying or otherwise tempering with organizational documents risk punishments between fines up to 20 years imprisonment 7. Organizational staff members notifying their superiors or the legal authoritie Continue Reading...
Although the company relies on information technology it is not at the forefront so can adapt more slowly. There are limited political-legal and societal implications. The most important force -- economic -- does vary but the North American market i Continue Reading...
Leadership Principal theories of leadership and motivation Leadership might be described as: the affect that specific people (leaders) apply on the target accomplishment of other individuals (employees) within an organizational framework. An early Continue Reading...
Instead of doubting or suspecting employees of intentionally messing up, they tried to be considerate, understanding providing their best advices to solve problems. The workflow and organizational structure At InfoTech, the organization structure Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Responsibility Programs Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs are effective forms of management that directly and indirectly impact the "social, environmental and economic environment in which" the corporation functions (C Continue Reading...
Decisions Influenced by Bias Volkswagen produced vehicles that were equipped with emissions controls that were designed to shut off once the cars had passed regulatory tests. As s result, not only did the cars pollute more in real life than in those Continue Reading...
environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and financial performance of companies Investors are increasingly recognizing the fact that ESG (environmental, social, corporate governance) elements can substantially affect companies' securi Continue Reading...
SOX provides explicit legislative directives for SEC regulation, altering this authority division, of what was once perceived as the states' exclusive jurisdiction. Rule 404 of the SEC The following Executive Summary reflects the Rule 404 of the S Continue Reading...
Contemporary agency theory dictates that managers only act in the interest of maximizing shareholder (owner) wealth (Roberts, 2004). This standard can be reasonably viewed as the minimum ethical standard that the president of a company should have. Continue Reading...
Managing All Stakeholders in the Context of a Merger Process Review of the Relevant Literature Types of Mergers Identifying All Stakeholders in a Given Business Strategic Market Factors Driving Merger Activity Selection Process for Merger Candi Continue Reading...
Employment Discrimination at Wal-Mart Foundation of the Study This study examines the legislative and judicial climate that enables corporations like Wal-Mart to engage in practices that violate workers' rights. The popular consensus is that Wal-Ma Continue Reading...
Enron was at one time considered to be a highly successful energy firm based out of Houston, Texas. The company was initially formed from a merger of two prominent gas pipeline companies in 1985, and the company's scope then broadened to include the Continue Reading...
The need for continually creating and updating the security techniques and technologies involved in an enterprise system is the ethical responsibility of the IT professional. In order to successfully protect the information and intellectual propert Continue Reading...
