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Whistleblowing and ethics helplines in the 1Modes of Managing Morality Model Leon J van Vuuren Department of Human Resource Management University of Johannesburg Abstract The Modes of Managing Morality (MMM) model provides a heuristic device to assist business ethics scholars and practitioners to make sense of the differences that exist in the ways in which different organisations manage their ethics. Although it is difficult to demonstrate a clear distinction between ethics advice and whistleblowing
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special thanks goes to Jepson School research assistant Cassie King for her help in preparing this chapter. 302 13-Antonakis.qxd 11/26/03 5:38 PM Page 303 Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness——303 formulate contemporary research questions in new ways. History and philosophy provide perspective on the subject and reveal certain patterns of leadership behavior and themes
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special thanks goes to Jepson School research assistant Cassie King for her help in preparing this chapter. 302 13-Antonakis.qxd 11/26/03 5:38 PM Page 303 Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness——303 formulate contemporary research questions in new ways. History and philosophy provide perspective on the subject and reveal certain patterns of leadership behavior and themes
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depositors, the central bank, and the U.S. Treasury. Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question 2 Marks: 1 If a bank has excess reserves of $10,000 and demand deposit liabilities of $80,000, and if the reserve requirement is 20 percent, then the bank has actual reserves of Choose one answer. a. $16,000. b. $20,000. c. $36,000. d. $26,000. Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question 3 Marks: 1 Because of the adverse selection problem, Choose one answer. a. lenders
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jeopardy. THE CONSULTING INDUSTRY Since the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2000, many articles, in business magazines, had characterized the industry’s decline and even forecasted its demise. With the consulting industry’s role in scandals such as Enron, the glut of MBA
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Midterm Study Guide Fin 5170 Fall 2009 The exam will consist on multiple choices, and problems and may be an essay question. I will ask a maximum of two questions taken from the following material covered in class: Chapter 1 • Describe the concept of agency problems and different ways to ameliorate agency problems in a corporation Chapter 3 • Example 3.7 (pages 65-66) • Use the concept of arbitrage to explain the price of Security A in table 3.8, and Security B in table
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Introduction Operated through a complex, cryptic structure Bernie Madoff, CEO of Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities (BMIS), perpetuated the most embellished Ponzi scheme the world has ever seen. The basis of the securities fraud that took place approximately between 1991 – 2008 was influenced by Bernie Madoff’s reliance upon an unqualified staff, outdated software, organizational seclusion, a personal halo effect, and weaknesses in the regulating body. Madoff had the confidence of the public
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Chapter 1 Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage Opening Case Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is one of the most extraordinary success stories in business history. Started in 1962 by Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has grown to become the world’s largest corporation. In the financial year ending January 31, 2004, the discount retailer whose mantra is “every day low prices” had sales of nearly $256 billion, five thousand stores in ten countries (almost three thousand are in
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Table of Contents Section 1 1 1.1 Company Profile: 2 1.2 Corporate Governance Disclosures, and are they sufficient? 2 1.3 Key issues that may have impacted on the company’s corporate governance performance 3 1.3.1 Glass Ceiling 3 1.3.2 Climate Change 3 1.3.3 Petroleum Accidents 4 1.4 Potential ethical considerations impacting on the company and the industry in which it operates 4 1.4.1 Petroleum Industry 4 1.4.2 Price Fixing 4 1.5 Theoretical Frameworks supporting Caltex CSR
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