(Valentine and Fisherman, 2008), ethics training, and perceived corporate social responsibility are also linked to job satisfaction. Unethical business research at work ranges from minor acts of deviance to immoral decisions that result in catastrophes such as the Enron and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc. These fields of research provide especially clear data on connection between unethical workplace acts and wellbeing: discrimination, bullying and injustice. Even though ethics is sometimes under looked in business
Words: 971 - Pages: 4
Enron's Collapse LDR 531 December 12, 2011 Thomas Ach Enron's Collapse Enron was considered to be one of the largest scandals in American history. Americans were shock to find out about the unethical practices that were carried on by leaders and employees of the organization. Enron used many methods of trickery to appear more lucrative than the company really was. While Enron’s stock ascended so did its debt. Individuals within the company decided that they were going to trade millions
Words: 640 - Pages: 3
Examining Enron's Failure Organizational-behavior theories help to understand the effects of leadership, objectives, individual characteristics and action, and employee behavior and attitudes within an organization. It also explains the effects of internal environments, such as culture, the structure of the organization, resource and task allocation, and external environments such as competition or government regulation. These factors contribute to the performance, success or failure, and survival
Words: 1183 - Pages: 5
Enron as an ethical dilemma can only be described as a travesty. The violations of ethical code and moral obligation ceased to exist while the company was alive. A tremendous contributor to the scandal is Arthur Anderson, who was Enron’s outside auditor since 1985. Arthur Anderson was able to hide major losses from Enron. Many projects that had failed through Enron seemingly went unnoticed as they were covered up by Anderson. Not only was this illegal, but it was ethically wrong of Anderson and Enron
Words: 660 - Pages: 3
ENRON AND UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR By SHERNITA JONES INSTRUCTOR ALFRED GREENFIELD ACC 557 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 10/27/2013 This paper will describe the following: 1) Corporate ethical breaches in recent times, assess whether or not one believe that current business and regulatory environment is more conducive to ethical behavior. 2) Describe the organization, the accounting ethical breach and the impact to the organization related to
Words: 1224 - Pages: 5
Research Paper In this paper I will be going over the business ethics of a company that is known for one of the biggest frauds in corporate America. The company is Enron and I found an article that is titled " The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron" and in this article the author talks about the business practices on Enron and the unethical research they used to grow their business and in the end they ruined a lot of good people's lives, and damaged their futures. According to "Dictionary.com" (2013)
Words: 790 - Pages: 4
Impacts of Unethical Behavior Unethical behavior is among us everywhere, and in an accounting career it is somewhat one of the easiest parts of a company or organization that a person can commit fraud. It would be easy for an accountant who controls the books and write the checks to push money around, leave things off the books, and write checks to put money into their own hands. ENRON is a prime example of fraud being committed in a company. They not only caused the company to go bankrupt
Words: 515 - Pages: 3
Enron Jesus malverde BUS 500D September , 2011 unknown Enron Enron, a company that went from one of the top companies in the 1990s to taking a plunge straight to the bottom in the early 2000s. The greed and pride of Enron’s top executives is what ultimately made Enron file for bankruptcy. Enron established ethical codes, but never followed. Employees at Enron were given instructions to push boundaries, increase revenues, and make Enron look eminent (McLean & Elkind, 2005). Establishing
Words: 882 - Pages: 4
Different Aspects of Ethical and Unethical Leadership Richard Borashan Randall Carter Jr. Ting-Jung Hsu Ya-Hui Hu University of La Verne October 12, 2011 Table of Contents * Abstract * Introduction * What is the moral responsibility of a leader * Why is the moral responsibility of a leader important * Principals of ethical leadership * Five ethical behaviors * The impact of unethical leadership in organizations * Examples of unethical leadership * Conclusion
Words: 2238 - Pages: 9
the many other organizational development and ethical behavior issues facing the organization. Unethical behavior has drawn the attention of the public for the few last decades in all kinds of business. Many transformations in the business environment have taken place, including immoral conducts and the tendency for corruption. Unethical accounting behavior is also included as a consequence. The unpredictable increase and collapse of the Enron Company set off a long-burning fire under the American
Words: 1268 - Pages: 6
