Case Study Mr. Ebbers

Case 5-3, "Did the Company Violate....?", p. 232; and Case 5-5, "Bulletin Board Use", p. 236. Answer the questions at the end of each case in typewritten format, 3 - 5 pages.

The company’s revenues were not growing fast enough to meet these targets, so defendants instead resorted to improperly eliminating and deferring current period expenses to inflate earnings. They employed a multitude of imp roper accounting practices to achieve this objective. Among other things; the complaint charges that defendants:

A). Lack of Teamwork and Conflict resoultion: In relation to the case, many of the recently hires employees are not including and not trusting/age discriminating Mr. Hill. Although, there were more older employees who were upset, Mr. Hill was the one who had a massive reduction in hours. He is now going to the HR Director and Executive Director. He should have approached them earlier with the problem. (Chapter 4)

ETHICAL ISSUE STATEMENT: Did Burlington allow one individual, Marvin Brown, to make an unethical business decision to retaliate against employee Sheila White?

I would decide to take no action, however I will resign to prevent any troubles that may occur as an insider of the company’s fraudulent practices if they are caught in the future.

EBITDA - Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is an indicator of a company's financial performance which is calculated in the following manner: ("EBITDA - Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization Definition | Investopedia," n.d.)

4.) Employee Compliance to the Code: The entire staff is expected to be compliant to the rules and regulations set forth by Company X. Reported accounts of non-compliance will lead to an internal investigation of both the accuser as well as the accused; disciplinary action will necessarily follow if company rules and regulations have not been adhered to or improperly dismissed. Granted that there are many different situations that could arise in which one would believe unethical behavior or misconduct transpired; therefore, it is suggested that first the issue in question is evaluated before presenting to one’s direct

adhere to it. This is a potential ethical issue since the company is requiring employees to

In an attempt to rectify the situation, I will contact the manager and inform him of the lack of compliance.

After both reviewing and investigating this compliant, the EP warehouse supervisor, has respectfully denied the grievance complaint made on behalf of Frank Arellano by the local Union #216. Reason for denial is due to no signed copy of documentation showing that Mr. Arellano accepted the back-up position of daylight Warehouser was supplied or exist at time of grievance.

The main issues in the case include allegation about one of the supervisors in the building safety office, the assistance of the deputy city attorney, the division of Building and Construction Permits and Inspections and the necessary step to take about the allegation. Major human resource themes that are related to this case include scientific management, paradox of needs, the changing workforce in regard to generation x and personnel administration.

This paper will outline a complaint process and illustrate the civil litigation that could follow if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, through mediation and arbitration cannot resolve a charge. The complaint is based on a scenario of an employee, named John. John works for a private sector business and he wishes to lodge a complaint of discrimination against the company he works for. This paper will explain the steps that are taken, from the beginning with the (EEOC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The paper will continue explaining the process by illustrating the civil litigation steps from the state level to the highest level of the United States Supreme Courts.

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Ebbers influenced his subordinates to engage in deviant unethical behavior in several ways. During one account in the assigned case study, a former executive of WorldCom recalled when stock in the company nearly collapsed when earnings were missed by a penny. Thus, Ebbers backlashed at his employees, which ultimately led them to believe that such shortcomings

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