Legality and Ethicality of Corporate Governance ETH 376 Ethics Case 3-3: United Thermostatic Controls Case The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the legality and ethicality of the corporate governance activities that occurred in an ethics case presented in the text. The paper will provide relevant details regarding the legality
Nothing is guaranteed in the world of investing except unpredictable financial loss, gain, and anxiety. Samuel Waksal’s reaction was motivated by the desire to prevent financial losses to himself and his family regardless of the price paid by his stockholders, employees, and other investors of the company, including those employees who held no ImClone shares but dedicated their expertise to ImClone and developing its anti-cancer drug.
• There are many ethical frameworks that utilize the business sector, but deontological, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics seem of the utmost importance to Halbert and Ingulli (Sligo & Bathurst, 0, p. 34).
One of the most difficult issues that challenges veterinarians, nurses and other veterinary practice staff now a days involves their responsibilities to the animals and the occasional conflicting demands from clients and society (Rollin, 2006). Their roles have become more difficult with new ethical challenges modeled by issues such as
Even though a considerable amount of the regulation regarding corporate ethics and acquiescence is fixated on financial procedures, organizations still need to give attention to nonfinancial parts of its operation in order to maintain its integrity (Ferrell, et al., 2013). In other words, an organization need to have balance in relation to its overall ethical perspective, focusing on both ethical financial decisions and ethical in its corporate culture (Ferrell, et al., 2013). Although the “Sarbanes–Oxley Act” place emphasis on problematic accounting and the versification that devastated shareholder worth, however there are
to think about better ways to get their kids in how their lives will be changed by divorce. This would encourage the parents and the children to make the transition a bit easier in the divorce for the entire family.
Name: Eric Morrison Professor: Dr. Alvi Course: Ethics in Leadership Date May 1st, 2012 Moral Decision Making in Leadership Leadership is not an easy task. This is mainly because in every situation, the leader is expected to make some decisions that determine the direction that his company takes. As such, if he makes a mistake,
Introduction This document will introduce two noteworthy ethical frameworks which are validated instrumental in the development of business ethics and which include an extremely rational significance in assessing ethical concerns in contemporary business: Utilitarianism and deontological morals (Hartman, L., 2017).
A look at the problem On further analysis, the book makes it apparent that there is an inherent tendency towards individual gains over the health of the market. As a result, it is easy for big business to direct their resources towards frustrating the efforts of their smaller compatriots in a bid to secure profits. Moreover, this behavior contrasts with the needs of a stable market whereby individuals can benefit from their ability to identify lucrative offers before the competition. Rather, the current system allows larger trading firms to piggyback on the system and contravene on its demand for equitable access to resources by capitalizing on the lack of legislation and the relative newness of the technologies involved. For instance, the justice system had mixed reactions when dealing with issues such as ownership of coding resources such as in Sergey Aleynikov’s case, which necessitates a change in the legal frameworks surrounding the stock trading system. The system is quick to defend the rights of these firms but fails in regulating their competitiveness since they beat the system and create an environment where they profit even if they are not the first to identify stock on which they might make profits.
Ethical and Legal Dilemma in IT Nanette E. Armstrong Capella University TS5536 Ethical and Legal Considerations in Information Technology 17 March 2012 Ethical and Legal Dilemma in IT Based on the definition of cyberethics as given by Tavani, “the study of moral, legal, and social issues involving cybertechnology” (2010, pg. 3), law is usually/always a part of cyberethics to one degree or another. Being right or wrong based on society’s value builds the fundamentals of ethics. Moral principles make up ethics. Values are maintained based on the law, which in turn encourages us to uphold the laws based on those principles. There are at times when something may be unethical but may still uphold the law and the values are not
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (or the further used the acronym ISDS) is a construction On the other side of the agreement was Germany which was still feeling the aftermath of World War II. The country was split up and had a hard time creating a stable economy again. This agreement created a boost in trust between the two countries resulting in more investments between the two countries. Since then ISDS has been put into almost every trade agreement that was made ending up in about 3,400 signed investment protection agreements (Pardo 1). The decision in ISDS cases is made by a tribunal of lawyers that consists out of one lawyer from the claimant, one lawyer from the defendant, and a neutral lawyer that both parties agreed on. This means that the tribunal consists out of different people every time there is a new ISDS claim on the table (Background Briefing). Critics say that these tribunals are illegitimate because there is no regulation on who can be part of the tribunal, neither do they have to be internationally recognized. Thus, the fear from a lot of countries is that the multinationals have too much to say in this system, imposing changes in regulations on sovereign countries.
Running a company can be very difficult and challenging. There are many rules and ethics that applies in the business world. Most of them can refer to legal terms, confidential activities, and agency, etc. However, one book explains more in-depth about business law called Business Law. The book was published
The article examines the correlation of law and ethics as it focuses on managerial decision making and corporate governance. It is approached in three ways via the applied approach, change of corporate ethics codes, and restructuring the current view of law and ethics (Blodgett, 2012). The three main applied approach are the “separate realm view” (Paine, 1994a. b., p. 154). This view interprets a law as a minimum or base level standard that must be followed. In contrast, the ethical principles of morals and behavior are viewed as grander and distinguished from the law (Jennings, 2006). The problem with this view is without
Introduction. The authors study the financial scandals and the recent financial crisis to demonstrate the gap between market processes and accounting standards. The IFRS and U.S. GAAP differ in contrary nature of accounting standards. GAAP is considered as rule-based standards, while IFRS viewed as a principle-based. Therefore, the professional judgment on financial improprieties is highly important (p. 479). The main objective of the research is to specify the impact of ethical setting on judgment and decisions of accountants. The code of ethics and systematic ethics trainings can diminish the inconsistencies from accounting policies. The study is important due its analysis of mechanisms and alternatives of decision-making, and the influence of code of ethics on chief officers’ strategic choices (pp. 484-485). The authors focuses on the problem: how accounting standards contribute to the professional judgment, company financial performance, and earning management. The authors discuss issues that arise because of the unethical financial reporting.
The Institutional Investors Committee (“IIC”) of the U.K. adopted a statement of codes and responsibilities. This statement includes clarifying the priorities for certain matters and deciding when to take action; observing the performance of and having conversations with portfolio companies; intervening when necessary; assessing the influence of activism efforts; and reporting back to clients and owners (Monks & Minow, 2011). In the U.K., the shareholders are the customer and the enforcers, whereas in the U.S., companies are focused on how well they are doing in the market.