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    salespeople is not an illegal act. However, some may find it unethical to not disclose information that the salespeople are being paid to promote closeout modules without letting customers know. Stephen Castleberry and John Tanner explained “What one person thinks is right another may consider wrong. For example, 58 percent of sales manager in one poll report believing that sales contest between salespeople do not generate unethical behavior-such as asking customers to make unwanted orders and then

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    in the United States that 85% of respondents rated the current state of moral values as fair while 81% of respondents thought that the level of moral values is getting worse. So therefore, it is not surprising that in our media the level of unethical behaviors has become part or parcel of everyday lives. While the current population has resounding aired their frustrations via Gallop poll about the decline in public confidence in our various media forums, little has been done to improve the ethics

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    Unethical Behaviors of Probation and Parole Officers What is Probation and Parole? The duties of a probation and parole officer are pretty universal nationwide and an officer must carry a high ethical standard in order to be successful at the job as well as values such as honesty, fairness, and consideration of others. Probation is an alternative that permits the offender to live among society with certain restrictions that are ordered by the courts. When prisons are overcrowded, an offender can

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    Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Aylin Rodriguez ACC/291 Principle of Accounting II 01/14/2013 Glenn Purcell Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes Oxley Act was passed in 2002 as a result of plenty of corporate scandals. The purpose of this act was not only to defend investors and provide them with accurate and reliable information but also make companies and employees behave ethically and with integrity. After the law was passed the financial statement have

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    Plagiarism has always been a problem in several academic institutions. Also, plagiarism has promoted academic dishonesty and unethical behavior to students in the past years. It is therefore a shared responsibility of instructors, schools and even the students to eliminate this practice and continually strengthen the standards of education. During the marking of assignments using the software turnitin.com, plagiarism was detected from the assignment submitted by a student as compared from another

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    Abstract This paper explores the unethical behaviors and roles of the top financial executive’s in house market crash. In 2008, a financial crash down landed at front door of every United States citizens. Bankruptcy of big financial institutions, stock and house markets crashed. These aspects contributed to a global economic financial crisis. This paper hypothesizes that it is the manner in which the top financial executives used greed and fraud to run the United Sates that led the country into a

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    Accounting Situations that might lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting There are a number of reasons which can lead to unethical behavior and practices in accounting. Unethical behavior and practices in accounting refers to when a person contravenes the rules that are designed to make sure that morality and fairness is taken into consideration in the accounting procedures of a company. A violation of these rules is what termed as unethical and should not be tolerated in any company

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    day, whether it be on or off duty. Understanding what contributes to law enforcement officers to commit unethical acts is quit difficult. It falls along the lines of understand why serial killer commit their heinous acts of murder. Using the case study of the Kansas City Police Department SCORE unit we will describe the unethical behaviors that took place, what contributed to the unethical behavior, and the leadership role throughout the Kansas City Police Department SCORE. The Department having lost

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    definition of unethical can be loosely interpreted. It all depends on the social construction of a person. Society gives us the definition of unethical and hard to tell whether something is morally wrong or not. Everyone can have their own interpretation base of how they were raised or the approach to certain situations. People view you differently depending on their definition of what is unethical. In the stories “Snow,Glass,Apples” and “The Poacher” the character use unethical behavior according

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    Unethical behavior is subconscious more often than not. People would like to believe that they have a set of morals and ethics that are ingrained in them and they will follow those. A few factors that lead people away from the path of their ethics are implicit favoritism, egocentric behavior, and instant gratification. Although people rely on their ethics and moral compasses, their subconscious can inadvertently overtake their ability to follow their judgment on what is right and what is convenient

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