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This document discusses the nature and goals of business ethics. It defines business ethics as the values, standards, and principles that should guide business. Business ethics is a multidisciplinary field that incorporates perspectives from philosophy, management, economics, marketing, and public policy. The document also notes that business ethics involves ethical analysis and decision-making. While some think business ethics should focus only on legal compliance, the document argues this is insufficient and ethical business goes beyond just obeying the law. The Enron scandal is provided as an example of a situation where aggressive business practices were legal but still considered unethical.
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Copyright 2013 Edward F. T. Charfauros. Reference, www.YourBlogorResume.net.An Analysis of the Courts’ Decisions on Islamic Finance Disputes
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1. Enron Corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2001 due to massive accounting fraud. Enron had hidden billions in debt through off-balance sheet partnerships and inflated profits in its financial reports.
2. Key players in the fraud included CEO Ken Lay, CFO Andrew Fastow, and Arthur Andersen auditors. Fastow had secretly earned $30 million managing partnerships that hid Enron's debts.
3. The fraud led to the dissolution of Arthur Andersen and prison sentences for several Enron executives. Former CEO Jeff Skilling received the harshest sentence of 24 years for his role in the scandal. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in response to tighten financial regulation and increase corporate
Enron
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The Enron scandal involved massive accounting fraud at Enron Corporation that was discovered in 2001. Enron used creative accounting practices and off-balance sheet entities to hide debts and inflate profits. When these practices were revealed, Enron faced bankruptcy and its stock price plummeted. Thousands of employees lost their jobs and pensions. The scandal damaged public trust in accounting practices and led to increased regulation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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Group members were assigned topics to research about Enron. Yan Chen covered the introduction, providing background on Enron's achievements and rapid growth into a global energy giant. Yao Chen discussed Enron's business model and trading operations. Yipeng Chen analyzed Enron's accounting fraud and deception. Li Ye concluded by discussing the impact of the scandal, including Arthur Andersen's involvement and the subsequent Sarbanes-Oxley financial reforms. The document provided an overview of Enron's history from its rise to prominence to its collapse in an accounting scandal due to unethical business practices and misleading financial reporting.
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The role of government in promoting business ethics
Activity 2
Read the Enron Case study and analyze the role that the government played in addressing these
ethical challenges and evaluate the effectiveness of the government's response
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The Enron accounting fraud case is a well-known example of corporate greed and unethical
behavior in the business world. The scandal involved Enron, a Houston-based energy company,
which was found to have engaged in fraudulent accounting practices to inflate its profits and hide
its losses from investors and the public. Enron was founded in 1985 and quickly became one of
the largest energy companies in the world. However, in the late 1990s, Enron faced several
financial difficulties due to increased competition, falling energy prices, and investments in risky
ventures.
To hide its financial troubles, Enron engaged in a series of fraudulent accounting practices, such
as creating off-balance-sheet entities to hide debt and losses, inflating revenues through sham
transactions, and manipulating energy prices through market manipulation.
The fraud was eventually uncovered, leading to the collapse of Enron and the loss of thousands
of jobs and investments. Several executives, including CEO Kenneth Lay and CFO Andrew
Fastow, were charged with fraud and conspiracy. Lay died before sentencing, while Fastow
served a six-year prison term. Arthur Andersen, Enron's accounting firm, was also found guilty
of obstruction of justice for shredding documents related to the case.
Lessons Learned
The Enron scandal highlighted the importance of corporate governance, transparency, and ethical
behavior in business. It led to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which aimed to
improve corporate accountability and prevent financial fraud. The scandal also led to increased
scrutiny of accounting practices and auditing standards, as well as a renewed emphasis on the
role of boards of directors and independent oversight.
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Edward F. T. Charfauros, inspiring author, assists fellow students with their presentation for a successful grade. He also blogs upon his own inspiring blog, where you'll discover life changing stuff. Sign up for his blog by sending him an email~
Copyright 2013 Edward F. T. Charfauros. Reference, www.YourBlogorResume.net.An Analysis of the Courts’ Decisions on Islamic Finance Disputes
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1. Enron Corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2001 due to massive accounting fraud. Enron had hidden billions in debt through off-balance sheet partnerships and inflated profits in its financial reports.
2. Key players in the fraud included CEO Ken Lay, CFO Andrew Fastow, and Arthur Andersen auditors. Fastow had secretly earned $30 million managing partnerships that hid Enron's debts.
3. The fraud led to the dissolution of Arthur Andersen and prison sentences for several Enron executives. Former CEO Jeff Skilling received the harshest sentence of 24 years for his role in the scandal. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in response to tighten financial regulation and increase corporate
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy company that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 following revelations of accounting fraud. At its peak, Enron employed approximately 20,000 staff and had annual revenues of $101 billion. However, an investigation uncovered that Enron had used accounting loopholes and offshore special purpose entities to hide billions in debt and inflate profits. As the scandal unfolded, Enron's stock price collapsed and it was forced into bankruptcy in December 2001. The scandal highlighted flaws in corporate governance and oversight that contributed to Enron's demise.
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the largest energy companies in the world. However, in the late 1990s, Enron faced several
financial difficulties due to increased competition, falling energy prices, and investments in risky
ventures.
To hide its financial troubles, Enron engaged in a series of fraudulent accounting practices, such
as creating off-balance-sheet entities to hide debt and losses, inflating revenues through sham
transactions, and manipulating energy prices through market manipulation.
The fraud was eventually uncovered, leading to the collapse of Enron and the loss of thousands
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of obstruction of justice for shredding documents related to the case.
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The Enron scandal highlighted the importance of corporate governance, transparency, and ethical
behavior in business. It led to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which aimed to
improve corporate accountability and prevent financial fraud. The scandal also led to increased
scrutiny of accounting practices and auditing standards, as well as a renewed emphasis on the
role of boards of directors and independent oversight.
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Kenneth Lay formed Enron in 1985 by merging two natural gas pipeline companies. Enron grew to become one of the largest electricity and natural gas companies in the world. However, Enron used accounting loopholes and off-balance sheet entities to hide billions in debts and inflate profits. When this was uncovered in 2001, Enron's stock price collapsed and the company declared bankruptcy, resulting in billions lost for shareholders and employees. The Enron scandal exposed widespread accounting fraud and corruption and shook confidence in corporations.
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Review all the facts of the Enron case studyIdentify ethical issue.pdf
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Identify ethical issues,
Determine the affected parties,
Develop possible solutions, and courses of action,
Assess the possible consequences of each proposed course of action,
1. Introduction
Although Enron went bankrupt and disappeared ten years ago, the impacts it has made on the
ethical standards never faded. It took Enron 16 years to go from about ten billion dollar assets to
more than sixty-five billion dollar assets, and took twenty-four days to go bankrupt. (McLean &
Elkind, 2004)
Enron, which once ranked as the seventh-largest company on the Fortune 500 and ranked as the
sixth-largest energy company in the world, on December 2, 2001, filed for bankruptcy protection
in the biggest case of bankruptcy in the United States up to that point (Jennings, 2009, p. 285).
By November 2001, the company’s stock, which once peaked at $90 US, was down to less than
$1 US. It was a disaster for the thousands of employees and investors (Skilling v. United States,
2010). Employees lost their jobs and pensions, and investors lost billions of dollars.
The Enron scandal is one that left a deep and ugly scar on the face of modern business. In this
article, the facts of Enron’s case were reviewed and the major ethical issues involved in Enron’s
scandal were analyzed. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. The second part is a brief
summary of what has happened in Enron. The third part described the role of Arthur Andersen
(AA) in the Enron scandal. In the following parts the culture of Enron, the important people
involved in this case, and also the major ethical issues about this scandal were analyzed. At last,
the conclusion part discussed what we should do to avoid another Enron.
2. Statements of Facts
2.1. A Brief History of Enron
Since found in 1985 as an interstate pipeline company, Enron had been a power supplier to
utilities. Its business began through the merger of Houston Natural Gas and Omaha-based
InterNorth. In the following 20 years, Ernon grew quickly and became the largest energy trader
in the world. By the end of the twenty century, Enron had many honorable titles, such as “one of
the world’s leading electricity, natural gas, and communications companies”, “the world most
admired corporations”, and so on. (Skilling v. United States, 2010)
In the following years, with the increase of competition, Enron decided to use diversification and
international investment to keep its market position. Actually, these activities brought Enron an
unexpected large amount of losses rather than profits. In 1999, after a foray into fiber optics and
the broadband market, which was a wrong decision again, Enron suffered too many substantial
losses and began bleeding quickly. However, Enron had never declared any information about its
losses until October 2001. Instead, in these years, Enron achieved a phenomenal bottom-line
through overstating revenues and hiding liabilities. For example, the revenue numbers fo.
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The liberal model of work takes a middle ground between other perspectives. Liberals believe workers should freely choose their work goals but recognize work impacts workers. They assess work based on how it affects worker autonomy rather than a single human purpose. Liberals argue workers have rights in the workplace to protect goods like health and rationality that allow pursuit of individual goals, rejecting views that work meaning is purely subjective or that managers can dictate worker development.
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The human fulfillment model views work as the primary means for people to develop their full human potential. It argues that through work, people can cultivate virtues like diligence, perseverance, and concentration that improve skills and character. Without work, people risk becoming apathetic. Unemployment has psychological costs like loss of self-esteem as well as social costs. The model claims that the right kind of work can foster human development and fulfillment by expressing our nature as social, creative beings.
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InterNorth. In the following 20 years, Ernon grew quickly and became the largest energy trader
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Enron Corporation was formed in 1985 through the merger of two energy companies and grew to become the largest natural gas and electricity trader in North America. Through aggressive strategies and accounting practices that hid losses, Enron saw its stock price rise dramatically in the late 1990s. However, in 2001-2002, Enron collapsed into bankruptcy after its complex accounting schemes and off-balance sheet debt were revealed through a whistleblower and SEC investigation. Top executives were later convicted of fraud for artificially inflating profits through these practices.
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The liberal model of work takes a middle ground between other perspectives. Liberals believe workers should freely choose their work goals but recognize work impacts workers. They assess work based on how it affects worker autonomy rather than a single human purpose. Liberals argue workers have rights in the workplace to protect goods like health and rationality that allow pursuit of individual goals, rejecting views that work meaning is purely subjective or that managers can dictate worker development.
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The human fulfillment model views work as the primary means for people to develop their full human potential. It argues that through work, people can cultivate virtues like diligence, perseverance, and concentration that improve skills and character. Without work, people risk becoming apathetic. Unemployment has psychological costs like loss of self-esteem as well as social costs. The model claims that the right kind of work can foster human development and fulfillment by expressing our nature as social, creative beings.
Sec 5 3
Work provides value beyond just income. It can provide feelings of achievement, self-worth, and satisfaction from challenging goals. Work also has social value through status, respect, and companionship. Certain types of work are more socially valuable than others as they contribute more to the community. While work is necessary for income, its other values are often lost. An ethical workplace would aim to provide meaningful work that employees find worthwhile. However, not all can have highly valued jobs, so steps should be taken to increase work's value rather than decrease it.
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This document discusses the different meanings of work and its importance. It covers:
1) Work has psychological and social impacts as it influences individuals' self-esteem and health as well as organizations' performance and employee retention.
2) Work can refer to a variety of activities from paid employment to unpaid domestic duties. People may identify themselves by their work through their job, career, or calling.
3) A career provides social status and self-esteem through development and advancement, while a calling integrally connects one's identity to their work activities.
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This document introduces some key topics in business ethics by discussing the nature and purpose of work. It notes that while students often study and work primarily to earn a degree or money, work could potentially be more meaningful. The document then discusses how work is viewed in different philosophies - as a curse, a necessity for a good life, or something that can be uplifting or degrading depending on how it is structured within a business or society. It poses questions about the responsibilities of business and whether work should only be a means to an end or can also be an end in itself.
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The document discusses social entrepreneurship and how it challenges the assumption that profit and social causes cannot be pursued together. It provides examples of social entrepreneurs like Muhammad Yunus, who founded Grameen Bank to provide small loans to help people escape poverty. Mozilla is discussed as a for-profit company dedicated to public benefit rather than profit. The changing nature of work is also examined, as the traditional long-term career model has shifted, requiring reflection on how people can find meaningful careers and purpose in the current workplace.
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This document discusses strategic models of corporate social responsibility. It presents perspectives that businesses should balance pursuing profits with social responsibility. Some organizations, like non-profits and social enterprises led by entrepreneurs, have social goals as their central mission. The document argues that sustainability should be at the heart of every corporate mission, with financial goals balanced against environmental considerations, as the long-term financial well-being of firms depends on how they affect and are affected by the natural environment.
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The stakeholder model of corporate social responsibility rejects the view that stockholders are the only group with legitimate claims over managerial decisions. It argues that managers have equal ethical duties to consider the interests of other stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, and local communities. The stakeholder model requires managers to balance the competing interests of all stakeholder groups, giving equal consideration to each, rather than prioritizing stockholders' financial interests over all others. Critics argue it is difficult to implement the stakeholder model in practice due to challenges in identifying stakeholders, determining their interests, and deciding on a course of action that properly balances all interests.
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The document discusses modified versions of the economic model of corporate social responsibility. It summarizes Norman Bowie's view that businesses have a moral obligation to cause no harm that overrides other ethical duties like preventing harm or doing good. However, the document argues that clearly distinguishing between causing harm and preventing harm, or between harm and good, is difficult. It concludes that determining corporate social responsibility requires case-by-case analysis rather than broad principles.
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The document discusses two defenses of the economic model that prioritizes private property rights and profit maximization. It raises challenges to these defenses. The first defense is that managers have an obligation to maximize profits for owners. The document challenges this, noting that property rights are not absolute and must consider others' rights. The second defense is that stockholders grant limited liability and control over corporate property, but this ownership may not include all personal property rights. It questions equating stock ownership with full control. The document argues compliance with law alone is not sufficient for ethical corporate responsibility.
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The philanthropic model of corporate social responsibility views business contributions to social causes as voluntary acts of philanthropy, not obligations. Under this model, businesses may support social causes through charitable donations that provide public relations benefits, tax deductions, and goodwill. Some businesses contribute anonymously without seeking benefits. However, philanthropic acts done primarily for economic or reputational gains are not fully ethical forms of social responsibility.
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The document summarizes criticisms of the utilitarian defense of an economic model of corporate social responsibility. It argues that free markets alone do not ensure optimal social outcomes and maximum utility due to market failures and the possibility that maximizing individual utility does not equate to maximizing social welfare. It also questions whether efficiently satisfying consumer preferences through economic growth always leads to ethical ends or individual and social happiness. The document advocates considering alternative public policy approaches to address these issues rather than relying solely on private market mechanisms.
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The document summarizes the economic model of corporate social responsibility, which argues that a corporation's only social responsibility is to maximize profits for its shareholders within legal bounds. It outlines the model's roots in free market theory and utilitarianism. The model is illustrated using Walmart as an example of a corporation pursuing strategies like low prices that maximize profits and benefit consumers according to this view.
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Deontological ethics holds that some actions are right or wrong regardless of their consequences. It denies that the ends justify the means. Kant's categorical imperative provides a principle of ethics - that we should only act according to maxims that could be universally followed. Using child labor violates our duty to respect children by treating them as means rather than ends. Rights protect fundamental interests connected to well-being and autonomy, overriding collective happiness.
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1) There are two influential versions of utilitarian public policy - one argues that experts can predict policy outcomes and maximize the overall good, while the other argues that competitive markets are best to attain utilitarian goals.
2) A dispute between these versions characterizes debates in business ethics, such as whether experts or the free market best determine workplace safety standards.
3) Utilitarian policy questions should be judged by consequences, with policy makers acting as neutral administrators and the public deciding policy goals through democracy.
Sec 2 4
There are two main challenges to utilitarianism: 1) Problems finding a defensible way to measure and determine the overall good or happiness, as there is no agreement on how to quantify it. 2) Differing views of what constitutes the good can undermine individual freedom if people are obligated to act in ways that maximize the good even if they don't want to. A third challenge is that utilitarianism's focus on consequences seems to justify sacrificing individuals for the greater overall good, which denies the principle that the ends don't justify the means and seems to violate duties of justice, equality, and other moral principles.
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Utilitarian ethics focuses on maximizing the overall good or happiness. It was influenced by thinkers like Bentham and Mill who argued that happiness is the ultimate good and the consequences of actions should be judged by how they affect the general welfare and happiness of all. Utilitarianism supports democratic institutions and free market capitalism as the most effective means to satisfy the most wants and needs of the greatest number of people. It judges policies based on their overall consequences rather than intentions alone.
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This document discusses three main approaches to philosophical ethical reasoning: consequences, principles, and personal character. It also discusses the concept of ethical relativism, which argues that ethical values are dependent on culture and there is no objective right or wrong. The document asserts that ethical theories attempt to provide rational justifications for ethical decisions and avoid reaching relativist conclusions by not holding ethics to too high a standard, distinguishing disagreement from impossibility of agreement, and recognizing that some values like tolerance are more than just opinions.
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The document outlines a model for ethical decision making involving 6 steps: 1) Understanding the facts of the situation, 2) Identifying the ethical issues, 3) Identifying stakeholders and how they may be affected, 4) Considering alternative courses of action from different perspectives, 5) Applying a "New York Times Test" to consider public reaction, 6) Making a decision after weighing all factors. A responsible ethical decision requires gaining a full understanding of the situation, considering how all involved may be impacted, exploring options from multiple viewpoints, and transparency in the choice made.
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- 1. Sec 1-3 The Nature and Goals of Business Ethics
- 2. • How can we define business ethics? Refers to those values, standards, and principles that operate within business. Seeks to articulate and defend the ones taht ought or should operate in business • Multidisciplinary field: incorporating information from a varirety of disciplines, philosophy, management, economics, marketing, and public policy. • Business ethics involves process of ethical analysis. • Business ethics is not a dogma
- 3. Sec 1-4: Business Ethics and the Law
- 4. • To some Business Ethics should concentrate on legal compliance. Ethical business obeys the law, but this is insufficient. • Example: Legal responsiblities for managers under the Americans with disabilities. p.12 The law does not help so the manager has to make adecision on what has to be done. • Example Enron Scandal:Use of aggressive management practices p. 12
- 5. • Enron Corporation (former NYSE ticker symbol ENE) was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 20,000 staff and was one of the world's major electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with claimed revenues of nearly $101 billion during 2000.[1] Fortune named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years. At the end of 2001, it was revealed that its reported financial condition was sustained substantially by an institutionalized, systematic, and creatively planned accounting fraud, known since as the Enron scandal. Enron has since become a well-known example of willful corporate fraud and corruption. The scandal also brought into question the accounting practices and activities of many corporations in the United States and was a factor in the creation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002. The scandal also affected the greater business world by causing the dissolution of the Arthur Andersen accounting company.[2] • Enron filed for bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York during late 2001 and selected Weil, Gotshal & Manges as its bankruptcy counsel. It ended its bankruptcy during November 2004, pursuant to a court-approved plan of reorganization, after one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in U.S. history. A new board of directors changed the name of Enron to Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., and emphasized reorganizing and liquidating certain operations and assets of the pre-bankruptcy Enron.[3] On September 7, 2006, Enron sold Prisma Energy International Inc., its last remaining business, to Ashmore Energy International Ltd. (now AEI).[4]
- 6. Why should study ethics? Answer given by Socrates over 2000 year ago “The unexamined life is not worth living.”