Corporate Culture at VW Responsible for “Diesel Dupe”
Analyzing the Blame for Emissions Disaster at VW It's been dubbed the "diesel dupe". Last September, the Environmental Protection Agency...
Is Whistleblowing a Moral Act?
The Motive to Blow the Whistle Underlies its Morality I have always been intrigued by the philosophy of whistleblowing. Today's blog...
Has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act let to a Reduction in Financial Statement Restatements?
Ethics not Compliance Motivates Accurate and Reliable Financial Reporting One goal of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is to reduce the number of...
Interaction between culture, behavior, ethics and performance
Culture and Corporate Conscience Understanding the interaction between culture, behavior, ethics and performance is essential to...
Is Whistleblowing an Ethical Practice?
What Motivates a Person to Blow the Whistle on Financial Wrongdoing? Whistleblowing has become a more accepted practice in our society in...
Scott London Rationalizes Insider Trading prior to going to Prison
Ethical Blindness Motivates Egregious Behavior Scott London, a former partner of KPMG, was convicted of insider training last month and...
Workplace Behavior: The Ethics behind Sexual Assault in the Military
Sexual Assault in the Military and the Military Justice System From time to time I assign a project to my ethics students to identify a...
The Culture of Incompetence at the VA is Sickening
Indifference, Laziness, and a Declining Work Ethic Threatens the Fabric of Society We have a culture of incompetence in the U.S. Too many...
Steve Mintz Accounting Ethics Textbook Reviewed
Steven M. Mintz and Roselyn E. Morris, Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting: Text and Cases McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 3rd...
Organizational Ethics: Building an Ethical Culture
Instilling a Sense of Right and Wrong in the Workplace When I teach business ethics I like to begin with a discussion of the “Ethical...