Business Ethics

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The paper examines the nature of the relationship that exists between this specific piece of legislation (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), codes of conduct that are routinely ignored and some possible means of improving the ethics of corporations. As a pertinent example, the paper analyzes some of the reasons why the corporate code of ethics at Enron failed to actually prevent any inequities or scandal.

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"Few would argue that one of the greatest issues facing the business world in the twenty-first century is the ability of major corporations to re-establish the trust of their stockholders and the general public. A number of corporate scandals in the last decade have soured the public's opinion of the business world, corporate leaders, and the ethical standards of both. Names like Enron, Arthur Anderson, and WorldCom, to name just a few, have been etched into the public consciousness, along with extraordinary tales of corporate greed, excess, and unethical business practices. In short, the corporate world has come to embody all of its worst stereotypes and the public is not pleased as a result."

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