Enron

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a background of Enron's corruption, tracing the corporation's history and looking at who is to blame for its ultimate lack of ethics. The paper describes how Enron went from a corporate culture that promoted ethical behavior to one that emphasized cleverness and skill. The author further discusses how this outlook eventually lead to the company's downfall. The writer believes Enron's leaders dictated the company's outcome through their own actions of unethical behavior. The author concludes with a personal approach of how one could react as an Enron employee.

Outline:
Background
Who are the Stakeholders?
Who is Responsible?
Penalties
References Cited

From the Paper:

"The stock shareholders are the main stakeholders. That does not mean, however, that the books should be illegally manipulated. Shareholders "hold" faith in the company executives that they will do their best, ethically and legally, to produce the best results. Yet shareholders also know that stocks can and do go down; there is risk involved. The other main stakeholders are the employees, who were hit twice by losing their stock and their jobs. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gini, A. (2004). "Business, ethics, and leadership in a post Enron era. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies 11(1), 9-16.
• Josephson, M..(1999). Character: Linchpin of Leadership. Executive Excellence 16(8), 13-14.
• Knee, J.A. (October 26, 2003). House of gas: two teams of reporters review the rise and fall of Enron. New York Times Book Review, 14
• McLean, B., and Elkind, P. (2006). The guiltiest guys in the room. Fortune 153(11), 26.
• Seeger, M.A., and Ulmer, R.R. (2003). Explaining Enron. Management Communication 17(1), 58.

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