This brings us to the issue of companies selling customers private information after it is given to them through a purchase. ... In the same survey done by informationweek.com they asked the IT and business professionals what they do with a customers private information. ... Out of that 80% only 60% actually inform their customers that they do not sell their private information. ... Imagine being that employee with the power to sell customer information to other business so they can try to make profit off of them. ... There are still those employees out there who are going to send data thro...

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o Providing information to distributors Identify the Ethical Issues. ... There are however several specific ethical issues, these include: v Infringing on individuals and society's right to a safe product v Pulling the product for personal gain as opposed to the benefit of society and consumers as was stated by H. ... The firm did: v Urged government to prohibit the sale of the product to children v Discontinued the sale of the product in small jars v Paid for the support of several social workers to work with street children v Circulated information to distributors about ...

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The destruction of the financial information took several weeks to conclude. ... These actions insure that information of the auditors whether bad or good will not be affected due to a difference in interest. ... The new law states that a public company may not "discharge, demote, suspend or otherwise discriminate against an employee who offers information on corporate wrongdoing."... (AICPA,Sarbanes-Oxley) Securities fraud has been increased to 25 years, and finally some smaller provisions have banned personal loans to executives, and prohibit insider trading during blackout periods.... (AICP...

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Their personal wealth and maybe even their retirement security are at stake. ... Environmental analysis is a method managers use to gather information about external issues, so they can develop a strategy that minimizes threats and takes advantage of new opportunities. ... The economic environment looks at information about prices, trade, and anything else that affects customers or competitive behaviors. ...

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Management must come out and state the information so all the employees can understand the meaning of the speech or memo. ... Memos and personal performance data are sent through email. ... As Lasica (2001) reports, "Every day we read about ethical lapses fostered in cyberspace: the stealth drug company site masquerading as a health information center, misleading stock tips made in the financial chat rooms, electronic shopping bots whose results are skewed to favor retail clients, e-commerce sites' egregious violations of user's privacy. ...

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Values, that oversee our personal behaviors or even a group with regard to what is right and what is wrong. ... In other words, information, which we process by definition of modern business arrangements and being able to administer answers to question when they do arise. ...

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The top executives were making unethical decisions that were ultimately creating value for their own personal income. ... The result of discovering that Enron had disclosed accounting information was it led to a reform in corporate behavior. ...

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The dictionary defines whistle-blowing as the release of information by a member (or former member) of an organization that is evidence of illegal or immoral conduct in the organization, or conduct in the organization that is not in the public interest. ... They have personal, moral, ethical stands across the board. ...

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Issue 1 In 1990, O' Sullivan said that business and personal ethics are ripe for a comeback as the era of the Me- generation and its obsession with greed and profit at any cost draws to a close. ... A survey results to actually illustrate the current level awareness of companies in serving their community was demonstrated in an article written by Jennifer Zaino - "Companies Give Back to their Communities- in the Information Week. ...

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