Ethics and Technology Technology is a powerful force in our world, and the question of whether technology is a liberating or destructive force should be asked. This question calls us to consider where technology fits in our lives and, more precisely, what do we want from it? We seem to live...
Financial Collapse of Corporate America (Enron and Adelphia) In the last decade, America had one of the strongest economies in the world. Companies made billions of dollars in profit, both for the shareholders, and themselves. This tenure of economic growth was spurred on by unpreced...
The business world has become cutthroat, corrupt, and unethical. The globalized market is now over flooded with products and companies. Companies compete daily for customers all over the world. The CEOs of major corporations try to get every dollar they can get their hands on. They buy out smaller c...
"Enron's reported revenue was based on its exploitation of a loophole in accounting rules that allowed it to book revenue from huge energy-derivative contracts at their gross value, not their net value as is done with other securities transactions." ...
Wall Street Movie Analysis Our values, beliefs, and culture influence how we behave ethically at home, dealing with friends, and in the business world. The movie "Wall Street" depicts tempting situations that result in crossing the line into an unethical world. Bud Fox (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is a young stockbroker looking for a way to succeed and make it big. The movie begins with Bud telling a client that he had not suggested a particular stock purchased and that the client supposedly acted upon receipt of an insider tip. Bud's simple and ethical ways would drastically chan...
