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Enron: It's all about culture
What can the Enron scandal teach us about ethics? That greed is bad? Not so, says Alex Epstein. But there are some lessons to be learnt about corporate culture. < Click for more> |
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AWB: Culture, ethics and law
Whether the Oil-for-Food scandal involves the government or not, another very high profile scandal is rocking the Australian business world. The Australian Wheat Board paid out about $290m for “internal transport” within Iraq to a trucking company that was serving as a front for Saddam's government. < Click for more> |
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Work: too much or too little
In theory, work is part of a healthy life. Apart from putting food on the table, it helps us develop our skills, work in a team, be creative, develop confidence as well as providing us with goods and services that free us from drudgery, improve our health, help us fight disease, the list is almost endless. However, when work, because of how much is demanded of us or the stresses it may habitually place on us, starts to damage us and our families, work itself becomes ethically questionable. < Click for more> |
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Can business take a lead?
 “Australia dodges the issue on climate change” was the title of the SMH editorial on 14 January 2006. The editorial claimed that when it comes to business “the Australian Government’s approach relies heavily on faith”, a naïve faith that “believes industry will do the right thing because it is the right thing.” Jill Finane < Click for more> |
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