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Wherever you make your career whether in accounting, marketing, management, finance, government, or elsewhere your behavior and actions will affect other people and organizations. The standards of conduct by which one’s actions
Understand why ethics are judged as right or wrong, honest or dishonest, fair or not fair, are ethics. Is a fundamental Imagine trying to carry on a business, perform an audit, or invest money if you business concept. Could not depend on the individuals you deal with to be honest. If managers,
customers, investors, co-workers, sand creditors all consistently lied, effective communication and economic activity would be impossible. Information would have no credibility.
Fortunately most individuals in business are ethical. Their actions are both legal and responsible, and they consider the organization’s interests in their decision making. However, in some situations public officials, business executives, and respected leaders act unethically. For example, a former chief of the finance committee of the House of Representatives was indicted for possible illegal behavior; Sears was accused of widespread customer overcharging on car repairs; Woolworth Corp. executives were dismissed because they reported false income numbers. As one business leader noted: “We are all embarrassed by the events that make The Wall Street Journal read like the Police Gazette.”