Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

BusinessWeek February 13, 2006 Joseph Weber	The New Ethics Enforcers There is a new species of executive: high-profile former government lawyers and judges who have been tapped, usually by scandal-tainted companies, to police employees.
BusinessWeek February 13, 2006	Defining the Role of Ethics Monitor Fraud can't be eliminated completely, says former SEC Chairman Richard Breeden. But it can be caught before the damage is done.
Inc. November 2004 Darren Dahl	Do the Right Thing -- or Else New federal ethics rules apply to all companies, regardless of size.
Job Journal August 31, 2008 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Executives Set Ethical Standards By their example, management sets an organization's ethical compass.
National Defense January 2006 Reeder & Hickey	Make Commitment To Corporate Ethics The National Defense Industrial Association puts ethical conduct on par with shareholder profits and believes maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the defense industry has never been more important to the country.
Entrepreneur October 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick	Liar, Liar In the race to make money, some American businesses have been lying their pants off -- but is success at any cost really worth the price?
CFO January 30, 2004 Tim Reason	Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds.
InternetNews November 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Former CA Top Salesman Gets 7 Years Former Computer Associates chief salesman Stephen Richards was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for his role in the company's financial accounting scandal that cost stockholders $400 million.
CFO July 15, 2011 Kimberly Blanton	Creating a Culture of Compliance "Tone at the top" is an overused phrase, but if companies want to mitigate fraud senior leaders need to speak up forcefully.
National Defense June 2005 L. James D'Agostino	Raising the Bar To Meet the Next Wave of Reform Recent procurement scandals have prompted numerous ethics reform initiatives by federal prosecutors, regulators and legislators. Given the volume of spending related to Operation Iraqi Freedom and on-going homeland-security initiatives, the industry can expect the greatest level of scrutiny since Operation Ill Wind in the 1980s.
CFO March 15, 2006 Norm Alster	I Am Joe's Conscience Employers are setting up ethics programs to teach workers to do the right thing. Is this the wrong approach?
Job Journal May 21, 2006 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Ethics Ought to Start at the Top If chief executive officers are only as effective as the people they surround themselves with, then doesn't it also follow that they are only as ethical as the people around them?
InternetNews December 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland	'HP Not Enron' A.G. Says in Settlement Deal California's attorney general Bill Lockyer today announced a unique, $14.5 million settlement of its civil lawsuit related to the Hewlett-Packard leak probe investigation that resulted in federal indictments and Congressional hearings.
National Defense July 2007 Manik K. Rath	Mergers, Acquisitions Call for Added Scrutiny When acquiring or merging with any government contractor, reviewing ethics policies, compliance programs, and all recent voluntary disclosures will provide a wealth of invaluable information.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Reeder	Association Unveils New Ethics Code for Industry The National Defense Industrial Association's Ethics Committee has developed a benchmark statement of industry ethics for companies to incorporate into their day-to-day business.
National Defense April 2008 McGrath & Connolly	New Rules For Federal Contracts Effective Dec. 24, 2007, the government-wide federal acquisition regulation (FAR) mandates a written code of ethics for almost all government contractors.
Registered Rep. November 12, 2003	Morgan Stanley Launches Conflict-of-Interest Probe Morgan Stanley has announced it is conducting an in-house conflict-of-interest probe.
InternetNews August 17, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Mounties Probe Nortel Canadian authorities open a criminal investigation of the company's accounting, overshadowing recent contract wins.
CIO January 1, 2003 Edward Prewitt	Book 'Em One of the more popular business books in recent years is titled First, Break All the Rules. Executives at Adelphia, Enron, Tyco and WorldCom may have taken that advice too literally. Forthcoming offerings from business publishers seem to reflect the shift in the zeitgeist for 2003.
InternetNews January 4, 2006 Clint Boulton	McAfee Settles SEC Score McAfee will pay $50 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges related to the software maker's finances dating back to 2000.
CFO June 1, 2007 Janet Kersnar	View from Europe: Global Bribery A series of bribery scandals in Europe becomes a global issue.
National Defense March 2004 Richard J. Bednar	Small Companies Need Ethics Programs Too The Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct (DII)-- focused on defense industry ethics and conduct programs since its inception in 1986--has developed a "tool kit" to help smaller defense contractors plan ethics and conduct program.
National Defense January 2007 David Hickey	Companies Must Set and Review Compliance Priorities As 2006 closed, the Department of Justice's criminal division announced the formal creation of a national task force "to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud."
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Ben Comer	Compliance in the C-Suite Compliance officers have risen into pharmaceutical management's highest ranks, by choice in some organizations, and by government decree in others. Either way, their importance as a strategic partner can hardly be understated.
National Defense June 2015 Sandra Evers-Manly	An Ethical Culture: Own it, Live it, Lead it Anyone involved in ethics and compliance within the defense industry should know that to be truly effective, a corporate ethics program requires more than a "check the box" approach
The Motley Fool October 20, 2004 Rogene Calvet	Is Marsh Ringing the Value Bell? Does a troubled global insurer offer a buying opportunity?
National Defense April 2009 Hickey & Parker	White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived.
Wall Street & Technology May 15, 2006 Paul McDougall	Money, Power And Principle IT execs who control multimillion-dollar budgets are among those tempted by free trips, golf outings and celebrity-packed affairs. But a night on the town is hardly worth a visit from the SEC or a tarnished reputation.
IDB America November 2003 Dennis E. Flannery	Zero tolerance for corruption IDB takes series of measures to increase transparency
National Defense August 2014 Jamal Ahmed	Eight Easy Steps to Ethics Success To this day, "betterment" is a concept synonymous with the construction, engineering, staffing and defense firm, Day & Zimmerman.
National Defense December 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Industry Should Prepare for Review of Ethics Programs Contractors may soon have more complete answers as to how the Defense Department will verify contractor compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation's recent ethics program requirements.
U.S. Banker January 2005 Karen Krebsbach	The Compliance Officer Rises to the C-Suite Who's the most valuable person in your bank? Today that lofty designation most likely belongs to the compliance officer, and his growing clout is prompting salary spikes.
Entrepreneur December 2005 Nichole L. Torres	Ethically Speaking What are today's students learning about business ethics?
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	A White Knight For Mutual-Fund Investors No mutual-fund executive wants to get a phone call from Eliot Spitzer these days.
Knowledge@Wharton	Why Smart People Do Unethical Things: What's behind another year of corporate scandals
National Defense March 2011	Statement of Defense Industry Ethics In November 2004, after several months of in-depth review the National Defense Industrial Association finalized and published its Code of Ethics. Five years later in 2009, NDIA undertook to review, and, in a small number of ways made minor but we believe worthy revisions.
National Defense September 2014 James C. Fontana	Attorney-Client Privilege in Fraud Suits at Risk Government contractors typically maintain ethics compliance programs, which are mandated by the Federal Acquisition Regulation and are part of the industry's best practices.
National Defense July 2009 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Industry Ethics: Going Beyond the Call of Duty A seemingly endless stream of bad news about U.S. weapon programs should cause all of us to revisit our approach to ethics in the defense industry.
Parameters Spring 2007 Paul Robinson	Ethics Training and Development in the Military While relatively new, formal military training programs for ethics have produced a number of common virtues that might provide a basis for a universal (military) code or ethic.
InternetNews February 8, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Nortel Settles Class Action For $2.5B Nortel announced a deal to settle a class-action lawsuit relating to its 2004 accounting scandal. The cost? A cool $2.5 billion.
FDIC FYI July 24, 2002	Enhancing Financial Transparency Participants in the conference discussed the strengths and flaws inherent in the U.S. financial reporting process and suggested ways of modifying not only the reporting mechanism, but also the accounting standards that underlie financial statements, audit opinions, credit ratings and analyst reports.
Job Journal August 7, 2005 Bob Rosner	Working Wounded: Whatever Happened to Ethics? Given all the ethics training available today, why are there so many scandals in business?
National Defense August 2013 Patti Ellis	Corporate Ethics Education Yields Rewards Raytheon produces a popular video mini-series each quarter, called "EthicSpace" that, like the Checkpoint program and FCPA Aware, is based on actual case experiences meant to prompt conversation.
CFO January 1, 2008 David McCann	And Not a Moment Too Soon Could an audit firm's crash course on ethics churn out principled professionals?
Job Journal September 24, 2006 Michael Kinsman	Where to Draw the Line? Seemingly insignificant decisions we make every day are really tests to our personal ethics. HR employees, especially, must be constantly aware of the ethical decisions that are part of their jobs
Salon.com October 19, 2000 Ashley Fantz	Fatal mistake In a outrageous example of police incompetence, cops burst into the wrong home during a drug raid and kill an elderly African-American man...
National Defense October 2006 Fayad & Hickey	Internal Investigations: Accounting for In-House Costs This article examines the treatment of certain costs for an investigation and related corrective measures under the Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR"), and distinguishes those in-house costs that may be recovered from those that may not for government contractors.
BusinessWeek August 21, 2006 Michael Orey	Lots Of Evidence, No Verdict Invaluable reformer or prosecutor run amok? The author lets the reader decide.
National Defense November 2007 Hickey & Connolly	Ethical Lapses Provide Valuable Training Tool A recently proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulations would call upon all government contractors to have a written code of ethics and business conduct.
National Defense December 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.	'Ethical Readiness' Mandatory for Defense Industry With respect to the latest ethics-related events, the industry needs to come to grips with what went wrong and, joining with government, reclaim the ethical high ground.