Essays on Brinkmann

Introduction

Corporate executives are required to maximize shareholder revenue while avoiding agent-principal conflicts, enhancing the reputation of the companies, and conforming to the regulatory standards. The situation in Enron indicates the corporate irresponsibility and managerial negligence that resulted in investor outrage and multiple lawsuits. The shareholders demanded legislation reforms, managerial accountability, and corporate power. The scandal in Enron encircled unethical and illegal activities punishable by law. This essay attempts to evaluate the virtue ethics that apply to the case of Enron.

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When it comes to the concept of virtue ethics, the postulates shift from individual, agent-centered, and action-oriented. The theory ...

Overview

Lack of transparency in an organization is a sure and substantial reason for suspicion that there could be mischief in the activities of the people in question. Though some leaders are naturally, not open or simplify prefer to be economical with the truth (Bhat 2008), even with sincerity and honesty, there is bound to be errors unconcealed within reports. According to Bhat, This errors and miscalculations would never have arisen if publicity of detail in the reports were given emphasis. Though no one is completely perfect especially when in charge of several people (like in a company), everyone deserves a chance to ...

Problems that Volkswagen Organization had before implementing Activity-Based Costing

Before starting the implementation of ABC, Volkswagen had the same problems that automotive and manufacturing industries faced in the 1990s. These problems included massive technological changes, increased competition, difficulties in decision-making, inability to provide accurate cost information to the management, and pressure from the ever-growing expectations from the higher management in the corporate head office (NAGEL, 1991).Automotive industry is dynamic in nature and technological changes are likely to be a huge factor in deciding who controls the market. Automotive manufacturers with better technology are likely to win the ever-present competition in the auto motive industry. Massive technological changes brought ...

The movie, Devil’s Playground, provides a broad perspective over which a number of issues can be drawn. Some teenagers from the Amish community are allowed to deviate from the normal living standards to pursue other lifestyles (Walker, 1). When they finally get to discard their previous lifestyles, they begin to do the things they previously thought were not their preserve. They drive cars, do drugs and to some extent, they are engaged with driving cars. Life changes completely for the teenagers and the few people who have been allowed to move to another community (Walker, 1). An interesting phenomenon ensues ...

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Employer-sponsored sales process (ESSP) is a system of establishing benefit plan under which the employers provide benefits to their employees at no or comparatively minimal low cost. Employees who subscribes to this plan have a way of accessing discounted services. Employers also benefit from the plan because adopting the plan is characterized with some tax-deductive aspects and it acts as a strategic approach of developing employees’ loyalty. Presently, employer-sponsored plan is a vital component of the $2.6 trillion U.S healthcare industry. The plan’s goal targets establishing a sustainable healthcare benefit plan that is affordable and beneficial to both the employer and the employee ( ...