Business Ethics - Discussion

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Case A : Story of Betty Vinson

In an increasingly competitive world , keeping up is very difficult - either it 's for one 's job or for showing profits for a company . Ms Vinson turned from a good corporate employee to a criminal due to this pressure . She was asked to fudge the accounts and she did them since she believed that if she did not obey her job and with that her future would be at stake . However her consistent obeying of her superior 's s did finally led

her to the disaster (Pulliam , 2003

The sentence she received was justified since being an intelligent adult , she knew what the consequences of her actions could be . This sentence was even more justified since it was not a one-off mistake she continued to scramble the numbers for her company quarter after quarter knowing full well that she was doing something wrong (Pulliam , 2003

Finally when Ms . Vinson found out that there was no end in sight of the wrongful accounting entries , her conscience (which already didn 't want to take part in this scam ) spoke and she thought that she didn 't want to continue with these criminal activities any longer (Pulliam , 2003

Case 2 : Abbot Labs

It is true that most businesses do engage in unethical activities but that is no reason why I would involve myself into something that I believe to be wrong . It 's the same as saying that people kill their opponent everyday so why...