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Ethical Conflicts Within the Enron Scandal

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Our subject is The Enron Scandal which you can find on the following web page:
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/ethicalperspectives/enronlessons.html

I need to answer the following question with 400 words: What ethical conflict was brought about in the conflict?

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Referring to the Enron Scandal, this solution examines the ethical conflict that was brought about in the conflict.

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Interesting topic! Let's take a closer look at some of the information from the listed website that addresses your question below, which you can then draw on for your final 400-word question.

1. Our subject is The Enron Scandal which you can find on the following web page:
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/ethicalperspectives/enronlessons.html. I need to answer the following question with 400 words: What ethical conflict was brought about in the conflict ?

The interview on the listed website gives an overview of the main ethical conflicts. Specifically, on March 5, 2002, Atsushi Nakayama, a reporter for the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, interviewed Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, about Enron. It provides the question and answers that address your question. Have you read the interview yet? If not, that is the place to start.

Briefly, the Enron scandal is a recent example of a corporate collapse in the United States. This type of scandal demonstrates two effects: mainly the need for significant reforms in accounting and corporate governance in the United States, as well as for a close look at the ethical quality of the culture of business ...

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