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A Business Ethics Perspective on Sarbanes Oxley and the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines

dc.contributor.authorHess, David
dc.date.accessioned2006-10-12T19:25:33Z
dc.date.available2006-10-12T19:25:33Z
dc.date.issued2006-10
dc.identifier1053en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/48727
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the ability of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the revised Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, and other changes affecting the governance of corporations, to reduce the incidence of fraud and to increase the reporting of financial misconduct. In Part I, I look specifically at the individual decision-makers within the organization and the ethical problems they face. To understand the individual's decision, I use of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The TPB is a widely tested theory from the field of social-psychology. It is a parsimonious model but has significant power in explaining variations in intentions. The simplicity of the model also makes it useful for understanding and explaining the various studies that have been conducted on ethical behavior in organizations. In Part II, I move upward to the level of the organization and examine its influence on the employee's intentions and behaviors. Part II.A reviews the research on managing ethics and compliance programs, while Part II.B analyzes compliance programs through the TPB. With that understanding, Part III takes another step back to consider how legislation such as Sarbanes Oxley, or the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, does and can influence corporations to take actions that will improve the ethical behavior of their employees.en
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen
dc.subjectComplianceen
dc.subjectCorporate Cultureen
dc.subjectSarbanes-Oxleyen
dc.subject.classificationLaw, History, Communicationen
dc.titleA Business Ethics Perspective on Sarbanes Oxley and the Organizational Sentencing Guidelinesen
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumRoss School of Businessen
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arbor
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/48727/1/1053-Hess.pdfen_US
dc.owningcollnameBusiness, Stephen M. Ross School of - Working Papers Series


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