ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE

Ethics and Governance

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BAES and SFO (Word Count)

Task 1: 613 Words

Task 2: 560 Words

Task 3: 624 Words

Task 4: 644 Words

Total: 2441 Words

Case Analysis: BAES and the SFO

Task 1: (Words 613)

The case focuses on issues of ethics in corporate governance, explaining the meaning of laudable and unjustifiable decisions and provides a case study of ethics in the business of BAE Systems in the United Kingdom. BAE Systems and commendable decision culprits are identified and classified. The places and ways to avoid debt described above, the use of standards of business ethics is being discussed is the role of external governance argued.

Laudable acts: The Institute of Business Ethics provides a framework for good practice guide for Ethics in decision-making. The framework allows decisions to classify worthy, responsible and not guilty. In June 2009, the OECD statement criticizing the British government to stop the Al Yamamah investigation is ethically laudable SFO decision as unethical business practices cannot be granted for making a threat to national security as an excuse (Stock, 2003, pp. 1-4). Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Robin Cook, the British government's decision to promote an ethical foreign policy in 1997 is a laudable decision, as it promotes the government's role as administrator and service provider disinterested and impartial citizens.

Culprit Decisions: The authors of the cases of BAE Systems, including the Secretary of State, United Kingdom Defence, Michael Heseltine, the chief executive officer (CEO) from British Aerospace (BAe). The behaviour of the CEO of BAE Systems in 1997 was guilty, and that he conspired with the Premier League candidate Tony Blair and business vested interest in your success, so he shook the pursuit of profit maximization and corporate profits BAES. This decision is guilty as president would be an excellent government and productive use of community resources nothing to do with spending four times more national radar.

In the case, of Al-Yamamah contract in February 2007 highlights the role of the British defence minister Jonathan Aitken as a negotiator and lubricator in making agreement between BAE and the other party. Secretary of Defence role as a public representative and the server, so you cannot participate in patching of commercial transactions between the entities. Mike Turner and the higher level of government, Tony Blair, are primarally engaged in the initiation and promotion of corruption and violation of the laws of ethical business practices.

Non-Culprit Decisions: In 2004, the decision of the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation of alleged bribes to fund BAES is a decision not accountable because of the threat to national security present at the time and lack of sufficient evidence of corruption are available. In February 2007, Statement by Mike Turner CEO BAE Systems is ethically not guilty, because he tries to protect its commercial interests, while the violation of fundamental ethical principles of professional conduct and scepticism. This is supposed to be informed of the facts stated in terms of BAES, i.e. the accusations and charges of BAES, because the national ...