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Showing 1 to 20 of 219 for “"misconduct"”.
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Essays on Corporate Intangibles and Misconduct
… different aspects of corporate intangibles or misconduct and their impact on firms. The first essay examines the impact of employee flexibility on firm value, the second essay examines whether the SEC can deter financial misconduct through its enforcement, and the third essay examines the …
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Factors Related to Clergy Sexual Misconduct
<p><em>Problem.</em> Clergy sexual misconduct creates credibility, marital, family, and financial problems in the general church. The purpose of this study was to determine, through a survey research methodology, personality and situational factors in the lives of active clergy that may be related …
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Dismissals for misconduct conducted outside the employer's premises, particularly with misconduct that takes place on social media.
… that some employees are dismissed unfairly for misconduct that takes place outside the employers' premises particularly when it comes to misconduct in relation to social media. The objective of this research is to determine the extent to which South African laws protect employees from dismissals …
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Handling police misconduct in an ethical way
Police misconduct has always been a serious problem in America. Historically, reform efforts have failed due to an organizational culture that is resistant to change. Past reforms have been aimed at individual incidents, disregarding underlying organizational problems. Improving public perception …
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The effects of contract framing on misconduct
… of incentive contract framing on two types of misconduct: misreporting and shirking. I conduct a 2x2 between subjects experiment, manipulating incentive contract framing (Bonus/Penalty) and the awareness of the opportunity to misreport (Before Effort/After Effort). I predict and find that (1) …
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Personality Profiles and Problems Related to Clergy Misconduct
<p><em>Problem</em>. Clergy sexual misconduct is a significant problem for the church. There are legal and financial problems, as well as damage to individuals and communities. The purpose of this study was to examine personality profiles and situational themes of ministers in treatment whose …
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Apologising for organisational misconduct: the journey towards stakeholder reconciliation
Organisational misconduct harms and offends stakeholders, damaging relationships with them. There are normative and instrumental arguments for why it is important for organisations to reconcile these relationships, a pursuit which begins with apology. But while organisational apologies have …
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Essays on Law Enforcement Misconduct and Social Network Analysis
… of, causes of, and responses to law enforcement misconduct. It comprises four essays, connected by their common focus on the social organisation of law enforcement as a lens to understand misconduct. The first essay disentangles how common understandings about the networked structure of police …
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The Social Construction of Organizational Misconduct: A Systemic View
… question of how and why organizations engage in misconduct has long fascinated management scholars and practitioners (Palmer, Smith-Crowe, & Greenwood, 2016a; Treviño, Weaver, & Reynolds, 2006; Vaughan, 1999). Hardly a day goes by without newspapers, NGOs, or regulators calling out organizations …
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Examining Student Perceptions: Ethics and Misconduct in Today's Police Department
… of police work, including the prevalence of misconduct and the impact of a college education on ethical decision-making. Moreover, the effect of successful completion of a criminal justice ethics course upon their perceptions also was examined. Additionally, the effect of misconduct and …
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THREE ESSAYS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS, CORPORATE MISCONDUCT, AND FIRM VALUE
This dissertation focuses on corporate misconduct in complex institutional environments. In particular, I examine how listed firms’ kinship networks and political connections shape their engagement in financial misconduct and the firm value at the onset of their misconduct scandal. The first study …
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Three Essays On Diversification Strategy, Diversification Performance, And Corporate Misconduct
The first essay investigates the relationship between diversification strategy and firm performance in the U.S. property-liability insurance industry. Prior literature has evaluated the effect of total diversification on insurer performance; however, there is an absence of evidence on the effect of …
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Corporate misconduct, human rights, and the challenges of extraterritorial solutions
… human rights standards to bear on corporate misconduct, and does so through an analysis of the dilemmas they raise. The background to the research is the difficulty of imposing human rights standards on transnational business operating in ‘host’ countries where, for various reasons, such …
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The United States and Paraguay, 1845-1860: Misunderstanding, Miscalculation, and Misconduct
… of misunderstandings, miscalculations, and the misconduct of the governments and agents of both nations. The culmination of these events was the dispatching of a large United states naval force to Paraguay.</p> <p>The object of this paper is to explore the manner by which these relations reached …
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