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Retailers’ perceptions of the Americans with Disabilities Act: suggestions for low‐cost, high‐impact accommodations for disabled shoppers

Kaufman‐Scarborough, Carol - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 15 (1998) 2, pp. 94-110

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ushered in an era of puzzling, sometimes confounding regulations for retailers. While the mandated changes were welcomed by disability advocate groups and by consumers at large, retailers have been uneven in their implementation and enactment of the...

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Consumer misbehavior: why people buy illicit goods

Albers‐Miller, Nancy D. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 16 (1999) 3, pp. 273-287

Trade in contraband amounts to billions of dollars each year, and yet the buyers of these products are still a mystery. The purpose of this study was to model the decision to purchase illicit goods, using four predictor measures: product type, buying situation, perceived criminal risk, and...

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Insider trading in financial markets: legality, ethics, efficiency

O’Hara, Phillip Anthony - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 10/11/12, pp. 1046-1063

Scrutinises legal, ethical and efficiency standards for and against insider trading. The main arguments supporting insider trading are that it promotes economic efficiency and enterprise. The primary argument against insider trading is that it can be a breach of fiduciary duty; the other...

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Improving the due professional care standard

Ecton, W.W.; Houston, Melvin; Reinstein, Alan - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 11 (1996) 1, pp. 7-13

Certified public accountants (CPAs), internal auditors, management accountants and other accounting and non‐accounting professionals rely heavily on the concept of due professional care to help assure the public that they prudently exercise their responsibilities. In turn, accountants failing...

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The conscience of an organization

Rasberry, Robert W. - In: Strategy & Leadership 28 (2000) 3, pp. 17-21

presence that reminds everyone to do the right thing. The name of that ethical conscience is the “ethics office.” Some … companies have moved beyond compliance to an integrity‐based approach to ethics management, building a culture that embraces …‐based companies, the ethics office truly serves as the organizational conscience, gently reminding management and employees alike to …

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