Unethical Practices Flashcards
Unfair Competition
Market participant seeking to gain advantage using deceptive conduct in trade or commerce
Poor Working Conditions
Issues that can become big distractions and have an adverse impact on productivity.
Environmental
Practice that harm the environment
Bending Terms in User Agreement
Rules for the use of a product or service. Contract between the product and user.
Bribery
offering of any items of value to influence actions of official in charge of public or legal duty
“under the table dealings”
Discrimination
Unfair distinction between people based on categories to which they are perceived to belong
Exploiting Employee Skills
Abuse of people in the workplace for profit
Manipulating Accounts
when managers intentionally mistate their financial information to favorably represent
Selling Customer Data
Information collected by a company’s customers.
Nepotism/Favoritism
Those with power favoring relatives, friends, or associates by giving jobs
Embezzlement
theft or misappropriation of funds belonging to one’s employer
one a smaller scale
False Advertisement
untrue information given about a product or store
Sexual Harassment
harassment involving sexual overtones
can be physical/verbal
Misappropriation of Assets
diverts resources for personal gain
common workplace fraud
Mistreating Employees
Acts of attack, demean, and insult people at work