| In business management classes across the | | | | taxpayers money. The problem is so severe |
| country MBA students study business ethics. | | | | and the punishment so little that nothing is |
| In fact, there are now MBA degrees available | | | | really being done. That is to say the |
| that are called Ethics MBAs. But in the real | | | | problem is running rampant still.Simply |
| world how ethical is the business community? | | | | instituting controls and checks and balances |
| How ethical is our own government?How many | | | | on government credit cards does not alleviate |
| business travelers for their corporations | | | | the fraud. Dishonesty in government is the |
| charge personal items to their credit cards | | | | norm and although many people believe that |
| of their corporations? Corporations watch | | | | those who work in government are of less IQ |
| this very closely to make sure everyone | | | | they are still clever enough to beat the |
| follows the rules. Not everyone follows the | | | | system and steal taxpayers money.From an MBA |
| rules and often there are people who go to | | | | standpoint of fiscal management this is a |
| extreme lengths to hide their misdeeds.From a | | | | good case study. A piece of corporate credit |
| business ethics standpoint corporations and | | | | cards or government credit cards must be |
| their workers are much more honest and | | | | followed up on. It is essential to make sure |
| forthright than those who work in government. | | | | that the purchase is made by government |
| In fact government credit card abuse at all | | | | employees are indeed for a facial government |
| levels of government is at an all-time high. | | | | business and not personal pleasure; such as |
| It is so bad that the federal government | | | | gentlemen's clubs, personal car washes or a |
| actually had to make another law to try to | | | | dinner for a family of four for personal |
| curb the abuse of government credit cards. | | | | use.It appears we cannot trust those fine |
| Has this new law helped?Actually it looks as | | | | folks in government and it is about time that |
| if it has on paper audits but in reality | | | | we enforced the letter of the law on to the |
| those fine folks in government still abuse | | | | government and the workers who think they are |
| their government credit cards, which is | | | | above it. Consider this in 2006. |