Siemens Violation of Ethics

account have 12 Issue 13 variance 1. 0 form 2012 Type treble Blind Peer Reviewed piecewide question Journal Publisher orbicular Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN 2249-4588 & Print ISSN 0975-5853 global Journal of perplexity and line of credit look into A shimmy national of mho assault of Business Ethics in Argentine found On S halth senescenter Theory By Zhu Wenzhong & Fu Limin Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) abridgment Hand in hand with turn of International cable brought by globalization, umteen estimable problems have been rise up in the past decades transplant, corruption, tender-hearted rights issues, etceteraBusiness morals, as an academic discipline as surface as a duty practice, is seemly the focal point of waged and animated debate. The increasing charge on it generates m separately telling theories, among which freewomans stakeholder speculation stands out. This paper, plump for by Freemans stakeholder hypothesis, conduct s a case choose of Simens ravishment of argument morals by analyzing its recent graft s give the axedal in Argentina. After a detailed analysis of the interests of second stakeholders, it draws a consequence of south unvoiced colza of profession estimable motive, and thus suggests several(prenominal) solutions.Keywords Simens telecommunication Business grafting Stakeholder Analysis. GJMBR-A Classification FOR Code 150303,150301 JEL Code M21 A Case ponderof sulphurViolationofBusinessEthicsinArgentine baseOnStakeholderTheory stringently as per the accord and regulations of 2012. Zhu Wenzhong & Fu Limin. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the distress of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3. 0 Unported License http//creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3. /), permitting for each one non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, renderd the original work is properly cited. A Case orbit of sulfur Violation of Busine ss Ethics in Argentine ground On Stakeholder Theory Zhu Wenzhong & Fu Limin Abstract Hand in hand with prosper of International business brought by globalization, many good problems have been come up in the past decades bribery, corruption, homo rights issues, etc. Business morality, as an academic discipline as tumefy as a business practice, is becoming the focal point of waged and animated debate.The increasing assist on it generates many relative theories, among which Freemans stakeholder surmise stands out. This paper, backed by Freemans stakeholder speculation, conducts a case sphere of Simens entrancement of business ethics by analyzing its recent bribery s arousedal in Argentina. After a detailed analysis of the interests of randomness stakeholders, it draws a closedown of southward severe violation of business ethics, and thus suggests some solutions. ? ? Keywords Simens Telecommunication Business graft Stakeholder Analysis.II. Literary Review usiness ethics is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines estimable principles and moral or good problems that arise in a business environment. To put it in a simple dash, business ethics involves the application of standards of moral behavior to business situations. Despite the fact that the concept business ethics was firstly proposed in 1970s and hailed as oxymoron, it witnessed a waged and animated debate as well as adjoind habitual aw atomic number 18ness ever since.On one hand, in that location is a huge growth of number of businessmen who realize that staring(a) derive-oriented corporate operation can non stand permanently in a global market where customers ethic awargonness is increasing on the other hand, to a greater extent and more than(prenominal) companies find themselves time and a contact stuck in ethic dilemmas. For instance, bribery, as one of the notorious business ethical problems, has surfaced as important issues in an increasingly interdepend ent world economy. The increasing attention on business ethics not lonesome(prenominal) takes place in business practices, but withal in Author ? PhD, Professor of schooldays of English for International Business, research member of search Center for International flip and Economics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), No. 2, North Baiyun Avenue, Guangzhou 510420, China. E-mail emailprotected com Author ? interpreter of School of English for International Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), No. 2, North Baiyun Avenue, Guangzhou 510420, China. B I. Introduction a) Concept of Stakeholder The term stakeholder was first utilise in a 1963 innate memorandum at the Stanford question Institute.It was in the beginning detailed by R. Edward Freeeman in the book Strategic wariness A Stakeholder barbel in 1984. What is a stakeholder? The earliest definition offered by an internal report of Standford Research Institute in 1963, they define it a s those free radicals that directly solve the brass sections cosmea. Freeman continues to employ this term by that delimitate it as those fellowships that be so vital to the governing body that they dominantly affect the organizations survival and success and can likewise be alter by the reachs of the business (Freeman, 1984).The term stakeholder is a variant of the familiar and handed-d ingest sentiment of stockholdersthe investors in or the owners of business. It has experienced an evolution and progress in its scope and range. In the traditional view, the stockholders or the sh beholders are the owners of the unattackable, therefore, a soaked has binding fiduciary duty to fuddle the twitch priority to stockholders by satisfying their needs in the first place and increasing their output. It is base on the inputoutput model in which firms have to only address wishes and benefits of parties intimately pertinent to its operation investors, mployees, suppliers, an d customers (Donaldson and Preston, 1995). However, along with the growth of corporation, the scope and range of stakeholder similarly expand, which 2012 Global Journals Inc. (US) Global Journal of heed and Business Research loudness twelve Issue XIII variant I academic fields. Scholars subject area on business ethics also gave birth to a storied guess stakeholder conjecture, put forward by R. Edward Freeman, which in turn serves as the theoretical foundation of business ethics theatre of operations. The theory attempts to address the teaching of Who or What in reality Counts by identifying the stakeholders in business ethics practices. found on business ethics and stakeholder theory, this paper proposes to conduct a case film by analyzing Siemens latest business ethics violationthe Bribery Scandal in Argentina. Following the analysis, suggestions pertinent to this issue are also put forward. 75 socio-economic class 2012 A Case write up of Siemens Violation of Busine ss Ethics in Argentine Based On Stakeholder Theory is typically presented in Freemans stakeholder theory. 76 theory of organizational counsel and business ethics that addresses morals and values in managing an organization.It identifies and models the groups which are stakeholders of a corporation, and both describes and recommends methods by which management can give due regard to the interests of those groups. In short, it attempts to address the precept of Who or What Really Counts. In Freemans stakeholder theory, stakeholder are not only those hoi polloi who have direct stakes in the firm but also those who are equivalently influential as well, especially in affecting spirit and public image, but their stake is more delineative of public than direct.Stakeholder theory argues that every legimate person or group participating in the activities of a firm do so to maintain benefits and that the priority of the interests of all sure stakeholders is not self-evident. From this thought, the groups of stakeholders expand to political science and friendly institutions etc. In his book Strategic Management A Stakeholder Approach, Freeman outlines groups of stakeholder in both internal and away environment. Internal stakeholders are as bonds employees, managers, and owners.External stakeholders are suppliers, customers, club, government, creditor, shareholders, competitors, communities, academics, NGOs or activists, environmentalists, media, etc. As in Freemans Strategic Management a Stakeholder Approach, the stakeholder theory is a theory of organizational management and business ethics that addresses morals and values in managing an organization. It identifies and models the groups which are stakeholders of a corporation, and both describes and recommends methods by which management can give due regard to the interests of those groups.In short, it attempts to address the Principle of Who or What Really Counts. In Freemans stakeholder theory, stakeholder are not only those people who have direct stakes in the firm but also those who are equivalently influential as well, especially in affecting reputation and public image, but their stake is more representational of public than direct. Stakeholder theory argues that every legitimate person or group participating in the activities of a firm do so to obtain benefits and that the priority of the interests of all legitimate stakeholders is not self-evident.From this positioning, the groups of stakeholders expand to government and neighborly institutions etc. In his Strategic Management-Analytical Methods for Stakeholder Management, Freeman (1984) clearly comes out with the stakeholder management theory which refers to the management activities 2012 Global Journals Inc. (US) b) Freemans Stakeholder Theory As in Freemans Strategic Management A Stakeholder Approach, the stakeholder theory is a Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XII Issue XIII Version I management of an go-ahead carries out to balance the stake requirements of stakeholders.Compared to the traditional shareholders supremacists, this theory holds that the breeding of any enterprise is closely related to the investment and participation of each stakeholder and the pastime of an enterprise is the entire stake of all stakeholders instead of some meditate stakes. Stakeholders not only take on the shareholders, creditors, employees, consumers, suppliers etc. of the enterprise, but also pinch groups such as government, local residents, local communities, medias, environmentalists etc. even the raw(a) environment, future generations etc. who whitethorn be directly or indirectly affected by the operation of the enterprise.These stakeholders are closely related to the evolution of the enterprise, they share the operation risk of the enterprise, some hold a live for the operation of the enterprise, some supervise and constrain the enterprise, and the decisivenesss of the ente rprise mustiness(prenominal) take their stakes into consideration and accept their constraints. In this sense an enterprise is the institutional arrangement of intelligence and management professionalization investment, the development of an enterprise relies on the quality of responses to the requirements of each stakeholder instead of only shareholders.This corporate management idea explains the corporate performance appraisal and the core of management, which lies foundation for the later theory of performance appraisal Year 2012 c) Stakeholder Theory and CSR CSR The Effect of Stakeholder Theory in the Study of The are many common grounds between CSR and stakeholder theory as both are concerned closely the relatioship between the enterprises and their shareholders and the enterprises and individuals and social group apart from their stareholders however the two are different concerpts. What they study and care are problems of different levels and categories.CSR considers the i nfluence of enterprises on society from the perspective of the whole society and care the relationship between enterprises and the society speckle stakeholder theory care more about the relationship between enterprises and stakeholders from the perspective of the enterprises. Ever since the establishment of CSR its supporters spread from various institutions, scholars and unexceptional people, which sponsors in the development of CSR. However this theory encountered lots of problems in practice, and needs barely study and mendment.In the process of seeking solution to these problems, we usually introduce stakeholder theory to help to resolve those problems. i. Modification of Shareholder Primacy Theory by The biggest barrier to the death penalty of CSR is the Shareholder Primacy rule to some finish, Friedman et. holds that the only role for the Stakeholder Theory A Case Study of Siemens Violation of Business Ethics in Argentine Based On Stakeholder Theory Economic Social fe eling Investors Social Welfare Suppliers Legal Customers Enterprises Moral Environment Resources Employees realism Sustainable tuition Cultural Figure 2 1 Theoretical Model of CSR radical Freeman, R. E Strategic Management A Stakeholder Approach M. Boston, Pitman Press, 1984 2012 Global Journals Inc. (US) Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XII Issue XIII Version I existence of enterprises is to maximize the profit and shareholder benefits. Their three interrelated propositions are a. shareholders should reserve the right to operate on the enterprise b. managers are entrusted the province to singley serve the interest of shareholders c. he end of enterprises is to maximize the wealth of shareholders while stakeholder theory holds that i, stakeholders who are affected by the enterprise have the right to participate enterprise conclusion-making ii, managers are entrusted with the tariff to serve the interests of all stakeholders iii, the object of enter prises is to enhance the interests of all stakeholder not scarcely shareholders. Stakeholder theory holds that enterprises are cause unities consisted of many a stakeholders and the investment comes not undecomposed shareholders but also employees, suppliers and creditors of the enterprise.Shareholders provide the material captial and other stakeholders provide not only material capital but also human capital which is equivalent to material capital in term of meaning particularly in straight offs knowledge economy. And in some aspects the siginificance human capital exceeds the siginificance of material capital. Enterprises are not simply the gathering of material capital any more but a engaging of institutional arrangement of goverance and management of professional investment and in content they are the aggregations of various contracts.The risks of enterprises should not just be bore by shareholders ii. Indentification of Subjects for Shouldering Social Viewing from the va rious definitions of CSR, it is easy to conclude that the beneficaries of enterprises get uping social responsibilities are people of the society including investors, employees, clients, creditors and beneficiaries of environement and resources, social security and welfare etc. through and through shouldering corresponding social responsibilities and taking social benefits as target range, enterprises can maximize their contributions to the sustainable development.And the responsibilities they take are legal, economic, moral, cultural aspects, however today there still lots of people stand against CSR. Responsibility and delineate Responsibilities 77 Year 2012 and other stakeholders should also share the risks, as a contribute the owners of enterprisers should not be confined to shareholders and all the stakeholders are the owners of enterprises. The rights of stakeholders are equal and independent, they jointly own the enterpises.While challenging the shareholder priamcy princip le, stakeholder theory clears the way for the development of CSR theory in that CSR theory has long been holding that the only mission of enterprises to increase shareholder interests should be changed and thinks that enterprises should view problems from a high ground and consider their relations with all the stakehoders, the entire society and shoulder some social responsibility. A Case Study of Siemens Violation of Business Ethics in Argentine Based On Stakeholder TheoryYear 2012 They imbibe from the point where the subjects and contents of obligations of corporate social responsibility are swooning and think that enterprises should not shoulder social responsibilities. Some business and righteousness scholars even think there is not subjects for corporate social responsibility in that there are no satisfactory answers for questions such as the whom should enterprises responsible for, whom can be the subjects that urges enterprises to shoulder responsibilities?To vaguely say that customers, ordinary people and the social communities these enterprises belong to is not enough because the groups can barely be obligees to exist meanwhile they also hold that the content of social responsibilities is also vague. Currently the understanding of stakeholders generally include the first course of study stakeholders that affect the existence of enterprises, and the secondary stakeholders who do not affect the existence of enterprises or are affected by the enterprises.Though the definition is extensive, it indentifies stakeholders as shown in the following basic framework investors, employees, customers, suppliers, creditors, trade associations, local communities, political groups etc. Government Investors Creditors 78 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XII Issue XIII Version I Suppliers Customers Enterprises Trade Associations Employees Communities Figure 2 2 Theoretical Model of Stakeholder Theory arising Freeman, R. E Strategic Manag ement A Stakeholder Approach M.Boston, Pitman Press, 1984 legion(predicate) foreign scholars studying CSR and stakeholder theory holds that stakeholder theory can be introduced to the study of CSR, Carroll (1991) thinks that stakeholder theory should be applied to the study of CSR and it can be used to identify the orientation of CSR, and by the identification of each relevant stakeholder group the range of CSR can be identified. Clarkson (1995) stakeholder theory can provide a theoretical framework, in which CSR can be identified as the relations between enterprises and stakeholders, for the study of CSR.Just as Evan and Freeman (1993) had it that though it cannot tack CSR, stakeholder theory can be regarded as an important condition for the study of CSR and it can specify the subjects the enterprises should be responsible for. In this stage when the theoretical research of CSR still needs to be carried further, we can adopt stakeholder theory to 2012 Global Journals Inc. (US) d efine the range of responsibilities enterprises should carry. This is both possible and necessary and enterprises can be responsible for each stakeholders in the framework of stakeholder theory. ii. Case explanation Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate party headquartered in Munich, Germany. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 420,800 people across to the highest degree 190 countries. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company with activities in the fields of industry, vigour and healthcare. It is organized into six main divisions Industry, Energy, Healthcare, Equity Investments, Siemens IT Solutions and Services and Siemens Financial Services (SFS).A Case Study of Siemens Violation of Business Ethics in Argentine Based On Stakeholder Theory For government, iv. Case Analysis Bribery has been defined as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of an official in the discharge of his or her public or legal duties. (Fritzsche, 1998). The bribe is the gift bestowed to influence the recipients conduct and the outcomes of decisions wherein the nature and extent of the influence are not made public. The item of value whitethorn be direct payments of money or property.It may also be in the form of a kickback after a deal has been completed. It may be any money, good, right in action, property, preferment, privilege, emolument, object of value, advantage, or barely a promise or undertaking to induce or influence the action, vote, or influence of a person in an official or public capacity. Based on Freemans stakeholder theory, the first maltreat in the analysis of this case is to identify the a) Stakeholders of Siemens Firstly, the bribery would adulterate freedom of choice by altering the conditions under which a decision is made.Its appeal of additional gains for some government officials would lure them to select the less(prenomi nal) attractive alternative which provides less total satisfaction. By doing so, it adversely would pick the officials decision and undermined fair competition among the industry. If the De La Rua garbage disposals doubt that the cost of each electronic ID reported by Siemens was twice what the government estimated is true, then the government has to pay the damage for the hidden payment with more governmental expenditure, which leads to a greater dismission of money of the government.Secondly, it would damage the authority, prestige and force of laws and regulations. The bribery circumvented the legal corpse and obtained illegal interest, which is a contempt against laws and is detrimental to the implementation of laws. Thirdly, it would undermines attempts by governments to improve the overall wealth of the nation, diminish the image of government and governing party, and further lose peoples trust. 2012 Global Journals Inc. (US) Global Journal of Management and Business Re search Volume XII Issue XIII Version I On Dec. 3, 2011, The Securities and Exchange Commission charged seven former(prenominal) Siemens executives with violating the Foreign misguide Practices Act (FCPA) for their involvement in the companys decade-long bribery turning away in Argentina to retain a $1 billion government contract to produce national identity cards for Argentine citizens. According to the SECs complaint filed in U. S. District Court in Manhattan, the scheme lasted from approximately 1996 to early 2007. Initially, in the 1990s, Menem government planned to implement all national electronic ID cards, known as Documentos Nacionales de Identidad (DNI) for every Argentine citizen.In put to obtain the contract which is total of 1. 26 billion U. S. dollars, Siemens bribed Argentine government officials with 70 zillion U. S. dollars through intermediary. Menem government finally sign(a) the contract with Siemens in 1998. But a change in Argentine political administratio ns foiled the contract after the next death chair Fernando De La Rua came into office, some officials questioned the contract on the ground that the cost of each electronic ID reported by siemens was twice what the government estimated. Therefore, the government announced the suspension and cancellation of the contract.In a political change and economic crisis, Duhalde succeeded De La Rua as the president. During his term of office, Simens was told by the intermediary that a 27 million U. S. dollars bribery could resurrect the contract. In order to revive the contract, Siemens paid additional bribes in a failed effort to Kirchner government until 2004. When the company later instituted an arbitration proceeding to recover its costs and expected winnings from the canceled contract, Siemens paid additional bribes to suppress evidence that the contract originally had been obtained through corruption. elevant stakeholders and determine the positive and negative impacts on the stakehol ders. The stakeholders affected by Siemens bribery in this case include Simens stockholders Siemens employees Siemens supplier Local residential area the Argentine government Argentine community Simens competitor Siemens competitors employees and stockholders. For Siemens stockholders, the contract with the Argentine government would increase profit and gain market share for them. Even though bribery was needed to win the contract, the profit yielded in the contract can not only cover the bribery but also trigger more.For Siemens employees, the profit yielded from the contract would also benefit themselves a lot. It is likely that their pay got increase, bonus and allowance met a growth, working environment had much expediency etc. For Siemens suppliers, the growth of Siemens means the growth of themselves as long as they are in a cooperative business relationship. The increase of Siemens business would lead to more orders to Siemens and more profit for them. For the local communi ty, the contract would find cascade effect it would compose more jobs for local people.The local community would benefit from the employment of its citizens which would bring money into the community and provide additional tax revenues. The prosper of Simens business can also cast a positive influence to relative industries. b) Impact on stakeholders 79 Year 2012 A Case Study of Siemens Violation of Business Ethics in Argentine Based On Stakeholder Theory For Argentine community, 80 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XII Issue XIII Version I From the perspective of whole economy system and environment, it would ?. inder fair and just competition and disrupt the order of the whole economic system. Instead of gain market share with quality, businesses would turn to shortcuts like relationship with government officials ?. resolution in allocating more resources to a less desirable alternative. The failure of the assignation system would lead to stagnation of technology, service and the whole industry structure. ?. improver the cost of transaction, and do harm to publics interest. The higher cost would result in higer prices or even monopoly. From the whole society, it would ?. Cast damage to social redit and rot the social conduct. On one hand, the prevalence of bribery destroys the mutual trust and equity of businesses on the other hand, businesses with good compliance to laws are suppressed and discouraged. ?. Violate code of ethics. ?. Breed more and more relative crimes. Bribery is always accompanied with business secret theft, invocation and evasion of taxes. For Argentine people, the greater expense on the ID project would result in more outflow of taxpayers money from their pocket in that the bollocks up and wrongdoings of officials would be shared by all the community.The bribery would harm taxpayers as well as undermine public support for governments. For Siemens competitors, Siemens bribery would deprive them of fair compet ition in this project, and further try trade The loss of the competitors is invisible, though, but solid. For Siemens stockholders, employees and local community, the loss of the contract would provide lower profits for the stockholders, fewer jobs for the employees and less money in the competitors local community.Taking the interest of all stakeholders into account, Siemens violated business ethics drably, even though it brought some illegal benefits to its own stockholders. V. different actions of organization. The iv stages are ethical sense, ethical reasoning, ethical action, and ethical leadership. i. Ethical awareness Ethic Awareness is the foundation of an ethical climate. Through ethical awareness, employees learn how to identify problems and how to resolve them. In this stage, code of conduct must be established to support ethic awareness.Formal statement that defines how the organization expects and requires employees to resolve ethical questions must be delivered. A code of conduct typically addresses issues pertaining to favored style of dress, avoiding illegal drugs, following instructions of superiors, being reliable and prompt, maintaining confidentiality, not accepting personal gifts from stakeholders as a result of company role, avoiding racial or sexual discrimination, avoiding conflict of interest. ii.Ethical reasoning Since codes of conduct cannot detail a solution for every ethical situation, so corporations provide training in ethical reasoning. Courses in Ethical Reasoning teach employees to reason in a principled way about moral and political beliefs and practices, and to debate and assess claims for themselves about ethical issues. Students examine the competing conceptions and theories of ethical concepts such as the good life, obligation, rights, justice, and liberty with a focus on developing the superpower to assess and weigh the reasons for and against adopting them to address concrete ethical dilemmas.Employees in these c ourses may encounter a value system very different from their own that calls attention to their own ethical assumptions. iii. Ethical action Ethical action involves helping employees recognize and reason through ethical problems and turning them into ethical actions. It takes preparing, assessing, deciding, implementing, and reflecting. Whenever employees encounter ethical dilemmas or problems, Siemens should help them out by applying their code of conduct to practice identifying the issues, assessing them, deciding solutions, implementing solutions and reflecting them.The current Siemens bribery scandal is good example for its employees to review and retrospect the ethical problems concerning bribery, and encourages them to canvas into the hidden reasons and seek more proper solutions. iv. Ethical leadership In this stage, executives must demonstrate ethical behavior in their actions. Leaders are first and fore or so members of their organizations and stakeholder groups. Since the y hold most of the senior positions and are decision marquers, their values, vision and ethical standard case great impact on subordinates and thus impact the whole organization. To shape Year 2012 Suggestion organizational ethicalSiemens bribery scandal is by no means the first violation of business ethics. Back to 2008, its decades-long bribery scheme with 1. 3 billion U. S. dollars surprise the world. Subsequently, it was accused of posting business secret of competitors. Its continuous scandal is an attribute that Siemens fails to form an ethical corporate culture and ethical environment. To reconstruct a change of the current scandal and prevent any further ones, shaping organizational ethical environment should be Siemens top priority. Shaping organizational ethical environment goes through four stages, each of which demands 2012 Global Journals Inc. (US) ) Internally shaping environment A Case Study of Siemens Violation of Business Ethics in Argentine Based On Stakeholde r Theory ethical conduct in an organization, leaders behavior, actions are needed to demonstrate their support and determination. In Siemens bribery scandal, most of the unethical behaviors were conducted by senior executives, which attribute the frequent news of its violation of business ethics. Thus, in Siemens, to shape ethical conduct and maintain ethical culture, leaders must firstly own their ethical criteria and behave ethically accordingly. Apart from the internal improvement, external supervising is also in need.The external supervision involves first and foremost the initiatives aiming to combat bribery. These initiatives include Foreign Corrupt Practices Acts The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Transparency International To counter bribery, wider cooperation must be conducted between countries and these conventions and organizations. Under the globally recognized guidance and principles, Signatories countries must adopt nat ional legislation to fight against bribery. Government should take continual review of business and officials compliance to these laws by establishing stricter supervision system.Secondly, external supervision involves power of media. Media is the oral power of reining any unethical behavior. Thus, media should pay more close attention on business ethical issues, track and falsify more exposure of unethical firms, and encourage those ethical ones. Thirdly, the whole society should also participate in this campaign. When the whole society establish a common principle of zero tolerance to bribery, and monitor it ceaselessly, businesses dare not commit bribery because of their consideration of corporate image.The more and more serious social attitude towards bribery would make businesses think twice before they leap. VI. References References Referencias 1. Carroll, Buchholtz (2002). Business& Society Ethics and Stakeholder Management. Mason. Thomson Learning. 2. Freeman. R. E (1984 ). Strategic Management A Stakeholder Theory. Boston, MA Pitman. 3. Freeman. R. E (1991). Business Ethics The order of The Art. Oxford Oxford University Press. 4. Fritzsche. D. J (1998). Business Ethics A Global and managerial Perspective. New York McGrawHill. 5. Li, Y.H (2011). China Coporate Citizenship AntiCorruption and Anti- Bribery Research Report. The Coporate Social Responsibility. 6(1), pp. 42-51. 6. Mitchell. C (2009). Internatinal Business Ethics. Petaluma World Trade Press. 7. Mitchell. C (2000). Internatinal Business Cultures. Petaluma World Trade Press. 8. Weiss. J. W (2003). Business Ethics A Stakeholder and Issues Management Approach. Beijng China Renmin University Press. Conclusion This paper conducts a case study of Siemens violation of business ethics by employing Freemans stakeholder theory.Based on Freemans theory, stakeholders of a firm should not only include its stockholders, instead, it covers a wide range from its internal employees to external suppliers, government, society, and even competitors. In the case of Simens bribery scandal in Argentina, the present author outlines its stakeholders and conducts a detailed analysis of the impact of Simens bribery on each stakeholder. The conclusion follows the analysis is that Siemens seriously violated business ethics by terribly detrimenting the interest of its stakeholders. 2012 Global Journals Inc. (US)Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XII Issue XIII Version I Year 2012 b) Externally strengthening supervision The analysis of Siemens unethical bribery scandal also triggers the authors further discussion about an international issue bribery Bribery, as one of the notorious business ethical problems, has surfaced as important issues in an increasingly interdependent world economy. No longer seen purely as a morality play, the accepted world view of corruption and bribery today is that they hinder competition, tint trade and harm consumers and taxpayers as well as undermine public support for governments.Therefore, to fight against bribery, suggested solutions are also provided. On one hand, internal ethical environment shaping is of urgent need Simens should immediately follow the four stages of the structure of ethical environment from ethical awareness to ethical leadership to improve its current ethical predicament. on the other hand, external supervision and cooperation from international and 81 national community to media is also in demand. Although business ethics is in an actual fact as old as business, however, it didnt got enough attention until 1970s.As the ethical problems keep surfacing and disrupting the business order, business ethics, as an academic discipline as well as a business practice, is on its way of gaining momentum. To probe into it and make this oxymoron a better guide of business code of conduct, more and more efforts are still in much need. 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