Assume you are a nursing director for a nursing home. You've been working at your facility for a few short months when you learn the company that owns the home has been improperly overbilling Medicare for the care and services provided to your residents. You bring this to the attention of the company's managers, but they do nothing. You then notify the appropriate authorities (becoming a whistle-blower) and, dismayed by the fraud and other problems, you quit.

The case above represents an extreme example of unethical and illegal conduct. These are the exception in the business community. Which of the following statements about this behavior is false?

• Very few unethical acts are also illegal
• Most unethical acts are not punished in any way
• Even if illegal, few of these acts are prosecuted
• You can rely on the legal system to manage or assure ethical conduct at work
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