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    shocks. The recent scandals are no exceptions. The most important scandals are the focus of this paper and are summarized in table 1. Although the problems that exist are diverse‚ a few common characteristics stand out. The first is the obvious backdrop of corporate greed. Presumably‚ senior executives expect to get away with it. They also fit the financial-corporate culture described above. And earnings manipulation is part of (and usually central to) most of the scandals. Some of them used

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    Baseball Scandal

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    The commissioner position in major league professional sports arose in the 1920’s in Major League Baseball. The position was created to help prevent scandals following the 1919 World Series‚ in which the Chicago “Black-Sox” purposefully threw games for money. Ever since the creation of the position‚ the power to act in the “best interests” of the sport‚ regarding conduct detrimental to the league‚ has been entrusted to the commissioner. Currently all four major professional sports leagues in the

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    Trifecta Scandal

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    | A Trifecta Scandal | Arthur Waldon | | Charter College | | Conspiracy to steal more than a quarter billion dollars from insurance companies. The plot involved 10 doctors‚ 9 separate clinics in New York and 105 different corporations‚ and all in service in a health care fraud ring. It all stems from Russian-speaking immigrant population‚ to who grew up in a communist society that bred despite for the rules and a willingness to cheat around them. Come to find out this scheme is the

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    org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_year o Population of Canada by year 18512‚414‚519 HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_year o Population of Canada by year 18613‚174‚442 HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_year o Population of Canada by year 18713‚689‚000 HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_year o Population of Canada by year 18814‚325‚000 HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_year o Population of Canada by year 18914‚833‚000 HYPERLINK

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    Ethical Issues in Managerial Accounting HSBC ethical and legal scandal Overview HSBC is one of the largest financial institutions in the world‚ with over $2.5 trillion in assets‚ 89 million customers‚ 300‚000 employees‚ and 2011 profits of nearly $22 billion. HSBC has operations in over 80 countries‚ with hundreds of affiliates spanning the globe. Its parent corporation‚ HSBC Holdings‚ called “HSBC Group” is headquartered in London. Its key U.S. affiliate is HSBC Bank USA N.A. (HBUS)

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    Canada

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    Canada is an extremely important and underrated country in all aspects of its existence. Peaceful‚ stable‚ and an amazing place to spend your life. What more do you want from a country? There are several things about Canada that most people do not know and would be surprised to find out. First of all Canada has an extremely diverse culture with many French and Arabic citizens. The english language is largely dominate because 90% of Canada’s population lives within 100 miles of the United States-Canada

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    league’s Chairman and Commissioner. It is currently contested by nine teams‚ consisting of players from around the cricketing world. ------------------------------------------------- However‚ the league has been engulfed byseries of corruption scandals. ------------------------------------------------- Controversies involving the Indian Premier League From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has found itself in the middle of many conflicts with

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    Watergate Scandal

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    Before the summer of 1972‚ the word "Watergate" meant nothing more than an office and luxurious apartment complex in Washington‚ D.C. As a result of a "third-rate burglary" on June 17 of that year‚ it came to be associated with the greatest political scandal of that century and would change the lives of the many people involved — especially President Richard M. Nixon. While doing his rounds at the Watergate Hotel in the early morning of June 17‚ 1972‚ security guard Frank Wills found a door‚ located

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    Corporate Finance AIG Accounting Scandal Explained December 8th‚ 2012 ________________________________________________________________________________ On February 9th‚ 2006‚ the SEC and the Justice Department settled with AIG for an amount in excess of $1.6B related to alleged improper accounting‚ bid rigging (defined by Investopedia as a scheme in which businesses collude so that a competing business can secure a contract for goods or services at a pre-determined price)‚ and practices involving

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    2013 The Many Meanings of Scandal Themes * Slander * Attacks on personal and public reputation * Take people to court for slander * Print Media * Publicity * Personal Attacks * Gossip * The engine of scandal * Doesn’t have to be true * Public figures * The most likely figures. They invite scandal because they are in the public sphere. Slander has been limited to people who stay private. Etymology of Scandal * Greek meaning – Skandalon

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