Bailout Ethics Americans are outraged. Billions of taxpayer dollars were committed last year to rescuing firms such as Citigroup and the American International Group (AIG). Earlier this year‚ several companies who received Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) assistance were awarding top executives with extravagant bonuses. According to the Wall Street Journal‚ the U.S. government lent $238 billion in TARP taxpayer funds to almost 700 banks; 44 of these banks have repaid a $71 billion (Johnston
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[pic] LEADERSHIP AT AIG: DOES STYLE MATTER? Case Overview This case deals with executive leadership styles. In particular‚ this case deals with American International Group‚ the world’s insurance company‚ and its CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. Greenberg‚ an autocratic leader‚ was recently deposed by his board of directors after problems emerged regarding possible earning manipulation. It describes his leadership style‚ reasons his two sons (former employees) left the company‚ and Martin
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because the countries within the EU knew the extent of Ireland’s budget deficit. The EU was worried about the contagion effect‚ that if the Irish economy went bust‚ it would have a dramatic effect on the countries within the EU. Another reason for the bailout was that financial leaders believed that “the bail-out money a move to help restructure the banking sector.”[2] “RBS and other companies have invested heavily in Ireland. RBS‚ which is partially state-owned‚ has £53billion exposure to Irish loans
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AIG Accounting Scandal Contents 1.0 Introduction ………………………………………………. 2 1.1 Overview of AIG …………………………………….. 2 2.0 Scandal Methodology Used by the Company………… 3 2.1 Accounting Practices Errors ……………………….. 3 3.1 Ways to Hide Accounting Improprieties ………………. 4 4.1 Who the scandal effected ………………………………. 7 5.1 Recommendations ………………………………………. 8 6.1 Conclusions ………………………………………………. 9 7.1 References ………………………………………………. 10
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AIG Contents Introduction This report deals with the American International Group (AIG) scandal of 2008. Before the collapse of AIG and its credit reduction‚ AIG was the largest insurer in the world with total annual revenue of $110 billion. On September 2008‚ AIG’s credit rating was downgraded‚ and AIG was without enough collateral for credit default swaps sold to banks around the world forcing AIG to accept a massive federal bailout package from
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Priscilla Hatch Personal Values and Organizational Ethics Case: The GM Bailout Stephen Jackson – Instructor January 22‚ 2013 1. How would Locke‚ Smith‚ and Marx evaluate the various events in this case? They would evaluate this case by claiming that the government ownership of companies is the kind of government ownership of the “means of production”. (Smith – the “father of modern economics” who is the originator of utilitarian argument for the free market. According to Smith‚ when
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for GM and Chrysler‚ and to keep making auto loans available for car buyers. Ford Credit planned to use funds from the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)‚ a government program for auto‚ student and other consumer loans. The auto bailout proposal from the Big 3 auto companies totaled $34 billion in government loans. In return‚ the companies promised to fast-track development of energy-efficient vehicles‚ and consolidate operations. GM and Ford agreed to streamline the number of brands
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Ann-Katrin Kohnle Organizational Behavior AIG American International Group‚ or AIG‚ started out as a company that represented American insurance companies in Shanghai. The company moved on to become a reinsurance company in the United States that would hekp insurance companies disperse their liabilites and therefore aid those companies to grow faster. In 1968‚ Maurice Greenberg took over as CEO and AIG grew and expanded into countries around the world. Today‚ AIG does not only provide reinsurance services
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Introduction AIG‚ American International Group Inc.‚ is one of the top multinational insurance corporations. AIG‚ with asset of 556 billion‚ provides insurance service for more than 150 different countries and it has over 630‚ 000 employees over the world. Even though AIG is such a giant corporation‚ it has encountered financial problems in the early 2000s. Under financial pressure and a lack of internal control‚ AIG have committed frauds resulting in several scandals. One of the accounting scandals
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The Macroeconomics of the Auto Industry Bailout [Type the author name] [Pick the date] The Auto Industry Bailout Detroit‚ Michigan grew up around the automobile industry. At its peak‚ Detroit was the fifth-largest city in the United States‚ becoming the home to over 1.8 million people by 1950 (Davey‚ Monica 2013). The prolific population was due greatly to the success of the auto industry in the city. At that time‚ Detroit was flying high‚ its name coined “The Motor City” (americaslibrary
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