The Demise of AIG: A Corporate Downfall Crystal Ruff Globe University ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the financial demise of AIG and the corporate culture that pushed it there. It lays out specific factors that contributed to the bailout of the company and the ethical conduct of the executives that contributed to the poor decisions that led the company to a massive failure and ultimately‚ a bailout. Even though the company is on the road to recovery‚ its reputation has been damaged and some
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Running head: AIG BAILOUT AIG Bailout Clari McGougan‚ Shawna Wilson‚ Keasha Kessler‚ Lashonda Edwards‚ Dale Ballard‚ and Michael Baltzelle University of Phoenix AIG Bailout The main ethics categories and theories involved in the American International Group (AIG) bailout are duty based ethics which has its pros and cons‚ and the theory is deontological which puts the rightness of an action before good. The pros of duty based ethics are equal rights are important to every person
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American International Group and the Bonus Fiasco On September 16‚ 2008 AIG suffered a liquidity crisis following the downgrade of its credit rating. In response‚ the federal government allotted AIG 85 billion in a bailout to keep the firm afloat in exchange for an equity stake in the company. In a very controversial move‚ AIG paid out more than 500 million in salaries and bonuses to senior employees after accepting the federal assistance money. This outraged the public‚ and in turn politicians
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Scandals in Baseball and Its Effect on America Baseball has always been considered as American as apple pie. If that is true than cheating should be just as American. Ever since the creation of America’s favorite pastime‚ baseball‚ cheating has been a major part of the game. Each era of baseball has showed more complex ways of cheating the game. Although‚ cheating in baseball has been around since the introduction of the game‚ only few scandals have really made history. Some of the most famous
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Executive Compensation and the Dramatic Increase in Corporate Accounting Scandals According to one estimate‚ the total median CEO pay at the nation’s 350 largest publicly-owned firms grew from $2.7 million annually in 1995 to $6.8 million in 2005. The overall increase in CEO pay has outstripped inflation and the growth in non-managerial pay over the same period. Equally important is the trend in the composition of CEO performance-based pay which includes stock and stock option grants. Median
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The Bernard Madoff “Ponzi Scheme” scandal was the biggest and lasted the longest financial fraud in the history of the US. Bernard Madoff was a financial adviser‚ and also the former chairman of the NADAQ. He established his investment firm named “Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC” in 1960. The Madoff Fraud is a typical “Ponzi Scheme”‚ in order to attract investors to give money to him‚ he convinced people to hand over their life saving‚ and promised them high returns rate‚ and then he
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Outline Thesis statement: Watergate could possibly be the worst scandal in the history of the United States. 1. Richard Nixon. A. Family. B. Political. II. Latest scandals. A. Iran Contra affair. B. Whitewater affair. Ill. Watergate. A. Burglary. B. Plumbers. C. John F.Kennedy IV. Investigation. A. Reporters. B. Special prosecutors. C. Senate hearings. D. Fight for tapes. V. National Archives and Records Administration. A. Material available for research. B. Special Files Unit
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paying for it with my grades‚ even though I am still doing the work. ACamfield_module2English_101704 Photo:Wikipedia 1919 White Sox 1919 Black Sox Scandal  The 1919 Black Sox Scandal refers to the Chicago White Sox baseball team “ throwing” the 1919 World Series to the Cincinatti Reds. According to Wikipedia‚ the entire conflict was started by 1st Baseman Arnold “Chick” Gandil in retaliation
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2008 Chinese Milk Scandals 2008 Chinese milk scandal was one of the major events that happened in China. June 28‚ 2008‚ the first case of infant with kidney stone occurred in Lanzhou. In the following two months‚ the number of infants diagnosed with kidney stones had increased to 14 in one of the hospitals in Lanzhou. The only thing in common before those infants got sick was that they had fed on milk powder produced by Sanlu Group for a long time. Gradually‚ the same cases happened in the other
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Chicago Black Sox Scandal Baseball‚ like many other things in the early nineteen hundreds‚ was quickly becoming popular. Almost every American at was a fan of baseball‚ which meant that any gamblers who were excellent at guessing could make a very large sum of money by picking the winning team. Some people‚ however‚ did not feel the need to guess‚ but simply rig the game‚ which is how the Chicago Black Sox Scandal of 1919 came about. It started out with a group of gamblers who came up with the
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