Bernard Bragg is a skilled director‚ artist‚ and writer. He is known for writing and directing plays such as That Makes Two of Us‚ which debuted at Gallaudet College in 1982‚ and True Deaf. Bragg is also known for devising a work of art known as “Night Study (ASL Writing)” in 1990. He is too known for publishing books such as Meeting Halfway in American Sign Language: A Common Ground for Effective Communication Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing People and Lessons in Laughter: The Autobiography of a
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Casey Noble 15 October 2008 Sabo SWOT Analysis WorldCom WorldCom‚ formerly known as the second largest long distance phone service‚ had taken its fall and officially took its final name on April 14‚ 2003. This Company’s mission statement was to “Create a competitive advantage for WorldCom and contribute significantly to WorldCom’s business success by promoting business practices that provide greater opportunity for a diverse supplier base." Throughout WorldCom’s lively years‚ it had great
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Dan Stenson Professor Gettys Academic Writing 4/24/12 Importance of Forensic Accounting Business has been around for thousands of years with people buying‚ selling/ trading food‚ animals‚ and jewelry just to meet their own standards of living. Business fraud has been around for just as long as business has. Every person to this day and in the future was and will be looking for ways to save and earn money. The best know earliest case of fraud deals with the whites and Indians in 1626 with
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WorldCom: Organizational Culture and Unethical Safeguards Organizational culture is one of four influences whether an ethical or unethical behavior will be made. WorldCom’s demise‚ deliberately overstating their income by $7 billion between 1999 and 2002; and their once valued stock of $180 million becoming nearly worthless‚ can attribute a significant amount of their failure on their “dis”organizational culture. Corporations worldwide who do not think this type of fraud can happen at the hands
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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Q1. Does the fact that David Myers’s superior‚ Scott Sullivan‚ asked him to make the false accounting entries in WorldCom’s accounting records diminish Myers’ responsibility for his improper conduct? A1. I think Myers’ conduct towards in his professions should not be affected by anyone‚ even though making false accounting entries was Mr. Sullivan’s behest. Despite other factors‚ as a financial controller‚ integrity should plays as one of the most vital roles under any circumstance when making
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WorldCom and Accounting Ethics ACC557 Assignment #1 April 29‚ 2013 Dr. Mohammad Rahman Deanna Williams Current business and regulatory environments are more conducive to ethical behavior due to many new laws that have been put into effect in recent years. For many companies‚ especially small ones‚ the checks and balances are not put into place as well as they should be. With new laws in effect and more and more accountants paying attention to their clients’ accounts‚ ethical behavior is on
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ACC460 –Auditing Video Case Fraud and Tone at the Top - Video Case Questions This video is an informative video made for accounting students and employees that outlines the danger of corruption and fraud in the workplace. The majority of the video is an interview with Walt Pavlo of MCI Worldcom. He explains his case and the steps that lead him to take the actions that landed him in prison. While he is telling his story two gentalmen describe how Walt’s story relates to the world of auditing
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The Evolution of a Director’s style: Baz Luhrmann Topic 1‚ by Chrysoula Soteriades Baz Luhrmann who is well known for his flamboyant and extravagant cinematic techniques‚ his contract with story telling by making audiences feel apart of his movies and his philosophy of not using naturalism all come together to make him one of the most well known directors of all time‚ in my opinion he has not completely evolved from his Red Curtain Trilogy up until The Great Gatsby because he is still as exaggerated
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In Shadow of a Doubt (1943)‚ Alfred Hitchcock creates many moments of suspense and mystery. Throughout the entire film the audience is taken through a ride of high moments of suspense and filled with a large impact of mystery. Personally this is one of my favorite films and I really liked the film imagery that Hitchcock used throughout the film. There were many moments where Hitchcock used a variety of his infamous techniques of cutting between scenes. In fact‚ Shadow of a Doubt was one of his favorite
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