presidents: 214 Vice presidents: 129 CFOs: 53 Corporate counsels or attorneys: 23 Other corporate officers: 817 Total corporate fraud convictions 1‚236 The following prison sentences were awarded to recently convicted white-collar criminals: ■ Bernard Ebbers‚ WorldCom CEO—25 years ■ John Rigas‚ Adelphia Communications CEO—15 years ■ Dennis Kozlowski‚ Tyco International CEO—8 1/3 to 25 years ■ Martin Grass‚ Rite Aid Corp. CEO— eight years ■ James Olis‚ Dynegy Inc. vice president of finance—24 years
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Emerging issues in Accounting Below is the list of some of the emerging issues we have seen recently. These emerging issues have raised many questions on the functioning of accounting around the globe. Continuing demand for skilled professionals Globalization and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) The accountant and Corporate scandals. The call for Auditor rotation. Need for Global Code of ethics Technology advances We will discuss one of the emerging issues in details. We will
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Date and Place of Birth 11 February 1992‚ Grand Rapids‚ Michigan‚ USA Birth Name Taylor Daniel Lautner Height 5’ 10½" (1.79 m) Born on February 11th‚ 1992 in Grand Rapids‚ Michigan‚ Taylor Daniel Lautner has shown he was destined for a successful life from a very young age. He began studying karate at the age of six‚ training at Fabiano’s Karate School and‚ by the following year‚ he was already winning tournaments. He was soon invited to train with seven-time world karate champion Michael
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Increasing young voter turnout is becoming a predominant challenge during election season‚ with many young people deciding to stay home on election day. A huge percent of young people do not feel the need to turn out for these important elections‚ leaving their candidates floundering for support‚ resulting in an issue. The United States of America is a democracy‚ and the young voters are a large part of our population. Without their input‚ The United States will not be a fairly represented nation
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The 2016 Presidential Election is slowly approaching its end. Jokes and memes are subtly fading as November draws near and as the primaries wrap up. Seeing that they are finishing up‚ what are the results so far? Since the first caucus on February 1 until the last primary on June 4‚ votes are being sent in around the U.S. Oddly‚ voters aren’t voting for their favored candidates directly‚ but voting for the candidates’ representatives. What’s happening right now is called the primaries (and caucuses
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Adbusters believes that the advertising industry overextends themselves to associate desire and identity with commodities. As a result‚ their objective is to combat the negative effects of advertising. The magazine aims to provoke anti-consumerism by recreating spoofs of advertising that are aesthetically pleasing and entertaining to raise awareness. Adbusters believes advertising are giving consumers false information and the public has no recourse to communicate the truths or opposite information
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I staunchly speculate that Deez Nuts will be victorious in the 2016 election. Deez Nuts (real name Brady C. Olson) is a satirical candidate running in the 2016 United States presidential election. His form to run for office was filed with the Federal Election Commission in late July 2015.[2] In polls conducted by Public Policy Polling in Iowa‚ Minnesota and North Carolina in mid-August 2015‚ he polled at 8‚ 8 and 9 percent respectively‚ garnering the attention of the media.[3][4] On October 11‚ 2015
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or detecting frauds similar to that perpetrated by Madoff. Answers: 1. Recent developments involving the case Madoff Securities: • Bernie Madoff’s son‚ Mark Madoff committed suicide on December 11‚ 2010. His suicide may have been influenced because there was an investigation on Mark’s children on grounds that Bernie transferred funds to their accounts. • Peter Madoff pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Ponzi scheme run by his brother. Peter Madoff served as the
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Is everyone essentially evil‚ corrupt‚ or amoral? Amorality is defined as having no moral standards‚ restraints‚ or principles and being unaware or indifferent to questions of right or wrong (Amoral). There are millions of cases throughout history of murderers and psychopaths who feel no remorse for their actions‚ even many years after the crime was committed. There are also criminals who do feel remorse for their actions and seek repentance years after the crime was committed. Lastly there are people
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Markopolos‚ ed. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons‚ Inc. 2010. Pp. 345. $17.35 (hard cover) This book brought out the failures of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in America’s history‚ as orchestrated by Bernie Madoff. Harry Markopolos caught up with Madoff’s Ponzi scheme earlier on in his career and saw all the red flags. There was no explanation of the continuous one percent yield in over forty five stocks that Madoff dealt with. Madoff took advantage
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