corporate scandals: Enron‚ Tyco‚ Global Crossing. In many ways‚ WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance‚ accounting abuses‚ and outright greed. But none of these other companies had senior executives as colorful and likable as Bernie Ebbers. A Canadian by birth‚ the 6 foot‚ 3 inch former basketball coach and Sunday School teacher emerged from the collapse of WorldCom www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcom.html 1/7 7/22/13 WorldCom not only broke but with a
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said during debates or rallies. For example‚ during the democratic primaries‚ Bernie vs. Hillary memes were used to expose how out of touch Hillary Clinton was with the youth. Even though most of those memes were exaggerated‚ they addressed the belief that Bernie was a better representative for millennials. The memes were an accurate representation since Bernie received the majority of votes among young people. After Bernie lost the primaries‚ popular memes were still used to address the elections.
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My first cultural clash is between minorities and the Klu Klux Klan. The KKK was a group who preached “One hundred percent americanism”. The KKK had about 4 million members. The KKK was founded in 1915 at Atlanta Georgia for the second time. The founder was William Joseph Simmons.There were three times the KKK rouse up. Some people that were really involved with the KKK were D. W. Griffith and George Gordon. D. W. Griffith was the man who invented hollywood. He as also the creator of The birth of
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With the final primaries of 2016 drawing to a close tonight‚ where does Hillary‚ Bernie‚ and Donald focus their time and energy? How do the results of tonight craft messages and build platforms? Will the parties completely emerge into a general election with both sides relatively unified or will the Democrats remain splintered going into the conventions? Before today started‚ Hillary Clinton was dubbed a history maker‚ becoming the first woman to clinch a major party’s nomination in America. Although
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The “Progressive Era” of the early twentieth century was a period that experienced a widespread of social and political activism and reform. During this time‚ Progressives sought to terminate industrial and political corruption in order to make the government more efficient‚ safe‚ and honest. They tackled child labor‚ took on the banking system and at the same time‚ the women’s suffrage movement was on the rise. A distinct similarity between Progressives of the early 1900’s and Progressives of today
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Democratic Decision Makers‚ Since the beginning of this race‚ millions of us Americans have become more and more doubtful of Hillary Clinton’s ability to defeat Mr. Trump. There is no longer any doubt that Hillary Clinton has become a burden to the public and to the party. When we ponder all her issues‚ including her health complications‚ her ’pay to play’ foundation‚ her war exploiting‚ and her email scandal‚ to name just a few‚ it appears that her deficiencies far exceed her positives. Donald
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The Secret of Happiness When talking about happiness‚ a vast majority of people will think of wealth‚ a good reputation‚ high social status. In Edwin A. Robinson’s poem “Richard Cory”‚ the author depicted a gentleman who was well-educated‚ polite‚ and “rich – yes‚ richer than a king”. In the people’s view‚ Richard Cory was a happy person. They admired him‚ and they “thought that he was everything‚ to make us wish that we were in his place.” However‚ Mr. Cory‚ “one calm summer night‚ went home and
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The United States of America has always depended on presidents to change or improve the standard American living. We as Americans always believe in a liberal‚ more equal state of living‚ and keeping mother earth sustainable. Many feel that presidents should always have an understanding mind and should always work for the the people of all races. Jill Stein is the solitary candidate who has the mind of a strong leader to lead America. She wants more than to demolish terrorists and make a stronger
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"John/Taupin Compositions." He says that he was amazed by the ideas Elton and Bernie had but he says he didn’t want to risk losing the project by looking "too" enthusiastic about the "John/Taupin Compositions." "So I was Johnnie Cool" Gus said. Gus Dudgeon agreed to produce the "John/Taupin Compositions." Steve Brown coordinated the compositions. So after the meeting the demo tapes were sent to Dick James music. Elton and Bernie were granted $12‚000 for the project. An unknown sum for unknown musicians
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them. Answers In this case‚ there are 2 issues that we need to determine. Firstly‚ is the existence of counter offer. There is a new offer made by Bernie to reduce the initial offered price‚ since it is not a mere request for further information‚ thus it’s considered as a counter-offer. On top of that‚ since there is a counter-offer made by Bernie‚ it eventually destroys the original offer which made by Ariana. In other word‚ by making a counter-offer‚ the original offer may be considered rejected
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