Diana‚ Shannon May 30‚ 2013 Abstract In this week I will be writing about a case study on a Dentist who satisfied the 4 d’s of negligence. I will be explaining and telling the definition of each D and what it stands. The four D’s consists of Duty‚ Dereliction‚ Direct Cause and Damages. A dentist practicing in a small town fits
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1. Analyze the 3 grievances. The first grievance started between the union and the company in regard to work schedule shift for the maintenance staff. It is important to note the company and the union had a contract that spelled out the shift schedule that union members have to work. In the face of it‚ the union grievance was much to make about nothing. Nonetheless‚ employer and the union had a contract‚ which they collective bargained on the bylaws. Clearly‚ the work schedule was one of the items
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Managua‚ Nicaragua Sept 28th‚ 2013 ENRON Background In 1985 Kenneth Lay merged his company‚ Houston Natural Gas‚ with Nebraska’s InterNorth to create the Enron; a company to be the biggest natural gass corporation to exist in the U.S. During the 1980’s‚ under the presidency of Ronald Raegan‚ there was a considerable lack of regulations regarding the energy markets‚ thus allowing the company to buy and sell contracts for a delivery at some time in the future. By 1990 Jeffery Skilling joined as
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Week 3 Case Study Report Background/History Fresh Direct is an online grocery launched in 2001 that offers shopping and delivery services to around 300 zip codes in the tri state area of New York (www.freshdirect.com). The current CEO of Fresh Direct is Mr. Jason Ackerman‚ who is also a cofounder of the firm‚ whilst the chairman is Jim Manzi. Fresh Direct serves over 600‚000 customers‚ and in 2010 it claimed revenues of more than $250 million‚ representing an increase of $20 million from the
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ENRON: A FINANCIAL REPORTING FAILURE? Anthony H. Catanach Jr.1 Associate Professor 610-519-4825 anthony.catanach@villanova.edu and Shelley Rhoades-Catanach Associate Professor Both at Villanova University College of Commerce and Finance Department of Accountancy INTRODUCTION The dramatic collapse of Enron Corporation‚ following a series of disclosures of accounting improprieties‚ has led many to question the soundness of current accounting and financial reporting standards. Within Enron’s reported
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Enron: Leadership without Ethics and Practical Execution Enron‚ once one of the largest energy public companies globally‚ achieved a $65 billion asset volume but only took 24 days to go bankrupt. Initially‚ its main service is extracting natural gas and manufacturing energy-using products‚ but the excessively aggressive and benefit-oriented type of operation makes the company create lots of so-called "innovative" investment department and financial products. All these activities played as the
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Current issue: Scandals in auditing Enron Scandal 1. Introduction Accounting scandals are political or business scandals which arise with the disclosure of financial misdeeds by trusted executives of corporations or governments. These days‚ not too often‚ these scandals are splashed as headlines across media. Why? Because there are complex groups of stakeholders who might be seriously affected by the scandals. Enron scam was the most remarkable scandal in 20 centuries by their institutionalized
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Case: Airbus A3XX: Developing the World’s Largest Commercial Largest Commercial Jet Question: 1. Who own Airbus? Who owns Boeing? a. Airbus- EADS (Germany‚ France‚ England & Spain – financially more stable)‚ Boeing (100% public-listed company – there’s shareholders issues‚ tendency when bankruptcy happens it will close shop) (3rd smaller‚ McDouglas) 2. What is the difference between Airbus and Boeing? Strategically‚ how important is the very large (VLA) aircraft market to the
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The Enron Scandal One of the most popular business bankruptcies and collapses known to date is that of the Enron Corporation. Enron‚ once known as "America ’s Most Innovative Company" by Fortune Magazine six straight years from 1996 to 2001. Enron seemed to be doing very well until the summer of 2001 generating a lot of cash and new businesses‚ but in October of 2001 Enron was forced to disclose that their accounting practices had been very creative‚ and failed to follow generally accepted accounting
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The Enron scandal‚ revealed in October 2001‚ eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation‚ an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas‚ and the de facto dissolution of Arthur Andersen‚ which was one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world. In addition to being the largest bankruptcy reorganization in American history at that time‚ Enron was attributed as the biggest audit failure.[1] Enron was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging Houston Natural
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