Kung INDIVIDUAL REPORT National Branding and Corporate Scandals [pic][pic] [pic] [pic] By George MANG Student Number: 53002615 City University of Hong Kong Year 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………… 3 2. China National Brand Building and “Soft Power”………………………..... 4 3. From Manufacturing Factory to Research and Development Centre……... 5 4. China’s Counterfeit Merchandise and Food Scandals……………………… 6 5. China’s Financial Markets Bottleneck………………………………………
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Reggie Bush: Is He to Blame for USC’s Sanctions? “What happened to the days young children could look up to their sports heroes with pride and think that they someday would want to be just like them?”‚ (Finnegan 4). This question is now being asked more often than ever. The sports stars we look up to and admire are surrounded by talks of cheating. One prime example of this happening is the case of Reggie Bush. Reggie Bush was a running back at the University of Southern California. At USC‚
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transcontinental railroad. The company took part in complex arrangements in which a several of the partners contracted with themselves for the construction of the railroad. As a result of this scandal‚ Credit Mobilier stocks paid dividends of three-hundred and forty-eight percent in the first year (Hoops 59). The real scandal took place not in the west‚ but in the House of Representatives‚ where Oakes Ames "sold" stock at par value to "where they will do the most good (McPherson 585)." In the investigation
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title when compared to his predecessor Lyndon B. Johnson because of the Watergate scandal‚ violation of international law‚ and attempt at wage and price controls. The Watergate Scandal was an act by President Nixon‚ that caused him to become the infamous president he was known as. The Watergate Scandal was a burglary that occurred in June 17‚ 1972 and was organized by none other than President Nixon himself. The scandal caused a great deal of uncertainty in America as no one wanted to believe that the
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unprecedentedpower. This renowned leadership may be the only association made by certaincountries‚ while in the United States many see an other significance:Watergate‚ Whitewater‚ Kennedy’s brutal and mysterious assassination‚ andtoday‚ Clinton’s "zippergate" scandal. When the President of the United Statestakes oath‚ he gives up a part of his life. His private life becomes thepublic’s life‚ and they feel the right to know what happens behind the OvalOffice. Now the Presidency must battle against Newspaper journalists
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accurate financial reports that are useful to managers‚ regulators and other stakeholders such as shareholders‚ creditors or owners (Financial Accounting Info‚ 2006). Inefficiencies in the processes of accounting may amount to a professional scandal. Accounting scandals or fraud can be explained in various ways. Accounting fraud is a deliberate and improper manipulation of the recording of sales revenue and/or expenses in order to make a company ’s profit performance appear better than it actually
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Steve Johnson 06-13-2011 The Rampart Scandal The Rampart Scandal is about a widespread corruption in the community resources against street hoodlums or better known as “CRASH” anti-gain unit of the LAPD Rampart division in the late 1990’s. More than 70 police officers in the CRASH unit were implicated in misconduct‚ making it one of the worst cases of documented police misconduct in US history. The convicted offenses include unprovoked shootings‚ unprovoked beatings‚ planting of evidence
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point for a low 3-month fix can earn the trader over $2million dollars from an $80 billion deal. For a deal that is often settled‚ the derivative traders made their fair share of money by manipulating LIBOR. According to the Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal article‚ the derivative traders and the Desk was located on the same trading floor‚ which if you asked me‚ says a lot about Barclays internal control regarding LIBOR rate submissions in itself. The Desk benefitted from manipulating LIBOR in my opinion
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What Went Wrong: Case Study of a Selected Corporate Scandal “In Texas‚ Robert Allen Stanford appeared to be yet another flamboyant billionaire. But in the breezy Caribbean money haven of Antigua‚ he was lord of an influential financial fief‚ decorated with a knighthood‚ courted by government officials and basking in the spotlight of sports and charity events on which he generously showered his fortune.” This quote from an article in The New York Times portrays the life of Mr. Stanford‚ owner of
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Duke Lacrosse scandal‚ which decimated a top collegiate athletic program and cast a negative shadow over one of the top academic universities. Duke University had one of the top men’s lacrosse programs in the county‚ which had won numerous national championships. Unfortunately‚ the decisions and actions of some of the team members threatened to destroy the reputation of the lacrosse program and the entire university. The media and society have developed a large appetite for scandal that is still
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