Enron’s name was formerly Northern Natural Gas Company‚ which was formed in 1932 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. But in 1985‚ it bought the smaller Houston Natural Gas and finally changed its name to Enron. The “crooked E” logo was designed in the 1990s. Enron was well known for transmitting and distributing electricity and gas throughout the United States. Enron developed‚ built‚ and operated power plants and pipelines while dealing with the rules of law. They owned a huge network of natural gas pipelines which
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DILIGENCE MEMORANDUM TO: JJJ Company FROM: Riordan Manufacturing DATE: September5‚ 2012 RE: JJJ Company to complete the Due Diligence to complete by- Setember5‚ 2012- For any transaction takes place. As a result to the investigation of the proposed acquisition‚ Riordan Manufacturing needs more information from the company to make a firm decision on behalf of the company. Please provide us with the information stated
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In essence‚ the savvy business leader went from rags to riches (Sorkin‚ 2002). Unfortunately he would pay the cost for his naïveté when he was indicted of “twenty-two counts of larceny conspiracy and securities fraud” which came at time when many white collar crimes were under
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Impacts of Unethical Behavior Adam S. Wilcox XACC/280 5/9/2012 Angelia Hunter Impacts of Unethical Behavior The collapse of Enron in 2001 shed the light on a number of unethical business and accounting practices in the corporate world. In 1986 Enron CEO Kenneth Lay combined his Houston Natural Gas company with several other companies. At this time the company began growing exponentially. By the mid-1990’s the deregulation of the oil and gas industries allowed Enron to spend
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis W. Jordan Barrick ACT 291 October 8‚ 2012 David Fewkes Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis It is a far different world in the marketplace than just the year 2000. Consumer faith has plummeted‚ military campaigns have begun and ended and time after time large corporations are accused of terrible misconduct before a rapid demise. Whereas the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has dealt a tremendous hand for the betterment of ethical
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Impact of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Over the past decade‚ numerous accounting scandals have been revealed. The impact of the unethical behavior exhibited in these scandals caused the companies that were affected to have a huge financial loss for the company as well as investors‚ collapse‚ or become in a financial crisis (Ashe and Nealy‚ 2010). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed “in an attempt to codify the ethical behavior of companies‚ their executives‚ and their management”
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the population. And the key factor of simple random sampling is its representativeness of the population. c. Disavantage : However‚ sometimes random sampling method application impossible in practical terms. First‚ it is difficult to be able to have a complete list of all the objects in the target population. For example‚ when you want prospective study on the injuries caused by traffic accidents‚ we can not know how many emergency patients will be there day or during the time we gather data.
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Ethics in Business Folole Muliaga was a Samoan woman living in New Zealand with her family. In May of 2007‚ Mrs. Muliaga was sitting in her dining room while one of her sons was at the computer. That morning an agent for Mercury Energy visited the home to announce that the power was being turned off. The agent gave the son a disconnect notice which was then given to Mrs. Muliaga by her son. Mrs. Muliaga told her son to ask the man to come inside. The agent came into Mrs. Muliaga’s home but
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Animals have long played an important role as research animals in the field of Science by human kind since Ancient Greeks‚ when Aristotle used animals as a dissection. Animals are used in research and experiments by scientists to advance human knowledge and find cures to diseases such as asthma. In my opinion‚ animals are needed for scientists to conduct researches and experiments. Firstly‚ animal models are used to test drugs. This is because it will lower the risk of effects on humans when the
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result. Research Question: 1. How the efficiency of the online enrollment system does affect the student of the Ateneo De Davao University - College Unit? 2. What is the relevance of the efficiency of the online enrollment in Ateneo de Davao University? 3. Which process should be immediately improved to make the online enrollment efficient? 4. Is there an immediate need of widening the online coverage of enrollment system? Importance/Benefits: The importance of this research study is
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