Case study 10.1 - THE RISE AND FALL OF WORLCOM Bernie Ebbers built WorldCom‚ Inc. (now part of Verizon‚ Inc.) into one of the world’s largest telecommunications firms. Yet he and chief financial officer (CFO) Scott Sullivan have become better known for creating a massive corporate accounting fraud that lead to the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Two investigate reports and subsequent court cases conclude that WorldCom executives were responsible for billions in fraudulent or unsupported accounting
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Ancient History Essay on the Rise of Octavian Discuss the rise of Octavian Gaius Octavius was born in 63 BC‚ the year of Cicero’s consulship‚ into a wealthy and respected family (Octavii) from the countryside south of Rome. With his birth‚ the future of the Roman Empire was radically changed. He was to become one of the most powerful men the world has ever seen‚ using his wit and ruthlessness to achieve the ultimate positions in the Roman Empire…becoming ‘tribunicia potestas’ and ‘imperium maius’
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The rise of Christianity put an end to the classical age of Europe with the help of the Romans‚ Christianity spread much faster. Rome was one of the main centers of Christian development. One of the Roman emperors‚ Constantine‚ let freedom of conscience for the people‚ made Christianity on a full legal equality with any religion in Rome‚ and later it was the official religion of the empire. The Roman Empire aid the spread of Christianity in many ways. Because the Romans are tolerate of religion
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A primary factor that led to the rise of Stalin was due to the weakness of Leon Trotsky‚ who was one of the strongest competitors that Stalin faced in succeeding Lenin as leader of the Communist Party. However‚ there are actions taken by Trotsky that weakened himself as an opposition. For example‚ Trotsky believed in permanent revolution‚ and he sought to promote and incite revolutions all over the world. However‚ he failed to convince his fellow Party members of his idea of world revolution. In
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The Rise of the KKK By: Kylee Tyler-Breimon As a result of the Red Scare and also anti-immigrant feelings‚ groups bigots used anti-communism as their excuse to harass any group that wasn’t the same as their group. One of these groups was known as the Ku Klux Klan‚ or the KKK. The Ku Klux Klan was a secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the Civil war. This group was devoted to “One hundred percent Americanism”
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The Rise of the Roman Empire started around 133-30 BCE. During this time‚ there were three triumvirs‚ Crassus Gaius Julius Caesar‚ and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. When Crassus died in Parthia‚ in 52 BCE‚ the Senate appointed Pompey as the sole consul of Rome. This broke the Republican rule where there should have been two consul’s not just one. Caesar refused to resigned his position that was ordered from the Senate and seen the moved as a unjust action to oust him from power. He refused to resigned
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The Rise of Naturalism The Law of Life RL 2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. RL 3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story. RL 4 Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone‚ including words with multiple meanings. RL 9 Demonstrate knowledge of early-twentiethcentury works of American literature. L 4b Identify and correctly
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With the fall of the Roman Empire‚ and leadership within changed. Because of this‚ the position of the papacy would change dramatically in the area of authority and response to threat. The papacy came to be the one living relic of times gone by‚ yet its job title in time would be revamped. The power that the papacy achieved was not quick. Also‚ rather than being a simple and extendable increase in power‚ the power that was achieved came about through a roller coaster of situations. The papacy
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Globalization is growth to a global or worldwide scale and there are three key elements that contribute to worldwide growth. These elements are culture and economy. These are very important topics in the world and without them; the world would not be connected in any way. “The term ‘globalization’ sometimes takes on different meanings for different people and in different circumstances. For example‚ sometimes the term is used to refer to the increased role of large‚ multinational corporations in
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Japan’s determination to succeed and become superior and powerful was so strong that in only 40 years‚ they were on the same level as the west. Japan decided to negotiate with the west. They knew that if they did not negotiate they would not be able to rise and meet their goals of becoming a world power. However‚ by doing so they lost extraterritoriality and the right to Tariffs. In the 1860’s Japan bought arms from the west‚ this was a big deal because it meant that not only was the west willing to sell
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