Corporate Governance WorldCom Scam Introduction MCI WorldCom was one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. Bernie Ebbers founded WorldCom in 1983‚ after that WorldCom began as a re-seller of long-distance telephone services. WorldCom is located at Mississippi. After Ebbers bought around 50 other small long-distance firms‚ he set his sight on MCI. Thus MCI WorldCom would have become the second biggest telecom service provider in 1997. MCI WorldCom was formed on September-15-1998
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word count: 2 316 Discuss the ‘people skills’ or ‘soft skills’ required in the 21 st century managers’ essential toolkit. This essay offers a suggestion of changes that occurred in the business environment of the 21st century and what they were driven by. It looks at why managerial ’soft ’ skills gain more attention nowadays and provides challenges modern managers might face in the near future. It then offers various personal qualities a successful manager should possess in order to be
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Management of Wild Ungulate Populations (in England in the 21st century) Introduction 1. This paper provides the background to a presentation given to the Independent Forestry Panel reviewing future management of Forests and Woodlands in England. The paper primarily focuses on the management of wild ungulate populations (deer and wild boar) in England‚ although for some issues‚ we feel that a GB or even UK wide approach may be more appropriate if politically viable. Background 2. All species
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wigs interested in the telecommunications industry‚ and Ebbers ability to be a great salesman. This is important because Ebbers never had a true business background‚ was not educated or well versed in finance or accounting. He was not the typical corporate executive‚ but he was all of a sudden running the second largest telecommunications firm in the world. He also had no background
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THREE STRIKE LAW CJ322 Criminal Justice in the 21st Century January 30‚ 2011 Criminal Justice The consequences of the three strike law are causing a strain on the criminal Justice system and the correction subsystem. Boot camps may be one of the solutions to the increasingly over crowded prisons. The challenges are increasing everyday for Correctional Officers‚ especially female officers who are already at a disadvantage. The three strike law became very popular in the 1990s
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INTRODUCTION Immigration in the 21st Century: Pros and Cons In light of the recent September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon‚ there has been a widespread resultant paranoia in the American psyche. Amongst one of the ?preventive measures? to curb further terrorist activities‚ the American immigration policy was scrutinized upon intensely. Long-time skeptics of immigration‚ including former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan and the Federation for American Immigration
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WorldCom Scandal Formerly known as WorldCom‚ now known as MCI‚ this U.S.-based telecommunications company was at one time the second-largest long distance phone company in the U.S. Today‚ it is perhaps best known for a massive accounting scandal that led to the company filing for bankruptcy protection in 2002. In 1998‚ the telecommunications industry began to slow down and WorldCom’s stock was declining. CEO Bernard Ebbers came under increasing pressure from banks to cover margin calls on
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longer sport the classic "greaser" look. Nor do they simply get into a few rumbles over turf. No‚ Street gangs today have developed much farther past a group of twenty people hanging out on the corner. There is much more to being a gangbanger in the 21st century than that. Most modern day gangs are situated in some of the larger cities such as L.A.‚ New York‚ and Even in Vancouver. Gangs Nowadays don’t separate themselves by the Things they wear but more by the colors they wear. For example Greasers
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bankruptcy in 2001‚ Nancy b. Rapoport wrote this essay expressing her unique perspective on the real cause of Enron’s demise. This essay catches the reader’s attention instantly‚ because unlike abundant other articles written on the biggest corporate scandal in American history‚ the author here rejects Jeff Skilling’s (former president of Enron) argument1 of what brought about Enron’s downfall. She instead uses another metaphor‚ arguing that Enron’s downfall was more like Titanic’s- hubris and over
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The Adelphia Scandal The Dawn of Adelphia Adelphia was founded in 1952 by John Rigas and his brother Gus Rigas in Coudersport‚ Pennsylvania with the purchase of their first cable franchise for $300. After 20 years‚ the Rigas brothers incorporated their company under the name Adelphia which derived its name from a Greek word which means brothers‚ an apt corporate title for a business that would employ generations of the Rigas family. Adelphia was a cable television company and built its success
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