ZZZZ Best Company Fraud Case Study 1) At an early age‚ Barry Minkow was introduced to the carpet cleaning industry by his mother who worked part time as a telephone solicitor for a small carpet cleaning company. This insight of the industry allowed Minkow to understand that the carpet cleaning industry was one which had very few barriers to entry‚ no licensing requirements‚ and required only a small amount of capital to enter. Also‚ because of these few barriers to entry‚ the industry has historically
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There are many ways a corporation can be classified; however the best way to classify a corporation is by knowing the characteristics that makes a corporation. The unique characteristics of corporations are consist of limited liability of stockholders‚ free transferability of shares‚ perpetual existence‚ and centralized management. In relation to John Marshall who is the chief justice in 1819 defined corporation as an artificial being‚ invisible‚ intangible‚ and existing only in contemplation of
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Fraud‚ Auditing & Internal Controls CMIYC paper Throughout the movie‚ Frank Abagnale Jr. has multiple pressures that cause him to commit fraud‚ opportunities to commit them and rationalizations about them. These three factors all end up causing him to commit the fraud and to escalate it‚ some more than others. Most of the pressures that Frank goes through in the movie would be in the financial pressures group‚ and a little in the other pressures group. His first pressure in the movie would
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Characteristics of Corporations Corporations represent an important type of organization. Their unique characteristics offer advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of Corporate Characteristics Separate legal entity: A corporation conducts its affairs with the same rights‚ duties‚ and responsibilities of a person. It takes actions through its agents‚ who are its officers and managers. Limited liability of stockholders: Stockholders are liable for neither corporate acts nor corporate debt
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Corporation by-Laws ARTICLE I Offices 1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent: The registered office of the corporation shall be the same as listed on the articles of incorporation and at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors upon filing of such notices as may be required by law‚ and the registered agent shall have a business office
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UV5319 May 10‚ 2010 B CORPORATION: A NEW SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL “We envision a new sector of the economy which harnesses the power of private enterprise to create public benefit.” —B Lab‚ “Declaration of Interdependence‚” 2010 Introduction Jay Coen Gilbert and Bart Houlahan were friends as undergraduates at Stanford University. In 1993‚ a few years after graduation‚ they helped start the basketball shoe and apparel company AND1. As the company grew‚ cofounder Gilbert and president
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B Corporations Benefit Corporations‚ also known as B corps‚ are a new way to do business in a socially responsible way. Curtis Lum’s article‚ “Legislation would allow for creation of ‘B corps’” published on March 18‚ 2011 in the Pacific Business News‚ talks about the ongoing legislative battle to legally recognize B corps in Hawai’i. An additional article from the PBN‚ published the same day by John Webster‚ “Social responsibility is beginning to take root‚” provides further background to Lum’s
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“Splash Corporation (A): Competing with the Big Brands” Problem: Splash Corporation (Splash) is a leading producer of skin care and hair care products in the Philippines. Founded in 1985‚ Splash was now the country’s leading domestic producer of personal care products and was billed as “the next Unilever” by BizNews Asia magazine (page 5). However‚ competing with the top corporations in the world was no easy task‚ especially when these companies were producing low-cost alternative products. Splash
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Running Head Reengineering the Corporation Reengineering the Corporation In the book “Reengineering the Corporation”‚ Hammer and Champy create a new frame of managerial relations and organizational bureaucracy. The authors address such important problems as impact of technology on business environment‚ new labor relations and organizational structures affected a modern corporation. The book consists of 13 chapters and an Epilogue discussing different problems and issue of modern organizational
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on this company as being its sole owner. She has several options that she is considering in operating her new business. Some of those options include the following: operating as a franchise‚ sole proprietorship‚ partnership of some sort‚ a corporation of some sort‚ as an LLC‚ and even a joint venture. She has come to me asking of my input on what I think about her possible start up of this new company. Betty thought about operating her company as a franchise. According to Merriam Webster
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