An Ethical Dilemma at WorldCom: A case study of Cynthia Cooper The Scenario One May afternoon‚ while sitting in his cubicle at WorldCom Inc. headquarters located in Clinton‚ Mississippi‚ Gene Morse was stunned to find an accounting entry for $500 million in expenses‚ which was not accounted for with any invoices. He immediately reported this entry to his boss‚ vice president of internal audit Cynthia Cooper (Pulliam & Solomon‚ 2002). Little did they know at the time that this discovery would begin
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Introduction After analyzing dozens of proposed state amendments that have been a part of recent Florida elections‚ I began to notice patterns in the decisions and began studying the process. The amendment proposals I viewed had been passed‚ denied‚ and even overturned by the courts. First I viewed the debate and proposed 2014 amendment of medical marijuana in the Politics in Florida book (Ch. 2‚ Pg. 58). After‚ I viewed another 2014 amendment that was less debated upon‚ being the Water and Land
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Enron Case Study [pic] Part A: Problem Focused Analysis and Recommendations. 1. Brief Case Background. List key events‚ use timeline. Case Background At one time Enron was one of the world’s largest producers of natural gas‚ oil‚ and electricity. It also appeared to be one of the most profitable companies‚ taking shareholders from $19.10 in 1999 to $90.80 by the end of 2000. Enron’s top management answered to a Board of Directors whose responsibility was to question and challenge new partnerships
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Rappler’s case that led for the SEC to revoke its registration as a corporation pointed to‚ according to SEC‚ its violation on the rules on foreign investment in media companies in the Philippines. Under the 1987 Constitution and various Philippine laws‚ a media company must be owned and controlled 100% by Filipinos. If a Philippine media company has foreign investor control of more than 0% of the company‚ then the media company disobey the law related to control restrictions. The case of Rappler
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SUBMITTING AN ANALYSIS RICARDO COLON BUS - 206 MOD 5 SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY JUNE 1st‚ 2013 Submitting an Analysis Step 1: Ms. Jones’ lawsuit alleging negligence on the part of TWS for failing to maintain a safe entryway to the store needs to meet the four elements required for negligence: (1) a duty of care; (2) a breach of the duty; (3) causation; and (4) injury. Step 2: TWS claims Ms. Jones was comparatively negligent in an attempt to reduce the total damages that
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Functional Currency Determination Case 10/10/2011 ABSTRACT In the dynamic global market‚ companies of all sizes‚ whether small‚ medium or transnationals interact with foreign companies and in most cases operate with currencies that are different from those that they commonly use. Foreign companies use foreign currencies for their expenditures‚ hedging strategies‚ and investing and financing activities. As a result these business activities must be reflected on the financial statements in the
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The Case For Old Glory What do you consider when you hear the words red‚ white‚ and blue? Do you naturally think about the flag of the United States of America? Our flag‚ as we probably see it today‚ is not the first flag with stars and stripes to be made. After the original thirteen colonies declared independence in 1776‚ Betsy Ross would sew the first U.S. Flag displaying the colors red‚ white and blue. The First Continental Congress on June 14‚ 1777‚ changed the shape of the stars from the circle
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INTRODUCTION: This case involves suspect Hayk Arakelyan DOB 03/21/88‚ entering the Subway located at 1739 E. Washington Blvd during business hours. Once Arakelyan was inside of the Subway‚ he walked to the office door that had an "Employees only" sign on it‚ opened the door‚ and entered the office. Arakelyan stole $753 US Currency (Various Denominations) that was left on the counter in the office and left the store on foot‚ traveling west on Washington Blvd. Arakelyan was apprehened and found to
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3.2 City Surfing case City Surfing is the capability of the users (visitors/tourist) to move to or between different tourist interest points in a way simple‚ easy‚ intuitive and context-awareness. In this context the users are found in smart urban environments that are able to give them useful information and services. The proposed in the cases system is named CoLoSus (Contactless Location and Surfing System) and it is based on the use of Smart Posters with text and visual information related to
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The Metric Division Case Midterm Case I. Diagnosis After having carefully read the Metric Division Case‚ and having well in mind the Open Systems Model exposed by Cummings and Worley in The Essentials of Organization Development and Change‚ I think that as an OD professional I would choose to examine this case at the Group Level. Throughout the text‚ it seems pretty clear that the division and the staff encounter some problems that are typically related to the design component of the
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