game in 1891. Many men and women have made names for themselves over the years. Some of the best players in basketball consist of Michael Jordan‚ Larry Bird‚ Patrick Ewing‚ and Magic Johnson just to name a few. Sheryl Swoopes‚ Susie McConnell‚ Cynthia Cooper‚ Lisa Leslie‚ and Rebecca Lobo are some of the best players to have played in the WNBA. Along with these greats‚ there are many aspiring basketball players out there who will make a name for their selves in years to
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Cited: Bova‚ Ben. "Global Warming Is Real." Global Warming. Ed. Cynthia A. Bily. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2006 Warming Is Real." NaplesNews.com. 2008. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context Bily.Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2006. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Global Warming‚ Global Myth." Liberty 22 (Sept Context. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. Cooper‚ M. (2001‚ January 26). Global warming treaty. CQ Researcher‚ 41-64. 2 Oct
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WorldCom Case Study: Lack of Leadership‚ Lack of Ethics Emily Fearnow ORG 500- Foundations of Effective Management Colorado State University – Global Campus Dr. Cheryl Lentz May 15‚ 2011 WorldCom Case Study: Lack of Leadership‚ Lack of Ethics A multitude of choices made by executives at WorldCom led to the ultimate demise of the company as it was previously known‚ the employees and their livelihoods’‚ and the trust of the American people. In a time when corporations
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From the Desk of: Imran Omer Case Study: WorldCom From its beginnings as a long distance call player to handler of Internet data traffic‚ WorldCom was a spectacular firework in the sky before it crashed out as one of the biggest bankruptcies America has witnessed in its corporate history. WorldCom carried more international voice traffic than any other company. It carried a large amount of the world‟s Internet traffic. WorldCom owned and operated a global IP (Internet Protocol) backbone that
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section of American Greed: Inside the WorldCom Scam: http://www.screencast.com/t/zBXF74I1sao You can watch the entire documentary here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/46554‚ but this is not needed for the discussion. Please discuss the following point: Cynthia Cooper (not shown in the clip) and her colleagues (for example‚ gentleman talking about the fraud) worried about their revelations bringing down the company. Her boss‚ CFO Scott Sullivan‚ asked her to delay reporting her findings for one quarter. She
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Assume Jose and Emily is CPAs and members of the AICPA. What Ethical standards in the Code of Professional Conduct should guide them in dealing with the manager’s inability to support travel and entertainment expenses? Response: Ch1. Cynthia Cooper‚ Real Hero pg.3 11 billion of fraudulent money and misallocations. CEO fired - mismanagement Accomplices - jail Integrity: say things with conviction. Does the end justify the mean pg.8 Trustworthiness pg. 8 Respect Responsibility Caring
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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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Enron case. The Worldcom case is particular in the sense in the way the fraud was discovered by an internal audit. Indeed‚ several employees led by Cynthia Cooper‚ an internal auditor at Worldcom assigned in operational auditing‚ started to be more and more suspicious about the situation of their company when a senior line manager complained to Ms. Cooper that her boss‚ CFO Scott Sullivan‚ had usurped a $400 million reserve account he had set aside as a hedge against anticipated revenue losses. The
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to stop‚ Ramos should consider alternative ways to collect the required data from other sources. This is depicted in the case of Worldcom Saga. The vice president of internal audit – Cynthia Cooper decided to investigate anomalies in the company’s accounting entries. Although‚ the CFO – Scott Sullivan had chided Cynthia for snooping around the accounting treatment‚ but she and her team still working on it behind the closed door. Ultimately‚ her team had successfully revealed the massive fraud that
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7/22/13 WorldCom Search » Ethics Home Page About the Center Focus Areas Bioethics Business Ethics Campus Ethics Character Education Government Ethics Internet Ethics More... Publications Ethics Articles Ethics Cases Ethical Decision Making Videos Ethics Blogs Podcasts E-letter/Subscribe Contact Us Site Index WorldCom1 By Dennis Moberg (Santa Clara University) and Edward Romar (University of MassachusettsBoston) An update for this case is available. 2002 saw an unprecedented number of
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