Diane Epps a fifty-five-year-old Caucasian woman‚ Executive director‚ Joe Moran‚ the other lead attorney (only African American staff)‚ Cynthia Sanders a petite 28-year-old Caucasian woman‚ the mitigation investigator‚ and an accountant‚ Jose Arnada‚ a thirty-four Mexican American man; the client‚ was sentenced the death penalty for a crime that he did not commit. Cynthia‚ the protagonist‚ is meeting with Diane and Joe to discuss ways to show Jose is competent to write his own appeal. Problem Statement
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The Insider (1999) is a film rife with ethical dilemmas‚ suspense and controversy. It is based on a true story related to a 1994 episode of the CBS news show 60 Minutes that never aired. The plot puts Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) at odds with Brown & Williamson‚ the third largest tobacco companies in the country. Wigand was fired from his position as Vice President of Research and Development‚ at which he was instructed to hide information related to the addictive nature of nicotine. The plot
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Corporate Governance Adv. Diploma FM/BM LECTURE ONE DEFINING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Governance refers to the new way in which something is governed and to the function of governing. The governance of a country‚ for example‚ refers to the powers and actions of the legislative assembly‚ the executive government and the Judiciary. Corporate governance refers to the way in which companies are governed‚ and to what purpose. It is concerned with practices and procedures for trying to
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A whistleblower is someone that raises a concern about a wrongdoing that is happening in their company or organization. There are many things that the whistleblower can reveal such as the breaking of laws‚ exposing fraud‚ corruption‚ or health and safety violations. These allegations can expressed to the people that run the company or organization and they can be expressed to the outside world such as the media or law enforcement. The whistleblower normally faces reprisal from their company‚ related
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Throughout history women have been undermined by the patriarchy. There is no difference when it comes to rock and roll. Since the late 1950s when women first began to make their entry into rock and roll until now‚ women have been making great strides in the industry. However‚ as James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome state in their 1966 single‚ “this is a man’s world”. Women have constantly been cheated out of credit and money. They have also not been taken seriously as musicians. They have been
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................................... 9 Health and Safety .............................................................................. 10 Environment ...................................................................................... 11 Whistleblower Policy and Procedure…………………………….12 Compliance......................................................................................... 14 Message from the President TESCO is an international company with a strong reputation for providing
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competitive training programs to produce fully licensed‚ motivated sales representatives. Cynthia Mitchell was once one of the best trainees‚ and is now one of AgFunds regional district managers. Cynthia‚ recruited by Peter Jones‚ the Houston-based regional vice president who oversaw eight southern districts‚ was expected to revive the Arkansas district. PROBLEM DEFINITION The district‚ which Cynthia was chosen to manage‚ had been losing customers for 15 years. According to observers the sales
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his actions as a whistleblower. The article outlines the dangerous precedent set by prosecuting whistleblowers‚ and how their likelihood of exposing infringement is reduced by it. Also arguing that while his actions may have adversely affected the interest of the national government‚ the unconstitutional actions of the NSA simply needed to be made public knowledge. Lastly‚ the article argues that Edward Snowden isn’t a traitor‚ but is in fact a patriot. His actions as a whistleblower far outweigh the
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom LDDS began operations in 1984 offering services to local retail and commercial customers in the southern states. It was initially a loss making enterprise‚ and thus hired Bernie J. (Bernie) Ebbers to run things. It took him less than a year to make the company profitable. By the end of 1993‚ LDDS was the fourth largest long distance carrier in the United States. After a shareholder vote in May 1995‚ the company officially came to be known as WorldCom. WorldCom culture
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Question 1: The Singapore Code of CG advocates the disclosure of company whistle-blowing practices and procedures. Should employees have a duty to blow the whistle on unethical or illegal acts? Before we proceed into the essay question‚ we need to ask ourselves what we understand by the term “Whistleblowing”. There is no globally accepted definition for whistle-blowing although several attempts have been made to define it. Ralph Nader was one of the first few in modern history to use the
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