Case 2-1 Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom Cynthia Cooper details her trials and tribulations about her experiences at WorldCom in the book Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower. The following excerpts from the book describe the actions she took to uncover the fraud at WorldCom and reactions of key players in the accounting department‚ top management‚ the audit committee and the external auditors. Cooper was first alerted to the fact that there may have been a problem
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Tanglewood Case 2 The environmental scan for Tanglewood is very complex. According to the scan‚ there is a consistent supply of qualified individuals to fill managerial positions; however‚ it has been determined that Tanglewood may experience difficulties completing this task for several reasons. First‚ retail is often viewed as an undesirable market for recent college graduates. Secondly‚ many associate retail with working long hours‚ low pay‚ and frequent conflict with lower-level employees
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FLOW FROM FINANCING Decrease in long-term debt (12.9) Net cash flow from financing ($12.9) Net increase (decrease) in cash ($10.0) Beginning cash 37.2 Ending cash (calculated) $27.2 Actual ending cash (Check figure) $27.2 2. Use the Du Pont equation to obtain a rough feel for Commonwealth’s financial condition as compared to national averages. What are your conclusions? Du Pont Analyses: 2012 2013 Ind. Avg. Total margin 3.67% 5.73% 2.90%
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Contents Introduction 3 Pay Methods 3-4 Procedures 4-5 Audit Requirements 5-6 Reporting Requirements and Quality 6-7 Conclusion 7-8 Recommendations 8 References 9-10 Introduction Stanley International Bank (SIB) processes a payroll administration for approximately 2500 employees located across the globe. There are ten payroll entities that are processed on a monthly basis. When processing pay various manual activities and methods are required
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Case Analysis 2 In Case Study Two‚ I analyzed the conversation between Vic the CEO of Nuf Fun and Hinde‚ the Assistant Head of Product Development about Carvers‚ the product designer in the Product Development Center. The conversation consisted of carvers inability to work effectively with the product development team. Hinde stated that the team felt that they couldn’t go to Carver with an idea‚ because he would tell them to fill out the forms in the procedure manual. While in the meantime‚ he’s
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Samantha Heuer Work Place Communication Seen Through Cassie’s Account Communication skills in the work place are essential to a healthy work environment. Case study two focuses on the relationships‚ atmosphere‚ and ideals of the workplace. The article‚ “Navigating the Limits of a Smile”‚ written by Sarah J. Tracy‚ concentrates on a young American girl who adapts to her new job working on a cruise ship. This story portrays many work related communication theories and concepts that are used in everyday
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Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles In response to Enterprise Rent-a-Car’s new customer loyalty rewards program‚ Laura Walkins‚ should follow the industry leader by adopting a dollar based reward system and focus on targeting business travellers. But in doing so Olympic needs to be careful not to enter into a price war with Enterprise. To avoid the risk of this happening‚ Olympic should look to diversify and differentiate their rewards program to steal a share of the business traveller
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technique‚ especially in forensic science‚ called a polymerase chain reaction‚ or PCR. 2.How are computers used in fingerprint analysis? Experts examine tiny fingerprint details known as minutiae. These may be loops‚ dots‚ forks‚ islands‚ etc. Several comparison points must be perfectly matched for two fingerprints to be considered identical. 3.Who is a pioneer in fingerprint analysis? Describe a famous case that this person was involved in. Edward Foster studied fingerprint analysis in the US
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Case study # 2: The apple of your “I” This case study will describe why Apple Inc. is a very successful company and has become the second largest public company in the world. It all started in the 1980’s when Apple started producing home computers. This helped those who were full-time students and workers by also producing a particular computer‚ the Macintosh computer. However‚ in 1985 Steve Jobs lost against the Apple board‚ and because of the unfortunate negative outcome of the meeting‚ Steve
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The forecast for the next year is as follows according to the table: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Total 1. 4505 3995 3825 3655 3485 3485 2. 0 600 192 0 408 408 3. 0 0 493 102 0 255 4. 0 0 9 69 12 60 5. 0 0 0
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