of the Mississippi scheme‚ the South Sea bubble and Tulipmania. It is ironic that bubble is used to qualify the South Sea dilemma and scheme used for that of the Mississippi. The occurrence in Great Britain involved more connivance‚ dishonesty‚ embezzlement and corruption compared to that at France‚ though they both result from delusions. The Mississippi scheme and South Sea bubble both originated from one man‚ John Law and Harley‚ Earl of Oxford(Mackay‚1996). The Mississipi scheme started out as
Premium George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four World War II
The main forms of corruption are bribery‚ fraud‚ embezzlement and extortion. These concepts do sometimes overlap‚ but through them‚ some of the basic characteristics of corruption can be identified. The reason why young people should fight corruption has to do with the fact that it destroys the system of values in society. Youth is part of civil society and carries the future in its hand and the fact that you are able to look at society in a refreshing way allows you to find alternative solutions
Premium Political corruption Youth Young
The Adventure to Democracy 301100190 Simon Fraser University The Adventure to Democracy In the midst of the prevalence of democratic transitions‚ a number of developing countries are seeking to achieve the successful consolidation of civil order in modern days. Among those participants‚ Mexico and Nigeria has been spotlighted for the completely contrastive endings at the end of their long-adventures towards democratization since their independence; Mexico‚ from its independence‚ has maintained
Premium Democracy Election Democratization
ANALYSIS OF KENYA’S GOVERNMENT REVENUE From the analysis Taxes seem to be the major source of revenue to the government since in the year 2006/7 it accounted for 93.16% of the total revenue‚ in the year 2007/8 it accounted for 94.91% of total revenue and in the year 2008/9 it amounted 94.71%. This is a good sign since the tax revenue/total government revenue is ideally required to be above 50%. The following classes of taxes were the major sources of revenue for the government: • Taxes on income
Premium Revenue Property Income tax
of lower social standing (today). White-collar criminals are less likely to be investigated or arrested than the average common criminal‚ primarily because of their social standing. The most common white-collar crimes are various types of fraud‚ embezzlement‚ tax evasion and money laundering. Every crime is motivated by some type of gain. In the case of Enron-Smartest Guys in the Room‚ this white-collar crime was motivated by the financial gain and profits to its executives and CEOs. I believe that
Premium Criminology Crime Theft
In 1974‚ due to a series of bad loans‚ charges of criminal embezzlement‚ and other unfortunate circumstances‚ the Union Planters Bank foreclosed on the Stax Record Company and all its property. Included in this seizure was the building where Stax founders‚ Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton‚ set up shop an African American neighborhood at the former Capitol Theater in 1960. By 1980‚ the neighborhood became one of the poorest and most crime-ridden zip codes in the United States and the property held
Premium Tennessee
O. Henry Unpredictability is a coveted aspect in any author’s work. No matter how action-packed or descriptive a writer is‚ without a touch of surprise‚ his work is useless. This was no problem for O. Henry. The famous short story author’s intimate relationship with erratic plot twists came from the roller coaster of a life he led. His twist endings combined in his stories with clever‚ lighthearted irony that brought humor to otherwise not as humorous topics. This sense of humor was ever constant
Premium Comedy Humour Short story
immune to this scourge; indeed‚ many analysts believe that internal theft of money or goods from employees is a primary cause of a significant percentage of small business failures. In the early 1990s‚ the DOC estimated that employee theft and embezzlement activities accounted for one out of five business failures‚ many of which were smaller firms that were unable to weather the erosion that those activities brought to their bottom lines (Walsh‚ 2000). These devastating losses are often passed
Premium Fraud Management Computer security
CAUSES OF CHIEFTAINCY DISPUTES IN AFRICA AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM The constitution of Ghana defines a chief in article 277 as. In the Chapter unless the context otherwise requires‚ chief means a person‚ who‚ hailing from the appropriate family and lineage has been validly nominated ‚elected or selected and enstooled‚ enskinned or installed as a chief or queen mother in accordance with the relevant customary law and usage. Chieftaincy as an important social institution which binds the people together
Premium Decision making Decision theory Law
The Hwang Woo-Suk Research Scandal In scientific research poor scientific research can lead to financial waste and human health risks. This paper reviews an example of unethical business research and injured parties involved. Next how the unethical behavior affected everyone involved and how to prevent unethical behavior is explained. Many institutions have different standards of what is considered to be unethical research. Some examples include: 1. Asking inappropriate questions
Premium Scientific misconduct Morality Science