Temuujin Enkhbold Enron Fraud Once the seventh largest company in America‚ Enron was formed in 1985 when InterNorth acquired Houston Natural Gas. The company branched into many non-energy-related fields over the next several years‚ including such areas as Internet bandwidth‚ risk management‚ and weather derivatives (a type of weather insurance for seasonal businesses). The Enron fraud case is extremely complex. Some say Enron’s demise is rooted in the fact that in 1992‚ Jeff Skilling‚ then president
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Just two hours later‚ in a room at the Federal building‚ George Kazan‚ a successful attorney is seated next to Myra. He wears a grey Stacy Adams Sunny vested suit with black alligator cowboy boots. Kazan’s a highly skilled‚ bigheaded celebrity defense attorney that prosecutors fear. The prosecutors avoided trial with him if possible. George Kazan would use every trick in and out of the book. He once had an ex-wife of the presiding judge to appear as witness for the defense in a big celebrity divorce
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Martha Alvarado Soc 368 Prof: Aguilera The two article chosen for this assignment were Gangs and Social Change by Martin Sanchez-Jankowski and The Economic of Crime by Gary S. Becker. Furthermore‚ after reading the article by Jankowski I learned that many researchers had trouble defining or being able to distinguish gang related associations to groups or individuals that were not in a “gang.” Many individuals have the belief that a a gang is having two or more individuals in a group. If the group
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Essay – How far would sociologists agree that working class people are more likely to commit crimes than any other social class group? The upper class is the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Members of an upper class may have great power over the grant of resources and governmental policy in their area. The middle class is the group of people who are at the mediocre level of the social class hierarchy. Nurse‚ teacher and accountant are just three of the fastest growing
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considerable amount of resources to eradicate corruption. Corruption has been present both in the government and the private sector. It comes in several different forms including bribery‚ fraud‚ nepotism‚ graft‚ speed money‚ pilferage‚ theft‚ embezzlement‚ falsification of records‚ kickbacks‚ influence peddling and campaign contributions. The United Nations (UN) identifies two types corruption--petty and grand. I am inclined to use‚ on the basis of its pervasiveness‚ the terms spontaneous and institutionalized
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References: Fishman‚ S. (2013‚ March 4). The dean of corruption. New York. Mariecar‚ M. (2013). Ivy acdemia funder ’s trial begin. Daily New. Ruggieri‚ L. (2012). From horses to log cabns - $9 million embezzlement case: hwo did the owner not know. Journal of Business Case Studies‚ 575-587. Tang‚ T. L.-P.‚ & Liu‚ H. (2012). Love of money and unethical behavior intention: Does an authentic supervisor ’s personal integretiy nd character (ASPIRE) make a difference
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Shell oil is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with around 87000 employees in more than seventy countries and territories. The group was started by Marcus Samuel‚ a shopkeeper who was selling sea shells. In 1833‚ Marcus expanded his business into an importing and exporting business. At this time the business was run by brothers Marcus Samuel Junior and Sam. It was during a trip to Japan that Marcus became interested in the oil exporting business then based in Baku‚ Russia (Barth
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invested in companies that their business are running efficient. Internal controls form an integral part of any business. In laymen’s terms‚ it is a system of internal controls which minimize errors in the accounting records‚ and deter fraud and embezzlement. Because these internal controls protect against many illegal happenings in businesses‚ they are rightfully required by law. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 was passed after numerous corporate scandals. It required companies to be
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Bribery: it is the offering‚ promising‚ giving‚ accepting or soliciting of an advantage as an inducement for an action which is illegal‚ unethical or a breach of trust. Inducements can take the form of gifts‚ loans‚ fees‚ rewards or other advantages. Embezzlement: this is when a person holding office in an institution‚ organization or company dishonestly and illegally appropriates‚ uses or traffics the funds and goods they have been entrusted with for personal enrichment or other activities. Patronage:
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Crime is the breaking of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Crimes may also result in cautions‚ rehabilitation or be unenforced. Individual human societies may each define crime and crimes differently‚ in different localities (state‚ local‚ international)‚ at different time stages of the so-called "crime"‚ from planning‚ disclosure‚ supposedly intended‚ supposedly prepared‚ incomplete‚ complete or future proclaimed
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