"Enron the smartest man in the room" was a very intense story on how a fortune five hundred company CEO’S can get very greedy and turn on there employees. This story is very true and teaches you how to be true to your employees and also other business investors. This story tells you how wrong humanity morals can end up in greed and even death due to guilt. This story takes place with many business and financial advisors and writers who looked into the story and explained it the best they can to
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Test 1 (29.10.2014): Case Volkswagen Scandal Unprecedented scandal was provoked by ordinary shares of Volkswagen in Frankfurt stock-exchange. 30.10.2008 German company Volkswagen has become in very short time the biggest company in the world (making the American oil giant Exxon-Mobil second in the list). It happened after 500% growth of VW ordinaries. On Friday October 24 market price of VW ordinary share was EUR 211‚ but at the end of the Tuesday October 28 trading
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market maker in natural gas and other commodities. Enron successfully influenced policymakers to exempt the company from various regulatory rules‚ for example in the field of energy derivatives. This allowed Enron to enter various trading markets with virtually no government oversight. Arguably‚ regulation might have prevented Enron from taking some of the risks and making some of the mistakes which it did. While deregulation may initially have helped Enron‚ by allowing it to create and enter new markets
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I love to cook‚ so finding and trying out a new recipe for me is great. When I have the time‚ I love to watch cooking shows on TV‚ so what comes to mind for me‚ is the Martha Stewart scandal in 2004. In 2001‚ Martha Stewart had received an inside tip from her stockbroker that her stock‚ ImClone Systems was going to fall‚ so she sold her almost 4‚000 shares in the company to avoid an almost $46‚000 loss‚ the next day the stock fell 16%. Over the next few months‚ Martha’s activies were being investigated
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Interpersonal communication is the method of sharing messages amongst two or more people. The hit television series “Scandal” directed by Shonda Rhymes is an intense plot with a group of people (Nicknamed Gladiators) that help people clean up scandals. Many conflicts arise during each episode between multiple individuals. The conflicts involve a variety of different scenarios between Olivia Pope and her team as well as White House Officials. Olivia Pope has an history of working in the White House
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the tone for the entire company‚ and in this case‚ many of the stakeholders‚ as well (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005). Sometimes‚ examples of what does not work‚ is an excellent way to understand more clearly why something does work. Insight into Enron provides just such an example. Top management it clear that the only important aspect was to make money and continually grow the stock prices (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005). Even though several employees questioned‚ if
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Ashe 1 ENG 130 11 February 2013 Another Political Scandal? Hmmm? Set entirely in North Carolina’s fourteenth congressional district‚ incumbent Congressman Cam Brady fends off a challenge from an odd‚ unordinary‚ and peculiar citizen named Marty Higgins in Jay Roach’s The Campaign. This film serves one purpose: to show the obvious problems political action committees (PAC’s) pose when they are allowed to permeate in a campaign. Congressman Cam Brady played by the notoriously humorous Will
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Kenneth Lay founded Enron in 1985. Two years after its founding‚ the company becomes embroiled in scandal after two traders begin betting on the oil markets‚ resulting in suspiciously consistent profits. Enron’s CEO‚ Louis Borget‚ is also discovered to be diverting company money to offshore accounts. After auditors uncover their schemes‚ Lay encourages them to "keep making us millions". However‚ the traders are fired after it is revealed that they gambled away Enron’s reserves‚ nearly destroying
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Ramalinga Raju The man behind the rise and fall of SATYAM’s success Presented By: 11/18/2014 Students of MSc. Financial and Managerial Accounting • Sonia Saher • Mohammad Waqas • Lu Tran Diem Trinh • Xin Wang 2 Roadmap: Introduction to Satyam and agency conflict overview Stakeholders at Satyam (presenter M. Waqas) Inadequacy in Satyam’s Corporate Governance (Presenter Trinh) Suggestions to save Satyam ship (Presenter Xin) Questions will be entertained at the end 11/18/2014
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In a different time and place the type of business that the company Siemens engaged in was legal. Prior to 1999 this German company was using unethical business practices and a loop hole in German laws in order to bribe many different countries. These bribes were used in order to win contracts and make money. Even after proper laws were put in place‚ Siemens still found a way to ride the system. It was not until 2006 that everything was starting to unravel and Siemens had the rug pulled out from
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