The Jerry Sandusky scandal involved his involvement with abusing young boys and men in 2010 (Crandall‚ Parnell‚ & Spillan‚ 2013). Since the trial and Sandusky’s conviction of 45 counts of child abuse in 2012‚ there has been more information about case. Since the 2012 trial‚ Sandusky requested for a new trial or for the dismissal of his charges‚ however‚ it was denied (Scolforo‚ 2017). Sandusky still says he is innocent and wrongly convicted. Joe Paterno‚ the Head Football Coach at Penn State during
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INTRODUCTION Corporate Scandals also known as Accounting Scandals are business scandals that originate from the misstatement of financial reporting by the executives of public companies who are trusted to run these organizations. These misrepresentations happen through overstating revenues‚ understating expenses‚ Overstating assets or understating liabilities‚ use of fictitious and fraudulent transactions and direct falsification of financial statements to give a misleading impression of the companies’
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point for a low 3-month fix can earn the trader over $2million dollars from an $80 billion deal. For a deal that is often settled‚ the derivative traders made their fair share of money by manipulating LIBOR. According to the Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal article‚ the derivative traders and the Desk was located on the same trading floor‚ which if you asked me‚ says a lot about Barclays internal control regarding LIBOR rate submissions in itself. The Desk benefitted from manipulating LIBOR in my opinion
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Adelphia Communications Corporation Scandal Unethical Business Practices Research Assignment Abstract Historically‚ ethical values‚ relating to professional business practice‚ continually raises controversy for business owners/founders‚ shareholders and consumers. Ethical standards perpetually change because personal and societal values evolve‚ and adapt accordingly to modern day lifestyle. It is as essential to adhere to your profession’s ethics‚ as it is to denounce questionable
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in the midst of the situation. People are often quick to judge others and label people who do not respond as “bad people.” However‚ there are other situations to consider. The Penn State University scandal‚ for example‚ hid the horrendous
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Enron Corporation (former NYSE ticker symbol ENE) Enron Corporation (former NYSE ticker symbol ENE) Cierra Gause Abstract This paper will describe the legal environment of business‚ the sources of American law‚ and the basis of authority for government to regulate business‚ differentiate between civil law and criminal law and describe the various classifications of crimes as it relates to Enron and the scandal the caused their downfall by using technology and information resources to research
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“United States vs. Enron” Enron Corporation was one of the largest global energy‚ services and commodities company. Before it was filed bankruptcy under chapter 11‚ it sold natural gas and electricity‚ delivered energy and other commodities such as bandwidth internet connection‚ and provided risk management and financial services to the clients around the world. Enron was established in 1930 as Northern Natural Gas Company and joined with three other companies to undertake this industry. The four
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of ethical issues raised in the movie “Enron-the Smartest Guys in the Room” but the four I am going to focus on are listed below. Art Anderson‚ Ken Lay and all of the other executives did a number of unethical things which ultimately brought down Enron and affected thousands of employees and their futures. The bottom line was that each and every one of them acted out of greed for the almighty dollar. 1- Encouraging employees to invest and buy stock in Enron when they knew the truth about the lack
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What Went Wrong: Case Study of a Selected Corporate Scandal “In Texas‚ Robert Allen Stanford appeared to be yet another flamboyant billionaire. But in the breezy Caribbean money haven of Antigua‚ he was lord of an influential financial fief‚ decorated with a knighthood‚ courted by government officials and basking in the spotlight of sports and charity events on which he generously showered his fortune.” This quote from an article in The New York Times portrays the life of Mr. Stanford‚ owner of
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the first things that Ford did when he became president was to pardon Nixon. His decision caused a lot of controversy across the American public‚ but he claimed that he needed to pardon Nixon in order for the nation to move on from the Watergate Scandal as quickly as possible. President Ford faced a variety of problems throughout the remaining two years of his presidency. He faced the continued effects of OPEC’s decision as well as high rates of unemployment. He tried to get Congress to allow him
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