Enron – The Ken Lay Indictment Questions/Answers for Discussion: 1. Is there sufficient evidence of fraudulent intent to convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Why or why not? If we are answering the question with the given facts presented in this case study‚ there are only allegations. To convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation ’beyond a reasonable doubt’ means that a trial must happen and both sides: Prosecutor and Defense will present a case to convince the jurors
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Introduction The Adelphia Communications scandal occurred in March‚ 2002 when three of the original founding family members which included the father John Rigas‚ and two of his sons Michael and Timothy‚ along with two other company executives were arrested for improperly taking assets from the nation’s sixth-largest cable television company. The scam involved one of the biggest financial frauds faced by a publically held company. In the end stakeholders were forced to absorb massive losses as their
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Unit 1: The Business Environment P2: To describe the influence of stakeholders on the business. Stakeholders: A stakeholder is anyone with an interest in a business. Stakeholders are individuals‚ groups or organisations that are affected by the activity of the business. There are two types of stakeholders: – Internal: These are groups within the business including owners and workers. – External: These are groups from outside of the business including the community.
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Stakeholders People‚ groups or other organizations who have an interest‚ claim‚ or stake in an organization‚ in what it does‚ and in how well it performs. Organizations exist because of their ability to create valued goods and services which yield acceptable outcomes for various groups of stakeholders‚ people who have an interest‚ claim‚ or stake in the organization‚ in what it does‚ and in how well it performs. In general‚ stakeholders are motivated to participate in an organization if they receive
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MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS This chapter will introduce the many actors in emergency management and examine some of the problems inherent in dealing with the complex emergency management policy process. The first section will address four basic issues. First‚ how is a “stakeholder” defined‚ especially in the context of emergency management? Second‚ who are the stakeholders emergency managers should be concerned about? Third‚ at what level in the system and by which different stakeholders are different
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The Jerry Sandusky case had a major impact on Penn State. It affected both academics and athletics in a major way. In this essay I will discuss the situation that occurred and the impact that the social media had on this once great school. Jerry Sandusky is a retired American football coach. He was the assistant coach at Pennsylvania State University under the legendary Joe Paterno for 30 years. He was the defensive coordinator for the football team. He is also the founder of The Second Mile
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Enron Corporation‚ a major billion dollar company‚ was thriving at its highest level back in the year of 2000. Enron employed approximately 22‚000 associates and was named “America’s most innovative company” by Fortune. However‚ under all of the bliss‚ revealed was a substantial amount of corporate fraud and corruption. The Enron scandal involved both illegal and unethical activity. Enron’s executive chose deception of the stakeholders and short-term financial gains for themselves. They were
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handling the phone-hacking scandal. Do you believe it was adequate? What should the Board have done to prevent an escalation of the scandal? Composition of members of the Board left much to be desired. The most important positions were occupied by Murdoch family members. In addition‚ a minority of the other members were people who had never dealt with the media industry. It could have huge impact on decreasing credibility of the Board during the investigation of the scandal. Considering the behavior
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P2 – Explain the implications for the business and stakeholders of a business operating ethically. A stakeholder is a person‚ group‚ or organization that has direct or indirect stake in an organization because it can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives‚ and policies. Key stakeholders in a business organization include creditors‚ customers‚ employees‚ government‚ owners‚ suppliers‚ unions and the community from which the business draws its resources. Tesco is committed
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The needs of various stakeholders As we already discuss about the important of the stakeholders. A stakeholder does not exist but makes demand of the organization. The reason why stakeholders are important in strategic analysis is because of they want something from the organization. The demand of different stakeholders may become conflict to each other. For example shareholders of Tesco want maximum returns from the organization whereas the management team may retain profits for long term investment
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