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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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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POLITICAL SCIENCE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (POLS201): THE SCANDAL OF THE XENOPHOBIA WANDILE SIHLE NZIMAKWE: 211546206 XENOPHOBIA AS WELL KNOWN OF ITS NOTORIOUS AND BRUTALITY BASED ON HATE THAT NATIVES OF A COUNTRY HAS ABOUT THE FOREIGNERS NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE VICTIMS‚ BUT NATIVE CONTRY AND ITS CITIZENZ AS WELL. 2012 Wandile S. Nzimakwe UKZN 10/17/2012 POLITICAL SCIENCE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (POLS201): THE SCANDAL OF THE XENOPHOBIA WANDILE SIHLE NZIMAKWE: 211546206 XENOPHOBIA AS WELL KNOWN OF
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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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The latest release of Hillary Clinton’s personal emails shines a new light on an old scandal that has received far to little press coverage over the years. More than 6 years after the January 2010 Earthquake‚ there is little to show for the two Billion Dollars that have been poured into “reconstructing” Haiti‚ most of the money having disappeared into fraud and corruption scams closely associated with the Clinton Foundation. According to the nonpartisan Washington watchdog Judicial Watch‚ the
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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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This was when the public became aware of an ongoing investigation into a scandal that had started years before. Every corporation faces ethical decisions on a daily basis‚ including the news media. While a news outlet may not have to worry about consumer safety or environmental factors as much as a factory or another type of company‚ unethical practices do occur. The way in which information is obtained is highly regarded ethical practice in the journalism world. Hacking into cellphones and voicemail
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Ms. Hardgrove Financial Accounting 5 November 2013 Xerox’s Accounting Scandal Xerox Corporation is a multinational American document management corporation which sells and produces a wide variety of color and black-and-white printers‚ multifunction systems‚ photo copiers‚ scanners‚ fax‚ digital production printing presses‚ and related consulting services and supplies. Overall any type of printing equipment‚ more specifically office equipment. It is currently headquartered in Norwalk‚ Connecticut
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second trial — the first ended in mistrial after a juror said she received threats following reports that she made an “OK” signal to the defense team. Kozlowski and Swartz are the latest executives sentenced to prison in a wave of white-collar scandals that shook corporate America and outraged the public after thousands of people lost their jobs and pension
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reading through this section one situation that came to mind was all the issues at Penn State with Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky was convicted of multiple charges of sexual abuse during his time at the University and despite the University knowing that the scandal was going to take a turn for the worst‚ the decision was to stay quiet about it. The University stayed quiet for about eight months until they finally sought out help to get them out of the mess that was created by staying quiet. If anything a simple
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