WorldCom was the second largest telecommunications corporation in the United States. After thriving in a multi-million dollar business they were forced to close their doors. The reason were practices unethical and fraudulent activities which lead to exposing the business. WorldCom was one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in corporate history. WorldCom had to file for bankruptcy after the organization admitted to accounting fraud. How this came up was a long and drawn out investigation
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External/Internal Factors Paper Bobby Magallanes‚ Cassandra Fleming‚ Kristy Kobzeff‚ Nathan Thompson‚ Zac Bell MGT 330 November 10‚ 2014 Henry Tran External/Internal Factors Paper As organizations strive to produce profits and find economic success‚ there are external and internal factors that affect the achievement of financial goals. Starbucks is a successful company that has researched and developed plans to overcome these external and internal factors for their business. This paper will explain
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Business Research EthicsDavid ZapataRES 351July 17‚ 2014Dr. Emma MillerBusiness Research EthicsAn article of interest that I found on our university library is about‚ Joseph J. C. DiCarlo‚ a mayor of Boston‚ Massachusetts. Joseph J.C. DiCarlo was found guilty of embezzling $40‚000 from a consulting firm in New York for suppressing a legislative report. This report unfavorably criticized the firm’s construction contracts. Joseph J.C. DiCarlo already had a tarnished reputation of a corrupt official
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Kelly Niosi ACC202 – Final Project I chose Bed Bath & Beyond‚ Inc. because it is a retail store I frequent quite often. This project provided me the opportunity to research their finances and be able to see and understand as a customer‚ where my money is going when I shop there or any of their other affiliates‚ Christmas Tree Shops and Buy Buy Baby. Bed Bath & Beyond‚ Inc. is a publicly traded company on the stock market under the ticker symbol BBBY. Under the PP&E section of
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Name: Sandra Janisse Course: MGT 312 Intro to Management Date: 3-24-2013 Supplying to Wal-Mart Considering the market position of the company‚ as far as supply of the innovative kickstands is concerned‚ I would consider applying to be one of Wal-Mart’s suppliers. As a move to improve the company’s market share and utilization of the company’s excess capacity‚ contacting Wal-Mart would be an effective move. Research reveals that choosing to supply via Wal-Mart will improve the company’s current
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CAUSE AND EFFECT ON GM FOODS I have selected to research and write about the potential dangers and benefits of genetically modified (GM) foods. Genetically modified foods are produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using methods of genetic engineering. These techniques have allowed far greater control over food’s genetic structure than past methods like selective breeding. Genetically modified foods were introduced commercially for sale in 1994. No thorough
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Food shortage‚ world hunger‚ and starvation are three reasons as to why scientists have decided to modify foods. GM foods are a new genetically modified way to "improve" crop production‚ but these new improvements are not as helpful as scientists planned them to be. GM foods should play no role in the global food supply because GM foods have no beneficial role within humans lives. GM foods were supposed to be made to benefit humans lives‚ and help to make more plants to give to the people. Instead
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Michal IHI yr3 “The General Manager I admire” In my work experience I was lucky enough to have an opportunity to work for‚ and it’s not only my opinion‚ two Ireland’s best general managers. Not satisfied with having one excellent general manager‚ Aghadoe Heights Hotel has managed to secure two. Hoteliers Marie and Pat Chawke took over the management of Aghadoe in 2000. This husband and wife team were appointed as joint general managers to reinforce its reputation as one of thefinest five-star
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Article Presentation – Leader-follower relationship What is the issue that necessitates that such an article be written? The purpose of this article is to determine who the leader is and who the follower is‚ how they are connected and what are the differences between them. One of the issues in this article is that the followers are not as well defined in literature as leaders‚ not much attention is paid to this important group. Another issue of this article is how to develop good relationship between
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significant advantage of GM (Genetically Modified) food is that they contain adequate amounts of all necessary nutrients‚ which can prevent malnutrition. They could be modified to enhance desired traits such as pest resistance. The benefit of pest-resisting plant is one of the most prevalent reasons that GM foods are so popular among farmers around the world. Not only can they withstand pests‚ GM crops are capable of preventing diseases and surviving herbicides. These features of GM foods will help the
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