Enron: Tone at the Top The fall of Enron is not just one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history‚ but in my opinion‚ a landmark case study of the lack of business ethics in an organization. Enron’s downfall‚ along with the demise of Arthur Andersen‚ one of the largest public accounting firms at the time‚ brought about a swift change in U.S. regulations governing how publicly traded companies reported their financials. While the top brass at Enron pled ignorance to the fact that they had no control
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Joseph G. Ramsey The Corporation. Directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbot. The Edges of "Externality" 1. Following Fahrenheit 9/11 and Super Size Me!‚ the two docudrama hits of last season‚ comes The Corporation‚ bearing accolades from not only the Sundance Film Festival‚ but Premiere magazine‚ the LA‚ and New York Times. Directed by Mark Achbar (previous co-director ofManufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media) and Jennifer Abbot‚ and based on the book by Joel Bakan -- The
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Synopsis The first four stanzas describe a pastoral setting. The Lady of Shalott lives in an island castle in a river which flows to Camelot‚ but little is known about her by the local farmers. And by the moon the reaper weary‚ Piling sheaves in uplands airy‚ Listening‚ whispers‚ " ’Tis the fairy Lady of Shalott." Stanzas five to eight describe the lady’s life. She suffers from a mysterious curse‚ and must continually weave images on her loom without ever looking directly out at the world
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A lady of Letters- harmless Social‚ cultural and historical context: Theatre- exclusive environment- attended by people who are quite well off-upper class/Up until the 18thcentury people only went to see Shakespeare /“ French Window Dramas” new kind of play in 20thcentury UC play for UC audience/Up until the 1920s the theatre was only for the UP/ 1930s FWD go out of fashion- plays started to have a social conscience 1950s FWD disappeared- “Kitchen Sink Dramas” became popular for lower class‚ ordinary
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and Fluid Science journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/etfs Development of a novel passive top–down uniflow scavenged two-stroke GDI engine G. Ciccarelli *‚ Steve Reynolds‚ Phillip Oliver Mechanical and Materials Engineering‚ Queen’s University‚ Kingston‚ Ontario‚ K7P 2M4 Canada a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t The design and performance characteristics of a novel top–down uniflow scavenged gasoline direct-injection two-stroke engine are presented. The novelty of the engine
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A Blessing and a Curse: The Poetics of Privacy in Tennyson’s "The Lady of Shalott" Author(s): Joseph Chadwick Reviewed work(s): Source: Victorian Poetry‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 1986)‚ pp. 13-30 Published by: West Virginia University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40002181 . Accessed: 22/01/2012 02:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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In Act IV‚ Scene II‚ where Lady Macduff appears‚ it is clear that Shakespeare intended her as a foil for Lady Macbeth. First of all‚ Lady Macduff cares about her son and has maternal instinct. She says‚ “To leave his wife‚ to leave his babes from whence himself does fly? … For the poor wren‚ the most diminutive of birds‚ will fight‚ her young ones in her nest‚ against the owl” (4.2.6-11). She is protective of her son and is a traditional mother figure; she says that even the birds care about their
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Lady Macbeth is Macbeth’s wife. She fulfills her role among the nobility and is well respected like Macbeth. She is admired by others. King Duncan refers to her as “our honored hostess”. She is loving to her husband but at the same time she is very ambitious. Macbeth tells his wife of the witches’ prophecy that he is to become king. Lady Macbeth decides that the fastest way for Macbeth to become king is by murdering King Duncan‚ so she persuades him to do it so he can achieve his destiny.
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Trey Draper Dr. Rager History 136 10-21-2011 Theodore Roosevelt: American Hero Although many people at the time disagreed with the actions of Teddy Roosevelt‚ he played a very important role in the Spanish-American war by not only preparing the navy‚ but on the front lines of combat as well. Theodore Roosevelt‚ the 26th president of the United States of America‚ had a huge impact on the Spanish-American war in many ways. The war also had a huge impact on Theodore Roosevelt’s political career
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uniqueness stems from the time in which she lived‚ the middle to late 1300’s. The lack of a positive female role model to pattern herself after made Christine a true visionary in the fight for the equal rights of women. Her original ideas and insight provided a new and more intelligent way to view females. Pizan’s work‚ The Book of the City of Ladies‚ provided women much needed guidance in how to survive without the support of a man. It is Christine’s literary work The Book of the City of Ladies that is
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