by understatement of operating expenses of $7B through improper release of accruals and improper capitalization of operating expenses • management promoted culture fixed on the numbers • board of directors’ failure to scrutinize billion-dollar acquisitions • excessive loans to executives in order protect stock prices Financial Overview of WorldCom (in Billions) Financial Highlights 1994 1999 2001 2004 Revenues $2.2 $37.1 $35.2 $20.7 Total Assets $3.4 $91.1 $103.9 $17.1 Employees
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Removal director Summary On July 23‚ 2011‚ Damon Kitney from the Australian news wrote an article titled‚ “The shareholders strike back” which stated how Rupert Murdoch‚ CEO and chairman combined of the News Corporation‚ and his firm’s executives‚ including Mr. Murdoch’s son James‚ are being investigated for any suspected role in covering up the scope of “industrial scale” phone hacking. Murdoch’s negligent affair has raised many criticisms from experts‚ lawyers as well as independent management
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In 1963‚ a speech was given to over 200‚00 people In Washington D.C. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s most famous speech‚ his I Have A Dream Speech. One big significant part of his speech was the amount of imagery‚ which was used in half of the speech. Imagery was used throughout his speech to depict both the hardships African Americans have faced and also the future they hope to achieve. He uses vivid nature imagery in order to allow the masses to understand and relate to his ideas in yet a simple‚ but
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issue is what have Don breached his directors’ duties under the act in good faith and best interest of the company as well as disclosure personal interest. The second issue is possible remedies for Bryan while he has been conducted unfair and oppressive. ISSUE 1: WHAT HAS DON BREACHED? Fiduciary duties to disclose personal interests Directors are under both fiduciary and statutory duties to avoid conflicts between their personal interests and the interests of the company. The director is to declare
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for familiarisation purposes only and must not be used in place of a ‘live’ assessment. When you feel prepared to sit the live assessment please contact your Training Provider who can schedule a live assessment for you. Guidance The unit being assessed by this report is Internal Controls and Accounting Systems. Assessment is by a formal business report‚ which can be reviewed by your assessor up to a maximum of five times. You should map your report to these units by page and paragraph
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❖ S 9: “Officer” includes directors‚ secretaries‚ receivers‚ administrators‚ liquidators‚ administrating trustees. ❖ S 9: “Director” includes shadow & de facto directors. enforcement of directors’ duties enforcement of statutory duties Civil penalties Who may apply for a Declaration or Order? ❖ S 1317J(1): ASIC may apply for a declaration of contravention‚ a pecuniary penalty order or a compensation order. ❖ S 1317J(2): The company may apply for a compensation order. ❖
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WORLDCOM‚ INC: CORPORATE BOND ISSUANCE 1. IS IT A GOOD TIME FOR WORLDCOM‚ INC. TO ISSUE? CONSIDER FACTORS IN FAVOR AND FACTORS THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR. Personally I believe that the time is not in favor of WorldCom in undertaking one of the largest bond issues at the time. Even though there are many advantages with proceeding with the issue‚ I believe that the degree and the uncertainty raised by some of the disadvantages outweigh the advantages of going ahead with the $6Billion
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5. Director’s Duties Director’s Duties are part of the idea of risk management; because they take risks all the time‚ they require a certain element of regulation. The law must provide a way of mitigating against the risk‚ so creditors and shareholders can have potential recourse. This is all done indirectly; the company will recover in the event of a breach of duty arising. If the company recovers and suffers no harm‚ then that protects shareholders and makes sure their investments are secure.
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International Journal of Innovative Computing‚ Information and Control Volume 6‚ Number 6‚ June 2010 ICIC International c 2010 ISSN 1349-4198 pp. 2459–2467 A SURVEY ON HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION TECHNOLOGY FOR DISABLED PERSONS Feng Wang and Xiangshi Ren∗ School of Information Kochi University of Technology 185 Miyanokuchi Tosayamada-cho Kami-shi‚ Kochi 782-8502‚ Japan ∗ Corresponding author: ren.xiangshi@kochi-tech.ac.jp Received November 2008; revised June 2009 Abstract. To protect
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3: Basic Cost Terms and Concepts Article: Earnings management through real activities manipulation‚ Sugata Roychowdhury (2006) Due date: Oct 1‚ 2013 The research paper “Earnings management through real activities manipulation” by Sugata Roychowdhury analyses evidence on real activities manipulation in corporate earnings management to meet operational targets. Roychowdhury presents “abnormal real activities” in operations management by examine cash flows from operation (CFO)‚ production
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