BRIBERY SCANDAL AT SIEMENS AG Abstract: This case discusses the bribery scandals that were unearthed at Siemens AG (Siemens) in 2006 and 2007. There were a series of scandals that involved some of the company’s employees bribing foreign officials to gain contracts and creating slush funds for this purpose. In another case‚ the company was accused of bribing labor representatives on the supervisory board in order to gain their support for its policies. After the German authorities conducted raids
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- Financial flows Deregulation of financial markets (less rules and regulations in currency markets and foreign investment) led to a rapid increase in FDI and portfolio investment. Investment makes economies more integrated as economic changes in one country influence others (CONTAGION e.g. negative effects such as the GFC and the EDC or positive effects such as new technology and booming economies). The main benefits are that it enables countries to finance their domestic economy even if domestic
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Question 1: What is the significance of the pollution from plastic bags? What is the scale of this pollution problem compared to other forms of pollution? Answer: Pollution from plastic bags or bottles has involvement from the accumulated products made of plastic which in turn adversely affect the environment which consists of wildlife‚ and humans. It can affect lands‚ waterways like oceans and rivers. The biggest prominent factor for usage of plastic bags is due to inexpensiveness and durability
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exchange rate is said to overshoot when its immediate response to a disturbance is greater than its long-run response. Exchange rate overshooting is an important phenomenon because it helps explain why exchange rates move so sharply from day to day. The economic explanation of overshooting comes from the interest parity condition. Question 4 (a) Using the AA/DD framework‚ explain the separate effects of a temporary monetary expansion and a temporary fiscal expansion on the exchange rate‚ output and
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Brief Historical Timeline Brief Historical Timeline of the Hacienda Luisita Land Dispute Spanish Period Hacienda Luisita was once owned by the “Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas‚” also known as “Tabacalera”‚ founded in November 1881 by Don Antonio López y López‚ a Spaniard from Santander‚ Cantabria‚ Spain. Lopez acquired the estate in 1882‚ a year before his death‚ and named it “Hacienda Luisita” after his wife‚ Luisa Bru y Lassús. Lopez was considered a financial genius and the “most
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Analyse the effects of changes in the exchange rate of the Australian dollar (against other currencies) on the Australian economy. Fluctuations in the exchange rate of the Australian dollar can have significant implications on the Australian economy. The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another economy’s currency. Typically in the case of Australia‚ the Australian dollar is measured in terms of the US dollar. Changes in the exchange rate‚ whether the alteration is an appreciation
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downward‚ regardless of the direction of its motion at any instant. The symbol “g” is used for this special acceleration at the Earth’s surface. The value of g is approximately 9.8 m/sec2. Since we are neglecting air friction and assuming that the free fall acceleration is constant‚ the motion of a freely falling object is equivalent to motion in one dimension under constant acceleration. Therefore the constant acceleration equations can be applied. Objects falling downward only under the influence
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these foreign companies as ’subsidies ’ to maintain the low prices that people in Malaysia pays. Why pay the foreign companies? Because there is no choice for just paying local current service/material providers as this would be a violation of the ’free trade’ equal competition requirement. Today‚ subsidies with regard to electricity is paid to Tenaga - but when another foreign utilities company comes in‚ then that company too will have to be paid ’subsidies’. Whose fault? The UMNO-led BN government
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Demand‚ Supply and Price Market Buyers- households/demanders Suppliers- producers/firms Demand-The ability and willingness to buy specific quantities of good at alternate prices in a given time period Or the desire to buy a product‚ which is backed up by willingness and ability to pay for the it. • Quantity demanded- the amount of a product that the consumers wish to purchase. • Demand schedule- a table which shows the quantities of a good‚ a consumer is willing and able to buy at alternate
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strategically important geographic location between Western Europe and Russia makes it highly important for both the EU as well as Russia’s newly announced Eurasian Economic Community (EEC). (N.A‚ 2013) In the EUs strive to engage Ukraine in the union; they have recently proposed an offer in form of an Association Agreement‚ providing the country economic stability and security. In the recent past‚ other former Soviet countries in Europe have signed similar agreements with the EU‚ historically functioning as
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