after scandal that different employees involved in each. Ken Lay was depicted as a do gooder while looting the shareholders right under their noses. Although the movie doesn’t make any clear allegations of political wrong doing it did highlight some interesting relationships such as Bush and Schwarzenegger. Lay’s belief in deregulation and his push for free-markets allowed Enron’s stock price to rise even further. At the peak of the film Lay and Skillet were shown speaking to their Enron employee’s
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things went wrong‚ the story of Enron’s rise and fall continues to mystify the general public as well as generate continued interest in what actually happened. The broad purpose of this paper is to investigate the Enron scandal from a variety perspectives. The paper begins with a narrative of the rise and fall of Enron as the seventh largest company in the United States and the sixth largest energy company in the world. The narrative examines the historical‚ economic‚ and political conditions that
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ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM Kenneth “Ken” Lay‚ the founder of Enron Corporation grew up from a poor family. His father was a Baptist ministry. Ken Lay works many jobs at the same time. He was aiming to make wealth for himself and for his family. From his childhood‚ he learned the value of hard work to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal (to be rich). He actually did work so hard‚ been working with different companies and upgraded his skills and education in obtaining Ph.D. degree
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modern business. As a result of the scandal‚ thousands of people lost their jobs‚ some people lost their entire pensions‚ and all of the shareholders lost the money that they had invested in the corporation after it went bankrupt. I believe that Kenneth Lay‚ former Enron CEO‚ and Jeffrey Skilling behaved in an unethical manner without any form of justification‚ but the whistleblower‚ former Enron vice president Sherron Watkins‚ acted in a way that upheld moral principles. I can understand Jeffrey Skilling’s
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especially their attitudes toward him. Darl is always elusive‚ complicated‚ thought-provoking‚ poetic in stream-of-consciousness observations‚ and especially observant of details. It is through Darl’s eyes and observations that the reader gets a full perspective of the other characters. Darl is the only character in the book who lives on several‚ interchangeable levels of consciousness. As a result of this perceptiveness‚ Darl is able to understand the feelings of others. Perceiving the relations between
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Lay ’s (known as Walkers in the United Kingdom and Ireland‚ Chipsy[1] in Egypt‚ Poca in Vietnam‚ Tapuchips in Israel‚[2] and Sabritas in Mexico) is the brand name for a number of potato chip varieties as well as the name of the company that founded the chip brand in 1932. Lay ’s chips has been marketed as a division of Frito-Lay‚ a company owned by PepsiCo since 1965. Other brands in the Frito-Lay group include Fritos‚ Doritos‚ Ruffles‚ Cheetos‚ Rold Gold pretzels‚ and Sun Chips. History In 1932
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(formerly called Chee-tos until 1998) is a brand of cheese-flavored‚ puffed cornmeal snack made by Frito-Lay‚ a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948‚ and began national distribution in the U.S. The initial success of Cheetos was a contributing factor to the merger between The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company in 1961 to form Frito-Lay. In 1965 Frito-Lay became a subsidiary of The Pepsi-Cola Company‚ forming PepsiCo‚ the current owner of the Cheetos brand
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maximize Enron’s profits such as the case of Nigerian power plants this ’operations management could not last. Analyzing Enron failure. The relevant Leadership Theory to Enron was the "The Man with the Great idea” or the ‘Great Man’ Theory. Kenneth Lay then Jeffery Skilling both had the capacity for leadership‚ it was inherent. They were born leaders and they thought they would out smart everyone‚ or so called ‘the smartest guys in the room’. The stockholders believed that‚ they were leading the company
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following three leaders: Ken Lay‚ Jeff Skilling‚ and Andy Fastow. (b) How did EACH leader contribute to the scandal? (20 points) Ken Lay was a very ambitious man. He was the son of a poor Baptist preacher. Because of Lay’s humble roots‚ Lay worked several jobs as a kid. He always dreamed about being a businessman one day and making huge wealth for himself. Lay believed he could have a better life with more wealth. He also believed in government deregulation. Lay had a PhD in economics. He aggressively
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break apart between 1941 and 1947 as a result of a public stock offering. In 1979‚ Northern Natural Gas was placed under new management when it was bought by InterNorth Inc. In 1985‚ Kenneth Lay‚ CEO of Houston Natural Gas Company devised a transaction for InterNorth to purchase Houston Natural Gas. Lay was named CEO of the new company and changed InterNorth’s name to Enron Corporation. This newly developed company originally was involved in distributing gas and electricity throughout the United
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