Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America looks at the way that railroad owners found a way to turn that business into a big business and earn millions upon millions for themselves. A majority of the book shows how the railroad owners received lots of money for the corruption and other behind the scenes deals that went on. The railroad for how corrupt it was‚ unfortunately shaped the way America was built and became the superior power that it is in the present day. During
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Crooked CEO gets 50 years jail In 2013‚ the founder of Peregrine Financial Group Inc. sentenced 50 years jail for stealing $250 million from investors and hiding his theft around 20 years. The U.S. Attorney Sean R. Berry of the Northern District of Iowa states that‚ for years seemed Russell Wasendorf‚ Sr. was a successful CEO of his own brokerage and respected member of his company‚ supporting local charity‚ and creating jobs. But in reality‚ “he was a con man who built a building on smoke and mirrors”
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The film titled‚ Enron‚ the Smartest Guys in the Room‚ is a phenomenal examination of an organization that in all likelihood started out to perform ethically but‚ after a modification in design and moral decision-making‚ it evolved into an organization based upon greed and performance no matter what cost. Ironically‚ the motto of this company was‚ “ask why” however this is perhaps the sole question that many employees are now asking themselves and should have routinely asked in the years
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Case Analysis on Pepsi’s Entry to India Pepsi’s Entry into India: A Lesson in Globalization SUMMARY: The case discusses the strategies adopted by the soft drinks and snack foods major PepsiCo to enter India in the late 1980s. To enter the highly regulated Indian economy‚ the company had to struggle hard to ’sell’ itself to the Indian government. PepsiCo promised to work towards uplifting the rural economy of the terrorism affected north Indian state of Punjab by getting involved in agricultural
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The central text for this project is the film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room by filmmaker Alex Gibney. This film investigates‚ documents and then exposes the many moves that led to the collapse of Enron. The director focuses on the chief leaders of the corporation as his principal characters in order to develop the story as a human tragedy. Throughout the course of the film‚ each leading character is revealed. All players were found to be distinct in their strategies and methods. However
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Would someone give up several thousand dollars just for the public entertainment? Well that is what Herbert Stempel did in the 1994 film‚ Quiz Show. The contestant was manipulated into his actions by the producer because he was peer pressured by the producers‚ he felt obligated to keep the general public happy‚ and he also had to maintain his public figure because of he was known as one of the smartest men in the world. In the 40’s‚ quiz shows were a huge hit for public. I mean that was really all
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This proposal discusses the scandal that occurred with Wells Fargo Financial Services Company. Provides banking‚ investments‚ insurance‚ consumer and commercial finance along with mortgages. The scandal started to get investigated in 2011. The Wells Fargo account fraud scandal is a corruption scandal that was very controversial because there were literally millions of fraudulent bank accounts that were created on behalf of Wells Fargo employees. These accounts were created without the consent of
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In 1935 the Public Utilities Holding Act was passed which led eventually to the breakup of privately held utility companies. Bear Stearns became an aggressive trader in the expanded market for securities being issued to place the utilities in public hands. In the 1940’s‚ the firm became a large player in mergers and acquisitions‚ particularly in the freight and transportation industries as cars and trucks began to replace railroads as the primary mover of people and freight. A once booming rail industry
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HealthSouth is an inpatient rehabilitation company that owns and operates over 125 hospitals across the country and in Puerto Rico. I began working for HealthSouth in January of this year and will use my organization for this class. Our company serves patients who are overcoming debilitating illnesses such as stroke‚ head injury‚ multiple trauma‚ and orthopedic conditions to name a few. The focus is to work as a team in an interdisciplinary and collaborative manner in order for the patient to gain
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Question 1: Summary: Margin Call The film begins as an established financial firm is busy downsizing. A group of external Human Resources personal is summon the various “victims” to inform them that they are to be retrenched. The Risk Management division head (Dale)‚ amongst various other employees‚ falls prey to the ruthless process of cutting down on employees. He is offered a six month severance pay as compensation. As he is leaving the building under security supervision‚ he hands a USB containing
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