could have prevented the fall of Enron. First of all‚ if the board of directors made the right strategies for Enron rather than created hundreds of SPEs to remove assets and debts off balance sheet‚ the picture of Enron could have made a difference. Secondly‚ if the audit committee of Enron could point out all those aggressive and risky accounting treatment and propose solutions‚ then the afterward damages could be eliminate or at least minimized. c. The BOD of Enron should have known about the risks
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Ayusarita Satriani 311368 – IUP BUSINESS UGM Financial Management ENRON Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal ; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1780075.stm; http://finance.laws.com/enron-scandal-summary Enron is an energy company that successfully grew from nowhere to be America’s seventh largest company‚ which has 21‚000 staff in more than 40 countries in 15 years. It was one of the world’s leading electricity‚ natural gas‚ communications‚ and pulp and paper companies
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Mini Case: Nike’s Decision Nike‚ a U.S.-based company with a globally recognized brand name‚ manufactures athletic shoes in such Asian developing countries as China‚ Indonesia‚ and Vietnam using subcontractors‚ and sells the products in the U.S. and foreign markets. The company has no production facilities in the United States. In each of those Asian countries where Nike has production facilities‚ the rates of unemployment and underemployment are quite high. The wage rate is very low in those
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the foundation‚ which is to help‚ improved the quality of education. We want to clarify how Insular Life Foundation is related to over all mission and vision of the company? Answer: The foundation has its own vision‚ which is aligned to the corporate mission. “Committed partner for self-reliance and helping communities we served.” The key words in our vision are commitment‚ self-reliance and helping communities. When we say commitment‚ it refers to longevity. We make sure that in every project
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Mini Case: Guanxi and Gift (Grown up in China‚ I will address this case with my personal experience) As a growing market‚ China becomes increasingly appealing to western companies. To many of them‚ China is a country that is fundamentally different than most countries of the world‚ such as culture and social norm. Notorious corruptions have tarnished its reputation for attracting potential investors and businesses‚ who have been struggling to adapt the unique way of running business in this
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CG 601 PROJECT PAPER [pic] STUDENT NAME: MARK MISOMALI STUDENT ID NO: 24ELI-11765 INTAKE AND VENUE: EVENING 24‚ LILONGWE LECTURER’s NAME: GAW KACHALI DATE SUBMITTED: DECEMBER 01‚ 2011 PREFACE Many organizations of private or public nature are not spared from the risks of fraud and corruption. The complex business processes make it impossible to find a common solution for combating fraud and corruption. Even in similar business processes the nature of fraud and
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Case Study: Slavery in the Chocolate Industry This case is about the slavery of young men in the Chocolate industry. Chocolate is made from the highly prized top quality cocoa beans that are grown on farms in West Africa‚ especially the Ivory Coast and Ghana‚ which make up close to half of the world’s chocolate. Slavery in the chocolate industry raises many issues including systematic‚ corporate and individual ethical issue. Here I’m going to discuss the issue I observed in this case
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of up to A$5.3 billion‚ making it Australia’s largest corporate failure. The ensuing Royal Commission report released in April 2003 provides a rare detailed dissection of a spectacular corporate implosion and a very useful case study from which corporate governance lessons may be learned. This is particular so because HIH was not unusual case of major fraud or embezzlement. The failures identified by Commissioner Owen were by and large failures stemming from mismanagement. Most breaches of the law
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Chapter 4: Mini Case 1: Smith‚ Smith‚ Smith‚ and Smith is a regional accounting firm that is putting up a new headquarters building. The building will have a backbone network that connects eight LANs (two on each floor). The company is very concerned with network errors. What advice would you give regarding the design of the building and network cable planning that would help reduce network errors? I have to make some assumptions regarding the network design for this new building. Since they
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Mini Case Study Mike Lancaster Tuesday April 22‚ 2013 Professor Shultz BUAD 3010-002 Table of Contents 2 Case question & Executive Summary 3 History 5 Situation: Media document company 2015 website 6 Discussion of Alternatives 7 Media Composition 10 Issues Moving Forward 12 Conclusion 14 Case Question What should Unilever’s Integrated Marketing Communication Goals and Media Strategy be for 2016 – 2020 ? Executive
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