AUDIT FAILURE OF WORLDCOM Group 1 Background • WorldCom‚ first named LDDS (Long Distance Discount Services)‚ grew largely by aggressively acquiring other telecommunications companies in 1990s. • For a time‚ it was the United State’s second largest long distance phone company (after AT&T). Background However‚ the year 2002 comes… • In March‚ the SEC began to investigate WorldCom as it reported large profit while AT&T reported loss. • In May‚ Arthur Anderson was replaced by KPMG
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Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural On March 4th‚ 1865‚ Abraham Lincoln stood up in front of a battered‚ angry‚ divided America to deliver his second inaugural speech. As any great president would do‚ Lincoln constructed his speech in such a way that would lead to healing and rebuilding for this bleeding and scarred country. Through the use of inclusive word choice‚ parallelism‚ repetitive references to the bible and encouraging phrases Lincoln masterfully crafted and shaped his dialogue
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Public Health Service‚ and began regulating food and drugs‚ in addition to creating a pension program for Civil War veterans and their dependents or survivors. Unfortunately‚ Reconstruction was considered a failure which was followed by the upsurge of the Charitable Organization movement which considered the poor as being a result of individual behaviors of human weakness. The Settlement House movement developed soon after as a means of overcoming the spiritual
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IT Project Implementations Failures Joseph Garcia HCS/483 7/4/2011 Eric Rios IT Project Implementations Failures There are many factors that play into failures of implementing an IT project. As in the Case Study – Memorial Health System CPOE Implementation there were clearly barriers set in place that affected leadership and staff. The purpose of this paper is to examine CPOE implementation barriers within the Memorial Health System and to determine possible methods to overcoming these challenges
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26 September 2012 Failure Failure is an ambiguous term. Each person can define what it means to “fail” in a different way. Just as someone has their own standards of leading a successful life‚ they also have their own standards in terms of maybe leading a not so successful life. Within the word “failure” therein lays a few different meanings that may differ from person to person depending on his or her own opinion. Each person may have had a different experience with failure‚ which led him or
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Examining a Business Failure: WorldCom WorldCom was one of several large companies that failed because of inadequate organizational leadership‚ fraud‚ conspiracy‚ falsifying documents‚ and embezzlement. WorldCom has been classified as being “one of the biggest corporate scandals in Unites States history” (Zekany‚ 2004‚ p. 101). In 2001‚ the company’s financial condition began to decline due to the slowing telecommunications industry‚ which eventually put pressure on the company’s executive
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longer than previous generations. For the first time there were large groups of kids aged 15 to 18 that found themselves in the same place. This created the social class of the teenager. (http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=54045). Academic failure occurs when the primary aims of education are not delivered to the degree that there is an ongoing breakdown in a student’s ability to learn. According to Dr Gordon Harold of the University’s School of Psychology‚ children’s experiences at home
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Kidney Failure The causes‚ effects‚ treatment‚ and the role of diabetes The kidneys play a vital role in our body function in many different aspects. Not only do they filter the blood and excrete waste products‚ but they also control the body’s blood pressure‚ maintain water levels‚ and simulate the production of red blood cells (Wedro). Kidney Failure is a serious medical condition where the kidneys fail to help maintain an electrolyte balance‚ and adequately filter waste products and toxins
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Question 5 Was this truly a disaster? What lessons can be learned from this case and similar disasters‚ particularly regarding the importance of such “human factors” as courage‚ truthfulness‚ and open communication? The Vasa was built as a symbol of Sweden’s naval supremacy. Unequalled in size‚ ornamentation and firepower‚ the Vasa was intended to project might and to intimidate the nation’s enemies. Of course‚ the reality of Sweden’s many conquests in the Baltic region was not lost on its
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Forgiveness in the bible is one of the greatest blessings that God has given us‚ and one of the greatest blessings we can give to others. If we all lived by the mantra “an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth‚” we would all be blind and toothless. Instead‚ we must forgive others who wrong us‚ just as our Father has forgiven us. But sometimes forgiveness isn’t easy. Betrayal and abuse can hurt (both emotionally and physically)‚ which can cause us to struggle with true forgiveness. In fact‚ we can
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