What power bases did Bernie Ebbers and Scott Sullivan rely on to get away with accounting fraud? The power bases are legitimate power‚ reward power‚ coercive power‚ expert power‚ referent power. Case Study Bernie Ebbers built WorldCom Inc into one of the largest telecommunication firms. Yet he and CFO Scott Sullivan have become better known for creating a massive corporate accouting fraud that led to the largest bankruptcy in US history. Two investigative reports and subsequent court cases concluded
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For our game‚ we chose to use the downward spiral of life as our format for the playing board. We chose this because it is the symbol on some of the actual Native Son books. It is very fitting for the events of Bigger’s life‚ it truly just gets worse and worse. At the same time‚ it gets better and this spiral explains it because we never know where it starts. His path from what he does leads to the affects on his soul. In our game‚ multiple characters are invited to travel along this journey
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This is letter was written on the 11th of August‚ in 1863 in helena arkansas by a soldier. The man who wrote this letter was Scott Newman a soldier who was currently in helena arkansas on his way to Little rock. Newman was a private in company A of the 36th infantry‚ and had a high amount of collected letters documented over his three year period of serving from 1862-1865. These letters not only go deep into what life was like as a Iowa soldier but also life in the union camps. Newman mentions the
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‘Marrysong’ by Dennis Scott Born in Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ Dennis Scott was a Jamaican poet‚ playwright and actor. One of his most notable works of poetry is ‘Marrysong’. Scott was one of the most prestigious poets after the independence period of Jamaica‚ with his poem ‘Uncle Time’ for which he received the notable title of being one of the most influential poets of modern Jamaican literature. Referring to his wife as ‘territory’ – Scott indicates that he must discover this territory‚ with this
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Name: Piyush Sonawane Student Id: 901-767-730 The Big-O-Notation in Data structures Introduction:- The Big-O-Notation is done to test the efficiency of one algorithm or many algorithms of same code and the time duration it takes to run and to execute in the given input size or it can be also be defined as how algorithm or similar algorithms are execute more quickly in its worst case scenario or outcome. Example: A programmer would want to execute his program
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“Looking at Women” by Scott Sanders was first published in spring of 1989 in the Georgia Review and was later reprinted in Sander’s essay collection titled “Secrets of the Universe” (1991). In this work‚ Sanders tells us his thoughts on how men look at women‚ hence the title; he explains to us that he feels that men turn women into things rather than people by objectifying their bodies. He goes into great detail about how a lot of women feel their role in today’s society is to exist for the pleasure
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Gender Bias “The Problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be‚ rather than recognizing how we are” the average full time weekly wage for a woman is 18.2% less than a man’s. Woman and Men have always been seen as unequal for many years.In both jobs and everyday life men and women are set apart by standards kept for many centuries. Both Genders should be treated equal because you should be defined by what you do‚ not your parts. On January 28th the grammys had their 60th showing of the
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The poem‚ ¨Mother to Son¨ by Langston Hughes depicts a mother talking to her son about how life treated her and how he should treat it in return. In the first stanza of the poem‚ it says ¨Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it. And splinters‚ And boards torn up...¨ This can be seen as the mother’s life has not been sunshine and lollipops‚ but it was filled with pain and heartbreak. With these emotions coming in throughout the good and the bad times‚ sometimes it may want you
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Mergers & Acquisitions Questions Q.3 The following are the details on two potential merger candidates‚ Northrop and Grumman‚ in 1993: Northrop Grumman Revenues $4‚400.00 $3‚125.00 Cost of Goods Sold (w/o Depreciation) 87.50% 89.00% Depreciation $200.00 $74.00 Tax Rate 35.00% 35.00% Working Capital 10% of Revenue 10% of Revenue Market Value of Equity $2‚000.00 $1‚300.00 Outstanding Debt $160.00 $250.00 Both firms are in steady state and are expected to grow 5% a year in the long term. Capital spending
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Outline and Thesis Statement: In my paper I will be discussing a story about a man name Dred Scott. I also will outline and discuss Mr. Dred Scott life and what led up to the case in which we know as Dred Scott v. Sanford he is a slave sold to Sanford by Emerson. Emerson took Dred Scott from Missouri slave state to Illinois free state and to Louisiana Territory (free)‚ then back to Missouri slave. Dred Scott argues that he becomes a free citizen by way of his travel through Illinois and also his time
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