Conflict in Ethical Decision Making at WorldCom Kerry Seeley Business Ethics MT4200 National American University September 25‚ 2007 Craig Chaplin Abstract This paper explains how WorldCom began and where it’s at now. It didn’t take long for WorldCom to become the second largest long distance phone company. WorldCom provided a legal framework for people working in communication projects on an individual basis‚ mainly in Central America‚ but they also developed projects together with partners
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appealed to me‚ because it was short and concise. As I read and analyzed the poem I really liked the theme and the repetition of the poem. “the tide rises‚ the tide falls”‚ was a repetitive phrase in the poem. The phrase indicates the theme‚ that the tide will always rise and fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‚ the author of “The Tide Rises The Tide Falls”‚ may have been conveying an allusion that there are some things are constant in the world. I also liked that there was a rhyme scheme. I learned
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Pulitzer was a man of many accomplishments and few failures. However‚ there was one failure in particular that especially came to light during his life‚ and this was his founding of the practice of yellow journalism. In 1883 he purchased the New York World for $346‚000 from Jay Gould‚ and appointed himself the manager. With Pulitzer in charge‚ the World’s circulation grew from 15‚000 to 600‚000‚ making it the largest newspaper in the United States. Meanwhile Joseph’s brother‚ Albert Pulitzer‚ did
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Sookan changes to be more independent and when her mother is taken by the Russians. Grandfather was a constant in Sookan’s life. He was the one who taught her about Korean culture‚ making it easy for Sookan to quietly think for herself. When Grandfather died‚ she lost the crutch for her free thinking self. She could still think for herself‚ but there was no further guide. “I felt so alone and scared and full of hatred.” (Choi 45) She didn’t know where to go. Sometimes‚ the best lessons are the harshest
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After the chaos of the sixteenth century‚ absolutism‚ or an absolute monarchy‚ looked more like a viable option to straighten out social and political order. Nowhere was the philosophy more aptly applied than in France‚ and by no one other than King Louis XIV. However‚ leaving all power in the hands of one person left France’s government vulnerable to the flaws of that one person. Louis’s theatrical rule was undoubtedly influenced by the turmoil of his early childhood‚ but those theatrics cost him
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The outside smelled liked autumn. The wind was gentle. As my friend and I walked‚ the leaf crunched below our feet. When we reached the park it transformed. One playground became the ice castle. That had snow guard guarding all around the castle. The ponds sparkle from the sun that was surrounding the castle. As for the other playground lit up with fire‚ from stone to stone. I raced the fire queen to my castle. She always would try to take my kingdom. Perhaps she was jealous of my kingdom. My kingdom
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(2013) entitled: The Effectiveness Of A Fall Prevention/Management Program In Reducing Patient Falls: A Retrospective Study. The study was undertaken to analyze if there was a correlation between the nursing staff assessment and identification of patients at risk for falls and the nursing compliance with the hospital’s policy on fall prevention program. There were four research questions that the study sought to answer: (1) What were the hospital policy on fall prevention and the compliance of the
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Why did empires of the ancient world rise and fall? According to the statement of Ian Morris and Walter Scheidel in their book The Dynamics of Ancient Empires‚ the first empire we have known in the world “took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf‚ beginning around 2350 B.C.E” (Ian Morris‚ Walter Scheidel. 2009). From then on‚ a large number of imperial powers with a growing share of humanity sprung up in the next 2500 years. Among these‚ there
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JENKENS & GILCHRIST: THE RISE AND FALL OF A MODERN LAW FIRM By Cheryl L. Mullin It is not the strongest of the species that survive‚ nor the most intelligent‚ but the one most responsive to change ~ Charles Darwin. I. INTRODUCTION Jenkens & Gilchrist was a Dallas-based law firm that grew rapidly in the 1990s‚ primarily through mergers‚ acquisitions‚ and lateral hires. But when it was formed in 1951‚ the partners had no national aspirations. Its only purpose‚ in fact‚ was to serve the
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Copyright Financial Times Information Limited Jul 9‚ 2002 Ron Beaumont‚ chief operating officer of WorldCom‚ is one of several senior executives who should have been aware of discrepancies in the telecommunications company’s books before the near-$4bn fraud was revealed last month‚ according to people close to the company. The fraud that was allegedly engineered by Scott Sullivan‚ the chief financial officer who was fired the day the scandal was announced‚ led to a massive overstatement of WorldCom’s
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