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    Accounting Scandals 2

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    Notable outcomesThe Enron scandal turned in the indictment and criminal conviction of one of the Big Five auditor Arthur Andersen on June 15‚ 2002. Although the conviction was overturned on May 31‚ 2005 by the Supreme Court of the United States‚ the firm ceased performing audits and is currently unwinding its business operations. On July 9‚ 2002 George W. Bush gave a speech about recent accounting scandals that had been uncovered. In spite of its stern tone‚ the speech did not focus on establishing

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    Barclay Bank Scandal

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    Barclay Bank Scandal LAW/531 September 16‚ 2012 Barclay Bank Scandal This week our team decided to reflect on the Barclay Bank Scandal. We discussed how this scandal has affected banks all over the world and how it is affecting the people‚ especially those who have mortgages‚ student loans‚ and credit cards. People will see their interest rates go up even hirer than they are now. Barclay has issued an apology and is now trying to put

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    The Clinton scandal with monica lewinsky was similar to Nixon’s in several ways. Linda Tripp first discovered the scandal when she spoke with Monica Lewinsky‚ who told Tripp of her ongoing sexual relationship with the Bill Clinton. Tripp went onto investigate the situation by taping her and Monica’s conversations during October of 1997 (Cohen 28-29). Lewinsky was later called into another Clinton sex scandal‚ the Paula Jones case. Lewinsky told Tripp over the phone before this‚ that she was going

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    Penn State Scandal

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    Bibliography: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/24/12930009-penn-state-faces-more-fallout-from-sex-abuse-scandal?lite http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/penn-state-football-punished-by-ncaa-over-sandusky-scandal/2012/07/23/gJQAGNeM4W_story.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-23/ex-assistant-coach-jerry-sandusky-convicted-in-trial.html http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/07/jerry_sandusky_case_penn_state_2

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    China Milk Scandal

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    Conclusion Role of Institutional Environment In China 10 Regain Trust and Support 11 Effect on China’s Image 12 Western Perception Toward Asian Countries 12 Lesson Learn From Scandal 13 Bibliography INTRODUCTION The case discusses the tainted milk scandal that was unearthed in China in 2008. The milk scandal became public in August 2008‚ after it was disclosed that the baby formula produced by the Chinese dairy products company‚ Sanlu Group was contaminated with melamine‚ which caused

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    Enron Scandal External

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    Enron Scandal Enron was able to successfully engage in fraudulent financial activities due to the failures of corporate governance practices in addition to other relevant factors. This paper will briefly cover some of these issues and offer suggestions for prevent similar future malpractice. External Corporate Governance The key external governance failures in the Enron Scandal involve oversights by regulators‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ and investors at large‚ with particular focus towards Enron’s ambiguous

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    Phone Hacking Scandal

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    handling the phone-hacking scandal. Do you believe it was adequate? What should the Board have done to prevent an escalation of the scandal? Composition of members of the Board left much to be desired. The most important positions were occupied by Murdoch family members. In addition‚ a minority of the other members were people who had never dealt with the media industry. It could have huge impact on decreasing credibility of the Board during the investigation of the scandal. Considering the behavior

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    The accounting scandal at Enron which occurred early during the last decade involved the manipulation of accounting rules in order to enrich the company’s executive leadership. Hence‚ while accounting techniques facilitated the Enron scandal it is more of a tale that is related to the hubris of the firm’s top executives and their deep-seated greed. Evidence that hubris and greed was more of the driving force than the actual manipulation of accounting rules for the Enron scandal is evident in the

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    Credit Mobilier Scandal

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    transcontinental railroad. The company took part in complex arrangements in which a several of the partners contracted with themselves for the construction of the railroad. As a result of this scandal‚ Credit Mobilier stocks paid dividends of three-hundred and forty-eight percent in the first year (Hoops 59). The real scandal took place not in the west‚ but in the House of Representatives‚ where Oakes Ames "sold" stock at par value to "where they will do the most good (McPherson 585)." In the investigation

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    Corporate Scandals in China

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    Kung INDIVIDUAL REPORT National Branding and Corporate Scandals [pic][pic] [pic] [pic] By George MANG Student Number: 53002615 City University of Hong Kong Year 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………… 3 2. China National Brand Building and “Soft Power”………………………..... 4 3. From Manufacturing Factory to Research and Development Centre……... 5 4. China’s Counterfeit Merchandise and Food Scandals……………………… 6 5. China’s Financial Markets Bottleneck………………………………………

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