in the scandal‚ including the then senior Xerox management‚ the Board of Directors and external auditor KPMG LLP. The failure of those parties in discharging their duties induces the further thought of trust and accountability among them and shareholders. Furthermore‚ the external environment in 1990s‚ including economic bubble boom‚ irrational investors‚ fierce industrial competition and ineffective regulations on audit‚ provided a hotbed for the scandal. Lessons learnt from Xerox scandal indicate
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The Olympus Scandal Hot Potatoes and Flying Funds Summary This paper describes the case of Olympus‚ a Japanese manufacturer of optic equipment‚ at which in early 2012 a scandal was uncovered which was soon dubbed to be one of the largest loss-concealment schemes of Japan. In the 1990’s‚ Olympus incurred significant losses on financial investments made. These were subsequently hidden with the aid of investment companies by shifting the investments around. In the 2000’s‚ these losses were
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Focus Groups An overview Submitted to: Prof. Schaff By: Muhammad F Balouch Id # 617531 University of Bridgeport Executive Summary ..3 Introduction ...4 History of Focus Group .5 Rational and Uses of Focus Group 5 Conducting a Focus Group Study ..7 Running a Focus Group ..8 Analysis and Writing Up . 8
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External Speaker Critique Part 1- Background Information about the speaking situation The speaker was David M. Larrick the senior regional director‚ advisory services at Voyageur assets management inc. The title of his speech is Investment insight and his purpose was to inform on small cap and large cap growth equality with their company. The intended audience was investors‚ brokers‚ or finical
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I chose to write about Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and Dylan Thomas‘s “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night.” While both poem’s themes lie heavily with the subject of death‚ it seems that they deal with the subject differently‚ giving us two different perspectives on what to expect when we meet our maker. In “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” Death is portrayed as a caring gentleman in this piece as
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Attention to detail is one of the most important aspects of a good soldier‚ a good officer and a good leader. The smallest of details are often the ones that can threaten the success of a mission‚ and can mean the difference between life and death. Many people can happily go about their lives with no worries about the small aspects of life that those in the military have been trained to observe. The United States military is an established institution with a history that goes back hundreds of years
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The Enron Scandal One of the most popular business bankruptcies and collapses known to date is that of the Enron Corporation. Enron‚ once known as "America ’s Most Innovative Company" by Fortune Magazine six straight years from 1996 to 2001. Enron seemed to be doing very well until the summer of 2001 generating a lot of cash and new businesses‚ but in October of 2001 Enron was forced to disclose that their accounting practices had been very creative‚ and failed to follow generally accepted accounting
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QUESTION You are invited to give a speech titled‚ “Problems faced in oral presentation and ways to overcome these problems” to the Sales and Marketing staffs. 1. Write your speech based on the following headings: 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Problems 3.0 Ways of solving these problems 4.0 Conclusion 2. You can write using the guidelines below: • 1.0 Introduction – Problems identified in oral presentation o The
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have to say. However‚ not paying attention to these experienced people is actually more detrimental to us than it is to the experienced people. Paying attention to older and knowledgeable people allows for us to learn from their mistakes and helps to prevent future catastrophes. There are many examples in history to prove this. Many consider Obama to be an intelligent person and are willing to listen to him. However‚ even a great leader like Obama paid attention to an older and experienced person:
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Speaker Observation Paper On Monday April 18th the Dublin Library‚ in celebration of Earth Day‚ hosted environmental educator‚ activist‚ and author Dr. Linda Riebel. In her presentation she introduced the new edition of her book; The Earth Friendly Food Chain under the new title; The Green Foodprint. Her topic was on food choices for healthy people and a healthy planet. The purpose of her speech was to show how anyone-of any lifestyle-can become an earth friendly eater. The presentation was held
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