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    OTTAWA UNIVERSITY FINANCE ADMINISTRATION POST-CLASS ASSIGNMENT MODULE 5 FAHRIAN C.H. CHOE STUDENT ID: 128370 MELAKA # 03 DUE: JULY 5‚ 2004 FINAL CASE IN FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING SUNBEAM CORPORATION AND CHAINSAW AL Prepared For Richard Brewington Instructor Ottawa University International Prepared by Fahrian C.H. Choe Student Ottawa University International June 30th‚ 2004 CONTENTS

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    This is the Most Environmentally Friendly Lighting‚ What Kelebihanya? The light bulb is no ordinary lamp‚ lamp output Phillips has won the L Prize and received a $ 10 million gift from the U.S. government. What advantages. The light bulb is a new unique shape will go on sale on World Earth Day‚ April 22‚ but has received an award from the U.S. government. This lamp L Prize awarded as is claimed as the most environmentally friendly lighting and can last up to 20 years . L Prize contest started

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    2010 Volume 6‚ Number 1 Sunbeam Corporation: A Forensic Analysis Patricia Hatfield‚ Ph.D.‚ Bradley University‚ USA Shelly Webb‚ Ph. D.‚ Xavier University‚ USA ABSTRACT The members of the Board of Directors at Sunbeam were completely bewildered. Al Dunlap‚ Sunbeam’s highly successful but controversial CEO was threatening to resign after almost two years of leading Sunbeam successfully out of a slump that had threatened the long-term viability of the company. Al Dunlap didn’t mince words

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    l “Chainsaw Al Dunlap”: A New Breed of Manager? West Point graduate Albert J. Dunlap‚ former chairman and CEO of Scott Paper Company‚ claims that the U.S. Military Academy made him “tenacious and very organized”. Others say his experience gave him an “inyour-face attitude rare among executives” and made him a valuable hired gun for straightening out troubled companies. Dunlap is known to attack and challenge nearly every premise and person that gets in his sight. Those who interfere with his efforts

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    business is business: Does the maximaization of shareholder value reward socially destructive actions by corporations?Certainly not.A company is not an instrument of shareholders‚ but a coalition between various resource suppliers‚ with the intention of increasing their common wealth and hence is contradictory to Mr Al Dunlaps view of share holder primancy. Through out his tenure at SunbeamAl Dunlap’s advocated profit by firing many employees and shutting down many factories.If we look at it in

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    DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MEMORANDUM DATE: September 14‚ 2011 SUBJECT: Al Dunlap at Sunbeam analysis Introduction This memo will reflect on and analyze the decisions of the Sunbeam Board of Directors during Albert Dunlap’s tenure as CEO. This analysis will include an overview of Sunbeam’s goals‚ evaluation of 1996 – 1997 and 1998 compensation package‚ assessment of the firing decision by BOD and the overall governance of the BOD. Sunbeam’s Goals Dunlap is famous

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    of case 1.4 Sunbeam: The Revenue Recognition Principle 1. Company history ← In April 1996‚ Sunbeam appointed Albert Dunlap as its CEO and chairman. ← Immediately‚ the CEO began replacing nearly all of the upper management team and led the company into aggressive corporate restructuring. ← As at end of March 1997‚ the company arranged special sales contract with the wholesaler provided that the wholesaler could return all of the merchandise‚ with Sunbeam paying all

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    In 1897 John K. Stewart and Thomas Clark incorporated their Chicago Flexible Shaft Company‚ which made horse trimming and sheep shearing machinery.[4] In 1910 the company produced its first Sunbeam branded household appliance‚ the Princess Electric Iron. The company did not officially change its name to Sunbeam until 1946.[5] In 1928‚ the company’s head designer‚ Swedish immigrant Ivar Jepson‚ invented the Mixmaster mixer. Introduced in 1930‚ it was the first mechanical mixer with two detachable

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    Case Study “Al Dunlap at Sunbeam” Response to Dunlap’s view of shareholder privacy I don’t agree with Dunlap’s view that shareholders are the only constituencies about which corporate directors and executives should be concerned. In light of agents’ obligations to principals‚ managers are supposed act in the best interest of the company’s shareholders‚ the major capital providers‚ when making decisions; however‚ as shareholders and stakeholders interests are to a large extent compatible‚ especially

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    executive. He was best known as a turnaround specialist and downsizer. The ruthless methods he employed to streamline ailing companies‚ most notably Scott Paper‚ won him the nicknames "Chainsaw Al" and "Rambo in Pinstripes". However‚ his reputation was ruined after he engineered a massive accounting scandal at Sunbeam-Oster. Dunlap believed that the primary goal of any business should be to make money for its shareholders. To that end‚ he believed in making widespread cuts‚ including massive layoffs

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