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    What punishment‚ if any‚ do you believe David Myers should have been given for his role in the WorldCom fraud? A2. Mr. Myers was charged with securities fraud‚ conspiracy to commit securities fraud‚ and filing false statements. Based on these charges‚ I think Mr. Myers would be sentenced to 5-8 years prison terms. In addition‚ he would be imposed with a large amount of fine. Furthermore‚ the WorldCom would take a certain amount of bonus back for the period while he was being investigated. However

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    Brandon Chan Professor Benjamin Murphy Gender And Religion September 26‚ 2013 The good old days of hunting and gathering Modernism and industrialism have brought many advantages to society‚ but also they are some of the biggest enemies that every religion in the world is affronting. Every day there are fewer and fewer religious people in the world because religion is decreasing its power and legitimacy. This process is called secularization. Secularization affects both genders‚ however males

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    in the competitive long-distance telephone industry. It was headquartered in Washington‚ D.C.[1] Founded in 1963‚ it grew to be the second-largest long-distance provider in the U.S. It was purchased by WorldCom in 1998 and became MCI WorldCom‚ with the name afterwards being shortened to WorldCom in 2000. WorldCom’s financial scandals and bankruptcy led that company to change its name in 2003 to MCI Inc.. The MCI name disappeared in January 2006 after the company was bought by Verizon. As of May

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    on ”Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls The short story “Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls was first published on The Guardians website in 2011. The short story deals with the problem of a 9-year-old boy trying to be good at something. Already in an early age children experience some kind of pressure from their parents. A pressure which force the child to be good at something‚ to be good enough‚ to be accepted. As referred to above we hear about the 9-year-old boy who wants to be good at something

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    and the tactics and behaviors that would ultimately lead to the downfall and closure of the company. One of the most famous was Enron‚ but another well known failure was that of WorldCom. WorldCom was a big player in the telecommunications industry‚ being the largest telecom carrier of Internet traffic. In 2002‚ WorldCom joined the ranks of failed companies mostly because of the tactics that management and its accountants used to show that the company was earning more money than it was. This was

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    Information This report details the rise and collapse of WorldCom Group: this telecommunication giant employed 60‚000 individuals and had over $104 billion in assets. However‚ most numbers were deliberately misstated in order to maximize income and survive in the global stock market. WorldCom dates back to 1983 when in split up from AT&T to create a separate entity in order to take over the Southern states telecommunication markets. WorldCom focused on providing Long Distance Discount Services (LDDS)

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    How can managers promote innovation unwelcome surprises? Control in an Age oj by Robert Simons A fundamental problem facing managers in the 1990s is how to exercise adequate control in organizations that demand flexibility‚ innovation‚ and creativity. Competitive businesses with demanding and informed customers must rely on employee initiative to seek out opportunities and respond to customers’ needs. But pursuing some opportunities can expose businesses to excessive risk or invite behaviors

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    FAR600 CASE STUDY WORLDCOM QUESTION 1 a) Discuss the earnings management technique employed by the management of World Com. WorldCom admitted that the company had classified over $3.8 billion in payments for line costs as capital expenditures rather than current expenses. Line costs are what WorldCom pays other companies for using their communications networks; they consist principally of access fees and transport charges for messages for WorldCom customers. Reportedly‚ $3

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    to act ethically. When an individual is asked to do something that they may even suspect would be detrimental to their livelihood‚ then they have all the rights given to them to not follow through with that action. In the case of Betty Vinson of WorldCom‚ while she had the clear understanding that her actions were wrong‚ she clearly kept personal financial safety ahead of her moral and ethical standards. This eventually translated into an even more detrimental result‚ which was jail time. She clearly

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    Enron shocked the world from being “America’s most innovative company” to America ’s biggest corporate bankruptcy at its time. At its peak‚ Enron was America ’s seventh largest corporation. Enron gave the illusion that it was a steady company with good revenue but that was not the case‚ a large part of Enron’s profits were made of paper. This was made possible by masterfully designed accounting and morally questionable acts by traders and executives. Deep debt and surfacing information about hiding

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