Studying various aspects on business and financing activities in the Edwards School of Business‚ the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement was important to me as it related to business activities and ethics discussed in class. In September 2011 the Occupy Wall Street movement had begun its protests against social economic inequality. At first‚ it was hard to participate in the movement having been raised to believe that personal success is directly related to the amount of work‚ focus and dedication
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Wall Street The 1987 film‚ Wall Street‚ directed by Oliver Stone starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas‚ is the story about a naïve Wall Street broker who desperately wants to make it big on Wall Street. But Bud Fox played by Charlie Sheen soon finds after being mentored by the Wall Street giant‚ Gordon Gekko‚ played by Michael Douglas‚ that being the best requires a lot more than he expected. A reoccurring theme that Stone threaded throughout the film was greed. Stone uses Gordon Gekko
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The Wolf of Wall Street The Wolf of Wall Street is a film which was released on December 25‚ 2013 and managed to make a grand impact on all who ventured to see it. Director Martin Scorsese and writer Jordan Belfort were able to manipulate the story of Belfort’s life through extravagant‚ lavish‚ and relatively vile acts; which‚ in the movie seem to vicariously satisfy many viewers unknowing needs for a crime-comedy movie with a degree of intellectualism and semi-tonal black comedy. In my opinion
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Chapter 9 Cost of Capital 1. What is the WACC? a. Weighted Average Cost of Capital- most firms employ different types of capital‚ and because of their differences in risk‚ the difference securities have different required rates of return. Typically=debt‚ preferred stock and common equity. 2. What precautions must we take when measuring the WACC to use for capital budgeting decisions (future investment)? b. The company’s current and recent past book and market value structures
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Wolf of Wall Street While watching the previews for the Wolf of Wall Street I was intrigued but still skeptical‚ I mean another Wall Street movie. I barely made it through “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” with Shia LaBeouf. This was no movie I was craving to see after each time I watched the preview. Granted Leonardo DiCaprio does continuously produce good movies and who doesn’t love Jonah Hill. Time passed by and I sort of forgot about the movie completely until my family decided to stop by the
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Wolf of Wall Street In my opinion‚ the entire movie was a road map on how to engage in unethical behavioral in the corporate world. Even if we left out the drugs‚ the sexual exploration of women and the total lack of morality exhibited by the main character we would have a great deal to talk about. Ethics is what a society considers the path governing acceptable behavior verses unacceptable behavior. What an individual considers right or wrong is based on his or her value system. Where these
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The effects of the Wall Street Crash were felt all around America as people starved‚ businesses became bankrupt and unemployment rose. This era was known as the Great Depression and would last for another ten to twenty years. In the short term‚ rich investors lost great deals of money. Whilst‚ poorer investors‚ who had borrowed on the margin’‚ could not repay their loans and thus became bankrupt. After a while‚ these incidents began to affect the American public. Firstly‚ unemployment rose as
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2006). Recent political phenomenon such as Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street movements showed the power of young people in enforcing democratization and social change. The revolutionary war uprisings in Tunisia‚ Egypt and Libya depicted as the tremendous victory of young people in overthrowing the autocratic regimes and brought the wave of democratization in the Arab world. Inspired by the Arab Spring‚ the Occupy Wall Street is the manifestation of collective awakening‚ particularly anger young
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Wall Street 2 In the movie Wall Street 2 Money Never sleeps the main character is Jacob Moore and he is a proprietary trade working for Keller Zabel Investments. Jacob is a young ambitious trader looking to make a name for himself and enjoy a good life. His girlfriend Winnie Gekko is the daughter of the Gordon Gekko. Gordon Gekko is the former high roller who lost all his wealth and was sentenced to eight years in prison for inside trading. The movie starts off with Gordon Gekko being released
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OCCUPY WALL STREET Occupy Wall Street Jeremy Banks BUS309 February 3‚ 2013 Professor Zimmerman OCCUPY WALL STREET Abstract The Occupy Wall Street movement is based on utilitarian theory. They believe it is only fair for everything to be done for the greater good of all. As long as politicians continue with the ways of Reaganomics‚ the income inequality and wealth distribution in the United States will continue to worsen. This responsibility
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