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    without careful consideration at senior levels (Luft‚ 1997). Numerous scandals in the late 1990s and early 2000s seemed to add credence to the criticism of business ethics. Corporate executives of WorldCom‚ a giant in the telecommunications field‚ admitted fraud and misrepresentation in financial statements. WorldCom’s former CEO went on trial for alleged crimes related to this accounting ethics scandal (Luft‚ 1997). A similar scandal engulfed Enron in the late 1990s and its former CEO‚ Ken Lay‚ also

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    Crisis The term “Watergate” has become a common household name in correlation with people’s thoughts about corruption in government. President Nixon was in office at the time of this scandal and is often thought to be the most famous face in America’s conspiracy of wickedness in the government. The Watergate scandal had rocked everything our country thought we knew about the American Presidency because it had forfeited the common vision of the leader of the nation. Watergate had replaced the image

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    is one of a several detective collection written by Arthur Conan Doyle which became well known among numerous people in the world. The protagonist in “A Scandal in Bohemia” as well as in the rest of Doyle’s stories is a legendary detective known as Sherlock Holmes‚ who always shows a positive energy into solving criminal mysteries. In “A Scandal in Bohemia”‚ Holmes along with his trustful friend‚ tries to unravel the riddle regarding the hidden letters of the King of Bohemia. Sherlock Holmes’s unusual

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    Earnings management is typically regarded as a bad thing. I will cover why it’s considered a bad thing‚ and what it entails. When an executive “cooks the books” it’s referring to them providing false information in order to deceive other important employees or shareholders. This act includes‚ but is not limited to: falsifying receipts‚ inventories‚ balance sheets‚ and/or cash flow statements. This is an important concept to familiarize yourself with because‚ if identified and stopped in time‚ could

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    considered to be one of the foremost natural gas conglomerate companies‚ the mention of the name ENRON in current times is commonly associated with a financial scandal involving the company. This scandal‚ also known as the ‘ENRON Scandal’ gained a vast amount of media coverage on both domestic and international levels; in addition‚ the ENRON scandal resulted in the bankruptcy of the company‚ the criminal prosecution of a number of executives‚ and an loss of upwards of $2 billion with regard to investors

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    Arizona‚ WorldCom and Enron. On June 15‚ 2002‚ Andersen was convicted of obstruction of justice for shredding documents related to its audit of Enron‚ resulting in the Enron scandal. Nancy Temple (Andersen Legal Dept.) and David Duncan (Lead Partner for the Enron account) were cited as the responsible managers in this scandal as they had given the order to shred relevant documents. Since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not allow convicted felons to audit public companies‚ the firm

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    11.4 - Making Connections Is the American Dream a reality for people in the US today? Why or why not? Use examples from your research and class discussion as evidence. In all honesty‚ I believe that the “American Dream” is just an illusion‚ especially in today’s society. When our ancestors immigrated to the United States‚ most of the thoughts in their heads were religious freedom‚ safety‚ and the American Dream. Now‚ I do believe that the American Dream was alive and well back then. However

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    Sexism can be identified as being prejudice towards someone or for stereotyping or discriminating them‚ on the basis of gender. However‚ Sherlock Holmes is not sexist within the book‚ dramatization and modernized episode. In the novel‚ “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Conan Doyle‚ the protagonist Sherlock Holmes is not portrayed to be a sexist character. To begin with‚ Sherlock insists on having Doctor John Watson remain alongside with him. Just before the King of Bohemia enters for his consultation

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    Executive Summary The United States that have been considered as a super power country and also the direction of science disciplines including accounting must felt bitterness. Business scandals that happened seemed eliminate confidence by the business world about the practice of good corporate governance in the United States. Enron was a company that was ranked as seventh out of the five hundred leading companies in the United States and is the largest U.S. energy company that went

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    Financial Scandals and the Role of Private Enforcement: The Parmalat Case Law Working Paper N° 40/2005 May 2005 Guido Ferrarini University of Genoa‚ Centre for Law and Finance and ECGI Paolo Giudici Free University of Bozen and Centre for Law and Finance © Guido Ferrarini and Paolo Giudici 2005. All rights reserved. Short sections of text‚ not to exceed two paragraphs‚ may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit‚ including © notice‚ is given to the source. This

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