Week 1: Written Assignment – Article 1 On August 29‚ 2014‚ Joel Steinger‚ former chief of Fort Lauderdale-based Mutual Benefits Corporation (MBC)‚ was sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison. According to the Associated Press (2014)‚ Steinger was the mastermind of an insurance scam in which investors lost about $830 million between 1994 and 2004‚ affecting 30‚000 victims around the world. Mutual Benefits Corp was one of the largest fraud schemes in Florida history to date. Between
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White collar crime and credit card fraud are complex crimes that are generally related to business‚ industry‚ and economic schemes. The U.S. Department of Justice defines white collar crime as a “nonviolent‚ illegal activities that rely on deceit‚ deception‚ concealment‚ manipulation‚ breach of trust‚ subterfuge‚ or illegal circumvention” (Criminal Investigation‚ 11th Edition). Statically these sophisticated crimes are usually committed by caucasian and european men. No matter the circumstances‚
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some examples of white-collar crime in American history? Some of the earliest examples of white collar crime would be scandals such as the 1920’s Teapot Dome Scandal that involved members of then President Harding’s administration. The Scandal involved the leasing of naval oil reserves without going into the bidding process. Another example would be the S&L scandal of the 1980’s. The amount of money may never be known and the scandal was known as the biggest white collar crime in history. This
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White Collar Crimes John E. Brown Strayer University CRJ 105- Crime and Criminal Behavior Professor Deborah S. White April 26‚ 2014 White Collar Crimes Introduction: This paper will explain why the topic of White Collar Crime needs to be researched and what actions should be taken‚ while during the research. White Collar crimes has the power to win election‚ gain public trust‚ influence the press and give a person the impression that he or she can continue to lie so they can stay a
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The first legal documentation of white-collar crime was documented in the 15th century in England. In the year 1473‚ a law passed after an agent was arrested for embezzlement when he was responsible to transport wool and he ended up stealing wool for himself. After this law passed white-collar crimes were still uncommon because not much attention was brought until after the industrial revolution. The only reason attention was brought during/after the Industrial revolution was because of monopolistic
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Blue- Collar workers are the ones that deserve the most respect in this world. They work so hard to perfect what they actually do. In the short passage Mike Rose expresses his own emotion not only towards his life but he basically broke it down for us piece by piece. He starts off by telling us his experience with being with his mom in the restaurant that she works at when he was a little kid. He learned a lot of things about the restaurant when he was there; most importantly he learned the hardship
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Other than the reasoning of white collar crimes costing billions of dollars annually to our government‚ criminals of this sort usually don’t get caught right away‚ if at all. Without the proper punishment of these criminals they can just rob us of our money day by day. It can happen to any of us that are operating inside of a business. Many of these menaces in their corporation do their work in silence and under unanimous making it very complex to detain said person. While other types of criminals
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only of their retirement‚ their hopes and dreams. When handling the affairs of others it is important to be completely honest and legal. This means when conducting business one should be sure that we are not compromising any ethical values. White Collar Crime is an article written about illegal trading and insider information obtained from doctors involved in a 2008 pharmaceutical trial for an Alzheimer’s drug. According to Gustin this was one of the most lucrative insider schemes in United States
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majority of your coworkers (or classmates). Please give specific examples. •Speculate on the roles that perspectives of moral philosophy and stages of moral development play in the committing of white collar crimes. With these roles in mind‚ discuss how white collar crime may differ from other types of crime like burglary or assault. Lawrence Kohlberg has focused on moral development and has proposed a stage theory of moral thinking which goes well beyond Piaget’s initial formulations. At stage
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CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATORS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS-GHANA POST EXPERIENCE QUALFYING PROGRAMME SUBJECT: PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION PREPARED BY: KWEKU OKOAMPAH SARPONG STUDENT NUMBER: ST/PEQP/AU/12/002 DATE: 10TH NOVEMBER 2012 Question 1 Discussed the difference between Administrative Management and Professional Administration In any business venture the
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