Jeffrey Wigand Dr. Jeffrey Wigand is best known as the whistle blower against the Brown and Williams Tobacco Corporation (B&W). He revealed the unethical tactics B&W used to target youth‚ and how they deluded many patrons of the addictiveness of nicotine in tobacco. Dr. Wigand was born in New York City‚ however‚ he claims Mt. Pleasant‚ Michigan as his home. He travels extensively about the nationally as a motivational speaker‚ lecturer and specialist on various tobacco issues. In addition he
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your moral position on the matter Whistle-blowing is the release of information by a member or former member of an organization that is evident of illegal conduct in or by the organization. Morality on the other hand can be defined as the concern with the distinction between right or wrong conduct. There are basically four categories of whistle-blowing in the organization. Whistle blowing can be internal‚ external‚ personal or impersonal. Internal whistle-blowing is where the matter is reported
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11/3/2014 Whistle Blowers Protection Act‚ 2011 - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Whistle Blowers Protection Act‚ 2011 From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Whistle Blowers Protection Act‚ 2011 is an Act of the Parliament of India which provides a mechanism to investigate alleged corruption and misuse of power by public servants and also protect anyone who exposes alleged wrongdoing in government bodies‚ projects and offices. The wrongdoing might take the form of fraud‚ corruption or mismanagement
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8 September 2013 Whistle Blower Essay How would you feel if you knew a crisis was going to happen? What if you knew that a piece of information could save thousands of lives‚ and all of it went to waste because no one took action on the information being provided? One would seem to have a feeling of guilt within their conscience‚ or a feeling of suspicion due to the mishandled conduct of information. Nevertheless‚ a country had been so violently disturbed and the small shed of light that a terrorist
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WorldCom: internal audit lessons to be learnt On June 9 2003‚ the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of New York issued a report on the WorldCom accounting fraud that expands on the court’s earlier findings of mismanagement‚ lack of corporate governance‚ and concern regarding the integrity of the company’s accounting and financial reporting functions. Supervised by former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh‚ the study was commissioned by the court to investigate allegations including fraud‚ mismanagement
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Mission Statement and brief background about WorldCom. Briefly explain how WorldCom did not honor their statement. WorldCom - "our objective is to be the most profitable ‚ single source provider of communications services to customers around the world. Unstated Mission - Increase shareholder value." WorldCom’s mission statement neatly encapsulated aspirations and strategies to be the leading facilities-based provider of end-to-end Telecommunications and Internet services to business customers
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In the case of WorldCom‚ a national company that began in 1983 and would provide long-distance telephone services‚ it is hard to determine where the problem begins. The case‚ as explained in the book‚ has never really found the core of the problem. We are told that financial reports were falsely created and improper accounting practices were found‚ but who is to blame? The textbook tells us that several of the former top financial executives pleaded guilty to securities fraud‚ however they defended
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Civil Society Engagement in Anti-Corruption Crusade: Protecting the Whistle Blower By Hon. (Dr) Okezie Kelechukwu (Executive Director‚ Neighbourhood Environment Watch Foundation/ newebonyi@yahoo.com Being a paper presented at A 3-Day International Conference on Corruption‚ Governance and Development in Nigeria
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September 6‚ 2014 Shannon Troutman Discussion 2.1: American Greed: Inside the WorldCom Scam Title: Pointing the Finger Question: The corporate scandal involving WorldCom regrettably illustrates improper cost transfers designed to achieve higher profit levels. WorldCom did not transfer the cost from leases from the balance sheet to the income statement as quickly as they should have. This had the effect of overstating assets on the balance sheet and net income on the income statement. Please watch
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corporate strategic planners across the world. What is the impact of globalization and the internet on the corporate world? Explain the important role of strategic planning in today’s competitive business world in light of these two forces. The internet and globalization has had a great impact on the corporate world. Corporations can now move across borders much easier. The internet and globalization has made it possible to be able to move funds across the world very quickly. Corporations
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