Accounting Fraud at WorldCom LDDS began operations in 1984 offering services to local retail and commercial customers in the southern states. It was initially a loss making enterprise‚ and thus hired Bernie J. (Bernie) Ebbers to run things. It took him less than a year to make the company profitable. By the end of 1993‚ LDDS was the fourth largest long distance carrier in the United States. After a shareholder vote in May 1995‚ the company officially came to be known as WorldCom. WorldCom culture was
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Case Study Discussion & Executive Summary: Pinto Fires Monday‚ March 28‚ 2011 Robert Adams‚ Kristi Nguyen‚ Ren Heeralal Mgt 216/ Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility Instructor: DIANE RECTOR Case Study Discussion & Executive Summary This is an essay concerning a case study discussion & executive summary involving the Ford Pinto case. On August 10‚ 1978‚ take for the chapter concerning (Managing business ethics)‚ three teen girls died in an automobile accident
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Ford Pinto Fires Case Study and Executive Summary John Bonner‚ Scotti Greenleaf‚ Rose Scarbrough MGT216 University of Phoenix October 18‚ 2010 Sarah Nelson Ford Pinto Fires Case Study and Executive Summary Introduction During the Late 1960’s the Ford Motor Company was one of the leading auto manufactures in the United States. Ford was credited with revolutionizing the muscle car era of the 1950’s and 1960’s. During the mid 1960’s Lee Iacocca helped Ford establish itself in the late 1960’s
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Southwest Airline Case ¨C Executive Summary Introduction in 1971‚ Herbert D. Kelleher with other few business partners started an Airline services. Up till 1991‚ Southwest served low-fair air transportation among 32 cities in 14 states with over 20 million customers annually in the United States. Although the industry suffered a major blow from the unfavorable economic conditions‚ the company was still holding strong; while other airline companies were in debt. The major success to their continued
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This case examines P&G and whether or not it has the ability and means to make SK-II a global brand. Paul de Cesare‚ President of Max Factor Japan and GLT member of the beauty care GBU‚ had to recommend one of three alternatives for a global strategy for the SK-II brand: expand into China‚ build on the brand’s success in Japan‚ or introduce SK-II to Europe. In doing so‚ he also had to keep entry strategies for the different markets in mind‚ and also the organizational change brought
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Ethical Dilemma Executive Summary Any officer who joins a new department has to be faced with the ethical dilemma of what is right and wrong. An officer‚ who witnesses another officer accepting a bribe‚ is left with the burden of deliberating if they should report what they witnessed. The rules and regulations for any department come into question when an officer is faced with such situation. Criminal justice personnel are projected to up hold the code of ethics no matter what‚ but can often
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Wal-Mart Executive Summary Wal-Mart has shown continued success in their use of information technology with e-commerce‚ a system that allows managers to view point-of-sale information‚ and the possible use of RFID chips in the near future. After reviewing the 2005 Harvard Business School study of Wal-Mart‚ it is evident that this company has been successful in expanding its operations in several foreign markets. Wal-Mart had established itself as the largest retailer in both Canada in 2003 and
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plastic beverage containers and plastic fan parts. Our team has been asked to put together an executive summary regarding identifying some areas needing improvement‚ defining the purpose of the project as well as who the key stakeholders are. Below is the review of our findings. Executive Summary 3 The Riordan company overall is doing very well. They are a company who is groundbreaking
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Designed to Grow... Sustainably 2007 Global Sustainability Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CEO Statement October 2007 marks the 170th year P&G has been in business. We’ve sustained our Company’s growth over such a long period of time by staying focused on P&G’s Purpose: improving consumers’ lives in small but meaningful ways every day. Our commitment to Sustainable Development‚ which we define as “ensuring a better quality of life for everyone‚ now and for generations to come‚” is an important
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Ford Pinto Executive Summary Your Name University of Phoenix MGT/216 Teacher Date Ford Pinto Executive Summary The Ford Pinto case is a classic example of ethics versus money. Ford decided to make a decision that was unethical in order to save time and money. The questions that come about when determining how unethical it all was are: What solutions would be recommended to make it better? How did external social pressures influence the decisions? Through the period eye would the decision
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