What power bases did Bernie Ebbers and Scott Sullivan rely on to get away with accounting fraud? The power bases are legitimate power‚ reward power‚ coercive power‚ expert power‚ referent power. Case Study Bernie Ebbers built WorldCom Inc into one of the largest telecommunication firms. Yet he and CFO Scott Sullivan have become better known for creating a massive corporate accouting fraud that led to the largest bankruptcy in US history. Two investigative reports and subsequent court cases concluded
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Raw follows the story of Brett Dalton a teenager with an attitude who has succumb to peer pressure and lives outside the law. After being picked up for various minor offences Brett finds himself having to spend time at a rehabilitation centre. the image that I have created symbolises Brett Daltons perspective of the rehabilitation centre called the farm. The farm is home to many young crime committers such as Brett. The farms main purpose is to reform kids that are sent there. It is very different
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The Dred Scott Decision: Opinion and Evidence Kay African American History Before 1877 Professor LaTasha Gatling 10 October 2014 In Revisiting Dred Scott: Prudence‚ Providence‚ and the Limits of Constitutional Statesmanship‚ Justin Buckley Dyer argues “According to the opinion written by Chief Justice Roger Taney‚ African slaves and their descendants were not‚ and could never become‚ citizens of the United States‚”1 rejecting that President Abraham Lincoln meant any less‚ when
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The Dred Scott case was a landmark case that sparked uproar from state officials after Chief Justice Taney gave the majority opinion of the court. Dred Scott was a slave owned by an army surgeon‚ Dr. John Emerson‚ with whom Scott traveled to the free state of Illinois. Following a two and a half year stay in Illinois‚ Scott and his master moved to Wisconsin‚ also a free state. However‚ Scott’s extended stay in Illinois gave him the power to make a legal standing to request his freedom‚ however Scott
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Dred Scott v. Sanford which was decided on in 1857‚ it was decided by the supreme court that African americans- free and unfree were not considered citizens of America and were not allowed to sue in civil court. The court also ruled as noted by Alex McBride that “That Congress lacked power to ban slavery in U.S territory and that the rights of slave owners were protected by the fifth amendment because slaves were to be considered as property and not citizens. In the time around the dred scott cases
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1. Which of the four basic strategy types were used by GM? Explain your rationale. GM employed the use of establishing the grand strategy‚ and formulating strategic plans. In this case‚ it used the growth strategy as the means of carrying out its restructuring. My reasoning behind this choice is that establishing the grand strategy is the level at which a company makes a “rigorous analysis of the organization’s present situation to determine where it is presently headed.” After that‚ the next step
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This is letter was written on the 11th of August‚ in 1863 in helena arkansas by a soldier. The man who wrote this letter was Scott Newman a soldier who was currently in helena arkansas on his way to Little rock. Newman was a private in company A of the 36th infantry‚ and had a high amount of collected letters documented over his three year period of serving from 1862-1865. These letters not only go deep into what life was like as a Iowa soldier but also life in the union camps. Newman mentions the
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judgement to it’s audience in the form of Michael Scott. Scott is an ignorant man that believes he is doing nice things for people and does not understand boundaries or limits. No one is innocent of judgement because it is a natural human instinct that can actually help us in our daily lives. An example would be judging a person for how they act. If a person seems dangerous or predatory it may be a good idea to stay clear
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“Raw”‚ composed by Scott Monk‚ Brett a young offender is sent to a detention centre to reform and attain a second chance in life. However‚ through the use of Brett’s derogatory colloquialism‚ such as ‘pigs’ in reference to the police‚ it’s made clear that Brett is resistant to the law. As a result Brett is sent to The Farm‚ a facility that aims to turn young offender’s lives around‚ by reforming them. The Farm works on the principals of care‚ trust and responsibility. There are no fences or guards
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"There’s not a lot of opportunity in Scott County. The poverty‚ lack of education‚ jobs — it all ties together. A lot of people think they’re sort of stuck here. They feel hopeless‚" according to Chris Albertson‚ a Scott County council member. Scottsburg is a city of boredom‚ drugs‚ and trouble. The way to fix most of these problems is to give kids something to do that is not drugs or troublemaking. While there is not enough money in Scottsburg to be able to build entertainment for kids‚ there need
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