Exercise 1: Bernard Madoff‘s Ponzi Scheme (i) Background of man involved (concern) in the case: Bernard Madoff was a former Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange‚ a Wall Street legend before his arrest. (ii) Ethical issues: In 2008‚ during the economic meltdown in the United States‚ Madoff could no longer honor his investor’s cash requests. When he admitted to this Ponzi scheme‚ it was a massive investment fraud that had affected many people including high profile investors. He pled guilty
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Research Paper Bernie Madoff’s Ponzy Scheme Contemporary Business Ethics Contemporary Business Ethics Contemporary Business Ethics June 16‚ 2012 Table of Contents Ethical issues involved……………………………………………………………..3 Relevant facts……………………………………………………………………….4 Fairness to all concerned……………………………………………………………5 Impact on society……………………………………………………………………5 Impact to related industries………………………………………………………….6 Impact to the stakeholders…………………………………………………………
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Bernie Madoff‚ an American stockbroker‚ investment advisor chairman of Wall Street firm‚ has operated the largest financial fraud – Ponzi scheme in U.S. history in 2008. Before he was arrested by FBI agents in December 11‚ 2008‚ he was a chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. He founded this Wall Street firm with his family members in 1960. His brother and sons were charge of different and important positions in the company. Before he was sentenced guilty of massive Ponzi scheme‚ he
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it there to earn even more. The wealthy investor doesn’t need a monthly check so he may take the advice to ’let it ride’. But if he hears rumors about Bernard Madoff Investment Securities‚ he (meaning rich investor) may decide to take all of his money out. If Bernard Madoff Investment Securities (BMIS) cannot talk rich old investor out of it‚ Bernard Madoff Investment Securities will use new investor funds to pay off the old investor. That is the concept of a pyramid. The old investor gets his high
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told the truth. This man‚ Bernard Ebbers‚ violated that trust by telling lie after lie about the true financial condition of WorldCom. Bare with me as I summarize some background facts on Bernie and WorldCom Later in this trial evidence may be presented to persuade you that Bernie was aloof of accounting or somehow not connected to the fraud that took place. The evidence will also highlight he was hands on‚ savvy‚ involved in every aspect. The story of Bernard Ebbers has another element
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The Elusive Form: The Use of Female Characters in "Naked Nude" Michael McBee Thesis and Outline: Thesis: In his picturesque short story‚ "The Naked Nude"‚ Bernard Malamud uses the female characters to develop‚ enact‚ and resolve Fidelman’s epiphany and to bring about the protagonist’s final‚ artistic self-understanding. I. Introductory paragraph--statement of thesis. II. The prostitutes A. in contrast to Fidelman’s initial idea of the artistic nude B. "maybe too many naked
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In the late 1990’s‚ WorldCom was a successful company and leader in the telecommunications world. They had merged with MCI and the company was regarded for being innovative and growth hungry. However‚ in the midst of all the mergers WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebberly began to mismanage the company. WorldCom was no longer meeting their numbers and it looked like stock prices would fall. Rather than letting this happen‚ executives at WorldCom doctored the books. CFO Scott Sullivan and auditors used accounting
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Internet‚ update facts in this case with more current information. How do these new facts reflect changing social attitude towards the investment industry? 1. What are the ethical issues involved in the Madoff case? 2. Do you believe that Bernard Madoff worked alone‚ or do you think he had help in creating and sustaining his Ponzi scheme? No there is no way possible for Madoff to create and sustain his Ponzi scheme on his own. By all accounts‚ this scheme has been going on since sometime
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bullet format. * The suicide of Bernard Madoff ’s son‚ Mark‚ who took his life in 2010‚ would not stop his investigation. After Mark’s death‚ investigators indicated that they would not stop their further analysis into any part he played in this scheme (Rothfeld‚ 2010). * Irving Picard‚ a deceived investors ’ trustee has already sued Mark Madoff ’s children‚ claiming that Bernard Madoff illegitimately shifted funds to them (Rothfeld‚ 2010) * Bernard Madoff ’s sufferers are in the hunt
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Bernie Madoff Bernard (Bernie) Madoff committed this century’s largest Ponzi scheme to date. First we will define Ponzi Scheme – it is a fraudulent pyramid scheme where original investors are paid their gains out of new investors money so it would appear to old investor that the scheme (business) is producing an unusually large return (Albrecht‚ 2009). The Ponzi scheme that Madoff created and pulled off for years was quite intricate. In a standard pyramid scheme each victim unknowingly brings in
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