Union Nears Win‚ Wal-Mart Closes Store‚ CommonDreams.org‚ CommonDreams GlobalEthics.org (2005) Lawsuit Claims Wal-Mart Condones Overseas Sweatshops‚ Martin‚ Andrew (2012) Wal-Mart Vows to Fix It’s Controls‚ NYTimes.com Mui‚ Ylan (2011) Wal-Mart works with unions abroad‚ but not at home‚ WashingtonPost.com Ortega‚ Bob. (1995‚ July 3). Broken rules: Conduct codes garner goodwill for retailers‚ but violations go on --- factories in latin america still hire minors illegally and unionists get Mart_CaseStudy
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The Failed Corporate Culture of Enron High risk accounting‚ inappropriate conflicts of interest‚ extensive undisclosed off-the-books activity‚ excessive compensation these are some of the headings of the report prepared by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations titled "The Role of the Board of Directors in Enron’s Collapse." (Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations‚ 2002) In February‚ 2002‚ Enron’s former Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Skilling had testified before members
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Enron‚ board governance and moral failings Gerald Zandstra Gerald Zandstra is Director of Programs at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty‚ Michigan‚ USA. Keywords Directors‚ Ethics‚ Responsibility‚ Corporate governance Abstract The failure of the Enron Corporation has brought attention to the roles played by the chief executive officer and other executives of the modern corporation. Its failure has also produced discussion of further regulations that will‚ it is hoped‚
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report has been shaped to examine the reason of a failed T-card project initiated for automating Sydney’s transportation ticketing system‚ the objective of the system was to create a smart card that can be used with the CityRail‚ Sydney Busses‚ Sydney ferries service‚ trams and it will also bring all other private transport service providers into city’s integrated ticketing system (Anonymous‚ Tcard viewed on 24 sep 09). The contract was awarded to a Perth based ERG Group
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A. The Implications for corporate governance and financial institutions In Enron’s case‚ we may see that the principle weakness of corporate governance today is the excessive concentration of power in the hands of top management. Enron involve allegations of massive accounting fraud and huge losses in shareholder value. In May 2002‚ the Business Roundtable released its Principles of Corporate Governance. This is a set of principles intended to assist corporate management and boards of directors
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Enron Ask Why? How Unethical and Illegal Behavior Ruined Lives Brief History of Enron Enron was an energy company based in Houston‚ Texas that dealt with the energy trade on an international and domestic basis. Enron formed in 1985 when Houston Natural Gas merged with InterNorth. After several years of international and domestic expansion involving complicated deals and contracts‚ Enron became billions of dollars in debt. All of this debt was concealed from shareholders through partnerships
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What are the reasons why Enron collapsed? * Investments Enron dealt in energy. According to Infinite Energy‚ the first and main cause of Enron’s collapse was failed investments. Enron invested money in fiber-optic networks‚ a power plant in India and water distribution in the United Kingdom‚ to name a few. While a company the size of Enron could afford occasional losses‚ the mounting‚ failed investments added up and created a plethora of debt. * Hidden Losses Infinite Energy states that
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ON: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Presented by students of Department of Business Studies‚ DeenDayal Upadhyaya College‚ University of Delhi. Devesh D Lalwani 10/BBS/0165 Shivam Gupta 10/BBS/0177 Abhinav Goel 10/BBS/0179 Jai Singh Gambhir 10/BBS/0157 Declaration We student of Bachelor of Business Studies (1st semester)‚ in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College‚ University of Delhi‚ hereby declare that I have made this academic project titled ‘Corporate Governance’ as a part
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Skilling; in a class discussion‚if production is harmful to public health‚ asked will what to do? Skilling answered this question as follows‚ "I will continue to do production and I will continue to sell. As a businessman‚ my duty increase the rate of profit and higher return stocks profit margin. Controlling the pest products is the duty of the government‚ " he says. This wiew of Enron maneger‚ become a strategy of Enron with the beginning of the task. There are in essence the story of this idea. Due
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WHAT IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? Nowadays people in the business world are talking about good corporate governance. Companies with good corporate governance are perceived by the public as a company that been handled properly by its management. Few companies had been names as among the worst in corporate governance like Enron‚ World.com and Barings. But what is exactly corporate governance? The term ‘corporate governance’ is coming from two words. The adjective ‘corporate’ comes from the noun
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