Case 2-1 Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom Cynthia Cooper details her trials and tribulations about her experiences at WorldCom in the book Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower. The following excerpts from the book describe the actions she took to uncover the fraud at WorldCom and reactions of key players in the accounting department‚ top management‚ the audit committee and the external auditors. Cooper was first alerted to the fact that there may have been a problem
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Why is America involved in the Egypt peace protests? America first became involved in January when President Obama made a speech addressing the current issues in Egypt. He stated that “If Egypt falls‚ the Middle East falls. Egypt isn’t the only nation revolting. It is wide spread throughout the Arab areas.” America has also been allies with Egypt for many years‚ so now they are just helping out a “friend”. America is strong enough
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five years. In Asia Pacific & Latin America‚ branded shoes will grow 9-11% in the first five years and 7-9% the last five years. Private label is expected to grow 10% universally in the first five years and 8.5% during the next four years vary up to 2% due to competition levels. Your company can produce 6 million pairs of shoes during normal time and an additional 1.2 million if overtime is used. Shoes shipped from factories to distribution centers are subject to tariffs (according to region) and
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Discussion Questions 1 & 2 The Ron Jon Surf Shop is similar to the Hilo Hattie website is the sense that they both sale beach wear for men‚ women‚ and young children. They both are sunny beach wear type online stores to sale retail as well as other products. The web designs are similar in the sense that they use individuals who are happy and joyful to help sale product. They are different because Hilo Hattie is focused around Hawaiian products and clothing styles‚ whereas Ron Don Surf Shop not
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Glenn Espinoza 01/09/14 ENC 1101 11 A.M. Illustration Essay The Internet has resulted in a generation of lazy young people. The Internet is a source used by everyone from the ages of 5 to 80; they use this source for entertainment‚ research and even to find a significant other‚ but due to the limitless possibilities of the Internet it has caused people to become lazy. For example when I was younger and I use to have to do math homework and I would just copy the whole problem from the Internet
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Immigration laws are a commonly brought up‚ controversial subject among U.S officials. There are 4 seperate arguments from the supporting side‚ with the only question being what branch of the government should be in charge of them‚ and how. The first argument is that immigration dilutes or change existing languages‚ religions‚ cultural norms‚ etc. The second argument is that immigrants will flock to countries with generous social welfare programs‚ resulting in urban slums and flooded social networks
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Quint Rogers Mrs. Wood 6th Period India is seeking information from China as to why their balance of trade is so skewed. China has been exporting to India far more than it has been importing. This scenario has been reflected globally‚ with many countries wondering why China has reduced their imports so much. China has also put a ban on Indian Iron Ore‚ their main export‚ causing more tension between the new countries. China professes to be increasing their trade annually‚ pulling them out of
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Standley Lake‚ Conifer high schools cancel classes Friday due to teacher absences Subject: Conifer and Standley Lake high schools were canceled Friday because of the high and unusual number of teachers that were absent. The county was unable to get enough substitutes to fill in the voids and school was cancelled. Occasion: Teachers are trying to make a point since they are now getting payed a lot less. But they are denying that their absences were a part of a protest. Audience: This article
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know the victims are my age or younger and they must have not experienced much of life and all the beauty in it. I just pray that the parents of these kids find peace in knowing that they are in a better place. SOURCES: Santos‚ Fernanda. "2 Injured in Shooting at New Mexico School." Nytimes.com. New York times‚ n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
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important contribution to the country’s economy. The government has played a significant part in the development by allocating substantial funds to the marketing in term of promotion of tourism and also provision of infrastructure. Economic and political events are also having an effect on the international perception of brand Malaysia as a tourist destination. Malaysia has a land area of 330 434km2 and is a federation of thirteen states. Peninsular contains eleven states‚ while Sabah and Sarawak are the
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