Kung INDIVIDUAL REPORT National Branding and Corporate Scandals [pic][pic] [pic] [pic] By George MANG Student Number: 53002615 City University of Hong Kong Year 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………… 3 2. China National Brand Building and “Soft Power”………………………..... 4 3. From Manufacturing Factory to Research and Development Centre……... 5 4. China’s Counterfeit Merchandise and Food Scandals……………………… 6 5. China’s Financial Markets Bottleneck………………………………………
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Ashe 1 ENG 130 11 February 2013 Another Political Scandal? Hmmm? Set entirely in North Carolina’s fourteenth congressional district‚ incumbent Congressman Cam Brady fends off a challenge from an odd‚ unordinary‚ and peculiar citizen named Marty Higgins in Jay Roach’s The Campaign. This film serves one purpose: to show the obvious problems political action committees (PAC’s) pose when they are allowed to permeate in a campaign. Congressman Cam Brady played by the notoriously humorous Will
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Rio Tinto Case Study Prasad Naik BUS 510-2 Background Rio Tinto is a British-Australian mining company founded in 1873 with its Headquarters in London‚ England. It is a global company‚ which operates worldwide with a focus in Australia and Canada. Rio Tinto is considered to be the oldest and largest mining company in the world with over 68‚000 employees. During its operation carried out over the years‚ Rio Tinto has acquired and merged a number of companies. In 2011‚ Rio Tinto was selected as
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transcontinental railroad. The company took part in complex arrangements in which a several of the partners contracted with themselves for the construction of the railroad. As a result of this scandal‚ Credit Mobilier stocks paid dividends of three-hundred and forty-eight percent in the first year (Hoops 59). The real scandal took place not in the west‚ but in the House of Representatives‚ where Oakes Ames "sold" stock at par value to "where they will do the most good (McPherson 585)." In the investigation
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The Penn State Scandal impacted many areas of the organization. From the managers not doing their part to protect those who were being abused. As a manager if an incident is reported to you it is your responsibility to make sure that the proper authority is notified‚ or you should at least investigate for yourself to make sure that the information that is given to you is creditable. In the case of an eyewitness account as with McQueary he did the right thing by reporting what he saw to coach Paterno
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to the trading of energy related financial products such as derivatives. Enron looked like a great company that makes a lot of profit however‚ in 2001‚ after the firm’s accounting fraud went public‚ the company filed for bankruptcy. After Enron Scandal‚ in 2002‚ the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed to prevent potential financial fraud. This act regulate the accounting standard and especially its transparency‚ as follows. • All companies must have a majority of independent directors. • Independent
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Nishitha 09L Nishitha 09L Horrifying Animal Abuse Scandal Uncovered Agatha Shelley‚ Crime Reporter Sunday‚ May 10‚ 2009 Red Bank‚ NJ –Friday morning after suspicious allegations of animal cruelty and brutal murder of a pet dog were made by a local neighbours police searched and examined the storage locker of Ed Boone. “We came upon a more sinister and grotesque display‚ I could not even comprehend what I was looking at when that door was lifted”‚ said Officer Paul MacKelly one of the members
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the scandal was one of Americas largest accounting investigations into a firms illegal accounting practices and their attempt to conceal it from the shareholders and credit lenders. Divulging themselves into the scandal and solving the problems at hand are several organizations such as: United States Congress‚ US Department of Justice‚ IRS‚ Securities and Exchange Commission‚ and the United States Penal System. Each organization is handling a different approach to unfolding the scandal. The
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A Study of the Allusions in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Author(s): Peter Sisario[->0] [(essay date February 1970) In the following essay‚ Sisario examines the source and significance of literary allusions in Fahrenheit 451 and considers their didactic potential for the beginning student of literature.] Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is more than just a readable and teachable short novel that generates much classroom discussion about the dangers of a mass culture‚ as Charles Hamblen points out
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quietly sobbed from a bench three rows back. State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus ordered Kozlowski and Swartz to pay a total of $134 million in restitution; in addition‚ Kozlowski was fined $70 million‚ Swartz $35 million. The sentences end a case that exposed the executives’ extravagant lifestyle after they pilfered some $600 million from the company including a $2 million toga birthday party for Kozlowski’s wife on a Mediterranean island and an $18 million Manhattan apartment with a $6‚000
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