CASE ANALYSIS THE CASE OF MARTHA STEWART FACTS Beginning with a small catering business in the 1970s‚ Martha Stewart built a vast media conglomerate spanning books‚ magazines‚ television‚ radio and the internet‚ devoted to providing helpful tips with the sign-off: “It’s a good thing”. After her company‚ Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia‚ (MSL) went public in late 1999; her stake was briefly worth more than $1 billion. (New Yorker‚ 2003) 1 However‚ she was confronted with a far greater challenge
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Acct 4620: Martha Stewart Case Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is primarily comprised of a magazine publication and a television show created by home décor aficionado‚ Martha Stewart. Both sources of media primarily feature home renovating and decorating products. Also‚ having an emphasis on do it yourself (DIY) projects for a more stylish and satisfying home. Stewart herself‚ described Martha Stewart Living as‚ “the most trusted guide to stylish living.” While MSLO brings in revenues from
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In 2003‚ Martha Stewart was facing prison time and her empire in domestic art was at risk because of “nine-count federal indictment” which she was charge will “perjury and conspiracy” because of a “high profile stock trading scandal” (Hurtado‚ N. P. (n.d.). James Comey‚ a U.S. Attorney‚ said that “she brought trouble on herself and her company by lying to her shareholders and investors in an attempt to cover her tracks and keep her stock from plummeting” (Hurtado‚ N. P. (n.d.). Comey believe that
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was‚ Martha Stewart being arrested for lying about a stock sale. “Stewart‚ 63‚ was convicted in March of lying to investigators about why she sold ImClone stock in December 2001‚ just before the stock price plunged” (NBC News‚ 2004). Martha is a very intelligent‚ business woman‚ but she made a bad decision. 2. Emotional perception and expression- Martha Stewart did not express much upset when it came to her being sentenced with jail time. Emotional facilitation of thought- when Martha Stewart
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Martha Stewart Case 1. Martha Stewart is best known for embodying the American dream. She devoted most of her life to improving the quality of the home‚ emphasizing modesty and decorum over extravagance and luxury. She defied expectations as she went on to start her own catering business and expanded it into a media empire trading on the New York Stock Exchange. She was not only the founder of the company‚ she was its public face and chief spokeswoman. Martha Stewart and MSO are inextricably linked
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Scandals: Martha Stewart and the ImClone Insider Trading Deal A very famous scandal that has embedded ourselves in our history is the Martha Stewart scandal of 2003. Martha Stewart is a true success story of the American dream in effect. Starting as a housewife‚ Martha created her career by turning her previous business experience and career into a household name and an enterprise. Having established Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia‚ Inc. (MSO)‚ which handled everything from print to television
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me‚ is the Martha Stewart scandal in 2004. In 2001‚ Martha Stewart had received an inside tip from her stockbroker that her stock‚ ImClone Systems was going to fall‚ so she sold her almost 4‚000 shares in the company to avoid an almost $46‚000 loss‚ the next day the stock fell 16%. Over the next few months‚ Martha’s activies were being investigated‚ she was quesioned and later indicted on nine counts‚ including securites fraud and obstruction of justice. There was a six week trial in january 2004
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On December 27 ‚ 2001 Martha Stewart‚ America’s beloved housewife‚ sold her shares of ImClone after she received specific inside information regarding the status of the companies business. A series of events led to an investigation‚ interviews‚ indictments‚ a trial & sentencing of Martha Stewart to 5 months in a minimum security prison camp and then 5 months of home confinement. Merril Lynch tipped off the Securities & Exchange commission to report the possibility of insider trading on
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Martha Stewart: Lemons into Lemonade Before one can make an informed decision as to whether Martha Stewart’s handled the incident responsibly or whether or not her actions were moral or immoral‚ one must first understand the basics of ethics and understand whose rights are involved and how they were affected. Then one must also examine who will be helped and who will be hurt by her actions and then make a decision based on the information and personal values as they relate to the issue. Martha
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insider trading‚ particularly the Martha Stewart insider trading case. I will also refer to other trading cases such as one that happened recently against Galleon Group‚ an invest firm in New York‚ which was charged for insider trading. In this paper‚ I will talk about how the media‚ particularly newspapers‚ depicts crimes associated with popular celebrities and compare it to how it depicts the same crime with a regular person. The Martha Stewart insider trading case was a popular news story that shook
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