What punishment‚ if any‚ do you believe David Myers should have been given for his role in the WorldCom fraud? A2. Mr. Myers was charged with securities fraud‚ conspiracy to commit securities fraud‚ and filing false statements. Based on these charges‚ I think Mr. Myers would be sentenced to 5-8 years prison terms. In addition‚ he would be imposed with a large amount of fine. Furthermore‚ the WorldCom would take a certain amount of bonus back for the period while he was being investigated. However
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How can managers promote innovation unwelcome surprises? Control in an Age oj by Robert Simons A fundamental problem facing managers in the 1990s is how to exercise adequate control in organizations that demand flexibility‚ innovation‚ and creativity. Competitive businesses with demanding and informed customers must rely on employee initiative to seek out opportunities and respond to customers’ needs. But pursuing some opportunities can expose businesses to excessive risk or invite behaviors
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Restoring Balance LeChâtelier’s Principle and Equilibrium Introduction Chemical equilibrium is a true balancing act. What happens when the balance is disturbed? The purpose of this lab is to observe the effects of concentration and temperature on equilibrium and to visualize how balance can be restored based on LeChâtelier’s Principle. Background Not all chemical reactions proceed to completion‚ that is‚ to give 100% yield of products. In fact‚ most chemical reactions are reversible
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both fully secret trust and half secret trust can be explained using either the ‘fraud theory’ or the ‘dehors the will’ theory. But whichever theoretical explanation is chosen the issue is largely academic‚ for in no practical sense does it ever matter which basis is used. Discuss. Secret Trust raises whenever the testator intends to create a trust‚ the terms of which are not expresses in the will itself. The will is used as an instrument to vest the legal interest of the trust property in the done
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FAR600 CASE STUDY WORLDCOM QUESTION 1 a) Discuss the earnings management technique employed by the management of World Com. WorldCom admitted that the company had classified over $3.8 billion in payments for line costs as capital expenditures rather than current expenses. Line costs are what WorldCom pays other companies for using their communications networks; they consist principally of access fees and transport charges for messages for WorldCom customers. Reportedly‚ $3
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Discretionary Trusts and the concept of a sham trust. (a) The central theme regarding trusts is that they are assets that are legally owned by the trustees and not the beneficiaries. In a discretionary trust‚ the trustees have discretion as to who among a class of beneficiaries should receive income and/or capital under the trust and in what proportion (e.g. Mettoy Pension Trustees Ltd v. Evans [1990] 1 WLR 1587). So until a beneficiary is chosen to receive income or capital‚ they do not possess
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and the tactics and behaviors that would ultimately lead to the downfall and closure of the company. One of the most famous was Enron‚ but another well known failure was that of WorldCom. WorldCom was a big player in the telecommunications industry‚ being the largest telecom carrier of Internet traffic. In 2002‚ WorldCom joined the ranks of failed companies mostly because of the tactics that management and its accountants used to show that the company was earning more money than it was. This was
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(D) Mobile / telephone number : 9701759549‚ 08856272990 (E) Title of the abstract : THE ROLE OF TEACHERS IN RESTORING PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE WORLD (F) Body of the paper to be presented at the seminar is given below with the title. THE ROLE OF TEACHERS IN RESTORING PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE WORLD . . Dr. Kothri says “the destiny of a nation is shaped inside the four walls of the class room”. The teacher
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Management Planning Paper Vernita M. Blacksher Introduction: We will be evaluating the planning function of the upper level management of the Company formerly called WorldCom. We will look at some of the actions taken by upper level management‚ their decision making and what actions were taken to achieve short-term goals. We will be analyzing the influence legal issues‚ corporate social responsibility‚ and ethics had on WorldCom’s management planning
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The Accounting Scandal Enron Corp. Collapse and WorldCom Accounting Scandal 11/18/2020 The Enron Corp. collapse Formed in 1985 from a merger of Houston Natural Gas and Inter-north‚ Enron Corp. was the first nationwide natural gas pipeline network. Over time‚ the firm’s business focus shifted from the regulated transportation of natural gas to unregulated energy trading markets. The guiding principle seems to have been that there was more money to be made in buying and selling financial
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