Case study 10.1 - THE RISE AND FALL OF WORLCOM Bernie Ebbers built WorldCom‚ Inc. (now part of Verizon‚ Inc.) into one of the world’s largest telecommunications firms. Yet he and chief financial officer (CFO) Scott Sullivan have become better known for creating a massive corporate accounting fraud that lead to the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Two investigate reports and subsequent court cases conclude that WorldCom executives were responsible for billions in fraudulent or unsupported accounting
Premium Fraud Accounting scandals Corporate governance
Why did empires of the ancient world rise and fall? According to the statement of Ian Morris and Walter Scheidel in their book The Dynamics of Ancient Empires‚ the first empire we have known in the world “took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf‚ beginning around 2350 B.C.E” (Ian Morris‚ Walter Scheidel. 2009). From then on‚ a large number of imperial powers with a growing share of humanity sprung up in the next 2500 years. Among these‚ there
Premium Ancient Rome Roman Empire Ancient Egypt
one wonderful piece isn’t necessarily the easiest thing to do. However‚ my color guard is beginning to get the hang of it. We are coming up with a class piece to perform in our showcase at the end of the year. The song we have chosen to this piece is Midnight City. The concept behind this piece is the remarkable growth of the Poinciana High School color guard. It starts with Natalie‚ our captain and the only senior on color guard alone on stage performing some work. She represents when she joined
Premium Marching band High school Sun
Like death and taxes‚ there is no escaping color. It is ubiquitous. Yet what does it all mean? Why are people more relaxed in green rooms? Why do weightlifters do their best in blue gyms? Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. And even in Western societies‚ the meanings of various colors have changed over the years. But today in the U.S.‚ researchers have generally found the following to be accurate. Black Black is the color of authority and power. It is popular in fashion
Premium Primary color Green Red
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is a heart-wrenching novel that portrays a young girl‚ Celie‚ as a child wife living in the South struggling with the ability and knowledge of standing up for herself‚ mental and physical abuse‚ and the pain of not being loved and cared for. This story takes place during the early 20th Century in rural Georgia. During this time period‚ women were told only to serve others‚ to fulfill the interests of men rather than their own‚ given limited opportunities‚ and seen
Premium The Color Purple
Throughout The Color Purple‚ and Memoirs of a Geisha‚ Alice Walker and Arthur Golden respectively present the struggle individuals face to establish self-empowerment within oppressive societies. Both authors explore the degrading effects that marital relationships have on individuals by setting their texts in a society where mostly everyone conforms to the presented social expectations that women cannot depend on themselves. It is also made apparent by Walker and Golden that due to gender stereotypes
Premium Marriage The Color Purple Man
A Fall Walk in the Park The park in the fall is what I do when the day of work has beaten me up and spit me out. What I like best about walking in the park in the fall is the changing of the colors. Most days there is a slight breeze and it gently moves the leaves helping them fall to the ground. The leaves are mixture of reds like the sun‚ royal purples‚ orange tint and they seem to fade to brown as soon as they touch the dirt. The walkway is covered by the cracked color of the remaining
Premium Color Primary color Green
A Good Fall The word Freedom has a different connotation in every part of the world‚ to have freedom means to have certain characteristics. These characteristics would be having the Third Eye‚ self-control‚ humility‚ and the ability to be able to overcome problems with a strategized plan. In the short story collection A Good Fall by Ha Jin‚ each story puts characters in dissimilar positions where they show whether or not they have the characteristics that define freedom. “A Composer and His Parakeet”
Premium Short story Marriage Husband
later discarded for the nebula theory of solar system formation. However there are some scientists that propose that it has some merit. The big question up until the 18th century was how the solar system was born. There were many explanations for why this happen but many were really only conjecture given the tools available to astronomers at the time. The real question was what would be a probable origin under the known laws of physics. The advent of classical mechanics came to prove the nebular
Free Solar System Planet Sun
A cool‚ crisp breeze with just a tinge of warmth brushes my face. The pearl-grey sky and sound of leaves twisting and twirling – I watch as they dance carelessly through the air. My favorite season is autumn because of the many changes and feelings of gratitude it brings‚ the festivities‚ and fashion. One of the main reasons I enjoy autumn is because of the many festivities and activities. Not only is the weather cooler‚ especially in Texas‚ for outdoor fun but people’s spirits seem brighter
Premium Feeling Season Love