Madoff Securities case occurred because of fraudulent investment schemes due to lack of regulation as well as insufficient oversight of specific financial intermediaries along with dismissal of opportunistic behavior. To understand why such an incide Continue Reading...
Judgment in Managerial Decision Making: The Ponzi Scheme Everyone makes decisions, both good and bad, throughout their lives. Recently, there has been quite a bit of talk about the bad decisions that businesses and their executives have made. Issues Continue Reading...
.." The Federal Reserve continues to keep a watch on both "current and potential exposures..." And are in the process of a review of the collateral valuation methods of the banking industry." (Kohn, 2008) Kohn states that disruptions in liquidity in Continue Reading...
Over the course of time, assertive laws are evolving which are supposed to deal with any issues quickly. This means that all financial firms will face higher costs and greater amounts of time in complying with these new guidelines. ("Dodd Frank") C Continue Reading...
Economics of Healthcare The Economics of Health Care The healthcare in the United States is a system of economics that has been referred to as a Ponzi scheme and most assuredly, the economics of the U.S. healthcare system are unsound at best. The U Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, determining which fund to go with for a retail investor is difficult, as there are many unscrupulous fund managers who might seek to take advantage of the fact that they are playing with other people's money and making (at least) the Continue Reading...
In the first-round survey, a majority of investors cited diversification as their main objective in allocating to hedge funds. Among the second-round interviewees who were planning to increase their target allocations by 10% or more, half named dive Continue Reading...
S. responded to the Great Depression by electing FDR, who brought out his Alphabet Programs which were supposed to put the nation back to work with public works projects. When that failed to restore the economy, the world elected to start with a new Continue Reading...
Religion the Church of Scientology The first pre-publication excerpt, entitled "Dianetics, A New Science of The Mind," from a new speculative non-fiction work by L. Ron Hubbard appeared in the May 1950 issue of the pulp magazine Astounding Science F Continue Reading...
At the turn of the 21st century, Anne Mulcahy was recognized as a strong leader with good organizational skills. She quickly proved just how capable she was when, after being appointed CEO of Xerox in 2001, she implemented a “strategy of relent Continue Reading...
Bernie Madoff Describe three types of illegal business behavior alleged against Mr. Madoff and for each type of behavior, explain how the behavior is illegal or unethical in the conduct of business. In the general sense, Madoff was accused of runni Continue Reading...
Social Security Reform Can Social Security Be Reformed? Doing nothing to fix our Social Security system will cost us, as well as our children and grandchildren, an estimated $10.4 trillion, according to the Social Security Trustees. The longer we w Continue Reading...
Steps were also taken to organize a stock market in Lahore (Burki, 1999, pp.127-128). Also organized during this period were the Pakistan Industrial and Credit Investment Corporation (PICIC) and the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (IDBP), b Continue Reading...
EU Profile In 2012, the European Union (EU) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in "the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe" for more than half a century (The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012). Lauded b Continue Reading...
Bernie Madoff's story is a very interesting tale of greed and deception. The actions of him and many of his associates present interesting questions about the occurrence of crime in financial industries. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the be Continue Reading...
As Geisel (2004) notes: Income-tax deductions are worth the most to high-bracket taxpayers, who need little incentive to save, whereas the lowest-paid third of workers, whose tax burden consists primarily of the Social Security payroll tax (and who Continue Reading...
White-Collar Crime Discussion White-collar crime differs significantly from street crime. In addition to having varying punishments and penalties, each classification of crime in this case has unique targets. It should, however, be noted that in mos Continue Reading...
Financial fraud refers to the act of deceitfully and illegally taking money or property for personal gain. It is an ever-evolving problem with serious implications for individuals, businesses, and the economy at large. The variety of fraudulent activ Continue Reading...
KPMG served as the independent audit firm of several of the largest subprime mortgage lenders. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of a heavy concentration of audit clients in one industry or sub-industry (40marks). KPMG did indeed serve as th Continue Reading...
Labeling white collar crime is a mystery. A shared misapprehension of white collar crime is that, like pornography, it is hard to describe, however a lot of people would recognize it when they understood it. The only thing concerning white collar cr Continue Reading...
security manager can do to prevent white collar crime. White collar crime and its prevention The masses are often inclined to associate criminal behaviors with individuals who are socially and economically disadvantaged. However, individuals who a Continue Reading...
White Collar Entrepreneurial Crime Allen Stanford Briefly describe the entrepreneurial crime you researched. In 2009, the Antigua/Texas-based global financial group (which was made up several subsidiaries that were owned by the same investment fi Continue Reading...
Abstract This paper focuses on questions of ethics and unethical behavior in the workplace. It discusses what leaders can do to better create an ethical environment in which people are respected and ethical values are promoted. It provides some examp Continue Reading...
Unethical Practices at Enron Enron was a company that imploded in the early 2000s after a public scandal involving its accounting books and organizational leaders. The unethical practices at Enron were essentially accounting fraud. LAX market regula Continue Reading...
Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) committed one of the greatest financial frauds in U.S. history. Investigations revealed that Mr. Madoff operated an elaborate "Ponzi Scheme" that started operating in 1980s.Even though Madoff was initially su Continue Reading...
Sorkin's book does a good job of giving the details on what happened among Lehman Brothers, Barclays, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, the Fed, and Big Gov following the collapse. Essentially, everyone had egg on his face -- but some of the bigger powers Continue Reading...
Removing losses from the company's books made the main corporation look more attractive. Enron appeared to be operating at a profit; a key factor in the valuation of any company's stock. By virtue of this "success," Enron was able to raise even more Continue Reading...
Introduction Milton Friedman’s quote gets to the heart of the conflict between shareholder theory vs. stakeholder theory. Shareholder theory posits that a corporation’s sole responsibility is to maximize the return on investment (ROI) for Continue Reading...
Corporate Accountability The corporate scandals of the last fifteen years have brought the issue of corporate accountability to new light, adopting at times a center-stage discussion. When the Bernie Madoff scandal broke, many professionals turned Continue Reading...
Your Name INDS 400-001 August 06, 2014 Business and Religion IPS Integration Essay Cognate/Career Synthesis Paper: Incorporating a Christian Worldview MLA Presented in Partial Fulfillment EDU 400: Capstone Your Name John Doe EDU 400-001 06 August 20 Continue Reading...
Government Subsidized Student Loans Have Economic Costs but Political Benefits Higher education has become increasingly important in the contemporary world scenario today where globalization has led to a higher need for a skilled labor force that is Continue Reading...
Because the home country is not required to reimburse foreign depositors for losses, there is no corresponding financial penalty for lax supervision; there is, though, a benefit to the country with lenient regulatory policies because of increased r Continue Reading...
Framework Analysis & Review As is also noted in the methodology of this report, the overall basis and goal of this report is to assess the widespread and national-level Dutch construction fraud scandal that erupted and came into full bloom in 200 Continue Reading...
Management Likeability: A Factor in Managerial Success A 2007 survey in which 90,000 employees from all over the world were interviewed revealed that only 20% of those questioned were attempting to perform to their utmost abilities in the workforce Continue Reading...
" (Crawford, 2011) These comments are showing how Wellstone understood the risk that this would pose to the financial system. In eight years after making this speech, the federal government would be directly bailing out firms that were too big to fa Continue Reading...
Ethical behavior of a person or a corporation greatly affects the stakeholders with which that person is involved. Often, people and companies take serious consideration when it comes to those stakeholders, and they work to take good care of the peop Continue Reading...
Ethical ChallengesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Impact of accounting on corporate performance 1Ethical Challenges Faced to Maintain Cost Accounting 1Ethical Issue in Cost Accounting 1What are the Factors that Influence Ethical Behavior in Cost Accou Continue Reading...
Six Reasons the European Union Will Not Last Introduction The European Union (EU) is the heart and soul of modern Europe, yet it is not without its challenges. Whether it comes to trade issues, member states failing to follow regulations, or immigrat Continue Reading...
