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Research Proposal for the DOA In Regard to Granting More Government Contracts to Small Businesses

if they gain a government contract. * To identify the current processes used by the DOA in awarding contracts, including assessm...

A Sport Scandals History

In 1876 for example, the National League had been created, something done to promote a more businesslike atmosphere for the game (...

Integrity: A Key Quality in the U.S. Army

of that abuse to his superiors. As horrific as the problem was, it can be contended that a series of critical decisions spanning ...

Baseball History: The 1919 White Sox Fix

begin to see that different stakeholders involved had different concerns. The owners were divided. They realized that money would ...

Corporate Governance

not the least of which includes employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, stockholders, interest groups, legal and regulatory...

An Evaluation of Sarbanes-Oxley

(Sun, 2006). The author remarks that internal auditors now have rock star status (Sun, 2006). Clearly, auditors are revered and ha...

Investment Questions; Regulation, Bonds and Risk

In the financial markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The principal purpose of the SEC is to "pr...

The HealthSouth Scandal

value from dropping.5 He was able to get away with it because he was the person who was charged by the SEC with the responsibility...

'Jump Start' Grant Proposal

the federal governments Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP). The Nike Foundation has agreed to provide a porti...

Media Takes a Constructionist View When Reporting on Sexual Behavior

sexual behavior that conforms with their personal desires. Obviously, when a child would be harmed, or even murdered, such tendenc...

Enron Scandal Analysis

books. The charges against Lay are that "he knew his company was failing in 2001 when he sold millions of dollars in stock and ur...

Foucault on the Vikings 'Sex Boat Scandal'

a gay rights movement today which accentuates homosexual activity. Yet, through history homosexuality has always been with society...

Steroid Scandal in Major League Baseball and Congress

had used steroids and also claimed that as much as 50% pf the players used them (Schmaltz, 2002; 264). Another big name, Jose Cans...

Workplace and Loss of Decency

men and women in public places. This increasing informality is also present in the business world and it is straining business re...

Auditing Systems and the Scandal of Lincoln Savings and Loan

in the Garcia-Wescon sham in which Wescon acquired land at nearly twice its appraised value on behalf of E.C. Garcia and Company. ...

Martha Stewart and Insider Trading

only (United States v. Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovic: Indictment). Those specifically referring to and including Martha Stew...

Accounting Essays and Theories

what the literature has to say about accountants and whether or not theyre trained to determine if something might lead to a scand...

The Aftermath of the Arthur Andersen Scandal

Chicago to suggest to Houstons firm partners that it was fine to shred documents and delete any e-mails related to the Enron case ...

Enron and Can This Type of Corporate Scandal Happen Again?

the wake of Enron and SOA, however, experts have pointed out that if nothing else, auditing and auditing structures have been incr...

Today's Business and Business Ethics

its only when they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar, so to speak, that suddenly there is the desire to become better....

Rise and Fall of Enron

Timeline, 2004). Jeffrey Skilling took over as CEO but resigned six months later; Lay returned to the post of CEO (FOX News Networ...

Investors, Scandal Warnings, and the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act

perception of the regulatory environment is one that inspires confidence that the results and basis of the valuation accurate and...

Ethics, Objectivity, and Values

business, but it has "confused some employees spiritually -- a side often overlooked by vitally important to an ethical workplace"...

A Computer Associates' Overview

Advantage for data management and application development, and CleverPath for portal and business intelligence" (2004). It is like...

Justice and Law According to William Lloyd Garrison, Thomas Aquinas, and Oliver Wendell Holmes

actions would have been sanctioned by law forty years ago, the consensus of society at today is that this sort of discrimination i...

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, & the Advent of Gonzo Journalism

The journalist records events as they occur, but also incorporates those details of personal opinion, sensory impressions, and so...

What Could Have Been Done to Save Enron

Enron, a publicly held company, was once a top provider of electricity but ended up in Chapter 11 bankruptcy ("Enron," 2002). Pr...

California and Merrill Lynch

suffered from a poor reputation during the early part of the last decade. There were scandals to come from the deals they made in ...

Marketing in a Post 911 Era

as consumers have an increased awareness of less tangible aspects, such as corporate governance and ethical and moral responsibili...

Increased Corporate Governance and Auditor Independence

At the time, the SEC had examined the reports of many publicly-held companies and had required more than 100 to restate their resu...