Enron scandal

To analyze the development and the legislative history of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is important to discover the definition of disability as enacted by the United States Congress. “When Senators Weicker and Larkin first introduced the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA; Public Law No. 101–336 [1990]) in 1988, only 30 percent of people with disabilities in the United States were employed. Title I, the section of the ADA pertaining to employment discrimination, sought…

Based on true events, Boston attorney Jan Schlictmann takes on two powerful businesses suspected of polluting the drinking water in Woburn Massachusetts. Schlictmann, a wealthy and successful personal injury attorney, finds himself entrenched in a long and expensive legal battle with Beatrice Foods, W.R. Grace, and a local tannery. Schlictmann intends to prove that these businesses neglected to properly dispose of harmful chemicals such as silicone and trichloroethylene. Motivated by greed, the…

Eloise Jarvis McGraw is the author of Golden Goblet tells us about the life of a boy that lives in ancient Egypt. The novel tells us all about how the life could have been and may have been like in Egypt. The most important part of Golden Goblet is when Ranofer found the goblet , because it led him to answer many questions to prove him right, led to zau finding out by them running up to him telling him that someone found a goblet, and it led him to going to the courtyard gate.…

The Market Basket case focuses on how a family, when communication between members breaks down, can single handedly bring the downfall of a powerful, large, influential company. Even though a family owned company may start out working well, there is a high chance that after several generations, the communication between members falls apart and the avarice between members increase leaving the company to fend for itself as the families dual it out to figure out who has sole ownership of the…

The movie, Enron, the Smartest People in the Room, is a documentary that unfolds the story behind the biggest corporate bankruptcy in world history. The real life interviews with people involved in the Enron crash movie outlines the elements of the process of the company failure, as it was happening from the top of the corporation to the bottom. The executive level managers created an organizational culture supporting unethical behavior which lead the lower level employees to obey the laws and…

Crimes Against Nature by Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy is an informative book that unearths the atrocities committed by the Bush administration in the early 2000’s and how, due to donations and appeals by corporate cronies, they bought and corrupted the political and scientific spheres of America so that massive energy corporations could rake in larger profits. Kennedy’s narratives take place during the years of George W. Bush’s first term as President from 2000 to 2003. However, Kennedy often…

Columbia Southern University library database, I discovered articles about Wells Fargo unauthorized accounts opened in state of Pennsylvania. The authors dialogue expounds the huge waking in the scandal that affected and triggered intense scrutiny in company’s sales platforms. In the wake of a nationwide scandal over its sales practices, the author’s point of view was to give Wells Fargo customers the insider into how the problems will be investigated, and explain the ethical function that the…

Bankruptcy “America has the only legal system that in a sense actually encourages a company to seek bankruptcy protection long before a full blown financial collapse is near, allowing a business to file Chapter 11 petition even though it is not insolvent” (Labaton, 1990) If the firm defaults, it can either reorganize through a private workout a formal bankruptcy filing, or it can liquidate its assets. The equity holders in control of the firm make this decision based on equity value in three…

Summary of Issue. On October 20, David Newman contacted Human Resources to report an incident at the 25 Industrial Avenue site where human feces appeared to have been smeared on a toilet seat in one of the men’s bathrooms. Jeremy Varney, who is located at the site, reported the incident to David. Discussion with Jeremy Varney and Vincent Brown. Jeremy Varney Jeremy stated that he became aware of the incident through his direct report Vincent Brown. He reported the incident to David Newman…

Imagine this, you finally saved up enough money for a down payment on the new car you’ve always dreamed of owning. The big day arrives and you go to the dealership, test drive several cars and finally decide on the one you want to purchase. The sales person directs you to the finance department to complete the sales transaction. After filling out all the forms to get a car loan and anxiously waiting for what seems like an eternity, the salesperson delivers some horrible news to you, “You have…