But some also think that the threats are due to Americas weak cyber policy. Congressman Mike Rogers, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a former FBI agent, has been warning that China has been stealing government information and intellectual property from U.S. businesses. If this is true,
This was after the SEC filed a formal investigation into Waste Management's financial records uncovering one of the most egregious accounting frauds. The Fraud resulted in net income of 192 million for 1996 being restated to a net loss of 39 million. This Fraud scheme was executed by a huge amount of collusion and improper accounting methods and estimations by upper management and the auditing firm's failure to hold Waste Management to the correct standards. Waste Management's upper management used many different improper accounting methods to achieve their objective of meeting projected earnings targets. The methods used by upper management include(as stated in the case): + Avoiding depreciation expenses on their garbage trucks by both assigning unsupported and inflated salvage values and extending their useful lives, assets that previously had no salvage value •• Failure to record expenses for decreases in the value of landfills as they were filled with waste •• Refused it record expenses
As noted by Inkpen (2013), the fires and other tragic events since 2006 can be directly linked to ineffective laws, political corruption, aggressive market competition and lack of ethical business practices, CASE STUDY: BANGLADESH GARMENT FACTORY FIRE Analysis 3 From a national or local perspective, companies routinely deal with the social, ethical and political risks associated with doing business. However, those same risks take on a different context when doing business
The First reason people should not shop at Wal-Mart is because it helps promote bad business tactics, which can cause American factories to shut down. To explain, numerous manufacturing companies like the vacuum company Hoover, employs a high number of Americans. Wal-Mart uses a bullying tactic to force these manufacturers to sell their items at prices that Wal-Mart sets (Goldman, & Cleeland, 2003). Hoover is just one of many companies that are affected by the tactics used by Wal-Mart (Freeman, 2003). Most manufacturers are not able to accommodate these prices.
We either have an incredibly inept administration, or they're in on this somehow or another. I mean I hate to be conspiratorial, but I mean how do you move that many people from Central America across Mexico and then into the United States without there being a fairly coordinated effort? Governor Perry is absolutely right about a “fairly coordinated effort,” which overlaps with other coordinated efforts smuggling drugs, guns, and sex slaves. Asked on ABC’s “This Week” about the president’s following the 2008 law against sex trafficking, Perry ducked the question entirely, saying, when pressed: What has to be addressed is the security of the border. You know that.
Nancy Guajardo Professor Dr. Pardee Mag-47 (48530) October 9, 2014 False and Deceptive (misleading) Advertising by Diet Supplement Companies One of the biggest multibillion dollar industries of the twenty century is the weight lose companies. Such as Sensa, LeanSpa, Senna Diet Tea, and the newest that is being endorsed by Dr. Oz, Garcinia Cambogia. They are multibillion industries because of all the false and deceptive claims they have been advertising on the internet, television, TV talk shows like The Dr. Oz show, and print. I want to show how the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on these companies for false and deceptive advertising, and are now holding these companies accountable for their statements and for any wrong doing or harm a customer may have endured while using their products. I decided to write on this topic after trying different diet pills, teas and fads throughout my life time.
Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the civilization, manufactures, distributions and sales of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws (UNODC intro). This has become a growing problem in the world today; most people think it is a fast and easy way to make money, but not paying attention to the consequences that come along with the situation. Money serves as a major factor in the war on drugs. The money that results from drug trafficking seems a primary reason why controlling illegal drugs, or banning them in that case, poses as a difficult task. There are many risks when it comes to dealing drugs, no matter what kind of drug you are selling you are liable to end up in jail right along with the murders, and the rapist (Jake, 2006).
The Coca-Cola Company has faced ethical, moral and discrimination problems since the early 1990’s, such as, racial discrimination, distributor conflicts, channel stuffing, intimidation of union workers, product safety, pollution, and the depletion of natural resources (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2011). All of the accusations and transgressions that had occurred had a direct effect on the company’s reputation and its sales profits due largely to court costs and consumer’s protest. Determine which of the issues/dilemmas you identified was the most significant. Explain your reasoning. From all of the allegations lodged against the company, the first most significant issue in my opinion, was the union intimidation in Guatemala where people were brutalized and lost their lives because of their alleged enrollment in unions and although Coca-Cola denied any involvement, there was significant backlash and public
Here rests the problem of piracy. Websites such as Media Fire, Rapid Share, and others facilitate billions of dollars in lost revenue for a variety of Media Corporations. Some of the ethical challenges surrounding the movie and music industry with respect to the Internet are piracy and illegal sharing of movie and music related content on the Internet. This activity hampers the revenues of the music and movie industry because of illegal content sharing and distribution throughout the globe via the Internet. Ethical challenges also extend to those who chose to download illegal material and furthermore set up shop to sell and distribute music and movies.
Free Speech vs. the Great Fire Wall The internet industry is under an attack for its involvement in human rights abuses related to privacy and freedom of speech in repressive regimes (Yagan, Jessica D. 2006). China’s Great Firewall, as its censorship system is known for intercepting searches for information that it has deemed politically sensitive (Timberg, Craig & Yang, Jia Lynn 2014). The Internet companies are having problems meeting the expectations of government and society suspicions when dealing with the Chinese market. Google is an American multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and products for the entire world. These online advertising technologies being used are search, cloud computing, and software.