Other cases discussed in class have shown the fraud being perpetrated to have intent behind it. In the DeBurger case, there is no evidence of fraud being committed with the intent of deceit. This case, however, does remind one of the Tommy O’Connell case, in where both individuals (O’Connell & DeBurger) found discrepancies throughout their audits, but waited too long to bring attention to the necessary individual(s) and even more neither had substantial evidence to back up their accusations. 2. During the audit of Marcell, the inventory was the focal point of concern for the audit staff, and the crumbling financial standing of the company made the inventory more of a concern.
They won’t be convinced as you see throughout the movie. As a seller of your product you need to know the information on the past and present about your product, which Tommy failed to do so. You need statistics and smooth words to make the customer fascinated with the idea of having this product. Another way Tommy was ineffective in selling was he was very unprepared, being unprepared and taking an “easy no” go hand in hand. If you are unprepared, BE prepared for that no that you are bound to receive.
Blumberg felt the approach was too direct and halted it. Although, it is disappointing to see misalignment on sales strategies between the two organizations, this is one of the disadvantages of a joint ventures – loss of control. The sales numbers did show there is a demand for the Mark Maker in the U.S. and while, Sterling will not be renewing its contract with Blumberg, it will however be pursuing other agents - strategic alliances and/or joint ventures. Sterling will be cautious to enter into ventures and alliances only with agents that have a similar direct sales strategy. Sterling’s joint venture with Blumberg although not deemed a success, financially, it did provided insight into the entry strategies Sterling should be considering as it looks to expand to the UK as well as the countries who have enquired about selling and manufacturing Mark Maker’s.
Without rewards to those who did not use steroids it sent a message that players could use them and would not be severely punished. It is the responsibility as a leader and manager to set the example of what is right and wrong. Had the government not stepped in, this issue would have been even larger. This organization did not present proper ethics of business in its management. Also this type of leadership caused the players to keep everything secret and few were willing to step outside the bubble and say what was going
Also, the United District Court was not persuaded that Williams was lying about his ignorance to the contents of the Form 1040 based on the fact that Williams relied on his accountant to fill out the Form and he had never been advised of the existence of the TDF 90-22.1. However, the “yes” or “no” box indicating whether a taxpayer has an interest in financial accounts in a foreign country on Schedule B is understandable to reasonable persons. The United District Court judged Williams’ failure to check “yes” as understandable omission is not fair. In contrast, the U.S. Court of Appeal clearly stated that in Williams’s guilty plea allocution, he acknowledged that he willfully failed to report the existence of the ALQI accounts to the IRS as part of his larger scheme of tax evasion, which weakened the decision of the
During the search, an alternative was found but in the research and the implementation, plenty of flaws and issues were found and caused several problems for MSCC. By employing DMA to handle the installation and support of the new system, the decision made the possibility of salvaging the system harder and almost non-existent by the end of the case. This left the new Vice President trying to find new ways to repair the damage done to an already flawed system. Key Problems The major problem that seems to plague MSCC is the fact that there was no opinion or guidance from an experienced information system professional. On either installation you can visibly see that the decisions were made quickly and even if there was research performed, it was not enough to quantify the decisions to implement either one of these systems or business.
This makes it difficult to know exactly what conduct is considered MTMP. Even though the old tests caused the law to be uncertain since D would not know which test the court would use, which was unjust, now juries have no test at all. They have to use their common sense which even though brings simplicity to the law on attempts, gives the juries no sort of guideline. Due to this uncertainty, in all 3 cases mentioned above, the defendants were not charged with an attempted offence since they were not seen to be at their last act and their actions were seen as merely preparatory not more. This shows us that the protection to
However, when asked by Cynthia Cooper for support or reasoning on why the recorded amounts occurred, Vinson had no answer. In fact, Vinson admitted not knowing what the entries were for and had no support either (Mintz & Morris, 2011). Troy Normand did not partake in the recording of the falsified accounts, yet he still acted in an unethical manner that affected
However, the Second Mile stated that they never knew anything about the incident, although this may not be accurate. Curley and Schultz were charged with failing to tell the police, and falsely telling the grand jury that they were never informed them about the incident. McQueary was a graduate assistant at the time and he displayed more good ethics than the organizational leadership of the school. By Curley and Schultz covering up the incident the abuse could continue because no one ever knew of Sandusky’s extreme unethical behaviors. However, McQueary attempted to do what was right by informing his superiors; but that was not enough to stop the abuse.
With all of those pros to classifying a worker as an independent contractor you have to wonder why businesses choose not to. Along with those many benefits there are also a few disadvantages. Independent contractors, by definition, do not work set hours which means they are free to come and go as they please which could lead to schedule disruption. There are risks of disloyalty to the company that are increased by hiring as an independent contractor because their livelihood is not connected with the business entity. A third major disadvantage is that the “companies may not own the copyrights on materials created by independent contractors” (Durban, 2010).