White Collar Crime Theories, Laws, and Processes Christie Perez Professor Joyce Weddle LEG 200 August 19, 2011 WHITE COLLAR CRIME THEORIES RELATED TO CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIME Theories have been used by humanity as a way of making sense or understand the concepts for all of the activities in a world we seem to be aware of, but that we do not seem to comprehend. In the evaluating case of our behavior we can review our minds, body and emotions as the simplistic force behind our actions; however
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company has done to give back to society and how the company prides itself on its ethical standards, antitrust compliance and responsible competition. Microsoft is even quoted in the case that “it is committed to responsible and sustainable business practices that consider the social and environmental consequences of its actions”, but this after a decade of ethical and legal problems stemming from antitrust issues and several patent infringement complaints. The question is, would Microsoft have such a
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consumer protection Taxation of insurers * Property and casualty insurance rates must be adequate, reasonable (not excessive), and not unfairly discriminatory. The principal types of rating laws are as follows: Prior-approval law Modified prior-approval law File-and-use law Use-and-file law Flex-rating law State-made rates No filing required * Insurers must pay a state premium tax on gross premiums. The primary purpose is to raise revenues for the state, not to provide funds for insurance
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trends and developments in the external environment which can be used to inform longer term planning and strategy making. P - Political factors are how and to what degree a government intervenes in the economy, for instance tax policy, employment laws, environmental regulations, trade restrictions and reform, tariffs and political stability. E - Economic factors include economic growth, interest rates, exchange rates and the inflation rate; that is what is happening within the economy. S - Social
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its goals. Political Factors These factors represent the way and the extent to which a government influences the economy and a certain business. Political factors are represented by specific areas, such as labour law, tax policy, tariffs, trade restrictions and even environmental law. When political decisions result in legislation which is not favourable to a
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John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Trust – Stakeholder Analyses There were many stakeholders in the Standard Oil Trust case: John D. Rockefeller himself – the largest and most influential shareholder of Standard Oil, his bank lenders who he borrowed from to help expand his refineries, his employees – particularly his inner circle of managers and high-level committees that helped him control business operations in the several different companies within the trust, the railroads, their consumers
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1. Government role in RR building- Congress was impressed by arguments supporting military and postal needs and began to advance liberal money loans to two favored cross- continent companies in 1862 and added enormous donations of land and tracks. Within the routes the RR’s were allowed to choose alternate mile- square sections in checkerboard fashion 2. Significance of Transcontinental RR- A magnificent engineering feat- most impressive peacetime undertakings. Welded West Coast firmly to the Union
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The Gilded Age, a time of rapid economic growth where people with big ideas that are willing to work hard can become millionaires. Corporations grew significantly in number, size and influence. Not only did these corporations control their respective fields, but also the politics that affected every American from every social class. Big business of the Gilded Age was almost the same as a dictatorship. The big business of the post Civil War Gilded Age not only influenced the economy of that time,
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Ethics Case: BYP1-6 Law plays a significant role in the success of any corporations business as well as daily routines. Laws also help companies to uphold certain ethical standards by providing rules of conduct and regulations to settle disputes. If the government did not exercise the statutes and laws then people and businesses in society would be likely to collapse. Laws can appear to be simple at time because of being overlooked at the foundation of corporations but they play
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PESTLE is an Environmental Framework used to understand the impact of the external factors on the organization and is also used as strategic analytical technique. PESTLE Analysis is used to examine the current and future state of the industry an organization belongs to. This helps in the strategic planning and gaining the competitive edge over the other firms in that industry. This analysis can not only be used for an organization as a whole but various departments can also be inspected under this
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