A man who’ve seen it all The story of Deng Thiak Adut, a Sudanese refugee turned defense lawyer. Gurvinder Hans STOP! I know the moment you saw the word refugee you thought, “Oh great, it’s another boring, sad refugee story”. How did I know you said that? Because I used to be that person, right up till I found out about a 32 year old South Sudanese man named Deng Thiak Adut. You may have seen him in commercials for University of Western Sydney or more recently, delivering a speech on Australia
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Although Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Daphne du Maurier's "The Birds" have the same titles, there are many differences and similarities. The reason birds attack humans are different, as well as the season between film and story.One similarity of Mit's mother and Nat's wife. One difference between The birds and "The birds" is the reason birds attack human.In film The Birds,the characters never find why the birds attack,but one old woman who has two children;she is the only character who say that
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Who is WorldCom? The company began as Long Distance Discount Services, Inc. (LDDS) in 1983, based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1985, LDDS selected Bernard Ebbers to be its CEO. The company went public in 1989 through a merger with Advantage Companies Inc. The company name was changed to LDDS WorldCom in 1995, and later just WorldCom. The company’s growth under WorldCom was fueled primarily through acquisitions during the 1990s and reached its apex with the acquisition of MCI in 1998. Among
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ACC460 –Auditing Video Case Fraud and Tone at the Top - Video Case Questions This video is an informative video made for accounting students and employees that outlines the danger of corruption and fraud in the workplace. The majority of the video is an interview with Walt Pavlo of MCI Worldcom. He explains his case and the steps that lead him to take the actions that landed him in prison. While he is telling his story two gentalmen describe how Walt’s story relates to the world of auditing
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happened while he was the CEO. As a defense Ebbers tried to say that he was unknowing and don't know about technology or finance and accounting. The jury did not buy into his theory and convicted him. . Should have Bernard Ebbers gone to jail? Background Bernard Ebbers was born August 27, 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta. He earned his degree is Physical Education at Mississippi College in 1967. He worked as milkman and bouncer when he was not in school. Ebbers first began a business career
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Tay-Sachs Disease, No Cure, No Treatment. What Are The Options? Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) was first described in 1881 by English physician, Dr. Warren Tay and then more fully described in 1887 by American neurologist, Dr. Bernard Sachs. TSD is a regressive genetic disorder, in which symptoms usually develop within the first six months of life and usually ends fatally around four to five years of life. Steven Ainsworth says TSD is, “caused by the absence of a vital enzyme called hexosaminidase-A.
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number two long distance provider, in July of 2002 WorldCom file bankruptcy. This was the largest bankruptcy ever in U.S. history with a $41 billion dollar debt load, and more than $107 billion dollars in assets and equipment (Ramero and Atlas, 2002). Bernard John “Bernie” Ebbers the former CEO of WorldCom grew the company into one of the largest communications providers in the world. In light of his resignation from WorldCom in 2002 a Securities and Exchange Commission investigator found out that Ebbers
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Examining Business Failure 1 Abstract The author of this paper will present an examination of the business failure of WorldCom Incorporated and also compare and contrast the leadership management and organizational structures and failures. Examining Business Failure 2 Introduction WorldCom was the second largest long distance provider and on July 19, 2002 filed the largest bankruptcy ever in U.S. history with its $41 billion dollar debt load, and more than $107 billion dollars in assets
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WorldCom Case Study1 By Dennis Moberg (Santa Clara University) and Edward Romar (University of Massachusetts-Boston) (The original of this document can be found at the Santa http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcom.html#one. Clara University website at An update for this case is available at http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcomupdate.html . Note that this update is not part of the syllabus for the PRM or Associate PRM exam. It is included for reference and explanation
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Assignment # 3 WorldCom Accounting Fraud The purpose of this paper is to discuss the aspects of the WorldCom accounting scandal and the effects that this scandal had on the accounting world as we know it. We will discuss the corporate culture at WorldCom and how it contributed to the accounting fraud, how the CEO’s desire to be the #1 stock on Wall Street contributed to the fraud, pressures on accountants to book and release accruals to meet expectations, pros and cons of whistleblowing
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