Fresno HSM 340 July 14, 2013 Ms. Mary Financial Laws and Regulations 1. What are five elements pertaining to the establishment of a false claim under the False Claims Act? According to our text, the five elements pertaining to the establishment of a false claim under the False Claims Act are the government should establish the claim was false and submitted knowingly, government must establish that the person submitted the claim with actual knowledge, in deliberate ignorance, or with
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12/6/14 Should Whistleblowers Be Protected? * Introduction The corruption rate in a community that does not support or protect reporting illegal activities is significantly high. Employees who work in public or private organizations are the first to identify wrongdoings in a workplace since they have up-to-date information. Whistleblowing can be an essential tool to identify and report these actions in the public, private and non-profit sectors. However, by revealing wrongdoings, whistleblowers
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dilemmas of whistleblowers, legal issues involved with individuals labeled as whistleblowers, to include the government and society (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act, The Whistleblowers Protection Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and False Claim Act) State and Federal Laws protecting whistleblowers, and corrective ways to combat the stigma associated with whistleblowers. Ethics Ethical behavior is important in both one’s personal and professional life. In part, it is who we
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publicly traded company that has recently been in the news for whistle-blowing is JP Morgan Chase & Co. On March 7, 2014 a New York Federal Court awarded whistle-blower and former JP Morgan employee, Keith Edwards, $63.9 million for tips leading to a False Claims Act settlement in which JP Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $614 million over allegations it defrauded the U.S. government into
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Finance Professor: Alison Williams Financial Laws Five Elements Pertaining To the Establishment of a False Claim under the False Claims Act The five elements necessary to establish a false claim must determine that the claim was in breach of State laws. It must be proved beyond reasonable doubt that the claim was false, fraudulent or fictitious and made for a monetary benefit. The false claim is established when an individual is in possession of a property or money used by the government with
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For millions of people, media often acts as a gateway to communicate or gain perspective on different ideas and information. However, media is often misinterpreted, giving the reader a different understanding on the topic then is portrayed. Bias plays a significant part in this misconception, which is why it is important to recognize when reading articles that address problems such as discrimination based on unequal pay in the workplace. For instance, Shafi Musaddique is the author of, “We Need to
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Mass Media Revision Notes The mass media are forms of communication which reach large audiences. They can be split into two groups: Traditional media * TV * Radio * Cinema * Music * Newspapers * Books New media * Internet * Dvd * Digital television * E mail In society today it is very difficult to avoid the mass media. There is a division between the press (newspapers) and broadcasting (TV and radio) The press in the UK Newspapers and magazine which
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The False Claims Act The False Claims Act, enacted by Congress in 1863 to protect the Union troops from profiteers providing shoddy goods and rotten food during the Civil War, prompted Abraham Lincoln's drive to empower private citizens with the ability to file suit on behalf of the government against corrupt contractors. The act was revitalized in 1986 to combat fraud in the defense contracting industry. Today, the False Claims Act is the government's principal weapon in the prosecution of health
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explaining five concepts that I have gained knowledge on during this semester first I will define the concept and I will apply it to a real life situation and how it is relevant to the situation, the five concepts I will be discussion are Groupthink, False Memories, Classical Conditioning, Phobias, Latent Learning. According to Allpsych.com the definition of Groupthink is the tendency for members of a cohesive group to reach decisions without weighing all the facts, especially those contradicting the
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Running head: FALSE CLAIMS ACTS: 1 SHOULD THEY BE SEALED? False Claims Acts: Should they be sealed? Becky L. Garcia Abstract Throughout history the United States Government has been responsible for massive expenditures for government operations involving taxpayer dollars. Unfortunately, with all the different organizations and transactions transpiring, there have become endless opportunities for fraud or deceptive practices. The government enacted the False Claims Act for
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