integrity. Brooke Corporation is one example where these laws have seemingly failed. Brooke Corporation was once one of the largest franchisors of property and casualty insurance in the United States. Its main focus was selling insurance and other products through its franchisee locations. According to Beth Hazel (Journal of Business Case Studies, 2010) the laws as they exist today create a corporate environment focused on compliance instead of integrity. In Brooke Corporation the senior management
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Case study Charles Martin in Uganda Contents I. Case Background 3 II. Statement of the Problem 4 III. Alternatives 5 IV. Recommended Solution 6 V. Answers to the case questions …..6-8 VI. Learnings 8 I. Case Background Hydro Generation (HG) is a U.S. based company that specializes in power plant. It has built power plants in 16 countries where they maintained an ownership in about half of them. The company has targeted a construction of large dam in Uganda Africa. HG
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will always be companies such as, The Brooke Corporation, who will purposefully manipulate financial data or find new loop holes through the SOX guidelines and laws to make a bigger profit. Corporations and businesses such as these do not look at the ethics behind their decisions, but their business’s financial well-being and their own pockets. In the article, Eight Years After The Fact Is SOX Working? A Look At Brooke Corporation, Brooke Corporation would sell insurance and related services through
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Teaching Notes HealthSouth Corporation: Fraud, Greed and Corporate Governance Case Summary During the 1990s, Richard M. Scrushy, the former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation, engineered many acquisitions of rehabilitation clinics, outpatient surgical care operators, nursing homes and other health care companies. Mr. Scrushy had been a respiratory therapist who spotted a niche in the health care market and utilized his entrepreneurial talents, marketing skills, and super salesmanship to set up and run
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The role of a director of a company carries with it much legal responsibility This is the topic that will be discussed in this essay. It will begin with a definition of what a director is, followed by the relevant legislation. I will go on to discuss the different types of directors in a company followed by the main duties directors owe to a company. I have taken a look then at the powers directors have in a company and ended this topic with the personal and criminal accountability directors
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To what extent is CSR beneficial to a company’s performance? The area of corporate social responsibility has been laid great emphasis recent year. Corporate social responsibility means a company concerns its business operations in an environmental-friendly way and interacts with its shareholders and customers voluntarily (Commission of the European Communities, 2001, as cited in Dahlsrud, 2008). Nowadays a large quantity of international companies have issued their CSR
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senior management has lost integrity due to illegal activities. 3–43. Thomas Gilbert and Susan Bradley formed a professional corporation called “Financial Services Inc.—A Professional Corporation,” each taking 50 percent of the authorized common stock. Gilbert is a CPA and a member of the AICPA. Bradley is a CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter). The corporation performs auditing and tax services under Gilbert’s direction and insurance services under Bradley’s supervision. One of the corporation’s
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employee benefits are not deductible from business income on tax returns. The partnership may end upon the withdrawal or death of a partner. Corporations A corporation is different from a sole proprietorship or a partnership in that a corporation is separate statutorily created legal entity from the people who manage, own, control, and operate it. A corporation can be taxed; it can be sued; it can enter into contractual
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The Jextra Neighborhood Case Study George Koduah AMBA 660 Instructor: Dr. David J Pritchard April 23, 2013 Introduction The Jextra Neighborhood case study is an attestation of the growing effort by Multi National Corporations to extend their operational base to take advantage of the increasing benefits associated with globalization, a phenomenon that involves ‘cross border trading among nations and customers’ (Daniels, Radebaugh, & Sullivan, 2013). The case highlights the managerial
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measure for improving a region. The attributes that the firm possesses point towards city development. From the architecture to the economical aspect of the company, AECOM is suited in improving the nature of a city. Therefore, the traits of the corporation will be suited or appealing to governments that seek to renovate or improve the nature of a region or even a country. Based on the capabilities of the firm, it is evident that AECOM can deal with large projects, which implies that the firm can deal
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