As you are well aware the world is strikingly different and has evolved through constant change. The same may be stated for the military and social media, when I first entered military service in 1977 our social media was personal interaction, slow-mail and phone conversations. Now we acknowledge various mediums that we may use to communicate or keep in touch with family, friends and so forth. The military acknowledges the fact that social media is an intricate part of our culture, social-media…
(Cheeseman 2013) In the case of United States v. Bhagat. Atul Bhagat was an employed by the Nvidia Corporation (Nvidia), had just successfully competed for a multi-million dollar deal to develop a video game console named( X-Box) for the Microsoft Corporation. Upon receiving the contract, Nvidia's Chief Executive Officer sent out a company-wide e-mail to every employee notifying them of the contract award. And letting all employees know to keep the X-Box information confidential. They…
Detecting and Preventing Payroll Fraud Payroll fraud is something that is very dangerous for companies and it is important that business leaders are working to detect and prevent it from occurring. The most common form of payroll fraud is when an employee gains access to funds that they are not entitled to. For salary employees, this could mean adding an additional, fake employee to the payroll and collecting their wages. Hourly employees may commit payroll fraud by altering the hours that they…
There are about seven billion people on this planet and no one is perfect. we all make mistakes but to recognize ones mistake and try not to make it again, that makes us different. David slaney, another fruit of our fascinating world tries to learn from his mistake and survives against society. In the novel Caught, written by Lisa moore shows us character development by expressing the protagonists struggle against the society. David had gotten away from prison a year prior to his sentence had…
Facts: William sued Swine, Inc. for unlawful age discrimination. William won the suit and was awarded $4.5 million. William’s attorney fees of $1.5 million were directly paid to the attorney. William filed taxes for the $3 million that he received, but did not include the attorney fees. The IRS audited William and asserted that the other $1.5 million awarded should have been included in William’s gross income and the attorney fees should have been expensed as miscellaneous itemized deduction and…
VTech, the company, is a direct stakeholder of this information issue of children privacy getting compromised as a result of the data breach. VTech strives to provide innovation through technology. This is resonated in their mission statement which says, “To design, manufacture and supply innovative, high quality products that minimize any impact on the environment, while creating sustainable value for our stakeholders and communities” (VTech Holdings Limited, n.d.). While the mission statement…
$11-billion-dollar fraud, making it one of the largest in all time. Spearheading the scandal were six employees, Bernard Ebbers the CEO, Scott Sullivan the CFO, David Myers the accounting controller, Buddy Yates the Accounting Director, and Betty Vinson and Troy Norman the accountants. The scandal went to federal trial, and after six days of jury deliberation, all six of the employees that were part of the scandal were found guilty. Bernard Ebbers was found guilty of Securities fraud,…
Society's awareness of the crimes of theft and fraud against the elderly have come to the forefront because of media and social awareness. Criminal cases have been publicized to show the extent of these crimes. One criminal case involving the financial abuse of an elderly individual occurred on January 2, 2017, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Christopher Strose was arrested for stealing more than sixty thousand dollars from his grandfather. “Thirty three year old Christopher Strose was…
I found some existing case literature I thought you might find an interesting compliment for your forum's summary. EEO offenses aren't in my bailiwick so I was curious about international enforcement of the violation. There was a federal case prosecuted out of the Eastern District of Virginia: US v. Kolon Industries, Inc. Kolon is a South Korean company which competes with Dupont in the manufacture of synthetic fiber which Dupont has successfully marketed as Kevlar. Over a period of many…
The field of law enforcement in America has seen numerous changes and challenges over the last century from the radio communications equipment, the advent of the automobile and their employment in patrol practices, to modern advanced smart phones that can employ combined technologies that can triangulate with near precision accuracy the location of gun fire and then notify an officer through an app on his or hers smart phone. The continuously changing security environment over the years since…