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After many sleepless nights and a lot of hard work I was seeing the result of several years of sacrifice, I had finally graduated from FIU, one of the best universities in South Florida and was about to achieve every accountant’s goal; to obtain my CPA license. Even though one of the “big four” tried to recruit me, I decided to open my own CPA office in South Beach. To my surprise, I was immediately engaged by Cardozo & Co., a firm that wants to go public. As an auditor, to the best of my…

“The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission classifies a person as disabled who has any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities” (Robbins & Judge, 2013). By classifying employees on their mental and physical abilities as referenced in their…

What is an Investment Bank? What does he do? Why would a company use one? An investment bank is a financial company that assists well-to-do individuals, corporations, and governments in raising funds by underwriting or acting as an agent in issuing securities. An investment bank may also assist companies with mergers and acquisitions that may provide support services in trading of various securities. There are significate procedures put in place to help investment bankers regulate businesses…

QUESTION 2 Start the question by defining a Ponzi and a Pyramid scheme; A Ponzi Scheme: "A con artist offers obligations that promise very high returns at seemingly very low risk from a business that does in fact exist or a secret idea that does not work out. The con artist helps himself to the investors' money, and pays a promised high returns to earlier investors from the money handed over by these and later investors. The scheme ends when there is no more money from the new investors"(Frankel…

Introduction The five Oscar nominated movie , "The Wolf of Wall Street," gives another Hollywood story of drug addict, sex-crazed noblemen on Wall Street. When the film the wolf of Wall Street hit cinemas recently, it was a box office heat. The Hollywood juggernaut was based on the real life story of Jordan Belford who spent twenty two months in prison for money laundering and fraud after ripping off investors to almost one hundred million dollars. In the film "The wolf of Wall Street”, we…

The two protected grounds I will be discussing in this essay are disability and gender equality and for each ground I will discuss a case study that has occurred in Ireland. Discrimination in employment is prohibited by the Employment Equality Acts of 1998-2011. Discrimination weakens equality that is present in society. Discrimination may also damage social ties and weaken social solidarity, and in the context of employment, it can undermine labour standards and lead to an inefficient use of…

For years, Madoff was an admired figure on Wall Street and a seemingly very savvy investor and successful business man, but the ostensibly large returns he was generating and the growing balances shown on clients’ account statements were all illusions. Bernard Madoff was actually running a Ponzi scheme, using money from some of his investors to make payouts to others. During the stock market meltdown of 2008 and client desires to retract their investments, Madoff exposed his now failed scheme…

White-collar crime, according to Merriam-Webster, refers to, “a crime that typically involves stealing money from a company and that is done by the people who have important positions in the company”. In modern society, white-collar crime may not be as obvious as violent crime, but its consequences leave major impacts on the world, particularly financially. Beginning in 2002, Wells Fargo began transforming into one of the largest criminal enterprises in history. Over the past 15 years, this…

Claim of Apodaca, 769 P.2d 88 (N.M. 1989) Procedural History: A writ of certiorari was filed by the employee in order to challenge the award of unemployment insurance. The employer filed this certiorari to the Employment Security Department. Certiorari was filed by the employer in order to challenge the award of unemployment insurance. District denied benefits, in the employee appeal. The Supreme Court decided that the employment should be awarded. Employer appeals. Facts: Lucy Apodaca was…

very important as follows: ADA (American Disabilities Act), EEOC (Equal Employee Opportunity Commission), Affordable Care Act, and HIPPA. It is critical that employers abide by the federal laws and state laws. If employers do not comply, their wellness plans will be sickly. In addition, certain rules apply to employees that are disabled. The rule is administrated by The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC defines a wellness programs. The ECOC provides a Q & A for employees…