Collusion

In the article “I’m a Flint resident. I’m done paying for water that is not safe” by Tunde Olaniran, Olaniran discusses the issues surrounding the water crisis in Flint Michigan. She speaks of her own history regarding the unsafe water and how she paid her bills until she was afraid to drink it or even let it touch her skin. The water crisis is due to high levels of lead and corroded pipes which combine together to make unsafe water for all purposes. Some experienced hair loss and scalp issues…

manipulate accounting records and present fraudulent financial information. Management and employees engaged in fraud will take steps to conceal the fraud from the auditors and other within the organization by falsifying documents or concealing through collusion. Concealing the fraud makes the job of the auditor more difficult. To plan for the audit, discussion of the potential for material misstatement due to fraud should occur within the audit team. A Brainstorming discussion involving key…

Throughout the history of baseball, the baseball players and their owners have found themselves in many disputes over money and working conditions. For instance, at the beginning of 1876 baseball players found themselves at the beginning of what could be considered a monopoly; where the owner’s controlled baseball for a quarter of a century (Baseball, 2010). This was due to William Hulbert and other owner’s creation of the reserve clause. As a result of this clause, baseball player’s salaries…

Salt use on roads in winter salt is a common way to clear slippery roads. Salt lowers the temperature of the water which causes it to melt and it's one of the effective way of lower weather related collision. Using salt on road lower car accidents on highway up to 80%. However, salt used on roads causes rust on cars and environmental studies had showed that salt use for de-icing could affect water supplies, soil,and wildlife. Negative effect of using road salt The more salt that gets into…

prevalence of representative democracy and internet access amongst developed neoliberal economies. Some questions arise however due to this line of thinking. Firstly, it assumes a narrow view of democracy, in-line with the western model characterised by collusion between firms and politicians, as well as a highly media controlled discourse. In underdeveloped nations a direct, participatory model of democracy may be not only more practical, but more desirable. Functionalists then point to freedom…

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Andrew McCabe altered Peter Strzok's 302 notes during his interview with then-White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and destroyed evidence, a new report suggests. Conservative commentator and journalist Mike Cernovich reports McCabe changed official FBI notes Strzok took when he interviewed Flynn last February, but that he destroyed evidence of his revision history. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Cernovich reported the FBI…

its misdeeds ahead of government decisions on the safety of glyphosate, the weed killer’s main ingredient. Glyphosate has been linked to the development non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Court cases alleging the connection unsealed documents showing collusion between Monsanto and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to kill a review of the ingredient and evidence the company ghost wrote research on the weed killer’s safety that was later attributed to academics. The more than 45 lawsuits…

INTRODUCTION The increasing growth of cybercrime and the associated risks are forcing most organizations to focus more attention on information security. It is critical that organizations must find a way to protect their data. This article will describe how to plan, develop and create an Information Security Operation Center (ISOC). Basically, an ISOC brings together the many isolated monitoring and response functions in a unified framework. Therefore, having an ISOC will benefit organizations…

Donald Trump's administration at the hands of special counsel Robert Mueller is being hailed as a cinematic "classic." Not long after Bob Mueller made formal criminal charges as part of his Russian meddling probe in the past election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, the memes began on social media. However, one creative thinker went a step further and produced a video, "It's Mueller Time! Trump Administration Season Ending," that depicts White House aides and the president being…

person placing the order (the purchasing manager) is not the same person who receives the items (the head of startup entity) is a good control. However, with only two people involved in the process of ordering and approving items, the possibility of collusion exists. This issue could be somewhat mitigated by implementing a formalized procedure regarding how vendors are selected. For example, if the purchase in question is above a certain threshold dollar amount, the company could require a…