Deregulation

there were a lot of interesting information that I didn’t know. The Ethical Dilemma that I noticed in the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, occurred with 46 minutes left in the movie. It was at this point that Enron, had many new energy deregulation laws in California, they found a way to spike energy prices for the state of California in order to increase profits for the company. The traders at Enron would export energy from their power plants in California to other states. This would…

At the moment the financial instruments are not as tightly regulated as insurance products securities or futures. The current consensus is that the CDS market will be subject to tighter regulation but is this really a good thing necessarily? The right wing conservative general public feel that these products have caused enough harm to the global economy and should be completely banned and suspended the market from trading anymore. This is a view also shared by the European authorities as they…

Such immense faith and commitments is invested in the leader. The leadership in Enron was aimed to creating an aura of charisma among the leaders and eventually creating major defects identified in (Conger, 1990). The leaders cultivates a compelling and captivating self image, enjoy a lifestyle of great luxury, has total authority and build their eminence and maintain their grip on their followers. As such immense faith and commitment is invested in the leader. Enron’s leadership aimed at…

Stock Market From Inside Job, a documentary about the lead up to the stock market crash of 2008, Christine Lagarde said “The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.” The year 2008 was a huge scare for the common man in the United States. When the housing market crashed, everyone saw their lives change before their eyes and feared for their future. Stocks went down faster than the speed of light and with time of change heading towards the United…

Historical Overview: In the late 19th century, the issue of illegal immigration was contentious issues, which was often defined by the arrival of foreign workers from China, Ireland, and other European nations to work in the American economy. In the post-Civil War era, the rise of American industry allowed as massive influx of immigrants from all over the world, which resulted in the federalization of immigrant laws in 1875, which then to a series of acts that sought to limit the amount of…

Since 1978, after the Airline Deregulation Act was passed by the US Congress most of the major US based Air Carriers had gone bankrupt and their operations were ceased by the government. Most of the carriers in the US had declared bankruptcy in between 1990 and 2010, but one the most recent…

The United States does indeed have a special relationship with the United Kingdom, however since it has been established; the dynamics have shifted as the balance of power has moved in favor of the US. The US achieving hegemon status after the close of the cold war has lead to the US taking the special relationship with the UK for granted. The United States is willing use its position with the UK in order to gain support for its interests, but the special relationship still sets the context…

The United States is spying on citizens suspected of terrorism. This is done mainly with bulk data collection and filtering by the NSA. Spying and warrants are attended to legally through Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and specially made courts. The courts provide judicial review. The goal of the spying is to find citizens influenced by foreign radicals into a potentially violent level of fringe ideology before they act. The NSA’s surveillance was largely uncovered by Edward Snowden’s…

internally and externally, the company has employees that monitor social media for negative posts by employees or customers so that issues can be addressed very quickly. Every company has its Achilles heel, UPS included, the company is aware of issues such as the retention, union or fuel disputes, and monitor issues that arise. Corporate America has learned that the smallest threat can cost millions if it impacts the stock prices of the company. Identification, control, and quarantine have…

not paid due to weak employment regulation laws. It’s a free and forced 1 day work being extracted at HTI. People work on Weekends / Holidays to save their jobs. This pattern of work culture is copied from Standard Chartered Scope programme as umpteen of higher management professional has switched job from Standard Chartered to HSBC. Its a short of copy cat. Actual productivity on non-working days remains only for attendance. Even the Work-From-Home culture is exploited by established employees…