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The client, Barae Pharmaceuticals had won a $2 million judgement against Bara Pharmaceuticals for the misuse of Barae’s name. Bara Pharmaceuticals had used Barae’s name inappropriately in the generic-label over-the-counter market. Bara, the defendant in the case, had closed down and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy when the judgement was entered. With the judgement entered and debt being incurred, the CEO and CFO of Bara had left the country and returned to South America. Additionally, the 125…

The wealth and Poverty of nations is a book that covers almost six centuries of long economic analysis of dozen of countries. The book has been written in a progression in economics throughout history. The main idea he believes the Western Nations became such wealthy nations because of political, economic institutions but most important social and culture. David S. Landes explains in the book by asking the big question, “why are some nations wealthily and other some nations poor? He explains…

Buffalo Creek Disaster Rough Draft The buffalo creek disaster is one of the worst coal mining incidents in the history of the united states. The Book Buffalo Creek disaster written by Gerald Stern is an expose on the wrongdoings of the NewYork based Pittston company but also a summation of the events leading to the 13.5-million-dollar settlement awarded to the victims. The book also serves the purpose of a basic depiction of how the court systems in America work. Gerald Stern served as a…

Before the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in health care frauds, it has been the companies that have paid large settlements and the executives responsible have walked away with their profits. However, with this Act, executives are now personally responsible for any misstatements. The main objective of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to “enhance corporate responsibility, enhance financial disclosures, and combat corporate and accounting fraud” (sec.gov/about/laws.shtml). “This Act requires that Chief Executive…

BenQ, a Taiwanese-based company, grabbed the headlines all over the world on June 7, 2005 when it acquired Siemens Mobile, a lose making mobile phone division of Germany’s Siemens and later launched the brand, BenQ-Siemens. Subsequently the acquisition proved to be a strategic mistake, as the two companies could not successfully integrate. In October 2006 BenQ-Siemens filed for bankruptcy in a Munich court, surprising every one. This sparked a debate in Germany over whether BenQ had acquired…

The job I had accepted assumed directorship of a 50-man comprehensive information technology department with a history of perennially poor management, incoherent staff development, technologies, internal policies and procedures. However, no sooner than concluding the first day on the job, the chief operating officer had apparently gone snooping around my office only to discover an inadvertent disregard for one of their key rules - all desks must be clean before leaving. Had I been informed?…

Franklin Clinton Franklin Clinton is one of the three main characters from a video game called, “Grand Theft Auto V”. His height is 6’0”. Franklin is 27 years old. His first job was towing cars. He is sometimes nice, sometimes gets mad, strong, a really good driver, and used to be a gang banger. Even though he’s a criminal and a gang banger, he just do it to protect himself and for money. He live in a poor neighborhood but as soon as he met a guy name Michael, who is also a criminal but more…

The financial indecency performed by Bernard Madoff changed the financial world forever. He is not only former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, but the man to operate the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Upon further research relating the awful nature of a Ponzi scheme, many people after the ordeal were hurt and affected closest to him, especially his own children and the individuals following him around the world. This is truly the most deceitful monster like act ever done and…

A CEO took power too far that lead to himself behind bars. Dennis Kozlowski, CEO of Tyco International, and Mark Belnick, former general counselor, were both charged with more than 30 accounts of misconduct. Power lead Dennis to an unethical decision when it came to stealing money from his company and because of his actions, he was arrested and charged with millions of dollars’ worth of fines. Abusing power to benefit yourself only leads to consequences. Company Background . Johnson Controls is…

Entrepreneur Dana Severson spent a week in tears after failure of his crowdfunding startup: Wahooly. The tears led him to an idea that has proven more successful than Wahooly. Severson launched Startups Anonymous, now a popular site for founders’ anonymous gripes, worries and stresses and since January, it has gathered more than 700 confessions, questions and stories (Financial Times). Well emotional factors depend on the individual personality of entrepreneur but some of them broke at failure…