Insider trading

Conflict theorists would argue that the preferential of fines over imprisonment is simply but another way in which the elite punish the poor by arguing that fines are more beneficial to society than imprisonment. White-collar criminals can easily pay the fines and the fines are often minimal compared to caused damages. Under conflict theory, fines are preferred method of enforcement because they lack the crime aspect and the stigma that attends indictment and conviction (Sutherland, 1945). A…

Most white-collar crimes involve some sort of deceit, fraud, or scam. Fraud, counterfeiting, embezzlement, Ponzi schemes, securities fraud, insider trading, tax evasion, and money laundering are common types of white-collar crime (Thomson Reuters, 2015; Henslin, 2015). Most white-collar crime falls into the Innovation deviant path, where cultural goals, like making money, are accepted, but the institutionalized…

Over the last few years, there has been an obvious shift of the electorate across Southern Europe, in Spain, Greece and Italy. This shift has come in the form of the rise of anti-establishment and anti-systemic political parties, and the gradual move away from established, ‘old’ parties. Some of the factors that will be discussed are a resentment towards a ‘corrupt’ political and social welfare system, and economic grievances caused by the leaders of the established old parties, that the Italian…

Adding the risk-free government securities would result in a lower beta for the new portfolio. The new portfolio beta will be a weighted average of the individual security betas in the portfolio; the presence of the risk-free securities would lower that weighted average. q. The comment is not correct. Although the respective standard deviations and expected returns for the two securities under consideration are equal, the covariances between each security and the original portfolio…

nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals, it is a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status during the course of his career. Most of these crimes for the most part include fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, copyright infringement, money laundering, and forgery, but can go to much bigger lengths. Many people consider white color crime as victimless, but it is all but that. By the touch of a high status business official, the…

September 11th, 8:45 a.m.: A large hijacked airliner, Flight 11, crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it on fire. 9:03 a.m.: A second plane, Flight 175, a passenger jet, crashes into the South World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning, creating alarm throughout the entire world. 9:30 a.m.: George Bush, speaks in Florida, he explains that the USA has endured an "apparent terrorist attack." 9:43 a.m.: An…

Kevin Myers Professor Vollaro ENC 1101 6/25/16 Editorial 9/11 Conspiracy September 11, 2001, is remembered as most one of the most tragic and unbelievable days in United States history. No American will ever forget this day. Most likely ever person in the world was affected in some profound way affected. Our very freedom, our way of life, and our pride came under attack in a deadly series of terrorists attacks. Many victims died in the airplanes, or in their offices working, as businessmen…

These agencies and their “varying rules and standards led to certain entities not being regulated at all, with others subject to less oversight than their peer financial firms organized under different charters” (Morrison & Foerster, 2010, p. 6). After the financial crisis, analysts pointed to the “many regulatory failures” and gaps in oversight as the reason unethical and illegal practices were overlooked or ignored (Madrick, 2010, para. 3). As a result, the provisions set out by…

Democratization prospects for China have long been debated. How, if ever, will China change gears toward becoming a democratic society? Since World War I, many countries in Eastern Europe and Asia were met with a tremendous change in political climate as their communist regimes collapsed and citizens prepared to uphold the victory of democratic values. This, understandably, brought about much curiosity about a potential future fall of the Chinese communist party and China’s future prospects for…

Introduction Patient data security is critical in every aspect of healthcare. All of patient sensitive information can be difficult to replace and potentially dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands. Qualitative studies done on patient data give insight to how patients feel about their information being shared and their concerns of their sensitive information being shared with unauthorized people as well as qualitative study done to get gather information from healthcare organization such as…