McKesson & Robbins scandal

Bernard (Bernie) Douglas Banton was an Australian advocate for people suffering from asbestos associated diseases and social injustice, the campaigner was born in Sydney on the 13th of October in 1946, he had begun his profession at James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd From 1968 to 1974. James Hardie is an industrial building materials corporation headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company specializes in the manufacturing and shipping of fibre cement products and develops materials for the production of…

The men in the 19th century discovered the unbelievable properties of an unknown liquid. It turned out that by simple distillation, it could be metamorphosed into a lubricant and lighting oil, superior and much cheaper to those which were known till now. The only known substance which experienced this type of acceleration was gold during the gold rush. Oil was not an exception. The discovery of both of them intrigued the attention of major business tycoons. John D. Rockefeller was one of them.…

TWhy do you think that people would steal art? To get money, to help a friend, to just get attention? Everyone has there reasons that we might never know. That is one of the challenges authorities have, trying to figure out why people steal the ear that they steal. Another major challenge is having to locate the art and the people who stole it. The masterpiece Rembrandt's Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee was stolen. It had a five million dollar reward for whoever could find it. At the…

Defined as “a predictable surprise as an event or set of events that take an individual or group by surprise, despite prior awareness of all the information necessary to anticipate the events and their consequences...” by the authors Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins, the book Predictable Surprises sheds light on the question that surrounds many events in our live; the question of “could we have prevented this from happening?” In three parts, the book goes over how we can go through the motions…

It was such a reliable source for world news that presidents and leaders all around the world depended on it for their news updates in national and worldly affairs. In her time of being head of The Post, the papers publication during the Watergate scandal eventually led to the resignation of President Richard…

$11-billion-dollar fraud, making it one of the largest in all time. Spearheading the scandal were six employees, Bernard Ebbers the CEO, Scott Sullivan the CFO, David Myers the accounting controller, Buddy Yates the Accounting Director, and Betty Vinson and Troy Norman the accountants. The scandal went to federal trial, and after six days of jury deliberation, all six of the employees that were part of the scandal were found guilty. Bernard Ebbers was found guilty of Securities fraud,…

The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was applied not to holiday shopping but to financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. Two notoriously ruthless Wall Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to buy up as much as they could of the nation’s gold, hoping to drive the price sky-high and sell it for astonishing profits. On that Friday in September, the conspiracy finally unraveled, sending the stock market into free-fall…

I found some existing case literature I thought you might find an interesting compliment for your forum's summary. EEO offenses aren't in my bailiwick so I was curious about international enforcement of the violation. There was a federal case prosecuted out of the Eastern District of Virginia: US v. Kolon Industries, Inc. Kolon is a South Korean company which competes with Dupont in the manufacture of synthetic fiber which Dupont has successfully marketed as Kevlar. Over a period of many…

Austin Sweeting Mrs. Jones Sociology 8:00 21 March 2016 Bernie Madoff's $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme: White Collar Crime After overlooking several different types of crimes I decided to look into the damaging effects of what white collar crimes can cause. Thereafter I then decided to choose one of the most infamous white collar crimes “Bernie Madoff’. The man who almost got away with billions of dollars of innocent investors. We will dive into the shocking story of Bernie Madoff the man who…

It must be very significant for a company the size of Enron to lose $50 billion in market capital over a period of ten months. It is also significant that a company of this stature can get away from their auditors and shareholders without anyone noticing that there is something seriously wrong. How is it possible that bankers, stock analysts, auditors and Enrons own board failed to comprehend the risks involved in this trading giant's methods. To blame Skelling; the president and COO of Enron…