Teapot Dome scandal

The Watergate Scandal, who provoke the only resignation of a president in the history of the United State, occurred in the period between 1972 to 1975. This was the biggest political scandal in the American nation to this day. In like manner, involved not just the president of the country Richard Nixon, but also a some members of the Republican Administration during the election campaign of 1972. According to the book, America A Narrative History, Vol. 2 (Emory, D. & Brown, G. 2016), “ By the…

Disaster capitalism, as coined by Naomi Klein in her book The Shock Doctrine, is the exploitation of a community suffering from a state of shock as a result of a natural, political, or biological disaster in order to make a monetary profit. The collective people sharing in this catastrophe are in a state of shock rendering them into a position of heightened vulnerability. This heightened vulnerability opened the door for major worldwide corporations to come in under the guise of providing aid…

Here’s a Google Doc’s of this discussion post in case anybody wants to read it in an easier, readable format. I attached it as a downloadable file to this thread as well. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VOExPc9uO7Dw_H_fCx-Ob6kaJhBEB-f_o12j0B7arJQ/edit?usp=sharing First off, nice thesis, Lewinsky. “How does it feel to be America’s premier blow-job queen?” Shame and Survival could be the most bias “professional” writing I’ve read recently. When I first saw the title and the introduction of the…

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (HRM-601) Name – Sandeep Shivkote Mallaiah UCID – ss3677 NJIT ID – 31433749 Thought Exercise 6 NAME:- GORDON BETHUNE BIRTH:- AUG 29TH, 1941 TEXAS OCCUPATION :- Chief Executive Officer Continental Airlines(1994-2004) Gordon Bethune is a transformational leader who made dramatic changes to Continental Airlines when he worked as the Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 2004.Before Gordon took over this responsibility, the company had several black eyes and was on the verge…

A company which took years to build, like approximately 16 years, where it grew from 10 billion dollar company to 65 billion dollar company, and it would collapse in mere 24 days was nothing short of a scandal. In fact this was to take the shape of a huge scandal. Certainly there was something being hidden from the view of public. For one, there indeed was a fatal flaw as there were several ethical issues. As per the video, there were the issues like arrogance, intolerance, greediness…

Throughout my accounting studies so far, whistleblowers have been praised for their heroic actions that lead to the collapse of a giant corporation. However, the heroic actions and collapse are the seldom times that whistleblower protection laws work. In C. Fred Alford’s book: Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power, Mr. Alford explores the corporation and systems irrational behavior that makes whistleblowers lose faith in humanity and the justice system. Throughout the book, Mr.…

Prize and the Booty - Case Study On the 25 February, 1603 Jacob van Heemskerck and his crew attacked the Santa Catarina, a merchant ship from Portugal which carried a very highly priced cargo of trade goods. The total price was more than three million guilders. This created discussion about the legitimacy of the attack on the Portuguese merchant ship. In order to justify Jacob van Heemskercks actions, Grotius’ literary works have to be taken into consideration as he addressed different laws…

Introduction The key tenant of choosing a specific firm for analysis, is one having the history of outsourcing their Information Technology (IT), to a third party, only to regret the decision, and return, or back source, the IT service. An excellent example being the current largest bank in the United States; JP Morgan Chase. In 2004 JP Morgan Chase cancelled the remainder of a seven year, $5 billion IT contract with IBM. When the outsourcing deal was done in 2001, it was heralded as the…

Pablo Escobar was the quintessential druglord. It is estimated that at the height of his career - if you can call it that - Escobar brought in $420 million a week through drug trafficking and other illegal and morally questionable activities. Escobar achieved such great wealth through his dealings that it is said he lost $2.1 billion (you read that right) every year and didn’t even feel it. The Search Bloc finally captured and killed Escobar on December 2nd, 1993, well over 20 years ago.…

Hizmete Özel / Confidential Hizmete Özel / Confidential MGMT 512: Corporate Governance Sultan Orman: 0055134 Corporate Failure: Toshiba Accounting Scandal (2015) Summary of the Case: Everything began with the results of an independent report created by a committee of people consisting of independent accountants and lawyers in July 2015. The CEO of one of the leading companies in electronics and technology sector, Toshiba from Japan, announced that he is resigning of his…