Trustee

To begin with, after the trial and his prison sentencing, there has been 17.5 billion dollars’ worth of claims filed against Madoff (Kevin & USA, n.d.). Madoff’s bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard, has recovered or reached settlement agreements for more than $10.5 billion on behalf of the burned investors (Cohn, 2013). J.P Morgan Chase was one of the large financial institutions that has been accused of playing a part in the scheme…

INTRODUCTION “Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great”(R W Emerson 1944). In everyday life, trust and ethics are usually conceived as closely related, intertwined concepts—one cannot go without the other (Van den Akker et al 2009). While there is much research on trust in leaders (Den Hartog, 2003; Lewicki, 2006; De Hoogh & Den Hartog, 2008; Dirks, 2002; Lapidot, 2007), few have paid attention to the importance of trust in ethical…

What happens to immigrant children who have grown up in the United States when they turn 18? Is it possible for someone to be educated in our public schools only to be labeled as a foreigner and illegal when they become an adult? I serve as a Trustee on a local school board. My first experience with an immigrant child coming of age was a few years back when a local family asked what I could do to help a young man who had been staying with them. He had graduated from one of our high schools and…

Social interactions are essential in everyday situations such as wooing a mate, the reproduction of offspring, and forming interpersonal relationships. ‘Prosociality’, which is an umbrella term, involves maternal and paternal care, social recognition, adult affiliation such as pair bonding and social bonding, and empathy and trust between people. Various literature has examined the roles of oxytocin and vasopressin in supporting prosocial behaviours. Oxytocin (OT), a nonapeptide hormone…

financial troubles. Charlie is quite upset to discover, however, that his father does not leave the fortune to him, but rather, to an unknown trustee. Determined to find out who has control of the fortune, Charlie’s research leads him to a hospital for the mentally…

Critically acclaimed for official selection, audiences award, and best film this movie is one that really makes you question juvenile reform camps. "Coldwater" is a somewhat predictable drama that is punishing and almost saved with good intentions. PJ Boudousqué Starrs as the lead role Brad Lunders, who is sent off by his mom and her boyfriend for drug dealing to Coldwater. The camp is run by a retired war colonel in the wilderness. Many teenage boys who have pushed their parents to the point…

capabilities, tourism can increase visitation and therefore increase tax revenue. A law was enacted for counties that include the Tennessee River which provides an additional revenue stream creating a diverse economic impact. Monthly reports from the Trustee discloses the amount received by the county.…

On the surface, term limits seem like a great idea. Proponents for them argue legislators would be less focused on reelection and more focused on passing laws. However, a rational choice theorist would actually argue against term limits. Jonathon Rauch would argue that term limits would work against the public good by creating a collective action dilemma within Congress. Without term limits, legislators’ main motivator is reelection, but to be reelected they have to please their constituents.…

Houston Community College’s governing board approved a resolution on Thursday reaffirming its support of the Texas Dream Act. The vote comes at the beginning of the Texas legislative session where bills have been introduced to repeal the law that gives certain undocumented students in-state tuition rates. While the repeal bills currently introduced are echoes of the unsuccessful 2015 repeal attempts, the rhetoric of President Donald Trump raises new concerns that repeal efforts may gain…

Only delegates from Pennsylvania and Virginia were present at the Constitutional Convention which opened on May 14, 1787. At the Pennsylvania State House, now called Independence Hall, seventy delegates were appointed to the Constitutional Convention, but out of them seventy only fifty-five delegates attended. Thirty-nine delegates signed the Constitution. George Mason, Edmund Randolph, and Elbridge Gerry were three delegates who did not sign the Constitution because the Bill of Rights were not…