...1. In a narrative format, summarize the key facts and issues of the case. The key facts of this case include Imus’ performance and history as a 28-year veteran shock-jock, his employment by CBS and MSNBC, his controversial and off-color comments against a girl’s basketball team, and CBS’ response to the matter. The issues include the remarks made by Imus’, was the response by CBS timely and appropriate and what could have been improved upon in preparation and execution of their crisis management approach. Also, was CBS strategic in their execution of their damage control? Should Imus have continually remained in the media empathetically apologizing then saying he had apologized enough? 2. Update the information in the case by researching it on the Internet. Focus your response on the specific issues in the case. The case study provided by the text provides limited information in the summary. Although it includes the incident, a little history of Imus and CBS’ response, it is vague as to how the matter became so public and why CBS would severe a $40 million contract with one of the nation’s most revenue-producing jock (Press, 2007). Further research reveals the history of Imus’ profession as a highly sought after shock jock, the efforts behind his firing, CBS’ reaction, responses and their inadvertent handling of the matter. The employment contract was extended to Imus by CBS in 2006 because he was a shock-jock of the nation and because his controversy......
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...HealthSouth Corporation: Fraud, Greed and Corporate Governance Manmohan D. Chaubey, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University One College Place Du Bois, PA 15801 (USA) Tel: 814-375-4846 Fax: 814-375-4784 Email: mdc13@psu.edu Case for ICMC2006 International Conference on Management Cases 4-5 December 2006 IMT Ghaziabad, India HealthSouth Corporation: Fraud, Greed and Corporate Governance During the 1990s, Richard M. Scrushy, the former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation, engineered many acquisitions of rehabilitation clinics, outpatient surgical care operators, nursing homes and other health care companies. In 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the company and Scrushy of inflating earnings to the tune of $1.4 billion since 1999. In November 2003, a federal grand jury indicted Scrushy on 85 counts including conspiracy, securities fraud, money laundering and charges related to overstating HealthSouth’s earnings by nearly $3.0 billion. According to federal investigators, the company overstated earnings to meet analysts’ earning estimates, while hiding the accounting fraud from the auditors. However, questions were raised whether the auditors failed to find or simply overlooked the fraud at HealthSouth. Central to the investigation was the issue of what role Scrushy played in “cooking the books.” However, as the case unfolded, it highlighted many other issues such as: The role of Board of Directors in corporate governance; the role of the auditors; the...
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...Three works of literature, labeled immoral, unfit to read and even satanic, completely criticized for their use of vulgar language and “blasphemes” way of speaking their mind. What critics fail to see is the true creativity of the humor in Candide, the morality and kindness in Huckleberry Finn, and the passion of Don Juan. All three of these great works of literature have suffered the injustice of biased criticism and have been rejected from public schools, which wastes their educational potential. Candide has been place into the index of prohibited books, Huckleberry Finn has been banned almost every public school, and Don Juan has succumb to a similar fate. What people don’t understand is that these novels and works of poetry can show us more about how humans treat each other, how realistic some ridiculous things can be, and how we can understand ourselves. Candide is a novel written by the French writer Voltaire, it’s about a germen man by the name of Candide who goes on quite a journey meeting a variety of people, constantly running into political and religious figures with bad results. Meeting up with old friends and characters he believed dead, the novel consists of unrealistic situations in a comedic fashion but in the end, through all the hell he can say let’s just forget about it and move on in our life. This story can give you a real life perspective and show you that life shouldn’t be taken seriously, if a guy like Candide can go through what he did without a......
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...As I have mentioned previously, provide a new file name for the assignment you are working on using the Northcentral naming convention: Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) EXAMPLE: John Doe, PSY300, Assignment 1 = DoeJPSY300-1. BUSINESS ETHICS OKECHUKWU AKANNO Sr. NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT#8 MGT7019-8 Dr. JENNIFFER SCOTT September 16, 2012 Learner: OKECHUKWU AKANNO || MGT7019-8| Dr. JENNIFFER SCOTT| || BUSINESS ETHICS | #8| || Faculty Use Only TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Abstract --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 & 6 The role of Auditors at HealthSouth ---------------------------------------- 7 & 8 SEC Investigation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------9&10 Impact on Stakeholders ---------------------------------------11, 12, 13 & 14 Outcome and Fairness In Punishment ---------------------------------------- 15, 16 & 17 Conclusion......
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...The Scrushy Influence Table of Contents Table of Content…………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Richard Scrushy-Biography……………………………………………………………………….5 Health South History………………………………………………………………………………6 Health South Down Fall…………………………………………………………………………...7 Sentence…………………………………………………………………………………………...8 Sentence…………………………………………………………………………………………...9 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….10 References……………………………………………………………………………………….11 Abstract This paper looks at the rise and fall of the Health South Corporation along with its founder and CEO, Richard Scrushy. One of the biggest fraud cases in recent history, this one company over- stated its revenue by four billion dollars, causing many people to lose both their life savings and their jobs. Over fifteen people received jail sentences, and even the Governor of Alabama went to prison. Richard Scrushy was sentenced to seventy (70) months in prison. Introduction Mr. Scrushy started his company in 1986, and by 2003 he had lost everything. However, what happened in those seventeen years was spectacular. Scrushy started a small firm which grew into a nationwide company employing over sixty thousand employees. By all appearances he was the golden boy in the medical insurance industry - acquiring other, smaller companies in order to expand his own corporation and enhance his own income. During......
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...HealthSouth: Fraud, Greed & Corporate Governance Marilyn J. Bordeaux HCS 5339 Rachael Kehoe HealthSouth: Fraud, Greed & Corporate Governance During the 1990s, Richard M. Scrushy, the former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation, engineered many acquisitions of rehabilitation clinics, outpatient surgical care operators, nursing homes and other health care companies. In 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the company and Scrushy of inflating earnings to the tune of $1.4 billion since 1999. In November 2003, a federal grand jury indicted Scrushy on 85 counts including conspiracy, securities fraud, money laundering and charges related to overstating HealthSouth’s earnings by nearly $3.0 billion. According to federal investigators, the company overstated earnings to meet analysts’ earning estimates, while hiding the accounting fraud from the auditors. However, questions were raised whether the auditors failed to find or simply overlooked the fraud at HealthSouth. Central to the investigation was the issue of what role Scrushy played in “cooking the books.” However, as the case unfolded, it highlighted many other issues such as: The role of Board of Directors in corporate governance; the role of the auditors; the effect of conflict of interest between an accounting firm and its consulting arm on auditing; whether the relationship between an investment bank and a company affects the quality of the bank’s research reports on the company; whether the......
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...Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary source of information Sources of information are often considered primary, secondary, or tertiary depending on their originality and proximity of when it was created. Consider if it is an original work, or whether it evaluates or comments on the works of others. Also consider the proximity, or how close the information is to a first-hand account or if it is after the fact. Sources of information are often considered primary, secondary, or tertiary depending on their originality and proximity of when it was created. Consider if it is an original work, or whether it evaluates or comments on the works of others. Also consider the proximity, or how close the information is to a first-hand account or if it is after the fact. PRIMARY SOURCES DEFINED Primary sources are first-hand accounts or individual representations and creative works. It can also be said to be information that has been stated but not interpreted. They are created by those who have directly witnessed what they are describing, and bring us as close to the original event or thought as possible without being filtered, influenced or analyzed through interpretation. They tend to be original documents that don't usually describe or analyze work by others. Primary information is in its raw state Primary sources may be published or unpublished works. Primary source means it is original article or book created by individual or sometimes a group of people. It may be surprising...
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...Don Quixote Opposing Roles in Don Quixote: How Conflicting Characters Develop and Enhance Themes in Literature Don Quixote tells the story of Alonso Quixano, a Spanish gentlemen who is obsessed with reading books of chivalry. He sells most of his land to buy more books and spends his entire life reading them, often neglecting to eat or sleep. He decides to become a knight-errant himself and finds a horse, a squire, and a lady to honor (although she has no idea). Throughout his adventures he is brought home by some of the men in the village who hope to cure him of his insanity. Don Quixote has little understanding of reality and often mistakes mundane things like windmills for more fantastical things like giants or castles. The main purpose of Don Quixote is to parody the popular ideas of romance and chivalry. Cervantes highlights the humorous relationships between chivalry and everyday life and the various exaggerated characters are used to illustrate these themes. Cervantes attacks the nobility, classism, chivalry, and the misguided romantic notions of the time with his satirical story of an insane man in search of justice and glory. Cervantes also develops the idea that the old chivalric code is outdated and no longer necessary as no one but Sancho even begins to understand what Quixote is attempting to do. The use of exaggerated and opposite roles is used in Don Quixote to highlight and develop the various themes. Don Quixote is an idealist, or a madman depending on......
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...Certification: This is to certify that the following essay is my own work and that I have not received any unauthorized assistance with it. Signed Matthew Smith 11/4/15 What can be learned from Quipus? Quipu: Lost in Translation The lack of an Incan written language greatly hinders our understanding of their ancient civilization. Instead of a writing system it is believed that the Incas used a string based recording instrument known as a quipu. While surely very valuable to the Incas, the symbolic nature of the quipus has left much open to interpretation. Quipus are therefore very limited in the knowledge that they can provide about the Incas. “So, we know very little beyond what archaeology can tell us” (O’Bryan 1). Hirst sums up...
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...Quinceañera is the Spanish word for a girl who is 15 years old. In the latin american culture, a quinceanera is an important time in a young girls life when she is being transformed from a young girl to young woman. A quinceanera is where a young latino girl go throughs her rite of passage into being transformed into a woman. In order to prepare for womanhood, girls were to learn the traditions for this social and religious coming of age ceremony. During the official religious rites of passage, the community would thank God for the future wives and mothers soon to come, and the young women would vow to serve the community both socially and religiously. Later, missionaries turned the coming of age ritual into a testimony of faith by the young women and to promise that they will become good Catholic wives, mothers, and daughters. An important part of the coming of age ritual is the celebration in the church. According to LEARN NC, a program of the UNC School of Education, states that the one of the most important part of the ritual is the ceremony in the church because this is where the girls mark their transformation into womanhood and they also give their blessings to God. The celebration of a quinceanera is a renewal of baptismal promises and a moment for the young girl to give her thanks to God for the gift of life, family, and community which helps a gesture that continues to reaffirm her beliefs to her church and her personal faith. Today, a quinceañera celebration......
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...vocabGCSE 09 Spanish Vocabulary book Version- Draft 1 GCSE Spanish Edexcel GCSE in Spanish Edexcel GCSE 2009 Spanish Vocabulary Book Edexcel are pleased to oprovide this free vocabulary book freely to support learners following the the Edexcel GCSE 2009 Specification in Spanish. Please note: the most up to date version of this document is available on the Edexcel website and a definitive list of core vocabulary is available in the Edexcel Specification. Introduction This bilingual glossary has been produced to support you in your language learning and to help you prepare for the Edexcel GCSE. It features a revised minimum core vocabulary foundation level vocabulary (this has been expanded from the original one in the specification) as well as higher level vocabulary. English meanings, genders and irregular word endings are given and the vocabulary is listed both alphabetically and under the following Edexcel headings: High Frequency Language Verbs Adjectives Colours Adverbs Numbers Quantities Connecting Words Time Expressions Times Days of the Week Months of the Year Question Words Countries Continents Nationalities Areas/Mountains/Cities/Rivers Acronyms and Abbreviations Social Conventions Prepositions Listening and Reading Topics Out and About - Visitor Information, Basic Weather, Local Amenities, Accommodation, Public Transport, Directions Customer Services and Transactions - Cafes and Restaurants, Shops, Dealing with Problems Personal Information -......
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...1. American Sport Movies There are few countries in the world in which sports permeate national life to the degree that it does in the United States. Sports are a big part of the fabric of American life. The centrality of sports in American life is amply reflected in the American cinema. For decades movie makers have successfully mined sports to produce some of the most inspiring, poignant, exciting and memorable American movies ever made. The genre of ‘Sport Movies’ established in the Fifties and the Sixties. At the very beginning it was hard to see it as an independent genre because there was a lot of mixture. There have been propaganda movies as well as comedies, dramas, gangster movies or even westerns combined with some sport scenes. So the movie industry defined three categories of sport movies. Category 1: movies in which the main part of the narration is about sport or an athlete Category 2: movies which tell the life story of an athlete Category 3: movies which use sport scenes to describe a special milieu In addition to that there are a lot of movies of another genre which use sport scenes to dramatise the story or to create a good suspense. The first sport movies were all about the so called American Myth of victory and glory. Fair competitions and the better athletes defeating the weaken. The fascination of sport inspiring the people was used to lure the public. Then in the eighties and nineties there have been made a lot of biographical movies...
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...The Future of Human Resource Discussion at Alumni Symposia- 2013 References ● Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (ISBN 1591841380) Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams Mckinsey Quarterly Sloan Review Mint Blogs ● ● ● ● ● GigaOm Wired Techcrunch Wall Street Journal Ross Dawson ● ● ● ● ● Many others So What is the the Future of Human Resource And this is just the good news ! Why ? Technology & Outsourcing will replace transactional work Individualism will trash most HR Policies – especially in Hi-tech and then other sectors Collaboration tools will make real engagement possible and not just a Gallup Score – which has presence & meaning more in corporate presentations and resumes than real life Fluidity & Change will replace most Stable HR Constructs and Premises- Organisation Structure/ Design , Compensation, Jobs, Value chains Why ? Technology & Outsourcing will replace transactional work 2006- Unilever outsourced- HR operations, payroll, resourcing and even some of the learning services to Accenture . As Unilever said “The outsourcing programme is part of the company’s One Unilever initiatives to increase leverage of its scale, improve its marketplace competitiveness, deliver functional excellence, and create a more competitive cost-structure allowing it to focus on its consumers and customers.” p.s.- got renewed in Dec 2012 Intelligent programmes – will scavenge every social media......
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...Padre English 110.02 Dr. H 10/24/2012 Don Quixote By Padre Don Quixote, formerly known at Senor quijana from La Mancha is quite possibly the most scrawniest, dimwitted insane “knight” of all times. Don Quixote starts out just fantasizing and reenacting what he has read in the books about noble knights and valiant warriors. Soon this mere fantasizing turns into an actual reality where Don Quixote actually believes that he is to be a brave and romantic knight. Suddenly Don Quixote is changing his name and his horses name so that he might appear more like a knight to those who he might meet on his many conquests. Courageously, Don Quixote sets out to be a knight and to win the love and favor of his lady. Within just a short time of his journey he stops at an inn where he is “knighted” and bravely stands watch over his armor which is most precious to him. When knighted, Don Quixote surely but steadily journeys a bit more and encounters “villains” and “evil people” who in reality are simple human beings who have done nothing wrong. So distorted is his mind that upon seeing windmills he attacks them claiming that all along they are giants who he must defeat. During one of his many antics, Don Quixote attacks the wrong people and they beat, bruise and bury him in his own......
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...November 18, 2012 World Literature I Odysseus and the idealist Don Quixote What is a hero? To be a hero means winning honor through competitive combat in ancient Greece and the middle ages. In those historic eras warriors, knights, and kings were honored the most. A hero was someone with a smooth fighting technique and would face death at any moment. Heroes were the people who would lead their armies, fellow knights, and comrades into battle and earned tributes for their courage and great deeds performed during their combat. In other light, the cowards of ancient Greece and the middle ages were considered a burden and were affronted. Throughout many books authors have explained different aspects of what it means to be a hero. Homer, author of the Odyssey, and Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, convey this characteristic frequently. In the Odyssey, Odysseus was a skillful fighter, but it was yet the proof Homer’s readers needed of his heroism. Odysseus also transpired characteristics of restraint and mercy. On the other hand, Cervantes’ character was not born a hero. He was fooled by chivalric ideas of heroism and sets out to reform the world along with his witty companion. Odysseus and Don Quixote are from two totally different eras, but both of them tried to conquer the world with their heroic acts. Not only their heroic acts made them well known, it’s also their imagination that makes them stand out. In comparison, imagination is what makes Quixote the hero, and......
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