This scandal brought more attention to financial fraud than ever before and ultimately it was that fear and attention that forced the SEC to increase regulations on corporate governance and financial disclosure through the implementation of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (Buckstein). ... Stock options also cause pay to be excessive and can encourage corporate executives to inflate their earnings so the stock prices rise because the higher the stock price goes, the more money they make. This incentive of greed for more money ends up clouding their good judgment and results in bad ethical decisions, a...

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Others argue that the expanding global economy has instead increased global exploitation and inequalities, and further marginalized the developing world. ... If the person earns more working in the factory, they can spend some of their wages on buying the rice that they would have produced and still have money left over for other things. ... Globalization has helped to reduce transport and transaction costs so the potential gains from specialization are increased. Globalization has also increased competition giving people incentives to keep becoming more efficient. ... Globalization, then, c...

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The Napoleonic Empire came into existence following the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France at Notre Dame in 1804. The frontiers of the ancien regime had been expanded up to and beyond France's natural borders, with the momentum of expansion following in direct correlation with the...

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This essay shall primarily focus on the claims: 1) that there is a 'dominant class' which remains accessible only to those lucky enough to be born into it (a 'hereditary' ruling class); 2) that this class uses the state as a 'device' with which to maintain this dominance; 3) that this class acts in a 'dominating and subjugating' way to maintain its grip on power and money; and 4) that big businesses and wealthy individuals have a detrimental effect upon the majority of the working masses. It will predominantly focus on the second chapter, Economics a...

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Research into this assertion has largely substantiated industry claims; in a peer-reviewed study conducted by the European Union Cooperation and Development Fund, it was found that genetically modified products led to a 21% increase in global crop yields (Klumper & Qaim, 2014). ...

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Within minutes, as the happy fans file out of the stadium wearing jackets, scarves and smiles, still cheering and chatting, they walk past representatives of Project Bundle-Up, who are collecting money to supply needy Pittsburgh children with winter clothing. ... The institution of professional sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Steelers" football, Pirates" baseball and Penguins" hockey, has added much more to the city than a pleasurable pastime for the local sports fans; it has caused an increase in charitable works, a strong, amiable sense of community and union, as well as a source of rol...

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In the case study, the assignment will be looking at the notion of equality and diversity in contemporary society. The study will focus on the topic of poverty and how it affects the emotional, social and educational experiences of a child, positively and negatively. Relevant literature, as well as up to date legislation and policy involving equality and human rights will be used to look at the issue critically, by identifying the inequalities related to class and how it can have an impact upon the social, personal and educational experience of the child within school as well as parent and tea...

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The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. At the threshold of the XXI century we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private milit...

• Word Count: 9871
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• Grade Level: Graduate