Kenneth Lay

A Corporation With No Morals Some teenagers today, may not know what business ethics are. Well, business ethics is the difference between right and wrong in the business realm. There are so many companies with good business ethics but in our world we only hear about the companies with the bad ethics. One of those companies is called Enron. Enron is a gigantic corporation that deals with the electrical power in Dallas, Texas. Enron may have destroyed many people’s lives due to the company

The social purpose of theater is to provide a reflection into the lives of various individuals who, collectively, comprise society as a whole. Therefore, it displays regular individual members of society, in order to allow others within that society to both understand to feel what others in their midst are going through. Theater is a way for audiences to experience the turmoil, drama, love and passion that fuels other people's lives as well as the despair. A look at All My Sons, by Arthur Miller

claiming the items his father left him and setting out for Athens, he started on the path leading to many great and heroic adventures. Hercules, born of Alcmena and Zeus, was conceived when Zeus took the form of Alcmena’s husband and lay with her. Her true husband lay with her again later that night and she conceived twins. One would be born to her human husband, and the other fathered by Zeus himself (Hamilton). Zeus bragged about his soon to be born son alerting and infuriating Hera to Hercules

Abstract The financial collapse of Enron had substantial and far-reaching ramifications throughout the financial investment field, tax compliance professions and the accounting profession. Intense Congressional scrutiny resulted in a new era of transparency in financial reporting, stricter reporting standards as provided in Sarbanes-Oxley and substantial penalties for failure to comply with new financial reporting and tax compliance standards in the Internal Revenue Code (Bottiglieri et. al., 2009)

Riham Elshazli Professor Clement Price Civil War and the Reconstruction 12/11/12 Historiography of the Reconstruction Era At a time when America was trying to piece itself back together, the Reconstruction Era is one of the most important chapters in history. It is also, however, one of the most debated. After the Civil War, the South was devastated and thousands of freed slaves needed to be integrated into society. When Andrew Johnson took office, he was moderate in his views as to what should

Enron was formed in 1985 from the merger of two gas companies from Texas and Nebraska. Enron became the first company with all-American network of gas pipelines. In 1997 Enron bought power generating company "Portland General Electric Corp." worth $ 2 billion. Before 1997 ended, the management turned the company into "Enron Capital & Trade Resources" which became the largest American companies that trade in natural gas and electricity. Revenue increased dramatically from $ 2 billion to $ 7 billion

Thousands of white collar crimes go unnoticed except for the ones that have to deal with extremely violent crimes. For example, drug traffickers have to find a way to make their money seem legal so they use all forms of money laundering. Most people in today's society think that Wall Street is the center of all white collar crimes while this might be true not every white collar criminal works on Wall Street. White collar crimes have been going on since the 1900s, year after year, billions of dollars

close proximity to the turmoil. It begs the question- who was really at fault and what has been done to prevent it from happening again? The story of Enron begins in 1985, with the merger of two pipeline companies, orchestrated by a man named Kenneth L. Lay (1). In its 15 years of existence, Enron expanded its operations to provide products and services in the areas of electricity, natural gas as well as communications (9). Through its diversification, Enron would become known as a corporate America

Values and ethics are essential in the workplace. It establishes how a company is run and remains profitable. Leaders are the key to demonstrating and creating the organization’s culture, ethics and values. It has to start at the top of the organization including the Chief Executive officer, board and owners. Leaders’ internalization and manifestation of the values in how they operate have a great influence on the employees. Every organization must start with a foundation, a code of conduct, code

cheeke/That in oure fir he fil bakward adown" (Chaucer 799).  Her deceptive scheme is to pretend to die from the blow dealt by Jankyn.    "And with his fist he smoot [her] on the heed/That in the floor I lay as I were deed./And whan he sawgh how stille that I lay,/He was agast, and wolde have fled his way,/Til atte laste out of my swough I braide:/ 'O hastou slain