| 
Results for scandals. Search took 0.09 seconds.
China's supply chain challenge: Mitigating supply risk
in Supplychainer, on July 5, 2009
...ot all Chinese companies have learned the right lessons, especially those behind the recent quality scandals, and a reorientation appears to be in order. Managing supplier relationships is one critica...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
...SOX, many people were lulled into complacency that the factors contributing to corporate governance scandals had been addressed by assigning greater responsibilities to corporate board of directors. I...
The Vatican Wants To Hear More People's Confessions
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 14, 2009
...c Church is one of the most secretive institutions in the world. Dwindling membership and a raft of scandals has caused the Church to rethink some of its rules regarding openness in the hope that the ...
Another KBR scandal
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
...
The KBR scandals just don't stop. One year after the company was implicated in the rape of KBR employee employee Jamie Leigh Jones , it's been hit with a new lawsuit from another former...
Deutsche Telekom spying scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2008
...rnalists. This is another worrying sign in the corporate shenanigans now happening in Germany with scandals happening at Siemens, Volkswagen and Klaus Zumwinkel resigning as head of Deutsche Post in ...
Backdating litigation fails to deliver
in Sox First, on May 16, 2008
...
Two years ago, there was plenty of talk about how the backdating scandals would turn into a lawyers' picnic. Lawyers, who are always quick to find new ways of making a buck, were filing lawsui...
Samsung chief indicted
in Sox First, on April 17, 2008
...ess reports , it's more a "slap on the wrist", repeating the old pattern of corporate scandals in Korea. "When a scandal engulfs a conglomerate, its chief appears for questioning w...
Directors and donations
in Sox First, on April 14, 2008
...
Following the uproar over the scandals linking corrupt to corrupt politicians, and corporate money finding its way into the pockets of both parties, company directors say they want disclosure. But...
SocGen rogue trader sues bank
in Sox First, on April 3, 2008
...chievement. He not only cost the bank money in one of the world's biggest financial scandals but they'll also have to give him a compensation payment! Reuters has followed up the story with...
The winners from underpriced IPOs
in Sox First, on April 1, 2008
...e insiders are the ones with long-term vision. This is significant because since Enron and similar scandals, measures have been put in place requiring more outsiders on boards. Outsider staffing or o...
What's caused the explosion in restatements?
in Sox First, on March 21, 2008
...hat they were the result of the complexity of accounting standards enacted in the wake of financial scandals earlier this decade. "Our results document that restatements are primarily caused by ...
Deutsche Post chief booted out in tax fraud scandal
in Sox First, on February 16, 2008
... tax fraud investigation but he won't be the last. And coming so soon after the Siemens and VW scandals, it's a sign of massive changes sweeping through the German corporate scene....
Who exposes corporate fraud?
in Sox First, on February 11, 2008
...
In their haste to pass Sarbanes-Oxley into law following the spate of scandals headed up by Enron, politicians and regulators neglected to look carefully at the issue of whistleblowers. Who actuall...
Société Générale mystery and fallout
in Sox First, on January 26, 2008
French investigators might now be looking into how rogue trader Jerome Kerviel ran up billions of dollars in losses at Société Générale but there are broader questions to answer at Société Générale and European banks in general. Like how many people actually knew what was going on. Was K...
U.S. Government Goes Overboard On Internet Gambling Ban
in The Gambling Weblog, on January 4, 2008
...rty 's religious base. This was done in an effort to divert attention from the many ongoing scandals within the party.
The United States Government has been sued by several foreign countries ...
Alcatel pays fine to settle bribery claim
in Sox First, on December 27, 2007
...inese anti-graft authorities. If bribe takers are not punished, sporadic exposes of such corruption scandals will do nothing to deter future offenders." Given that baksheesh seems to a national ...
Iraq's accounting black hole
in Sox First, on December 7, 2007
...demanding reforms," Rasor writes."That is what happened in the 1980s with the spare parts scandals (remember the $7600 coffee brewer and the $436 hammer?) which lead to reforms (now defunct)...
Restatements: CEO, CFO and top management turnover
in Sox First, on November 15, 2007
...9;s Culverhouse College of Business. Their study, Corporate Governance Consequences of Accounting Scandals:Evidence from Top Management, CFO and Auditor Turnover , found that restating firms have gr...
Will NBA Scandals Affect Betting?
in The Gambling Weblog, on November 11, 2007
...
Source:www.nbaallstar.org
This has been banner year for sports scandals.
Among the biggest sports news stories have been the use of illegal substances in Baseball, the Tour De France, and the Oly...
New rules for lunch
in Sox First, on November 6, 2007
...enesis of the law, drafted by congressional Democrats, is obvious. It's in response to lobbying scandals that landed two former Republican lawmakers in prison. The problem for some business might...
SOX campaign
in Sox First, on October 28, 2007
...hat he wants to change Sarbanes-Oxley, and calling the law "an overreaction" to financial scandals. There's Mitt Romney pledging to "eliminate cumbersome and unnecessary regulati...
Personal values, organizational values
in Sox First, on October 12, 2007
...
When ethics scandals hit, it tends to be the fault of certain individuals inside the organization. More often than not, they have allowed their own personal values to infect the organization...
Pee In Here, Please
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 21, 2007
...s a mess, world track and field is fraught with cheating and the Olympic Games have seen many, many scandals - all facts that are surely not lost on the world's major golf bodies - the PGA Tour, U...
The Problem with Student Loans
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 16, 2007
...able to receive federal financial aid . However, as we've learned from the recent student loan scandals, it's always a good idea to research loans yourself. Several schools have been discover...
Are All Celebrities Wild?
in The Celebrities Weblog, on September 9, 2007
...name, and, oh yeah, that little ole girl from Louisiana, Britney.
There have always been Hollywood scandals, but during a time when there weren't cell phones and paparazzi with digital cameras an...
Paris Hilton And Kid Rock An Item
in The Celebrities Weblog, on September 8, 2007
...
Source:www.entertainment.msn.com
Paris Hilton hasn't rung in with any scandals for a while, and this isn't a scandal, but it is newsworthy.
The recent jailbird has been seen snuggling up ...
Olympic Cycling in Question
in The Outdoor Weblog, on August 2, 2007
...en taken drastic efforts to ensure the games are completed with a hitch. Now, due to ongoing doping scandals, Olympic officials are questioning whether cycling has a place at the games.
Internationa...
Outdoor News Update: More Tour de France
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 29, 2007
...ear's Tour de France "null and void" after he was unwittingly caught up in the doping scandals that have rocked the race. Wiggins' Confidis teammate, Cristian Moreni, was informed We...
Contador Wins Tour de France
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 29, 2007
... After last week's doping scandals and the ouster of Michael Rasmussen, the dust has settled and the Tour de France has a winner, Spain's Alberto Contador. The 24-year old cyclist from Spain...
Tour de France Riders Protest Doping Scandals
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 25, 2007
... In an act of solidarity, a dozen Tour de France riders protested the doping scandals that are ruining the beloved competition. One day after Alexandre Vinokourov tested positive for a banned blood ...
Death Bets
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 23, 2007
...e, making life settlements fertile ground for everyone from erstwhile experts to novices to rogues. Scandals have been commonplace in the business, with some scam artists taking advantage of elderly s...
SOX and bubbles
in Sox First, on July 3, 2007
...ley is likely to be revisited and revised; if not now, then when memories of Enron and other recent scandals recede even further. The political market will inevitably shift and lay the groundwork for ...
Employee scorecards and the curse of the SOX
in Sox First, on June 26, 2007
...sts, disproportionately hurting smaller companies. Since weak compliance systems lay behind several scandals - making it hard to bring cases against some big companies - getting something like Section...
BAE paid for luxury honeymoon
in Sox First, on June 21, 2007
...imes reports that Brown wants to have a complete clean out and dissociate himself from the grubby scandals of the Blair era. But whatever he does, this one will not go away. What's needed is an ...
Bush hurts Enron's investors
in Sox First, on June 15, 2007
... about our economy. If Wall Street banks have no liability for fraudulent schemes they concoct, the scandals of the last decade will look like choir boy pranks compared to what is to come." Cert...
Six rules to avoid PR disasters
in Sox First, on May 24, 2007
...
In light of recent scandals, Fortune's Jia Lynn Ya reminds us how Johnson & Johnson's response to the 1982 Tylenol poisonings is the gold standard for crisis management. James Burke...
Problogger.net Top 5 Group Writing Project - The Rest of List
in Latina Viva, on May 16, 2007
Ooops! It seems The MT has eaten a big chunk of my Problogger.net Top 5 Group Writing Project list of participants! I apologize to those who ended up being left out; it wasn't intentional. But don't worry; here's the rest of the list. If it gets eaten again, I'll republish it...
Cyclist Admits to Doping
in The Outdoor Weblog, on May 7, 2007
...rtunate news for Cycling and its fans as it tries to clean up the sport after numerous high profile scandals, including the ongoing testing and investigation of last year's Tour de France winner, ...
The Business Ethics of Web 2.0: Does Collaboration and Open Source Blur The Line of What It Means To Cheat?
in Businesspundit, on May 6, 2007
...s for decades in other forms. The issue here is about what gets you ahead in life.
The accounting scandals that prompted SOX, the massive daily bombardment of advertising, the screwed-up state of na...
GMTV Drops Opera
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 24, 2007
...There's been a number of scandals in the premium rate phone and text industry in the UK recently, with some prominent TV broadcasters being caught out selecting competition winners well before the...
GE and integrity land mines
in Sox First, on April 17, 2007
...bal trends in finance and law. "For example, in reviewing the Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat scandals , GE's financial services arm recognized the emergence of an "aiding and abett...
German corporate governance and the Siemens saga
in Sox First, on April 12, 2007
...yee representation. The problem is examined in some detail in the piece Hit by an Earthquake: How Scandals have Led to a Crisis in German Corporate Governance out of the Knowledge@Wharton series. ...
ITALIAN PAPARAZZI
in The Celebrities Weblog, on April 4, 2007
...is information about the big crackdown on Paparazzi in Italy.
It seems that a series of events and scandals involving Paparazzi and gossip reporters, in Italy, where the whole celebrity stalking thin...
ANNA-NICOLE SMITH DEAD AT AGE 39
in The Celebrities Weblog, on February 8, 2007
...nt other, Howard K. Stern, was the only other person with her when the death occurred.
For all the scandals that have surrounded her, and despite the suspicious activities she may have engaged in wit...
Business and morality
in Sox First, on February 6, 2007
...nt against a background of obscenely inflated CEO pay packages, stock option backdating and other scandals . But how do you get a handle on moral behavior in business? Is it about corporate soci...
Accountants go defensive
in Sox First, on February 3, 2007
...ality has been set up in response to the purported loss of confidence in accountants since the big scandals. It will also look at how to protect auditors from lawsuits and managing internal financial...
Corporate Germany's dirty business
in Sox First, on January 31, 2007
...rder, and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroder. And as the Sunday Times points out, the two scandals raise serious questions about German corporate culture, typified by cosy relationships betw...
Stock options backdating jigsaw
in Sox First, on January 25, 2007
...
Some interesting questions come out of America's epidemic of stock options backdating scandals. Like how did the practice begin? And why did it spread so quickly? One reason would be the clos...
Liability caps ahead
in Sox First, on January 25, 2007
...are raking it in with audit fees soaring and regulatory overhauls enacted in the wake of accounting scandals earlier this decade creating new work for firms. Indeed, the accountants are now complainin...
Trust in business heading south
in Sox First, on January 15, 2007
...is that members of Congress are doing really badly but then, that's to be expected with all the scandals of 2006. Just ask Tom DeLay, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Mark Foley. St...
Rough year for Fortune 100 CEOs: 14% LOST Their JOBS
in Bizinformer, on January 4, 2007
... the last five years, according to Sullivan.
"Many of the high-profile accounting and ethics scandals were litigated before 2006 and don't show up in the numbers," Sullivan added. &quo...
Bribery International
in Sox First, on January 4, 2007
...the shady links between lawmakers and lobbyists that has resulted in influence peddling and bribery scandals. Yep, it's happening everywhere.
...
Outsourcing 2006: A Review
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 29, 2006
... things that you would expect in my review:
-an overview of important outsourcing events in 2006
- scandals and issues in 2006
-facts and other important outsourcing data
-personal inputs on out...
Yale B-School Requiring Study Abroad
in The Universities Weblog, on December 27, 2006
...selves with special programs, such as a growing emphasis on ethics courses in the wake of corporate scandals.
Read the rest here . And if you're headed for New Haven, you'd better bring you...
SOX wars: Is the SOX fix a Band-Aid solution?
in Sox First, on December 27, 2006
...cyclical recurrence of booms with their attendant frauds, and subsequent busts with their attendant scandals. "Such devices can, however, certainly succeed at multiplying deadweight bureaucracy....
Top 10 business shenanigans for 2006
in Sox First, on December 25, 2006
...
What a year it's been! The stories have just kept coming, and certainly kept me busy here. Scandals and litigation have all been part of the mix covered by Sox First this year. And Governments...
FIFA's dodgy ethics slated
in Sox First, on December 9, 2006
... blog entry how the bad governance of football's governing body, FIFA, has resulted in such scandals as match fixing and funds that go missing. Now a US District Judge Loretta A. Preska has, ...
Hedge funds, politicians and insider trading
in Sox First, on December 8, 2006
... in on that information. Boesky later went down in one of Wall Street's biggest insider-trading scandals but prosecutors didn't pursue him over the snippets and market gossip he received in Wa...
Corporate governance turkeys of the year
in Sox First, on November 23, 2006
Yes, it's that time of year to nominate the biggest turkeys since last November. This year's list is extensive. There's no shortage of candidates so I thought better list them all and let you decide.
Pelosi, venture capital and Sarbanes-Oxley
in Sox First, on November 15, 2006
... could backfire on the Democrats, particularly given the public backlash over the Republican ethics scandals. But with a presidential election just two years away, the Democrats know they need to get ...
Accountants: the oligopolistic gatekeepers
in Sox First, on November 14, 2006
...n areas. Cox, for example, looks at how that structure contributed to the financial and accounting scandals of 2001 and 2002 by allowing mangers of audit clients to trade off better audits for consul...
SOX, trust and ethics
in Sox First, on November 6, 2006
...e of the invasion of Iraq, trust in corporations went down after Enron and WorldCom led a parade of scandals. It's a story of wasted opportunities from the abuse of trust: "The boom of the 1...
Have You Seen This Man?
in Philoneist, on October 29, 2006
...orter filed the story from Austin, where Walker tried to raise attention, away from the wars, sex scandals and general incompetence in Washington, DC. Quoth AP:
What they don't talk about is a...
Grasso takes aim
in Sox First, on October 27, 2006
...eing granted by President Bush when he leaves office at the end of his term. By then, the corporate scandals from early in the decade won't be stinging but scar tissue.
Judging by the government&...
FIFA's fiefdoms: Blatter defends governance and slams meddlers
in Sox First, on October 20, 2006
...rth." Blatter's latest outburst comes in the wake of the sport being ravaged by financial scandals, corruption and racism. For more gory details about the corruption - which includes match f...
Where are next scandals coming from?
in Sox First, on October 11, 2006
...e accounting shenanigans were put up as possible danger areas. Another guide to future financial scandals comes from the Christian Science Monitor . No surprises that hedge funds are there. ...
IS IT REALLY OVER FOR ONLINE POKER?
in Play Las Vegas, on October 8, 2006
...the Republicans who have their fannies to the fire, so in order to deflect attention from their own scandals Senator Bill Frist has appealed to the Southern Baptists to support his campaign against ...
Myspace Acquisition Defrauded Shareholders of $20 Billion
in The Social Networking Weblog, on October 6, 2006
...le of Myspace intentionally defrauded shareholders. Saying it is "one of the largest M & A scandals in U.S. history," "Deliberate steps were taken to withhold and manipulate informa...
56-70 Percent of Future Business Leaders Say They Cheated
in Small Business Unplugged, on September 26, 2006
...re of business school leaves many students willing to compete by any means available, and corporate scandals have distorted the standards of many business students. Another study found that 70% of u...
SHANNEN DOHERTY POINTS FINGER
in The Celebrities Weblog, on September 22, 2006
...
Source:www.nudecelebrities.horndog.com
No stranger to scandals herself, Shannen Doherty is now pointing a finger at the current crop of bad girls.
At only 35 years of age, former bad girl, Sh...
