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 | | Scandals in the Corporate World | | by eddiego65, Dec 15, 2008 | | Allegations of misconduct abound in the corporate world nowadays. Corporate executives commit offenses that are markedly different from ordinary criminals. They do not hold up stores, steal cars, or shoplift; instead, they engage in frauds, receive kickbacks, trade stocks on inside information, and deliberately fail to pay government loans. The impact of their misdeeds can be tremendous, affecting the lives of people by the thousands. Here are five notable corporate scandals in history. | | Comments(29) Liked It: 15 |
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| | Intellectual Property: It Starts with an Idea | | by The Black Enigma, Dec 14, 2008 | | Intellectual property constitutes a major part of our everyday life. Inventions make cell phones work, designs make jeans look good, trademarks identify your favourite drinks, and copyright protects the books that you read. If you were to think about it, ideas shape our world. They are the raw materials on which our future prosperity and heritage depend. Therefore it is imperative that we provide environments in which innovative ideas are induced, encouraged, and rewarded. | | Comments(14) Liked It: 11 |
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|  | | Charles E. Schumer's Policy on Internet Neutrality | | by Ebey Soman, Dec 6, 2008 | | I emailed the senator regarding net neutrality and he responded back with this lengthy email. Charles E. Schumer is a US Senator representing New York State and is fighting to help maintain net freedoms and for affordable access for families to the internet. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 3 |
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| | Scamers in Your Face and You Don't Even Know It | | by Peter Gunn, Nov 26, 2008 | | This article reveals how vendors, credit card companies, and some banks are ripping off many customers by hiding charges in their "terms of use" agreements, and not openly revealing this information to the average customers. Customers can be loosing 10% to 15% of their incomes each month, In my article I show you how to catch this unethical conduct, get your money back, and put the scammers out of business. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The Cruise Line Industry Environmental Scandal | | by balisunset, Sep 7, 2008 | | The recreational cruise line industry is a $15 billion-a-year business that has been involved in many environmental crimes. From 1993 to 1998, at least 104 illegal discharge cases were suspected against foreign-flagged cruise ships, those ships that operate out of American waters but are registered to foreign countries, such as Liberia and Norway. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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