Essays Tagged: "stockholders"

Paper on the unions in America

and advance the well being of workers, while that of business has been to promote the interests of stockholders. Higher wages and higher profits are compatible over the long run in a growing economy. ...

(2 pages) 415 1 4.2 May/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Benefits of Incorporating a Company

A corporation is divided into many units called shares of stock. The owners of the stock are called stockholders or shareholders. One of the advantages of incorporating a business is that because a co ... ion is responsible for its own acts and obligations under the law. This characteristic protects the stockholders of the corporation because the only financial loss that they may suffer is limited to t ...

(2 pages) 90 0 4.5 Feb/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The history of the Ford Motor Company

eveloped the Ford Motor Company with only twenty eight thousand dollars. Thatmoney came from eleven stockholders. Ford converted a small Detroit WagonFactory into an automotive plant and was staffed w ...

(6 pages) 199 0 4.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Comparison of business ethics in different countries.

plicable to all its activities and relationships. It should identify principal responsibilities its stockholders, shareholders, employees and communities. Its main function is to provide guidance in c ...

(13 pages) 921 1 3.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Organizational Change: Article Review - MGT 331: Organizational Behavior. (A brief review of 3 related articles, see references for article links)

s of Directors are now being scrutinized for every action taken, whether it is benign or malignant. Stockholders are clamoring for change within the organization to provide insurance against any decre ...

(3 pages) 1156 2 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Don Powell's Dilema: A look at the impact of bank mergers on local economies.

he had to answer. Proceeding with the merger would result in an immediate financial benefit to the stockholders as well as a considerable increase in the assets and resources to which the bank would ... h group that would be affected by the merger, including the customers of First National, the bank's stockholders, bank regulators of First National, politicians, and First National's competition. Asse ...

(7 pages) 109 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Economic History

Book: Scarlet Letter Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Title of Paper: Allegiance This essay Parallels Arthur Dimmesdale from The Scarlet Letter to Kenneth Lay, the former CEO of Enron

y can be compared to the way that Kenneth Lay, the CEO of Enron mislead his employees and the Enron stockholders.Dimmesdale can be compared to Kenneth Lay in how he was a leader who committed a crime, ... enneth Lay did. He did what was best for his bank account, without a care for his employees and the stockholders. Dimmesdale's justification for keeping his sin a secret was, " [Sinners] shrink from d ...

(2 pages) 44 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Financial vs. Managerial Accounting, 693 words, short paper about financial and managerial accounting also includes rules/regulations, CPA and CMA

siness and the stock market require companies to submit financial statements to them. Additionally, stockholders, suppliers, and banks also benefit from the financial reports that are generated. (Horn ...

(3 pages) 669 1 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Comparing and contrasting life in New England and Chesapeake colonies.

stors in order to providing funding for this venture. An additional promise of the merchants to the stockholders was that Christianity would be introduced to the Indians while settling the new land. N ...

(5 pages) 102 0 0.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The needs and implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

st in the financial markets, they were certainly a first in terms of the magnitude of the losses to stockholders and the confidence the public reposed in the financial sector (Bequai 2003).The all ...

(18 pages) 1113 0 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Should CEO's Make Such Exorbitant Salaries?

cene, reflecting the arrogant use of power by top executives to enrich themselves at the expense of stockholders and workers. To others who defend the trend, it represents just rewards for successful ...

(6 pages) 249 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Essay about American Industrialization About a page long

business could expand its markets, while producing low priced goods, and still making a profit for stockholders. Steel making entrepreneur, Andrew Carnegie, had donated much of his wealth to the buil ...

(1 pages) 59 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Capital Structure Theory

. Their stock has been somewhat "sluggish, in an otherwise buoyant market, and has indications that stockholders are becoming restless from the corporation's lack of stable growth" (MCI Communications ... nt, there are 687,000,000 common shares. The book value of the equity is calculated by dividing the stockholders equity ($9,602,000,000 from the balance sheet) by the number of shares. This gives a bo ...

(3 pages) 785 2 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Communication Process

y do. The Credo expresses the responsibilities we have to our customers, employees, communities and stockholders. Each of our companies has its own management structure and operates under ethical prin ...

(3 pages) 164 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

What are stakeholders? Why can they influence organisations? Do stakeholders always have the same amount of influence over an organisation? Why or why not?

company. They can be divided into internal claimants and external claimants. Internal claimants are stockholders and employees including executive officers and board member while external claimants ar ... t influence in the organisation. They can simply just withdraw their support from the organisation. Stockholders may sells their shares, employees leave their job and customers but elsewhere. Besides ...

(1 pages) 13566 0 3.4 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Circus Circus Equipmet case analysis

esA mission statement for Circus is not explicitly stated by management in its Annual Report to the Stockholders. However, management does state, "Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc. is in the business of ...

(8 pages) 66 1 4.2 Sep/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Motorola's Mike Zafirovski A track record of Solid Results

with Motorola for two years, had been appointed President and COO. In an effort to calm and assure stockholders of the company's stability the following announcement was made: "Mike has the best oper ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Lockheed Incident and Corporate Crime in the Aerospace Industry

companies with more superior products such as the McDonell Douglas Corporation, which affected the stockholders of the firm and the military capabilities with inferior planes, such as the Starfighter ...

(12 pages) 45 0 2.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Organization Environment

er individuals or partners who have legal ownership to the company. Board of directors is chosen by stockholders. They rarely get involved in how the company is being run; they just oversee the manage ...

(3 pages) 99 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The operations and production management in an insurance company.

onsThe two most common types of insurance companies are:- Stock company: - it sells stock to stockholders to raise the money necessary to operate the business. Stockholders are not necessarily ... ling insurance. Profits attributed to the operation of the company are returned as dividends to the stockholders, not the insured ones.Nothing prohibits stockholders from buying insurance from their o ...

(10 pages) 113 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management