Essays Tagged: "Tyco"

Tyco Case Study

Tyco Case StudyI have chosen the topic listed below for my Research Paper. I found it to be a very i ... s that are now in place, in Ireland, to prevent a repeat occurrence.The example I chose was that of Tyco international as it is topical and it epitomises what I believe is a question at the heart of i ... estion at the heart of investigating Corporate Fraud: Is it still ethically wrong if everyone gains?Tyco InternationalTyco International, Ltd., a corporation that makes a diversity of products, from h ...

(9 pages) 432 0 4.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 and the Effect on the Business Environment

try and much more. This law was in direct response to the failure of corporate governance at Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom. The Sarbanes - Oxley seeks to bring back the confidence in all publicly held cor ... even authored it; it is how corporations will comply to this extensive piece of legislation.Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom all were under much scrutiny in the last couple of years because of personal loan ...

(11 pages) 936 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Corporate Governance research paper

alth of corporations and society in general. This scrutiny was provoked by the Enron, World Com and Tyco scandals.Corporate governance is difficult to define because it potentially covers a large numb ...

(5 pages) 595 1 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Business Ethics make Good Business Sense

receding the revelations of creative accounting and outright lies by companies such as WorldCom and Tyco. Economies of other nations were directly affected by the unethical actions of a few men and wo ... r Kant's Categorical Imperative. But one wonders what the answer would be from a person like CEO of Tyco International, Dennis Kozlowski would say. Or what WorldCom CEO, Bernard J. Ebbers would reply ...

(5 pages) 316 0 3.8 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Pathology of failure in governance VS the board's real strategic contribution.

llapses and scandals occurred at some famed multinational firms like Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, and Tyco in U.S.A, HiH in Australia, Brenner Vulkari and Metatlgesellschaft in Germany, BCCI in the UK, ...

(13 pages) 140 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Enron, WorldCom, HIH, Qantas NZ, etc-Corporate governance failure!

since collapses and scandals occurred at some famed multinational firms like Enron, WorldCom, HiH, Tyco, Adelphia etc. over the past 2 years. These corporate events that took place in the range of wo ...

(12 pages) 510 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Business and Government Intervention of Business

This week, former Tyco CFO Mark Swartz and former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski, were both sentenced in the Tyco Fraud cas ... ars in jail for both in a crowded New York courtroom. They also were fined $134 million returned to Tyco, Swartz $35 million; Kozlowski was fined $70 million. The total amount of fines between the two ... ment has been intervening in business a lot recently. Between the WorldCom case, Enron and recently Tyco, the SEC has been working overtime. Without the government's intervention, these scams could st ...

(1 pages) 73 1 1.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

US FIN 324 Ethics Article Review

Ethics have always played a large role in business, however since the highly publicized Enron, Tyco and WorldCom scandals, the importance of educating students on these ethics have come to the fo ... arbanes-Oxley Act has made an impact on most organizations, including Honeywell, in the wake of the Tyco, Enron, WorldCom scandals, financial ethics are now regular policies and procedures in our ever ...

(3 pages) 1006 1 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Analyzing Trends in Organizational Behavior

als, or ethics to govern the population.In this day in age, with corporate scandals like Enron, and Tyco and others it is critical for corporations to hold true to some form of fundamental ethical bas ...

(4 pages) 110 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Profit and Shareholder Wealth Comparison Paper

ferent, seemingly unrelated businesses”. Two major companies such as General Electric (GE) and Tyco are classified as conglomerates. Analyzing the market-to-book ratios of the two companies will ... ck equity has to be taken away from the equity; however, GE did not have any preferred stock equity.Tyco is a model of sophisticated and innovative manufacturing and service employing 250,000 employee ...

(4 pages) 171 0 3.7 Jun/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Management Planning Paper: Tyco International Ltd.

planning on management's part is needed to lay out the foundation and goals the company will pursue.Tyco believes that good authority requires not only an effective set of specific practices but also ... t of specific practices but also a culture of responsibility throughout the firm, and governance at Tyco is intended to optimize both (Tyco, 2004). Tyco also believes that good governance ultimately d ...

(5 pages) 362 1 4.7 Sep/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Organizational Behavior Trends Paper

nd illegal business practices that highlight unethical behavior in the workplace, such as Enron and Tyco, the demand for changes in companies and those who run them is immense. Corporate values, missi ...

(3 pages) 107 0 5.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Analysis of Companies Add Ethics Training; Will...

p Morris regain the publics trust.Also discussed in the article was the Enron, Arthur Anderson, and Tyco scandals. Enron which had an ethics program in place decided to wave its ethics code in order t ... convicted of obstructing justice, by destroying documents having to do with their audits of Enron. Tyco?s chief compliance officer was indicted on charges of falsifying records in order to hide more ...

(2 pages) 54 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

World Wide Trade

uch that it can hurt the company?s bottom line and can cause falsified financial statements, i.e. - Tyco, Enron. The first hindrance on international trade is cross-culture marketing. Another hindranc ...

(6 pages) 55 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

ETHICS ARTICLE REVIEW

ar basis. This is seemingly a case of over-reaction with the major scandals of Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco. These high profile cases are out of the ordinary and this appears to be a case of punishing th ... thur Anderson the external auditor for Enron, but was also found to be the auditor for WorldCom and Tyco, two other companies that were found to be artificially inflating their profits.This article hi ...

(3 pages) 74 0 0.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

A conglomerate under fire

In 1960, Arthur Rosenburg founded Tyco when he opened a laboratory to do experimental work the United States government. It wasn’ ... ork the United States government. It wasn’t until 1962, Rosenburg incorporated the business as Tyco Laboratories. The company’s focus was on energy conservation products and tech materials s ... as on energy conservation products and tech materials science for commercial use. In September 1964 Tyco went public and began its acquisition of other companies to enlarge its development and distrib ...

(5 pages) 49 0 3.7 Aug/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Management Planning Document

ter contingency plans are used.This document will discuss the legal, ethical and social issues that Tyco International (Tyco) has faced and how those issues affected Tyco's management planning. Second ... nagement planning. Secondly, this document will attempt to analyze the factors that have influenced Tyco's strategic, tactical, operational and contingency planning.Tyco was founded in 1960 by Arthur ...

(4 pages) 86 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Accounting Reporting Criteria

ory environment has drastically changed in the United States. The drastic change was done after the Tyco and Enron sandals were uncovered. The new changes are designed to help protect the American pub ... help protect the American public who invest in companies in the United States of America. After the Tyco and Enron sandals, a light bulb went off at the government. The government finally realized tha ...

(4 pages) 152 0 0.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Tyco and Ethics and Management

University of PhoenixThis paper will evaluate the planning function of the Tyco Company and analyze the impact that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibilities ... y scandal over the accounting practices of some of the biggest corporations in the world, including Tyco International Incorporated. Tyco's top executives were indicted and convicted of fraud charges ... umbrella stand shaped like a poodle. Unlike most of the companies targeted by those investigations, Tyco survived the scandals and is still in business today because it changed the way that it operate ...

(4 pages) 82 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Communication, Collaboration, And Conflict Management. Application to Tyco

leadership behavior, ethics, and compliance review are more prominent today. Training policies for Tyco will provide all staff with the knowledge and skills necessary to take action and improve the r ... leadership from the top is necessary to define and provide the commitment to quality and culture at Tyco.Tyco could certainly benefit from training on working effectively as a team, not just individua ...

(4 pages) 63 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management