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Preventing the Next Enron
Get PDFEnron an American energy corporation was involved in one of the biggest cases of corporate fraud of the 21st century. In recent times, corporate scandals have been a major issue of public policy. These scandals have brought into question current legislation and the integrity of businesses. The purpose of my thesis is to portray corporate environments that would be prevalent for fraud and how to prevent it. Establishing a strong ethical business culture is the greatest factor to preventing corporate fraud. Business culture is a mechanism that aligns values of the company with organizational processes and creates a natural selection process. This natural selection process is where people who don’t share the same values are eliminated. I will be using the failures of Enron as proof that an organization’s culture is the greatest factor to preventing corporate fraud. Enron’s poor leadership created an unethical organizational culture. Leaders are the role models and they form the basis for what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior in an organization
The Dr. Bates Sanitarium in Jamestown, 1900-1944
No full textIn the late nineteenth century, Jamestown on Conanicut Island was considered an ideal summer resort. Its sea breezes brought comfort in the summer heat, and its beauties included peaceful pastures and panoramic views of Narragansett Bay. The island also had a reputation for being especially healthful. In 1881, the Newport Daily News, quoting statistics from the State Board of Health, reported, “the rate of mortality [in Jamestown] is less than in any other town in the state.” The organization that continued in its role as health facility the longest was the Dr. Bates Sanitarium. The term sanitarium, alternatively spelled sanatarium, generally refers to establishments that focus on restorative methods and cures. When spelled sanatorium, the term refers to institutions serving those with communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis.5 Following the Civil War, spa-like sanitariums appeared across the country. Dr. Bates Sanitarium in Jamestown, founded in 1900 and continuing in operation until 1944, was a true sanitarium. It operated as part resort, part a place for rest and recuperation, and part nursing home for the chronically ill. Except for short periods of epidemics, the sanitarium did not treat communicable diseases
Charles Lovatt Bevins, Jamestown’s English Architect
No full textCharles Lovatt Bevins (1844-1925) was an unlikely figure to have such a prominent role in establishing the architectural character of Jamestown. For starters, he was English, having been born in Manchester in 1844. No record has been found of his architectural training or of any commissions in the United Kingdom, but, before he immigrated to Boston in 1878, he was a practicing architect in New Brighton, England, near Liverpool. Interestingly, New Brighton was a summer resort accessed by ferry from Liverpool, giving it some semblance to Jamestown. Bevins’s work is less recognized than it might be because his buildings differ so much from one another. Most of Bevins’s forty-six known buildings were on Conanicut. His designs were mostly for summer cottages, large and small, but also included churches, a hotel, and an office block
The Naval Historical Collection, 1969-2009: Forty Years of Collecting Naval History
No full textThe Naval War College’s Naval Historical Collection was established in 1969 as a division of the Naval War College Library in response to a need for the professional care of archival, manuscript, and special collections materials dating back to the eighteenth century that had been donated over the years. In February of 1969, an archivist was hired to reconstitute the college archives that had been dispersed to various Federal Records Centers. Slowly, manuscripts and special collections materials relating to the designated collecting themes—the Naval War College, naval warfare, and the navy in Narragansett Bay—were collected, organized, and catalogued. In 1976, an oral history program began that focused on interviewing college faculty and staff
Counting Girls In - Gender Issues in Science and Mathematics: An Examination of the Research Concerning Innate and Socio-Cultural Gender Differences in the Fields of Science and Mathematics in an Effort to Promote More Female Participation
Get PDFIn today\u27s world, there is an increasing demand for people in the technological fields. Fewer females than males pursue careers in physical sciences, engineering, and computer science in the United States presenting a loss of needed mathematicians and scientists. Gender differences related to mathematics and science is a complex arena of study, involving both innate biological differences combined with socially constructed ideas about gender in society. Through an in-depth investigation from educational, cognitive, and social psychology perspectives one will be able to determine how innate and socio-cultural factors contribute to the shortage of needed mathematicians and scientists in the United States
Technology in defense of tradition: Basque nationalism in the information age
No full textThis dissertation addresses the question, “How have Basque nationalists in Spain utilized technology and the media to advance their drive for self-determination?” In spite of violence and cultural disjointedness that has plagued the Basque nationalist movement since its founding in the late nineteenth century, the current Basque regional government has embraced technology to foster nationalism and transition the region from an industrial base to an information age hub. By analyzing the unique Basque condition, this dissertation explores how technology and media can help build a nation-state and enable cultural development
Mercy Day, 1947
No full textThe formal opening of Salve Regina University on Mercy Day.Front of photograph: Blessing. Formal Opening- September 24, 1947. Mercy Day.The opening of Salve Regina College was celebrated on Mercy Day, September 24, 1947.1947. Black and white photograph. 20.32 x 30.48 cm. (8 x 12 in.)https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/heritage/1048/thumbnail.jp
“No Responsibility and No Rice”: The Rise and Fall of Agricultural Collectivization in Vietnam
Get PDFCommunist leaders in Vietnam attempted to use agricultural collectivization to transform a poor, agrarian country into a modern, socialist nation with an industrialized economy. Collectivized agricultural production lacked sufficient economic incentives for Vietnamese farmers; they preferred to produce privately for household consumption or the free market. State-initiated reforms to collectivize agriculture failed to improve the performance of the agricultural sector and eventually the Vietnamese Communist Party was forced to abandon collectivization altogether. Once farmers were freed from collective labor and could pursue private production for the free market, Vietnam’s agricultural output skyrocketed
The Injustices Inflicted on Nonviolent Offenders in the U.S. Correctional System
Get PDFThis thesis explores the U.S. correctional system in order to determine its most serious problems and call for a change in policy in order to eliminate the injustices within the system. Prisons are not benefiting inmates, correctional officers, or society. The goal of rehabilitation of inmates is a failed one. Inmates are destroyed in prison; they lose connection with the outside world, they suffer from the harsh realities of prison life, and they return to society worse off than when they entered prison. Current prisons are degrading the inmates through its dismal atmosphere, its extreme violence, and its culture. Society does not benefit from the prison system because, although offenders are off the streets while incarcerated, ninety-five percent of U.S. inmates return to the streets and they return as unproductive and sometimes dangerous citizens. Prisons are not efficient economically. Money would be better used in a way to rehabilitate offenders in order to reduce recidivism rates. A change in policy needs to take place in order to provide justice to nonviolent offenders by removing them from the prison system and instead focusing on alternative sentencing options that will truly benefit and rehabilitate them. The sentencing structure, the correctional system, and the reentry process are all in dire need of serious changes to help benefit society as a whole. There is a critical problem in the operation and use of our country’s correctional institutions. In order to rehabilitate nonviolent offenders into productive citizens, eliminate the injustices within the correctional system, facilitate the reintegration process, and use time and money effectively and efficiently, it is necessary to make a change in policy, withdraw nonviolent offenders from the U.S. prison system and instead utilize alternative sentencing