When good companies go bad : 100 corporate miscalculations and misdeeds / Donald W. Beachler and Thomas Shevory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shevory, Thomas C.

Shevory, Thomas C., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations--Corrupt practices--Case studies.

Corporations.

Corporations--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.

Corporate governance--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.

Corporate governance.

Management--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Covering the entire world of business from heavy industry to the financial houses of Wall Street, this book shines a spotlight on 100 of the most infamous cases of misconduct and malfeasance in corporate history. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. Abbott Laboratories: Medicare Fraud (2003)""; ""2. Abbott Laboratories: Off-Label Marketing of Depakote (2012)""; ""3. Abercrombie & Fitch: Employment-Related Race Discrimination (2004)""; ""4. Adelphia Communications: Securities Fraud (2005)""; ""5. Ahold: Accounting Fraud Related to Wholesale Food Vending (2005)""; ""6. AIG: Bid Rigging, Securities Fraud, and Tax Evasion (2006)""; ""7. AIG and PNC Financial Services: Securities Fraud (2003�2004)""

""8. Alabama Power: Clean Air Act Violations (2006)""""9. American Electric Power: Clean Air Act Violations (2006)""; ""10. AOL�Time Warner: Securities Fraud (2005)""; ""11. Apple: Collusion in the Pricing of e-Books (2013)""; ""12. AstraZeneca: Financial Misconduct in the Marketing of Zoladex (2003)""; ""13. AstraZeneca: Off-Label Marketing of Seroquel (2011�2013)""; ""14. Bank of America, UBS, GE Capital, and Wells Fargo: Fraud in the Municipal Bond Business (2012)""; ""15. Bank of America and Countrywide Financial: Mortgage Fraud (2011)""

""16. Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: Employment Discrimination against Women Financial Advisors (2013)""""17. Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: Mortgage Fraud (2012)""; ""18. Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline: Medicaid Fraud and Overcharging for Medication (2003)""; ""19. Bernard L. Madoff Securities: Operating a Ponzi Scheme (2009)""; ""20. Beverly Enterprises: Medicare Fraud (2000)""; ""21. Blodget, Henry: Securities Fraud while at CIBC Oppenheimer and Merrill Lynch (2003)""; ""22. Boeing: Employment-Related Gender Discrimination (2005)""

""23. Boeing: Violating Military Contract Procurement Rules (2004)""""24. BP: Largest Oil Spill in American History (2010)""; ""25. Bridgestone and Ford: Manufacturing and Design Defects Causing Tire Blowouts and Ensuing Crashes (2001�2005)""; ""26. Burlington Northern: Genetic Testing in Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (2001)""; ""27. Chiquita: Engaging in Transactions with a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Organization (2007)""; ""28. ChoicePoint: Breaches in Company Security Systems Resulting in Customer Identity Theft (2005)""

""29. Citigroup: Mortgage Fraud (2011 and 2012)""""30. Coca-Cola: Racial Discrimination Related to Employment (2001)""; ""31. Computer Chip Manufacturers (Hynix, Infineon, and Samsung): Price-Fixing (2004�2010)""; ""32. Countrywide Financial and Angelo Mozilo: Fraud and Insider Trading (2010)""; ""33. Dell: Accounting Fraud (2010)""; ""34. Dial: Workplace Sexual Harassment (2003)""; ""35. Dominion Energy: Clean Air Act Violations (2003)""; ""36. DuPont: Toxic Contamination Related to Chemical Production (2002�2011)""; ""37. Eli Lilly: Off-Label Marketing of Zyprexa (2009)""

""38. Enron Corporation: Financial Fraud (2006)""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216034889

9798216164470

9781610694056

1610694058

OCLC:

893917792