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" Handbook of frauds, scams, and swindles : "
edited by Serge Matulich, David M. Currie.
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973187
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b727557
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Handbook of frauds, scams, and swindles : : failures of ethics in leadership /\ edited by Serge Matulich, David M. Currie.
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| Publication Statement
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Boca Raton, FLA :: CRC Press,, ©2009.
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xxii, 392 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1420072854
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: 9781420072853
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The nature of honesty : exploring examples of the literacy hoax in America / Nancy M. Shelton -- Price adjustments under the table / Daniel Levy -- Charles Ponzi / Steven Pressman -- Farm-town boy to international fugitive / Patrick Kuhse [and others] -- Oscar Hartzell and the estate of Sir Francis Drake / Steven Pressman -- A concrete example of fraud at the Fort Worth Independent School District / Arnold J. Barkman -- My (s)old Kentucky home : the Erpenbeck homebuilder case / James Cashell, Brian Ballou, and Dan L. Heitger -- ZZZZ Best : taking investors to the cleaners / Trish Isaacs -- The city slickers share price scam / Paul Barnes -- Martin Frankel / Steven Pressman -- Human experimentation involving radiation, syphilis, and scurvy / Matthew T. Lee and Jeannine A. Gailey -- Doctoring the data : ethical failures in medical research / Kevin L. Sisemore -- From fraud to Holocaust : The protocols of the elders of Zion / Christopher J. Ferguson -- The China aviation oil scandal / Kevin T. Jackson -- The SH oil and gas exploration scandal / Philip R. Murray -- The Spanish cooking-oil scandal : toxic oil syndrome or cover-up? / James P. Johnson -- Adelphia Communications: the public company that became a private piggy bank: a case of fraud in the Rigas family firm / Roland E. Kidwell -- High stakes and high energy at Enron: the meteoric rise and fall of the "Crooked E" / Stephen F. Hallam, Roger C. Mayer -- The inside story of the Parmalat scandal: family leadership gone wrong in a multinational group / Bahram Soltani, Flora Soltani -- Royal Ahold: leadership failure and "Big Bath" accounting / Bahram Soltani, Flora Soltani -- The Vivendi debacle: the fallen superstar / Bahram Soltani, Flora Soltani -- The fall of a giant: the case of Arthur Andersen & Co. / Bonita K. Peterson Kramer, Christie W. Johnson -- The fall of San Diego / Dwight V. Denison, Jonica L. Burke -- United Airlines: pensions, profits and ethics / Richard H. Fern, Judith W. Spain -- The HealthSouth family / Fannie L. Malone, Richard Pitre -- Richard Scrushy: the rise and fall of the "King of Health Care" / Steven A. Solieri, Andrew J. Felo, Joan Hodowanitz -- See no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil: Ernst & Young's ethical responsibility for the HealthSouth fraud / Steven A. Solieri, Andrew J. Felo, Joan Hodowanitz.
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Swindlers are found in every profession from people who repair appliances that already work to investment brokers who steal millions from their clients. Currie (finance and economics, Rollins College) and Matulich (emeritus, accounting, Rollins College) believe that there are warning signs of a scam artist at work. They are as varied as individuals embezzling funds, authors making up facts, corporate greed, such as Enron and Vivendi, to medical experiments on unknowing individuals and the falsification of research data. One section deals exclusively in cases when the watchdog is either incompetent or in on the scam. The stories of corruption among the high and mighty make good reading. The analysis of each debacle shows how easily the general public can be fooled, with tips on how not to let these things happen so often. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Fraud-- United States, Case studies.
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Swindlers and swindling-- United States, Case studies.
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Fraud.
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Swindlers and swindling.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.16/30973
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HV6695.H28 2009
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Currie, David M.,1946-
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Matulich, Serge.
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