Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is an American multinational corporation that provides information technology (IT) services and professional services. Its headquarters are located in Falls Church, Virginia. CSC has 74,000 employees in over 70 countries. Its clients include commercial enterprises and the U.S. federal government, as well as state, local and non-U.S. government agencies. In September 2009, when Xerox acquired Affiliated Computer Services, CSC became the only remaining major "hardware vendor independent" IT Service provider with headquarters and major operations in the US. CSC has been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995, ranked 185 in the 2014 rankings. The company also figures in the Forbes Global 2000 list. CSC was founded …show more content…
By 1963 CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange. By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the Netherlands. In the 70s and 80s CSC did expand globally winning large contract for the Finance and Defense industry and through acquisitions in Europe and Australia. Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California. On March 29, 2008, the corporate headquarters of the Company were relocated from El Segundo to Annandale, Virginia. CSC has been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995, coming in at 162 in the 2012 rankings. On May 2015 CSC announced plans to split the public sector business from its commercial and international business. CSC employs about 90,000 employees (as of March 24, 2015) in 70 countries and ranks among the leading IT service providers in the world. Geographically, CSC has major operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia and …show more content…
• In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized CSC for spending $4.39 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $305 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.67 billion. • In February 2011, the SEC launched a fraud investigation into CSC’s accounting practices in Denmark and Australian business. CSC's CFO Mike Mancuso confirmed that accounting errors and intentional misconduct by certain personnel in Australia prompted SEC regulators to turn their gaze to Australia. Mancuso also stated that the alleged misconduct includes $19 million in both intentional accounting irregularities and unintentional accounting errors. • The company has been accused of breaching human rights by arranging several illegal rendition flights for the CIA between 2003 and 2006, which also has led to criticism of shareholders of the company, including the governments of Norway and
Another case to futher prove that the CIA which claims to be a protector for the United States’s citizens are using methods to prove innoncence against corruption is the case CIA v. Richard Taus. Richard Taus, a FBI Special Agent and U.S. Army Lt. Colonel who know suffers fallacious sexual assault charges and is spending up to 90 years in prison after exposing criminal activity within the Central Intelligence Agency and the White House during the 1980. One of Richard’s first experiences were while in vitenam when Air America (CIA front operation plane) crashed in a jungle, initally it was employed as a troop transport but was a cover for its illegal drug running operations. When Taus came to the aid of the unharmed Air America pilots and offered
moving on the goverment is being accused of turning a blind eye to human rights in papa new guinea and investing of criminal proceeds in australia for the fear of loosing the righs to confine aslym seekers on manus
UCM:CPSW did a home visit and met with foster parent (Dorothy Bensalih), Emeri and Cantarah. Cantarah was playing with her IPad and Emeri. CPSW talked with Contrarah briefly and asked about school and any other concerns. Cantarah reported that she is doing well and excited about her new Ipad and plays with it after school. Emeri was sitting and playing with his sister during the meeting.
The commission also examined railroad companies and required annual reports. With scandalous histories ranging from persuading congressmen with railroad shares to favor funding them in
Drew Gartland Funding Source The Colcom Foundation mission is to foster a sustainable environment to ensure the quality of life for all Americans by addressing major causes and consequences of overpopulation and its adverse effects on natural resources according to its website. Funding interest for the Colcom foundation, at the regional level, supports programs that aggressively address natural resource preservation as well as farmland and wildlife habitat conservation. The proposal I am submitting for grant funding for wildlife conservation management falls into the criteria outlined in the Colcom Foundation.
Washington State CBA Computers are the lifeblood of everyday life. Computers allow us to communicate over long distances, learn, write essays, and most importantly play games. None of this would be possible without Microsoft. Wikipedia states “Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975 in Albuquerque New Mexico. The company was moved to bellevue Washington on January 1, 1979 and is still in Washington today.”
The misconduct of these agents is not only violating the 4th Amendment rights of American citizens it is also costing the tax payers millions of dollars in litigation
This proves that throughout the case, Cendant Corporation wasn’t acting fully ethical nor with the desired fiduciary actions to their investors and the auditing team in this case being Ernst&Young. Aside from the trust being broken apart between both, there was never a sign of an internal control inside Cedant. Therefore, there shows that the corporate governance for Cendant Corporation didn’t have signs of existence as well. Most frauds that were occurring before the implementation of the SOX-2002, had top management such as in Cendant that didn’t have care for the ethical performances as much as in today’s corporate world with more regulations in hand by the government. At the end, Cendant had filings against them concerning their corporate governance
Some of the arrest would falsely made by the agency. One arrest documented was a man name Zeitoun who was falsely arrested for theft and suspicion of being a terrorist. He
“Ethics is the discipline of determining good and evil and defining moral duties”. (Pollock, 2014) In this research paper I will look into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation program and the remarks of Director Brennan who claims this program was “abhorrent”. To support my conclusion, I will use facts from the report itself, and ethical models I have applied to determine if this program, and its methods were ethical.
They disregarded a person’s human rights just because of an accusation that they didn’t think or understand
1. What factors in the WorldCom case support the conclusion that CEO Bernie Ebbers Knew about the financial statement fraud? What factors support his defense that he did not know about the fraud? Bernie Ebbers Knew about the financial statement fraud because he was the one who encourage others to go into financial fraud because of the stock prices were going down, which was affecting his marginal loan. For that reason, he was trying to sell his stock, but the board of Directors lent him $341 million, along with 2% interest rate.
Dr. J.R. Bester founder of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is headquartered in McLean, Virginia and employ 40,000 people in 2013. This Aerospace and Defense industry offer products and services in the system integration, technical services and solution and scientific engineering. SAIC strengths are their loyalty they have from their clients by proving their customers with innovative merchandise that put the company ahead of others in their industry, with management marketing teams improving services through services and merchandises increasing company growth. The distributors that the support the company provides the company supplies are better than their competition (A, 2012).
Motilal oswal securities Ltd The Motilal oswal ltd company was the parent company of the Motilal oswal securities ltd, it was the subsidiary company. Motilal Oswal Company was established by Motilal oswal and Raamdeo agarwal in 1987 and gets the membership from the BSE. It got it final certificate of registration approval in the year 2010 from the securities and exchange board of India regarding the setup and expansion of the business of mutual funds in the country. Motilal oswal securities ltd was incorporated in the year 1994 and its main business is stock broking and wealth management. Motilal Oswal Company has 99.95 % holdings previously which became 100 % holdings In Motilal securities ltd .It was one of the subsidiary company of the
Background WorldCom, once known as one of the most powerful telecommunication organizations of the world, is now studied as a case of a fraudulent company that carried out unethical financial activities to cover its weakening position in the market. After some aggressive investment decisions, the company started to witness huge financial pressure. The management used various forged accounting entries to conceal its weakening position. Cynthia Cooper, Vice President Internal Audit, discovered the unethical activities and raised the issue with the management and relevant departments and received bitter responses. She carried out internal audits in her own capacity with her colleagues and compiled evidence against fraudulent activities.