When hyping technology is a crime

The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, former chief executive officer (CEO) of the high-flying, privately held, American medical diagnostics company Theranos, has riveted the public for years. A bestseller, a documentary, and a seemingly endless stream of news stories have chronicled the drama, which came to a climax last week when a jury decided that Holmes committed fraud. Although a verdict has been rendered, it’s worth examining how the culture of science innovation contributed to the problem. For too long, fledging companies promoting technological and scientific advances have relied too much on style and not enough on substance.

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GreatDeal and NewChicken Merger: Designing an Omni-Channel Supply Chain

INFORMS Transactions on Education ◽

10.1287/ited.2019.0233cs ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Burcu B. Keskin ◽

Emily C. Barbee

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Chief Executive Officer ◽

Chief Executive ◽

Vice President ◽

Data Sources ◽

Monday Morning ◽

News Stories ◽

Personal Level

On Monday morning, Alice Smith, vice president of supply chain (VP-SC) for GreatDeal, sat at her desk wondering how she and Rosie Dartmouth, the supply chain executive for NewChicken, are going to navigate the merger between their two companies. The merger was finalized last Friday, and NewChicken is now absorbed into GreatDeal. This week, Alice and Rosie, along with their team of experts, have to start the long and arduous process of reconfiguring their now combined supply chains to ensure the most profitable path for the company. Alice and Rosie are expected to give a presentation to the new chief executive officer, Michelle Shalhoub. The expectations from the merger are high, and there is no room for error. Furthermore, Ms. Shalhoub is known for asking for multiple competitive proposals so that she has the option to choose the best one. Depending on which proposal Ms. Shalhoub accepts, Alice may stay in her position as a VP or she may lose her title and office to Rosie. Hence, the stakes are high for Alice at a personal level too. As Alice took another sip of her coffee, she contemplated the changes and challenges ahead. She collected all of her notes on the merger, data sources, related news stories, and business magazines and then pulled up her sleeves to get started.

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Presentation of CEOs in the media: A framing analysis

European Journal of Communication ◽

10.1177/0267323118763876 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 271-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nora Denner ◽

Nicola Heitzler ◽

Thomas Koch

Keyword(s):

Chief Executive Officer ◽

Chief Executive Officers ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Chief Executive ◽

Framing Analysis ◽

The Public ◽

The Media ◽

One Magazine ◽

Executive Officers ◽

German Newspapers

Chief executive officers as representatives of their companies are increasingly the focus of attention from both the public and the media. The head manager represents the company and in some cases even personifies it. The growing exposure of chief executive officers has turned some of these individuals into celebrities and media stars. Some studies have shown that the image of the chief executive officer is closely linked to that of the company. However, the presentation of chief executive officers in media coverage has received little research interest. The present study aims to fill this research gap by conducting a content analysis of two German newspapers and one magazine published from July 2013 to June 2015 to assess chief executive officer press coverage. We focus on the personalization of chief executive officers in corporate coverage by deriving six frames which show that chief executive officers are presented very differently in the media, for example, as an individual or a representative of the company.

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APA Names Diaz-Granados Deputy Chief Executive Officer

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e500672019-001 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Chief Executive Officer ◽

Chief Executive

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How to Tell the Truth without Outraging the Press?

MedienJournal ◽

10.24989/mj.v30i2-3.290 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (2-3) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

Li Xiguang

Keyword(s):

News Media ◽

Public Affairs ◽

Chinese Government ◽

Government Officials ◽

The Public ◽

News Stories ◽

The Press ◽

The Media ◽

The Government ◽

Chinese News Media

The commercialization of meclia in China has cultivated a new journalism business model characterized with scandalization, sensationalization, exaggeration, oversimplification, highly opinionated news stories, one-sidedly reporting, fabrication and hate reporting, which have clone more harm than good to the public affairs. Today the Chinese journalists are more prey to the manipu/ation of the emotions of the audiences than being a faithful messenger for the public. Une/er such a media environment, in case of news events, particularly, during crisis, it is not the media being scared by the government. but the media itself is scaring the government into silence. The Chinese news media have grown so negative and so cynica/ that it has produced growing popular clistrust of the government and the government officials. Entering a freer but fearful commercially mediated society, the Chinese government is totally tmprepared in engaging the Chinese press effectively and has lost its ability for setting public agenda and shaping public opinions.

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Peregrine—Twenty Years of Fraudulent Cash Balances

Issues in Accounting Education ◽

10.2308/iace-50690 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 337-348

Author(s):

Randal J. Elder ◽

Diane J. Janvrin ◽

Paul Caster

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Chief Executive Officer ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Chief Executive ◽

Cash Balance ◽

Accounting Information System

ABSTRACT In July 2012, Peregrine Financial Group filed for bankruptcy following the discovery that $215 million in customer balances had been embezzled. Investigation revealed that its Chief Executive Officer, Russell Wasendorf, Sr., fooled auditors and regulators for 20 years by preparing fictitious bank statements and cash balance confirmations to hide the theft of cash. The fraud was uncovered when Peregrine's regulator, the National Futures Association (NFA), demanded that Peregrine participate in an electronic confirmation process for verification of customer accounts. This case discusses how the fraud was allowed to go undetected for 20 years, the importance of auditing cash, and how new electronic confirmation technology improves the ability to authenticate confirmation responses. The case is suitable for use in both auditing and accounting information system courses.

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