English Writing 1101 Research Essay Citations

Andrew McTigue

Professor Young

English Writing 1101

17 November 2016

Anderson, William. “Facts, Fiction, and the Fourth Estate: The ‘Washington Post’ and ‘Jimmy's World.”’ The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 63, No. 5, Nov. 2004, pp. 965-986.

Within hours of news of the deaths of at least seven Americans due to Tylenol painkiller consumption in 1982, Tylenol manufacturer Johnson and Johnson ordered a total recall of all its products from supermarkets. As a result, the manufacturer was able to rebound its reputation as one of the most respectable corporations in the United States.

 

Li, Yuhao. “The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron.” International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 5, No. 10, Oct. 2010, pp. 37-41.

Enron is one of the most infamous examples of the company that faced the humiliating irony of destroying its reputation by trying to keep one that is strong.  The senior executives of the corporation participated in accounting fraud as a way “to protect their reputations and their compensation as the most successful executives in the U.S.” The gamble, however, proved catastrophic, as executives became forced to file for the largest bankruptcy any American had seen at that time.

Smith, Randall. “Wall Street Mystery Features a Big Board Rival.” The Wall Street Journal, 16 December 1992. Web.

 “Mr. Madoff is one of the masters of the off-exchange "third market" and the bane of the New York Stock Exchange. He has built a highly profitable securities firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, which siphons a huge volume of stock trades away from the Big Board.”

“Mr. Madoff's firm can execute trades so quickly and cheaply that it actually pays other brokerage firms a penny a share to execute their customers' orders, profiting from the spread between bid and asked prices that most stocks trade for.”

Twenty years later, reports of a Ponzi scheme left the Madoff name to become synonymous with narcissism, corruption and evil, especially in the world of business. One decision in his career caused devastation to the reputation of his family and his field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essay 3 Thesis

Andrew McTigue

Professor Young

English Writing 1101

10 November 2016

 

The characters in Rene Steinke’s novel Friendswood face a crisis that centers on an inequality of reputation. Citizens condemn those who seek positive change through their words and actions as purely, “after some glory,” while they worship those who have knowingly caused crippling harm to the health and livelihood of others (Steinke 47). The only effective solution for balancing such a toxic social hierarchy is for the characters to act and speak as if they do not care about their image to their family and peers.

The following video represents people who wanted to keep a positive reputation to their competitors, only to endure the most devastating consequence in their field.

 

 

1)      Why does Lee appear so uncaring about the image she projects to the EPA?

2)      How many wrongdoings can someone commit before he damages his reputation beyond repair?

3)      Why do the Friendswood citizens forgive Hal’s wrongdoings more easily than Lee’s alleged wrongdoings?

4)      In what ways does reputation affect our personal and professional relationships?

5)      How would your reputation with family members and peers affect your use of blame?

6)      Why do people with poor reputations tend to hold unusually high intelligence?

7)      Why does Lee feel the need to accept all accountability for the social and economic effects of the chemical dumping, even when she knows the EPA is to blame?

8)      Could it be that a bad reputation in the public eye have more consequences than a poor reputation in the eyes of family?

9)      Why was it that an explosion changed Lee’s reputation greater than any of her statements to city council?

10)  Why do words define your reputation in society, yet your actions define your reputation with your family?