Critical Thinking Homework
FRAUD CASEBOOK
Oil-for-Food
Read the following articles or other related articles regarding the Oil-for-Food case and then answer the questions below:
Reference
Windrem, Bob, "Korean Arrested on Oil-for-Food Scandal Charges," NBC News and News Services, January 6, 2006.
Lynch, Colum, "Former U.N. Oil-for-Food Chief Indicted," The Washington Post, January 17, 2007.
Lynch, Colum, "Park Sentenced to 5 Years in U.N. Oil-for-Food Bribery Scandal," The Washington Post, February 23, 2007.
Task
1) In what year was the oil-for-food program established?
2) How much money was devoted to the oil-for-food program?
3) How many persons associated with the oil-for-food program have been indicted?
4) When did the oil-for-food program end?
5) What event triggered the end of the oil-for-food program?
6) What was the name of the former U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's brother-in-law who was indicted related to the oil-for- food scandal?
7) What made monitoring the oil-for-food program so difficult?
8) Why has winning convictions related to oil-for-food been so difficult?
9) Describe the moral concerns associated with diverting money supposedly used to humanitarian needs to the pockets of a few individuals?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.