Homework Assignment – Use the Attached Word Document
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In this assignment, you must answer the “Answer Implying Guilty,” and the “Answer Implying Not Guilty” questions. Both responses must start by stating either “Yes” or “No” for each charge and a brief summary that explains why. One example of the first question was provided.

IMPORTANT: ALL IMPLYING GUILTY ANSWERS ARE NOT ALWAYS “NO” RESPONSES AND ALL IMPLYING NOT GUILTY ANSWERS ARE NOT ALWAYS ‘YES’ RESPONSES.

Question

Answer Implying

Guilty

Answer Implying

Not Guilty

EXAMPLE:

Could other DLP traders have manipulated GEDS’s transaction systems like Kerviel did?

No, the methods employed by Kerviel were so intricate that no one else could have replicated them.

Yes, Kerviel did not have to customize the systems in any way in order to conceal his unauthorized and fictitious trades.

1

Could other DLP traders have manipulated GEDS’s transaction systems like Kerviel did?

2

Was it typical for middle office employees to be promoted to the front office?

3

When Kerviel worked in the middle office, did he show any unusual aptitude for manipulating the transaction systems?

4

Did DLP have any rules or disincentives designed to deter traders like Kerviel from undertaking unauthorized trading?

5

Why did Kerviel make such huge bets when he did not derive any personal benefit from the profits?