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Nana, Master of Servant ([personal profile] dominochan) wrote2004-02-23 07:26 pm

The Corporate View of the Howard Concern

Geese Howard. Philanthropist. CEO. Crime Lord. His foundation, The Howard Concern, is one of the most prominent businesses in Southtown, if not the state. While other corporations such as Enron have fallen over corrupt business practices, The Howard Concern has remained afloat over the past several years, however even this powerful foundation has its problems.

Competition has been gaining against the powerful foundation. Other domestic warlords have tried numerous times to dethrone Mr. Howard and his company. Mr. Big, a well-known pimp, is one rival to Geese, sending several henchmen to the Howard Concern's prosperity. Another opponent to the Concern is Hong Kong arms dealer Ryuji Yamazaki. Mr. Howard has frequently contracted Yamazaki to fight for him, but the Japanese crime lord would like nothing more than to rid the world of Geese and keep the company for himself. Other large corporations, such as the Bernstein Connection (headed by the megalomaniacal Rugal Bernstein), and NESTS (led by an unusual assortment of workers) would love to take over the concern, but so far all attempts at such a feat have failed.

Not all people see the Concern as a legitimate business, especially in its native Southtown. Terry Bogard, a long-time resident and local street fighter, opposes the Howard Concern, seeing as the head is said to be responsible for the death of his father, Jeff. Terry's younger brother Andy and their mutual friend Joe Higashi have tried many times to bring down the Concern. Though they've failed, they still keep fighting.

Another family that fights against Geese is the Sakazaky clan. Originally this Japanese-American family was against Mr. Big and his operation, but recently they've been aiding the Bogards in bringing the Howard Concern down. Many other people, mainly fighters, are still working together to bring the Concern to an end for their own personal reasons.

Security is becoming very stagnant with the Concern over the past few years. While it doesn't seem like much of a fault at first, security with a company can be the difference between life and death. Geese only keeps three other men around him at all times: Ripper (a silent, stoic man), Hopper (an older, loyal guard), and Geese's most trusted right-hand man, William "Billy" Kane. These three bodyguards are the Concern's main line of defense, and while Ripper and Hopper stay in the background, Billy's the most recognized guard. They are loyal to Geese no matter what, but what about the rest of the company? Compared to other large corporations, there isn't much security outside these three men. It is unknown why Geese retains such low security, but if he doesn't beef it up he could be in serious jeopardy in terms of information leakage and physical assults on his buildings.

Many other factors along with these plague the Howard Concern, but the company keeps itself up and running. Perhaps Geese has his own secrets on how he's remained in business so long, despite his own brushes with death. The Concern may be still going, but soon it will be going the way of the dinosaur if it doesn't shape up soon.

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As you can see I like making serious papers about ficticious companies.

Billy: Can I get a raise now, sir?

Geese: ........... no.

[identity profile] buttsexskingz0r.livejournal.com 2004-02-23 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
no mention of the art of fighting team, no mention of the other specific teams...no kim, 85 is your grade.