...Case 10-10 An Offer You Can’t Refuse Fast Eddie, a publicly held company, manufactures and installs refrigeration systems for governmental and commercial applications. Fast Eddie is being investigated by a governmental agency for overpricing on government sales during the period from 2007 through 2009 as well as allegations of misrepresentations by one of Fast Eddie’s former officers, Sweet Lou. The criminal and civil investigations began in late 2009. In the prior fiscal year, the company’s auditors, CPAs-R-Us, obtained management’s representation and a letter from Fast Eddie’s independent legal counsel that indicated that the ultimate outcome of the investigation could not be determined and that any potential payment for the alleged breaches would not have a material effect on the financial statements. Accordingly, no accrual was recorded in the financial statements, and CPAsR-Us issued a standard unqualified opinion on Fast Eddie’s 2010 financial statements. Fast Eddie’s fiscal year-end is March 31. The government commenced its investigation into the allegations in late 2009 by obtaining a subpoena for all of Fast Eddie’s corporate records (both hard copy documents and computer files) related to government sales during the period in question. In 2010, the government provided Sweet Lou with a report detailing the allegations of defective pricing. At that time, Sweet Lou alerted the other officers at Fast Eddie of the manner in which he had prepared the documents in question...
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...Rhetorical Analysis: Sentence: “ I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Analysis: This sentence became well-known instantly after the release of the film “The Godfather”. It is originally comes from the novel 《The Godfather》. The intended audience is the reader of the book who is seeking to feel the power and influence of the “godfather”. In fact, the “ offer he can’t refuse” is used several times in the whole story but varies slightly by its meaning. Especially, “ make him an offer he can’t refuse” sends the audience a strong message of threat. “ Make him an offer” sounds like the “godfather” is being benevolent and giving you a considerable reward to accept his suggestion such as a large amount of cash. It is suitable for the “godfather”...
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...Case 10-10 An Offer You Can’t Refuse Fast Eddie, a publicly held company, manufactures and installs refrigeration systems for governmental and commercial applications. Fast Eddie is being investigated by a governmental agency for overpricing on government sales during the period from 2003 through 2005 as well as allegations of misrepresentations by one of Fast Eddie’s former officers, Sweet Lou. The criminal and civil investigations began in late 2005. In the prior fiscal year, the company’s auditors, CPAs-R-Us, obtained management’s representation and a letter from Fast Eddie’s independent legal counsel that indicated that the ultimate outcome of the investigation could not be determined and that any potential payment for the alleged breaches would not have a material effect on the financial statements. Accordingly, no accrual was recorded in the financial statements, and CPAsR-Us issued a standard unqualified opinion on Fast Eddie’s 2006 financial statements. Fast Eddie’s fiscal year-end is March 31. The government commenced its investigation into the allegations in late 2005 by obtaining a subpoena for all of Fast Eddie’s corporate records (both hard copy documents and computer files) related to government sales during the period in question. In 2006, the government provided Sweet Lou with a report detailing the allegations of defective pricing. At that time, Sweet Lou alerted the other officers at Fast Eddie of the manner in which he had prepared the documents in question...
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...concepts to be impulsive shopping, mood, compulsive buying, experiential shopping, possible self, self-esteem, and body esteem. These concepts fall under the topics of consumer behavior as well emotional shopping. Article overview The article “5 Ways to Stop Shopping Right Now.” by Gina Marinelli, focuses on emotional shopping, the cause of most retail compulsions, and how it can be avoided. People usually make the mistake of refraining from content promotion, choosing to focus on content creation instead. The term “retail therapy” is an attempt to shop when people usually feel boredom, sadness or anxiety. The article gives 5 scenarios of impulsive shopping. They are The Bored Buy, The Bummed-Out Buy, The Far-Flung Buy, The Offer-You-Can’t-Refuse Buy, and lastly, The Someday Buy. These strategy tips are very useful and effective for understanding consumer’s actions and can help tackle this behavior before it becomes habit. Concept Implication The Bored Buy The first scenario given in the article was The Bored Buy. When someone is home bored, they come across many e-commerce sites. Boredom has a major impact on online shopping simply...
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...Hence, Walter Cunningham is very well versed in farming. Walter can also be considered knowledgeable about farming because of how long he’s been helping his father harvest his crops. Although Walter is only in first grade, he’s as old as Jem, a fifth grader. Walter explains that the “Reason I can’t pass the first grade, Mr. Finch, is I’ve had to stay out ever’ spring an’ help Papa with the choppin’” (31-32). Usually, when someone has a lot of first hand experience with something, they are very well learned in that area. In this monologue, Walter states that he’s been helping his father with their family’s crops every year since at least first grade. Thus, Walter is an expert at farming. Walter also shows himself to have high morals. During lunch, on the first day of school the teacher, Miss Caroline, asks everyone to bring their lunches out. Upon noticing that Walter is without a lunch, she asks where his lunch...
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...demands the files. But if the company turns them over, it might be accused of violating the privacy of all those workers who had submitted to private medical exams. The company offers an abstract of the records, but the government insists on the complete files, with employee names. Then the company tries to obtain releases from all the workers, but some of them refuse. If you give the records to the feds, the company has broken its commitment of confidentiality. What would you do? Assuming that a federal health investigator wanted a report of your employee medical records, you know it’s wrong to give out information without employee consent. Only a few agree to discard information what should you do? According to Chapter 2, “Section 406 defines a code of ethics as written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote such behaviors as honest conduct, full disclosure in reports, compliance with all applicable laws and rules, prompt reporting of violations and methods for conforming to the code’s expectations.” Seeing that rules forbid them to hand out personal information they are stuck between two situations which could cause a dramatic outcome. On one side you have investigator trying to find a link as to where the cancer might have come from or began. On the other side before you allow an employee to purse a position with your...
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...fine print. You may think you’re signing a contract, but really you’re accepting a job with a specific title, job description, stipulations and salary. The economy is structured on the freedom to draw up a contract with a system of laws that can be enforced. Contracts that are freely entered into are not always read carefully by the signer. The signer may not be aware of the elements required to make the contract enforceable (Seaquist, G. and Coulter, K.). For example if the Fabulous Hotel hires you as head chef under a two year employment contract. If you don’t read the contract carefully then you will not know that in the small print it says “The below signed agrees not to work as a chef for another hotel in the same metropolitan area for a period of two years after leaving our employ”. Therefore, you can’t work for another hotel in the same metropolitan area for two years there are several items that makes this contract enforceable. The elements of a contract will include offer, acceptance, and legal consideration just to name a few. The offer expresses the willingness of both parties entering into a contract. Most of the time the offer is dated and will expired at the end of that date. Moreover, if the date is not there the contract is valid only when it is accepted or rejected. When the offer is reject it becomes invalid for example when someone has a house for sale and the other party rejects the offer because of the price the seller has an option to refuse to sell at...
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...abruptly refuses to write. When the narrator, the boss, asks for the reason, all Bartleby says is “I would prefer not to”. The narrator migrates his office to get rid of Bartleby after a long stretch of thought. Toward the end of the story, Bartleby refuses to eat and starves himself to death in prison. In spite of the fact that Bartleby is dead, his soul is still alive as the narrator is spooked by his otherworldly pride and is at battle with the standards of equity and profound quality of the rest of his life. Bartleby is a saint. He not only exhibits his braveness by going up against the unreasonable society, utilizing his self-control,...
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...Couplet Poetry Forms (You should be familiar with one longer and one shorter form) * Terza Rima * Sonnet ( English and Italian) * Villanelle * Viator * Ode * Concrete Poetry * Computer Poetry * Haiku * Ballad * Canticle * Sestina * Tanka * Ghazal * Rubaiyat stanza * Clerihew * Epigram Sound Devices * Rhyme/Meter * Alliteration * Assonance * Consonance * Onomatopoeia * Repetition * Critical Theory (four schools) If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's gonna call me "Point B." Because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand." And she's going to learn that this life will hit you Hard. in the face; wait for you to get back up, just so it can kick you in the stomach, but getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. IMAGERY There is hurt here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry. So the first time she realizes that Wonder Woman isn't coming, I'll make sure she knows she doesn't have to wear the cape all by herself. Because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. SYMBOLISM ...
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...Couplet Poetry Forms (You should be familiar with one longer and one shorter form) * Terza Rima * Sonnet ( English and Italian) * Villanelle * Viator * Ode * Concrete Poetry * Computer Poetry * Haiku * Ballad * Canticle * Sestina * Tanka * Ghazal * Rubaiyat stanza * Clerihew * Epigram Sound Devices * Rhyme/Meter * Alliteration * Assonance * Consonance * Onomatopoeia * Repetition * Critical Theory (four schools) If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's gonna call me "Point B." Because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand." And she's going to learn that this life will hit you Hard. in the face; wait for you to get back up, just so it can kick you in the stomach, but getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. IMAGERY There is hurt here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry. So the first time she realizes that Wonder Woman isn't coming, I'll make sure she knows she doesn't have to wear the cape all by herself. Because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. SYMBOLISM ...
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...possible to spank your children? I think when the situation is something the child needs to learn, or continues to repeat without learning, than yes a spanking is needed. Most parents will tell you they don’t ever want to be physical when it comes to punishing their child, which in some degree, is respectable. Let me ask you this however, how long before your kid learns to pretend to agree with what you are lecturing them on, or finds that they can ignore you? What about when they learn that if just saying sorry is all it takes for someone to stop lecturing them, and it becomes a new catchphrase to them? Are they really being disciplined and learning a lesson, or just finding a scape goat? Now I am not saying that every lesson needs to be taught through an aggressive way. Clearly there needs to be a balance between stern punishment and gentle punishment as it helps the child learn the difference from serious and minor wrongs. Now this can get tricky if the household has either one, or two parents. If living in a single parent home, it is easy to have the child respect the single parent as both the strict, and the gentle rule keeper. Now living in a two parent home, the parents have to make sure to be both stern and gentle. One parent may be preferable towards the other, but can't dabble in it too much as it teaches the child one parent may be more lenient towards certain rules. Now, the...
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...Facts: A father has said he may need to sell his car and two motorbikes after his daughter ran up a £4,000 bill playing 'free' games on his iPad. Lee Neale, 43, had his bank account frozen when Lily, 8, bought in-app extras while playing on the tablet using the password she had seen him entering when downloading items. Now he can't get a refund from Apple. Issue: 1. Whether or not there was a valid contract between Apple and this father? 2. Whether or not the transaction contract was valid? 3. Whether or not Apple has a right to refuse the refund? Law: Article 9 Capacity; Contract through Agent In entering into a contract, the parties shall have the appropriate capacities for civil rights and civil acts. Article 16 Effectiveness of Offer, Offer through Electronic Message An offer becomes effective when it reaches the offeree. When a contract is concluded by the exchange of electronic messages, if the recipient of an electronic message has designated a specific system to receive it, the time when the electronic message enters into such specific system is deemed its time of arrival; if no specific system has been designated, the time when the electronic message first enters into any of the recipient's systems is deemed its time of arrival. Article 51 Unauthorized Disposal of Property through Contract Where a piece of property belonging to another person was disposed of by a person without the power to do so, such contract is nevertheless valid once...
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...the majors because of racial discrimination. Troy refuses to let his son play football, claiming that he doesn't want Cory to suffer from the same sort of heartache that he went through.Cory was a great football player, Troy a protective father, didn't want his son to go through the same hardships he went through, overlooked because of racism, and it would be a waste of time and he should focus on working at the A&P Company. Though Troy Maxson definitely wouldn't win any awards because of the color of his skin, he's widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the American stage. Knowing that...
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...eyes. What type of life have I prepared for myself 10 years from now or even 20 years from now? Which brings me to the big question “Who are you”? I am a young black teenager trying to find my way. I spend most of my energy dreaming about making it in the world. I truly believe that miracles are within my reach if I stand tall and strong in what I believe in. Graduating from grammar school was one victory that started my path in the right direction. The feeling that my parents and family showed me on that day made me believe there were greater things to come. During my 4 years of high school I refuse to accept anything but the best, because perfection is extraordinaire. I was told by my mom the best and the most magnificent and beautiful things in this world come to us not because of who we are but because we have prepared ourselves, for what life has to offer. Through these 4 years I have hit some bumps along the way and I always try to remember what she has taught me along the way of my journey. I try not see things as they are and say ‘’Why” must I dream of things that never were and say to myself “Why Not Me”. I know as a child we were taught as an equal to all others but some may have greater talents and powers where I’m lacking, but I have greater in others areas where they can’t be touch. Taking the journey through life I refuse to stop my growth and progression by trying to emulate or follow anyone. I’m stepping out with courage and developing what in meant to be in...
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...Genre Theory is where certain movies follow a certain type of formula. It starts with the characters portrayed, the settings and iconography; the elements usually lead to the expectations of the audience to be a particular type of movie. For example, The Little Mermaid is an iconic Disney musical. Musical Genre movies are “Films that focus on songs as a major element, whether sung by characters in a realistic context such as a nightclub, or sung in lieu of dialogue to further the plot and express emotions (Goodykoontz & Jacobs 2014)”. Musicals aren’t just movies like The Little Mermaid; they can also be musical documentaries or concert films (Goodykoontz & Jacobs 2014). The Little Mermaid follows the story of a young beautiful mermaid princess, Ariel, who falls in love with a human prince, Eric. After the opening title sequence, the film starts out with King Triton, Ariel’s father, at a concert given by his seven daughters. They sing a musical number introducing themselves when they get to Ariel’s part; the girls notice the princess is absent. Ariel and her best friend, a tropical fish named Flounder, are treasure hunting in sunken ships. Once she gets the things she admires, she takes it to her hiding place and sings the iconic song, “Part of Your World”. As Ariel is finishing her song, she looks up and sees a shadow of a ship going over her kidding place. She decides to go to the surface to check it out, which is forbidden by her father, this is when she sees Prince Eric...
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