...Introduction: This document is meant for accomplishing the first assignment on the kind of communications model we are practicing in our current workplace along with observing the effects of diversity, competition, and ethics on the communications within our organization. Plus discussing two situations where communications within our workplace have been unsuccessful and finally analyzing the basis for the causes of those break downs is covered. Kinds of communication model used in DABS: My current workplace in Da Afghanistan Bereshna Sherekat (Afghan National Electric Utility), known as DABS providing electricity all over Afghanistan, DABS operates and manages electric power generation, import, transmission, and distribution throughout Afghanistan on a commercial basis, meanwhile DABS is a limited liability company with all its equity shares owned by the Government of Afghanistan , being as a government entity the communication model differ from other organizations, where DABS previously practiced administrative management communication approach , since funding by USAID under a project called KESIP (Kabul Electricity Service Improvement Program) human relations approach being adopted, where talented and more skilled employees are hired with a new notion of managerial communication skills. DABS workplace values the relationship between managers and workers and it emphasis on authority and discipline . The kind of models communication used in DABS is one-way communication,...
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...will be writing my paper on. Organization Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It is widely known for its web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including Yahoo Directory and Yahoo mail (Staff, 2012). Ethical Breach and Detection Yahoo hired Thompson as CEO in January 2012. On May 3, 2012 investor Dan Loeb, CEO of Third Point LLC, sent a letter to Yahoo’s Board of Directors (Prnewswire.com). The letter names a Yahoo SEC filing declaring that Thompson holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science from Stonehill College and that Loeb had reason to believe that the degree was in accounting only. Loeb questioned if Thompson had embellished his academic credentials and also questioned if the Board had failed to exercise appropriate diligence and oversight in one of its most fundamental tasks – identifying and hiring the Chief Executive Officer. Loeb suggests in the letter that Thompson was claiming to have earned a degree in computer science, a more serious charge than embellishing his B.S.B.A. with a non-existent minor. One official Yahoo biography and the Yahoo SEC filings stated: "Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and computer science from Stonehill College". Delegation statements filed with the SEC by eBay, Thompson's...
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...President William Aramony brought the organization to its knees for, variously, being a “sloppy President”, a serial womanizer, of exercising “poor judgment” (2) and of “haphazard” management practices. (3) Brief Chronology In late 1991 and extending into February 1992, the UWA Board of Governors ordered an independent internal investigation of long-time UWA President William Aramony for allegations of misuse of funds, fraud, tax evasion and illegal operation of satellite businesses. The investigation emerged in response to information provided (anonymously) by UWA staffers to LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., Chair of UWA’s Executive Committee, to inquiries from a Washington Post investigative reporter, and to demands from several UWA affiliate officials that Aramony be removed. At that time, several United Way local chapters also withheld their dues to the UWA pending the outcome of the investigation. On February 16, 1992, the Washington Post story broke. In a February 23, 1992, telephone conference, representatives from the “Big Ten” (10 of the largest 14 United Way chapters) called for Aramony to step down. He refused. Three days later, the UWA Executive Committee of the Board met in a...
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...the in house team consisting of the PriOption Oil CEO and directors on the improper fuel that was distributed to multiple states and several hundred stations. Many positives can come from this experience, the company learns the hurdles as well as puts into place a plan of action to remedy the situation as well as avert future occurrences. The company also learns the value of ethical choices and puts into place a written document outlining their Code of Ethics for all. Consumers are notified as well as U.S. and state officials to enable a cleansing remedy. What is PriOption Oil Selling As the Operations Chief of PriOption Oil it has become a concern that our oil & gasoline refining processes have exceeded government ethanol percentage ratings. After careful sampling it was discovered that 5 out of our 14 sites have had a ratio of ethanol to gas mixture problem for a month and they have distributed these excessive products to 10 states, comprised of 500 distribution stations. The problem has been remedied and all production levels have returned to proper ratios at this point. A remedy additive has been bottled and made ready for distribution to our customers as well as a preventative measure in keeping this from happening again. The obstacles now are in briefing the leadership and notifying the public and distribution centers. The Corporate Brief The first step is to present a detailed outline to the CEO on how the mistake was made, the time period of...
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...Is Scrabble a Sport? When it comes to determining what is classified as a sport, there are three areas that must be addressed. These three criteria are as follows, the action in question must have physical activity. It must have a competitive atmosphere around the event. Finally, it must have an official governing body. The event that I have chosen to research in order to judge its worthiness of sport-hood is Scrabble. The rules of Scrabble are players have 100 tiles consisting of different letters with different values for those letters. You need to make words and whatever word you make gives you a score. There are areas on the board where you can have double/triple word and letter bonuses depending where you play the length of your word. You are then rewarded a score and your opponent has to spell a word connected to your word in some form and through that connection you add up your scores as you go along. Physical activity is defined as rigorous exertion and complex physical skills. Regarding Scrabble, proponents of calling the game a sport such as Dave Brannan, CEO of Mind Sports International, in a BBC Sportshour video says that “Mental agility is a sport, if you were playing golf why would one hit a good shot or not? It’s the pressure, it’s the stress. It’s what is going on mentally, it’s not necessarily their swing or anything else physically. Everything in sport, even if you are a footballer…is being able to think under pressure”. (Brannan 2014) He argues that mental...
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...highlights of the summer’s activities include: Behind the Business Tours with corporate partners in the tri-state area Special assignments at the National Urban League Annual Conference Lunch with the President & CEO, National Urban League Interns Day on the Hill – a visit to the National Urban League Policy Institute in Washington, DC, and the opportunity to meet a legislator Work on The President’s Project - a special assignment from the President and CEO presented to Senior Leadership of the National Urban League at the end of the program Participate in the Black Executive Exchange Program Leadership Conference Lunch with National Urban League’s “Women of Influence” Lunch with National Urban League’s “Men of Influence” Who should apply? We are interested in students from a variety of academic backgrounds and majors who: Have demonstrated academic achievement Have strong interpersonal and communication skills Are enthusiastic and eager to learn about the National Urban League Are involved in extracurricular and community-related activities What are the application requirements? Official current academic transcript (minimum 2.8 GPA) Resume Two academic letters of recommendation One page essay...
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...COMMUNICATION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AT THE WORKPLACE IN REFERANCE TO PUBLIC SERVICE A PAPER PRESENTED DURING THE INTERNAL AWARENESS SEMINAR : UGANDA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BY HAJJI BOGERE ABBU PRINCIPAL HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER MOICT OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENTATION: At the end of the presentation participants should be able to: Define key concepts; Be familiar with the ways in which to communicate in the Public Service; Be familiar with the communication protocol in the Public Service, and Appreciate the do’s and don’ts of communication in the public service PRESENTATION OUTLINE Introduction, Hierarchy in the Communication, Do’s and don'ts in Communication; Channels of communication in the Public Service; Communication language in the Public Service and Conclusion. INTRODUCTION Communication is the process of transferring information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood by both sender and receiver. It is a process that allows organisms to exchange information by several methods. Communication is like a double-acting hinge, swinging outward to release your own ideas and swinging inward to receive the worthy thoughts of others. – Stacey Huish A two-way process of creating, transmitting and interpreting ideas, facts and feelings. There must be a sender (source) who facilitates the communication and a receiver to receive that message; ...
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...Acquisition on DirecTV by AT&T Phillip C. Warren, Jr. Professor Daniel Goldsmith BUS 508 – Contemporary Business February 17, 2015 AT&T to Acquire DirecTV On May 18, 2014 Dallas, Texas based AT&T announced it had entered into a definite agreement where AT&T would acquire El Segundo, California based DirecTV in stock-and-cash transaction exceeding $67 billion. This agreement had been approved by both Board of Directors (AT&T, 2014). AT&T has a market value of approximately $185 billion (Informitv Mutliscreen Index, 2014) and is the second largest leader in the US communications by providing wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed internet, voice and cloud-based services (AT&T, 2014). DirecTV is a satellite service company, the second largest pay-television operator in the country and valued at $40 billion (Informitv Mutliscreen Index, 2014). Why was DirecTV Acquired by AT&T DirecTV has over 20 million television subscribers, an increase of over 4 million over eight years (Linderberger, 2014). But DirecTV does not provide broadband connections of their own. DirecTV must partner with other provides to provide there service to their customers (Cox, 2015). This puts DirecTV at a disadvantage against cable and telecomm networks to offer video on demand. This opportunity would allowed DirecTV to have the capability of providing broadband service to its customer and continue to attract new customers. AT&T is ranked number five in the US for...
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...Government Regulation Research Paper 1 Crystal Carrothers Introduction Government regulation is around us everywhere. The government needs to make sure that the public’s interests are maintained and preserved. Being an accounting student, I have heard and read about regulation in the accounting industry numerous times. There have been many major accounting scandals in history that have lead to many different kinds of government regulation. The government regulations in accounting are mostly enacted to protect investors. From 2000 to 2002 there was an abundant number of large corporate accounting frauds, which led to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Previous regulations were efficient to a certain extent, but scandals still happened and more regulation seemed to always be needed. Even though the new SOX regulation seems powerful and efficient, I believe that there will always be a need for additional regulation in order to prevent future scandals. Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934 Summary of Regulation The stock market crash of 1929 resulted in the Securities Act of 1933. This act required that before a company an offer or sell securities in a public offering, they must register the securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The registration statement is used to notify the SEC that a sale of securities is pending and that the information needs to be disclosed to prospective buyers. This statement includes information about the issuer and its business...
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...Card/ Pan Card/ Passport etc. 4. Two recent Passport size photographs. 5. Letter of appointment will be issued to you on successful completion of six months of probation in organization. You are require to assume your appointment by 21st December ‘2012 We wish you a long and mutual faithful stay with us. Thanking you, Yours truly, HR DATAWIND INNOVATIONS PVT LTD. 4. The probation period will be for six months. Thereafter you may be conformed after your performance review, willingness and approval of the CEO. 5. You will be eligible for leaves and other benefits as per rules of the Company as in vogue or altered from time to time. The company has right to amend the rules, which shall be applicable to you. 6. The address given by you and shown in letter will be treated as your address for all communications. In case of any change you will immediately inform the Company, accordingly. 7. You will be observe strict secrecy in respect of information , and working for the Company, its procedure & practices. You will not divulge any information to anyone. 8. Internet Usage: Your job will entail extensive usage of internet while in office. You are expected to use it judiciously and maintain internet hygiene. Personal usage, chatting, download and crashing of data in any form and from any source ( Computers, Mobile Phones and any other official device that you used and shall return ) should be avoided, intentionally erasingof such...
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...before) and moved it to future reporting periods (Q4 of 2008 and later) because this materially overstated its financial performances in these later reporting periods. (Anatar, 2010). The Big O also admitted that it incorrectly amortized the expense related to restrict stock units based on the actual three year vesting schedule rather than a three year straight line amortization and applied an outdated forfeiture rate in calculating its expenses under the plans. While they were at it, they threw a bunch of other corrections that were not material either individually or in the aggregate, as the saying goes (Newquist, 2010). Once this type of magnitude is reached by an accounting error, it generally involves a number of top-lever company officials in both the executive and accounting departments. The accounting department’s core responsibilities are to provide managers and investors with information to make decisions. Management is responsible for a company’s financial statements. The most material and important impact is of the first point which is a blatant attempt of the company to publish misleading financial...
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...and incentives seem attractive, he should be able to discern the gross lack of ethics within the company. Viewing this case from both a spiritual and ethical perspective it was easy to see that New Gen is not the company for Benji. If Benji were to funnel this decision through his Christian worldview he would see the inconsistencies throughout. The negative articles which Benji had read while in the airport should have been the first sign that New Gen was not the ideal company. While, admittedly, it would be easy for one to find a negative article on just about any widely known company, the information contained within these periodicals should have enlightened Benji to a level of concern. One can not speculate that just because the CEO has had a pattern of building up companies and selling them off at their financial height that he would do this again. It is the fact that New Gen is a “ big contributor” to Planned Parenthood that should have been alarming. Could Benji sleep well at night knowing that he was aiding the abortion of children? I would reason that his Christian morals would prevail, and that he would shutter at the thought that he would support such an organization. God declares, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness (Genesis 1:26, English Standard Version).” When God created mankind, He created beings that are His image-bearers. We are all individually valuable to God. We exhibit specific characteristics as humans that reflect God. As Christians...
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...great depression. The film’s writer and director Charles Ferguson contends that the collapse of the financial industry could have been prevented had there been more regulation of Wall Street. He clearly establishes his line of reasoning through a series of interviews with many of the major players in government and the financial industry who indirectly and in some cases directly contributed to the financial fiasco of 2008. The financial collapse was caused by three main contributing factors; first, a toxic sub-prime mortgage market engineered by the financial industry; second, government’s failure of regulatory enforcement of the financial industry and Wall Street; and third, a collusive relationship between business leaders and government officials elected to curtail the same crisis they helped create. The financial collapse of 2008 resulted from a toxic sub-prime mortgage market engineered by an out-of-control industry that led to its inevitable implosion. In September 2008, the global financial market was rocked to its core when the sub-prime market tanked. As a result, a global recession followed and the national debt doubled, millions of people lost their life savings and were left unemployed. The film Inside Job highlights much of the underpinnings surrounding what has been called by Ferguson “the heist of the century.” The collapse didn’t just happen though; as the film depicts,...
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...Limited started banking operation on 11th of May, 1999 & commenced commercial operation on 3rd June, 1999; and since then it is trying to satisfy customers’ needs in full speed. The credit department of the bank plays a vital role in keeping its operation smooth. In the case, the relationship of banker & customer take the form of creditor and debtor. Standard Bank offers different types of loans and advances, which are mainly, categorized under 2 heads, namely Small Enterprise Loan & Consumer Financing. The various types of loans that fall under the category of Small Enterprise Loan are: Easy Commercial Loan, Retailers Loan, Transport Loan, Commercial House Building Loan, Possession Right Loan, Contractor’s Loan, Letter of Guarantee, Working Capital Loan, Letter of Credit, Loan against Imported Merchandise, Loan against Trust Receipt, Builders’ Loan, & Project Loan. And the loans under Consumer Financing are: Easy Loan, Consumer Durable Loan, Parua Loan, Thikana Loan, Flexi Loan, Peshajeebi Loan. This report highlights the loan policies of Standard Bank Limited; explain different issues regarding the disbursement of loans such as: sector where loans are provided, purposes of the loan, eligibility to get loans, documents required, interest charged on loans, & also the rate of penal interest in case of late repayment. From my observation, some weaknesses of the loan policies of Standard Bank Limited are detected, such as high interest rate, charging of loan processing fee,...
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...were committed by the companies Enron, World Com and Tyco. All three CEO/CFO’ks of these companies’ indulged in malicious intend to create a better financial standing within the company and for themselves. All of them were ethically wrong, regardless of the details. These individuals violated many different ethical principles which lead them all to be charged with criminal offenses and jail time. Enron used an accounting method known as “mark to market.” With this practice, the price or value of a security was recorded on a daily basis to calculate the profits and losses. Using this method allowed Enron to count projected earnings from long-term energy contracts as current income. This was money that might not be collected for many years. It is a thought that this was used to inflate revenue numbers by manipulating projections for future revenue. Sherron Watkins, an Eron VP, wrote an anonymous letter suggesting that the CEO had left the company because of improprieties and other illegal actions. She questioned the accounting methods and specifically citied certain transactions. Once Enron’s stock began to fall below a certain point, the results started to show on the financial statements. Finally in November of 2001 Enron officials admitted to overstating company earnings and filed for bankruptcy. This resulted in jail time and 78 counts of fraud for Andrew Fastow, CFO and 24 years in prison for prior CEO Jeff Skilling. WorldCom had a similar situation, as the expenses as...
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