...denied giving the local food bank day old food products, and raised the prices on their more healthier, organic food. In this paper, I will discuss the ways that Company Q can fix these three problems and essentially fix the public’s perception of them being socially irresponsible. Company Q has closed two of its stores that were located in a part of the city that is known for its higher than normal crime rate. The owners say that they closed these sites because they were both constantly losing money. Company Q did not take into consideration that when they closed these stores they took away jobs from their employees. They also took away money from the community that could have been used to make it better. Instead of being scared of losing money because of theft, Company Q could have taken extra security measures that would prevent the thefts from happening. The first thing they could have done was install extra security cameras and hired guards that would help keep an eye out and ensure that the thefts stop. This will also ensure the safety of their patrons and make the patrons feel better about shopping there. Company Q was recently approached by the local food bank. The food bank asked the store if the would be willing to donate their day-old food to help the less fortunate. Company Q declined. They feared that it would take away from their profit margin and also it would encourage the less honest employees to steal under the guise of it being for charity....
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...born, with nothing but the lint in their pockets. Their story is not one of fulfilling the “Great American Dream” or going from “Rags to Riches”. They weren't heir to some hidden family fortune, nor did they miraculously win the lottery. Actually, my father still steals paper towels from work to make sure we have napkins for the dinner table. And two days ago, we stuffed my mother's purse full of ketchup packets from the McDonald's because we were running low at home. Are we impoverished? Absolutely not. We have a roof over our head, shoes under our feet and a very modest, but stable family income. After my mother has recently been laid off, my father is the solely responsible for paying car payments, mortgage, bills, and the daunting idea of successfully putting his three sons through college. If anyone reading this knew we collect rain water in five-gallon buckets and trash bins to do our laundry with, it would be a seen as an indicator of poverty. However, I am actually typing this on my MacBook, connected to the internet, and sitting rather comfortably in the air-conditioned school library, or at least as comfortable as one can be in a rickety wooden chair. I am the first one in my family to graduate college and am pursuing a higher education with a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Charleston, and concurrently pursuing an MBA degree from Northeastern University. Although I will find myself in the grips of the federal loan servicing agency upon graduate, I am...
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...Personal Responsibility and Its Affects on College Success Kelli Burton GEN 200 February 10th 2014 Julie Kaminski ------------------------------------------------- Personal Responsibility ------------------------------------------------- Personal responsibility is critical to the success of an individual whether in school, business or personal life. Personal responsibility consists of dedication, time management and motivation. It is the personal effort undertaken by an individual to complete a job or duty to the best of their ability. It has a direct effect on college success and can lead to higher scholastic results. There are many steps and factors involved in personal responsibility and many practices a person can do to achieve this. ------------------------------------------------- Personal responsibility means knowing the tasks and duties a person has to perform and staying motivated and dedicated to completing those tasks on time and to the best of their ability. Integrity is a huge part of being personally responsible in that the accountability relies solely on the person, and they must remain diligent to complete their tasks. There is no one else that will tell the person to stay on task or check in with them to make sure things are getting done. A person must remain focused and use their time management skills to make sure their responsibilities are met. “The best predictors of whether a student will graduate or not are academic preparation...
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...evaluate the soundness of a client’s business model? Defend your answer. The auditors don’t have the full responsibility of looking over the client business model. But they should a good understanding of the client’s business model and industry, this way they can develop more accurate expectations for financial statements assertions. 2. Identify and briefly describe the specific fraud risk factors present during the 2000 NextCard audit. How should these factors have affected the planning and execution of that engagement? The three examples of risk factors are pressure, opportunities, and rationalizations. The pressure factor grew when NextCard wanted to improve growth as rapidly as possible. They tried to extend a $1 Billion dollars of credit to customers, while knowing they were making no profit. The Internet bubble, giving the huge demand of public accounting firms, created the opportunity factor. The internal control was poor as well giving the opportunity for fraud. The third risk factor or rationalizations is related to Lent and the executives of NextCard. When the selling price rose from $20 per share to $40 per share, they saw the opportunity to become instant millionaires. Which didn’t make some of there decisions seem so bad at the time. Also that eventually from themselves making so much money that their company would provide a profit somewhere down the line. So they just kept promising and hiding their losses and financial statements until things turn around...
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...evaluate the soundness of a client’s business model? Defend your answer. The auditors don’t have the full responsibility of looking over the client business model. But they should a good understanding of the client’s business model and industry, this way they can develop more accurate expectations for financial statements assertions. 2. Identify and briefly describe the specific fraud risk factors present during the 2000 NextCard audit. How should these factors have affected the planning and execution of that engagement? The three examples of risk factors are pressure, opportunities, and rationalizations. The pressure factor grew when NextCard wanted to improve growth as rapidly as possible. They tried to extend a $1 Billion dollars of credit to customers, while knowing they were making no profit. The Internet bubble, giving the huge demand of public accounting firms, created the opportunity factor. The internal control was poor as well giving the opportunity for fraud. The third risk factor or rationalizations is related to Lent and the executives of NextCard. When the selling price rose from $20 per share to $40 per share, they saw the opportunity to become instant millionaires. Which didn’t make some of there decisions seem so bad at the time. Also that eventually from themselves making so much money that their company would provide a profit somewhere down the line. So they just kept promising and hiding their losses and financial statements until things turn around...
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...Envir. Ethics 2 Over the years the environment in which we live has suffered immensely. All of our resource systems are in crisis because of our over consumerism, lack of responsibility and lack of knowledge. We use too many resources which is undermining the planets ability for people to live here. Everyone should educate themselves of the state of the environment and some of the everyday changes that each one can do to do our part in saving the planet. We have a moral responsibility to do so for our children and future generations. Although recycling is great (and everyone should be doing it)….what really needs to happen to create a more sustainable society, is for us to reduce the amount of materials that we produce in the first place. There is a pyramid (like the Food Pyramid) (Environmental Science 8th edition, Daniel D. Chiras, 2009, Jones and Bartlett, Publishers Chapter 23 “Hazardous and Solid Wastes: Sustainable Solutions) for solid waste management and it goes like this: Reduction (the top of the pyramid) - not producing materials that generate the waste in the first place. We don’t need all the materials we have. Another good example is packaging waste. Think of how much packaging many of our products come in- lunchables for example, come in a cardboard box and then a sealed plastic tray and then the crackers and other parts are individually wrapped too. Reuse-reusing and repurposing the wastes. Instead of buying brand new why not shop at...
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...Times have changed. Today more jobs are requiring college education. There are many positives to attending a four year university due to the money that is made after, the people that are met, the independence that is developed in the student and overall, the accomplishment that comes with a college degree. Futurewise, attending a four year college is a smarter decision. Not only do students make more money than ones who do not attend college, but there are more employment opportunities. Workers that have a four year degree from college make about 98% more money...
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...This paper will show how ethics are used in both the military, and within the regular civilian business world. The military is such a large organization and has been able to maintain a level of ethics by using a program called the Army values, which this paper will briefly cover. Along with the way some businesses implement their own style of ethics, but for both organizations the structure of ethics doesn’t really matter if its message isn’t understood and conveyed to the best of their abilities. Hopefully this short paper creates a better understanding and is informative to the reader. The United States army has produced many articles, field manuals, etc. all of which have been edited and revised over the years to help change with the...
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...methods of securing information are various. Instead of dividing information into categories based on content, consider analysing threats to information (and hence its protection) on categories based on methods of processing / storing. Three "information domains" are defined: Physical: Traditionally information is "written down", stored somewhere (e.g. a box, safe, diskette, or computer). Classical security concentrates on physical protection: buildings, server rooms, access controls etc. Social/Personal: Successful organisations realise the value of their personnel, the knowledge they hold in their heads and the capabiliy to use that knowledge to corporate advantage. Logical or Network: Information is also stored on computers and accessed via networks. Documents can be stored "somewhere on the net" that users reference through URLs, UNCs or other abstract notions. The actual location of the data is often unknown to the user, she assumes it's on a server "somewhere". The different beween Internet and Intranet may not be obvious to end users. With this abstraction comes also a certain loss of accountability and responsibility. Domain Interfaces Each of these domains contains interfaces to the...
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...Poor Leadership CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student's Signature: ________Bianca Rubin______________________ ***************************************************************** Instructor's Grade on Assignment: Instructor's Comments: “Integrity is a fundamental prerequisite for managers. The management of an organization may have only a few ways of influencing the degree of integrity displayed in it, namely leading by example, selecting appropriate staff, and setting clear rules of conduct (Arnold, 2012, p. 188). This statement listed in the text elucidates exactly why it is that the Ghanaian economy may be encountering many issues. According to Mr. Prince Kofi Amoabeng, CEO of UT Bank, Africa’s leaders have become very greedy, selfish, and overall corrupt (Adofo, 2013). Moreover, the economic crisis in Ghana has been attributed to the country’s lack of ability to turn its present and future challenges into economic opportunities. It is without a doubt that corruption is an iniquity that stagnates growth in countries. With this being said, the following paper will further discuss how the issues occurring in the Ghanaian economy may be attributed...
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...Summary Flight is a short story written by Alice Hoffman. This story mainly focuses on three main characters that live in the suburb of Franconia. The narrator who has an older brother called Jason and Jason’s best friend, Eugene. Eugene is considered to be the narrator’s partner in crime. Eugene and the narrator started a business together where they sold term papers so they could earn enough money to escape Franconia. While Jason is unknowing of their sneaky business, he is busy conducting a special diet experiment in his bedroom involving his twenty hamsters. The principal at the school suspends Eugene and the nameless narrator after finding out that they sold term papers to other students. After the suspension, Eugene buys a plane ticket to San Francisco leaving his pet (owl) behind, as a responsibility to Jason’s sister. Jason’s sister takes it home where it later kills all Jason’s hamsters, forcing Jason to buy new pets but this time Jason decides to buy chicks. Characterization. The narrator in this story is nameless and genderless, by the emotions she/he expresses throughout the story; one might think that the narrator could be a girl. In line 2 she/he says that ‘’ it wasn’t so much that Eugene and I liked each other, or that there was any possibility of romance between us”, this indicates that the narrator could be female or a homosexual man, considering the fact that she/he points out that there was no possibility of romance between their relationship. The narrator...
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...Allergy Paper | Anish Patel 1/18/2011 | Allergies affect the lives of millions of people around the world. Food allergy is a reaction of the body’s immune system to some substances of ingredients in food. It is for this reason that the labeling of allergenic substances in food is very important and essential for susceptible individuals. It is life-threatening for those individuals when there is presence of allergens in food. Currently, there is no cure for food allergy. To avoid allergenic reaction, the only successful method is to avoid foods that contain the allergen. In such cases, individuals must rely on accurate food labeling and for that the food manufacturers have a responsibility to ensure that consumers read, understand, and follow warnings on food products. At present, there is no cure for food allergies or food intolerance. So in order to avoid getting an attack suffers have to avoid eating problem foods. However, no warning that an allergen is present in a food can be effective for a consumer unless he or she knows what are the substances to which he/she is allergic. Only medical doctors or suffers can ascertain that information by testing to see what they are allergic to. According to the FDA estimation, around 95% of allergic food reaction is caused by many major food allergens. However, such estimates are not accurate, and debate about which allergens should be the subject of mandatory label warnings accounts for the fact that it took...
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...certain measures should be taken. Internal controls, which “consists of all the related methods and measures adopted with an organization,” (Weygandt, Kimmel, Kieso 2008) are needed to accomplish two primary goals. The first is to safeguard its assets from theft, robbery and any unauthorized use by any employee. The second is to “enhance the accuracy and reliability of its accounting records,” (Weygandt, Kimmel, Kieso 2008). This is achieved by decreasing the risk of error or unintentional mistakes and irregularities which are purposeful mistakes and falsifications in the accounting process. In 2002, one of the most important laws to be past in many years was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This law forces companies to keep a more watchful eye on internal controls. One of the most famous scandals of 2001 was the Enron scandal. Within a year’s time Enron, and I am paraphrasing Mark Jikling, who prepared a CRS report to congress on the financial downfall of Enron, went from being a multibillion dollar company with stocks at $80 plus price per share to a bankrupt company with shares dropping to $.70 price per share due to the lack of internal controls. This Act forces cooperate executives and board members to take responsibility and accountability to develop policies or principles of control over financial reporting. This Act also requires outside auditors to attest to the level of the internal controls. As I stated previously, Enron’s prices per share dropped dramatically within...
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...Defining Marketing Paper ShuMikki Stinson MKT/351 Thomas Collins August 26, 2013 Marketing is a tool that can help business owners to prosper with their product. Marketing can be defined as an instrument that is helpful to individuals to promote their goods in their unique way that other people items would not be an eye-catcher. It is vital to know that the key thing for every marketing tool that the individual uses will be used for the proper reasons. By the individual using marketing tools in the proper way, the individual will reach their marketing level in which they wish to be at. There are side effects when it comes to the marketing tools and the techniques which they do not work properly as it was intended too. There are numerous of definitions that relate to the marketing field. According to William D. Perreault, the author of Basic Marketing, the best definition of marketing is the performance of activities that seek to accomplish an organization’s objectives by anticipating customer or client needs and directing a flow of need satisfying goods and services from producer to customer or client. (William D. Perreault, 2011). Marketing is important because it can be a benefit for a business or a hardship. Respectable marketing methods can make a transformation between a concrete upsurges in sales to an impasse circumstances on a quality merchandise. Marketing can be as simple as having a general conversation, which is usually the case in the long run. Marketing...
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...Buddhism and Christian Faith HUM/130 Week 9: Final Assignment January 22, 2012 Introduction This paper presents research of the beliefs and practices of Buddhism; describes the worship space of the temple; summarizes an interview this writer had recently with a believer; and finally, compares Buddhism to Christianity. Religion has been around since the beginning of time, and religion has so many different meanings and different interpretations that people take in. Who created it all? Sometimes we tend to lose track of what is really there. There are so many different types religions and beliefs that each one has its own tale on how this world evolved and what took place that when it comes to beliefs and we should all respect each other’s faith because when it comes down to it we are all seeking the same desires when we all die, or some would say the day we are to be judged by God himself on Judgment day. In this paper I will thoroughly explain the differences and if they share any common beliefs. Buddhism In my research and experience with this practice, I have come to learn a whole other philosophy on what others come to believe besides the traditional religions and practices. Buddhism originated from a man name Gautama Siddhartha who later became what we know of him the Buddha Shakyamuni also known as “the enlightened one” he was born into the life of luxury but soon to escape his former life in search for the answers of the world’s suffering and understanding...
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