...Scott Peterson's attorney, Mark Geragos, now has to contend with more than a guilty verdict for his client - and the penalty phase of the trial, now delayed for a week by the judge. Geragos is also facing a bar complaint related to the case. In the complaint, Florida attorney John B. Thompson - who has no reported connection to the case - argues that Geragos violated a key ethic rules forbidding communication with jurors. According to Thompson, Geragos did so by putting a replica of Scott Peterson's boat two blocks from the courthouse. Geragos, who remains under a under a gag order preventing him from discussing the case with the media, has not been able to respond to the allegations. Thompson says that Geragos's alleged boat display not only broke the California ethics rule barring juror communication, but also broke the California ethics rule against extrajudicial communications about a case. (As a recent column by Jonna Spilbor for this site noted, the penalty phase of this case - in which a death sentence could be imposed - has yet to occur.) Reportedly, the boat contained homemade concrete anchors - such as those the prosecution alleged Scott used to weigh down Laci Peterson's body - and a dummy representing the body. The defense's theory was that Scott could not have thrown Laci's heavily pregnant body over the side of the tiny, anchor-filled boat without swamping the boat with water and tipping it over. The display was apparently intended to illustrate just how tippable...
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...Webster University | Management and Strategy | A glance into Wal-Mart | | Monica Kendra Leigh Spell | 2/5/2011 | A case study of Wal-Mart discussing strategic initiatives | Threats and Challenges A SWOT analysis provides a description of an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is an important tool in management decision making, because managers are able to look at what their areas of improvement need to be, what their strong points are, and how to integrate the two to benefit the organization. After conducting a SWOT analysis of Wal-Mart, a few threats and challenges were identified. Changes in executive leadership can and usually do pose challenges for an organization. In this regard, Wal-Mart is no different. Lee Scott took the post as CEO of Wal-Mart in January 2000. Some of his challenges throughout his reign as CEO were ethical issues, personnel dilemmas, health insurance reform, and pressures from external groups. Ethics guides the managers’ decision making process by determining moral awareness, judgment, and character. The manager must acknowledge that an ethical issue exists, determine a solution that is within morals, and have the ability to carry out their ethical decisions. Managers must also wear a “veil of ignorance”, a term based on John Rawls experiment. This means that managers must place themselves in the group that the decision will negatively affect and weigh the decision. Ethical decision making...
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...Thompson−Strickland: Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, 13th Edition 14. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. Case © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2002 case 14 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. Arthur A. Thompson The University of Alabama “We think we’re the Stradivarius of doughnuts.” —Scott Livengood, President and CEO, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. With 181 Krispy Kreme stores in 28 states, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in 2001 was rapidly building something of a cult following for its light, warm, melt-in-your-mouth doughnuts. Sales were on an impressive climb, exceeding 3.5 million doughnuts a day. The company’s business model called for 20 percent annual revenue growth, midsingle-digit comparable store sales growth, and 25 percent annual growth in earnings per share. But a number of securities analysts doubted whether Krispy Kreme’s strategy and growth potential merited a stock price nearly 70 times projected 2002 earnings per share of $0.69 and 85 times actual 2001 earnings of $0.55 per share. The company’s stock, which was trading in the $46–$50 range and had been as high as $54, had been a favorite of short sellers for several months—the 2.5 million shorted shares in May 2001 represented nearly 10 percent of the company’s outstanding shares. According to one analyst, “It [the stock] has had a good run, but the numbers just don’t work”; another analyst commented, “The odds are against this stock for long-term success.” A third said, “Single-product concepts...
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...Emma Elliott CRJ 202 Mr. Scott March 11, 14 Fingerprints For over a century, law enforcement agencies, forensic laboratories, and penal courts worldwide have used fingerprint impressions as reliable and conclusive evidence to identify perpetrators of criminal activity. Although fingerprint identification has been repeatedly proven as one of the most robust and definite forensic techniques, a measure of the rate at which latent fingerprints degrade over time has not been established effectively. Ideally, criminal investigators should be able not only to place any given individual at a crime scene but also be able to date the moment any latent fingerprints were deposited at the location. The present report aims to determine particular visual patterns of degradation of latent fingerprints exposed to certain monitored laboratory conditions simulating those in the field. Factors considered include temperature, relative humidity, air currents, composition of fingerprint depositions (sebaceous and eccrine), various exposures to daylight (direct, penumbra, and darkness), and type of physical substrate (glass and plastic) over a period of 6 months. The study employs a titanium dioxide-based powder as developer. Our results indicate that, contrary to common belief, certain latent fingerprints exposed to direct sunlight indoors degrade similarly to those in the dark where environmental conditions are more constant. While all sebaceous latent fingerprints on glass are still useful...
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...Strategic Plan Part 1: Conceptualizing a Business BUS/475 Abstract The main focus of this paper revolves around Mia Boutique a new clothing store. The store wants to target the Hispanic community but sees growth opportunities in other communities. The Boutique mission statement is to state the present of the store and the vision is to create a path for the business in the future. The Boutique’s projection is to create customer awareness and eventually have its clothing in every household. Integrity is only one of different values for the guiding principles of the boutique. The mission, vision, and values serve as a guide to the company in creating a strategic direction. To satisfy the customer’s needs the clothing will be of a high quality with different styles and sizes to accommodate in different body types. A strategic website creation will provide a competitive advantage over other clothing stores. Key factors such as price differentiation, quality, and diversity will promote competition to the store positively. Strategic Plan Part 1: Conceptualizing a Business Competition in the business world is fierce, and one of the most competitive markets is apparel. Many local businesses open and close because they lack management strategies that will help them sustain in the market. To be a successful businessperson it is necessary to plan every step and action in the way. The desired goals for the specific business will be lost if there is no structure to follow. Mission...
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...First, Scott Fraser recounts the case of 17-year-old Francisco Carrillo, who was wrongfully convicted of a crime he never committed. Carrillo was convicted of the murder of Donald Sarpy and sentenced to two life sentences after being identified by six teenagers, one the son of the victim, as the culprit. Fraser is a forensic neurophysiologist who has experience in eyewitness memory identification testimonies and the nature of night vision. He was perfectly tailored to explain why it was impossible for the teens to have clearly seen who was driving the car that shot the father mostly due to the lighting outside and inside the criminals' vehicle. Moreover, in class we discussed the fallibility and malleability of memory. At any given moment, we only pick up bits and pieces of what's going on around us. These pieces of information from our senses goes into our short-term then long-term memory if properly encoded. Based off the evidence Fraser...
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...media as “dirtbags,” that they have hot tempers and dramatic personalities in the clubhouse and dugout. In many cases, media depicts Latinos as those minorities who would have been given the opportunities as managers or general managers if not for the host of Latino players on their ball clubs, who do not understand English. Yet, former/current managers such as Tony LaRussa, Lou Piniella, Tommy Lasorda, Dusty Baker, Mike Scioscia, Mike Matheny, and Joe Maddon speak/spoke Spanish fluently as managers. Therefore, Manny Acta, Fredi Gonzalez, Ozzie Guillen, etc., Latin American natives, are...
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...Case Studies Solutions Case Studies Solutions,Article Writing,Assignments,Research Work,Home Work MenuSkip to content Home How We Work ? Refund Policy How to Order ? Disclaimer Contact Us Finance Cases List POSTED ON MARCH 8, 2013 Hello, If u want us to solve any case study from below list, do contact us anytime, We are here to provide the experience, expertise, and professionalism that you are looking for , Our tutors are available 24/7 to assist you what you need, Click Here to submit your Order. ======================================================================================= Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp. by Benjamin C. Esty Airbus A3XX: Developing the World’s Largest Commercial Jet by Benjamin C. Esty American Chemical Corp.by William E. Fruhan, John P. Goldsberry American Home Products Corp.by David W. Mullins AQR’s Momentum Funds by Daniel B. Bergstresser, Lauren H. Cohen, Randolph B. Cohen, Christopher Malloy Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project by Timothy A. Luehrman AXA MONY by Andre F. Perold, Lucy White Beta Management Co. by Michael E. Edleson Butler Lumber Co. by Thomas R. Piper Cartwright Lumber Co.by Thomas R. Piper Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital by Edward J. Riedl, Suraj Srinivasan Clarkson Lumber Co. by Thomas R. Piper Cooper Industries, Inc. by Thomas R. Piper Cost of Capital at Ameritrade by Erik Stafford, Mark L. Mitchell Debt Policy at UST, Inc. by Mark L. Mitchell Dell’s Working Capital...
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...Seahawks and Safeway announce donations at Cleveland High School award ceremony When Cleveland High School's football team puts on their jerseys and lace their cleats next season, they will be doing so with new equipment thanks in part to a $20,000 donation from the Seattle Seahawks. The announcement came at the start of Cleveland’s first annual Talon Awards, an event co-sponsored by the Seahawks to recognize Cleveland athletes, and brought a roar of cheers from the crowd that filled Cleveland's gym. Seahawks players Tedric Thompson, Marcus Smith and Dion Jordan took the stage with a pair of Sea Gals and mascots Blitz and Boom to present the giant check to the Eagles football team. In a brief chat with Seahawks players, radio host and co-emcee...
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...Psychology, Sabzevar, Iran. **Hakim Sabzevari University, Department of Educational Psychology, Sabzevar, Iran. ***Hakim Sabzevari University, Department of Educational Psychology, Sabzevar, Iran. Pinnacle Research Journals http://www.prj.co.in 46 ABSTRACT The present study was conducted in order to examine the relationship between the personality traits and the decision making styles of the managers of Hakim Sabzevari University. The statistical population includes all the managers of Hakim Sabzevari University who are in-charge of different positions. The number of managers is seventy people, 60 subjects based on Morgan Table were selected using simple random sampling method. The instruments used in the present study are Scott and Bruce General Decision Making Styles Questionnaire (1995) and NEO personality traits questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, description and inferential statistics including Pearson, step by step regression, t test, unidirectional ANOVA and Tokay follow-up test were used. The results indicated that: the marital and single status did not affect the decision making styles of the manager and education and experience only affected the avoidance decision making styles. The extroversion and consciousness personality traits had a positive significant relationship with the rational decision making styles and the neurotic trait had a negative significant relationship with the rational decision making. The psychotic trait had a positive ...
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...adolescence prepare for adulthood (Garcia & Courtney, 2011). Furthermore, it is an integral time for the development of intimate relationships and social support systems. This can prove to be challenging for foster youth since they tend to move to different households frequently, which makes them more vulnerable to developing substance abuse issues (Garcia & Courtney, 2011). Youth in the foster care system are more likely to experience child maltreatment since it is a common reason for them to be removed from their homes (Thompson & Hasin, 2011). Moreover, there is a high risk of them continuing to endure child abuse once in the foster care system (Tyler & Melander, 2010). Research shows that experiencing child maltreatment puts youth at a greater risk of developing substance abuse issues (Gabreilli, Jackson, & Brown, 2016). The trauma experienced from previous homes must be recognized and diagnosed in order to lessen the chances, which is not always the case. Another common reason for child removal is parental substance abuse, which makes adolescents more predisposed to developing substance abuse issues (DeGarmo, Reid, Fetrow, Fisher, & Antoine,...
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...Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 22:165–182, 2010 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1053-8720 print / 1540-4056 online DOI: 10.1080/10538720903332578 Advocacy Coalitions and Punctuated Equilibrium in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: Learning from Pro-LGBT Policy Changes in Minneapolis and Minnesota LAKE DZIENGEL St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota Policy change to actualize same-sex marriage requires planning and practices that can be most effective to advance marriage equality. This case study examines how building and maintaining strong coalitions aided in attainment and preservation of civil rights and protections for same-sex couples in Minnesota. As a historical policy analysis, it dissects collaborative strategies and events that led to a municipal domestic partner ordinance and state civil rights protections for sexual minorities in Minnesota during 1983–1995. Viewed through the lens of Advocacy Coalition Framework and Punctuated Equilibrium theory, findings support and highlight the importance of strategic planning of developing capable leaders, building strong coalitions, and capitalizing on events to garner public support and advance public policy toward civil rights protections and legal recognition for same-sex couples. KEYWORDS advocacy coalitions, punctuated equilibrium, policy, lesbian, gay, domestic partner benefits INTRODUCTION The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a large urban community, passed a Domestic Partner Ordinance...
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...------------------------------------------------- The Rise of Apple Inc. If there is any company that thinks differently and believe that they can change the world and make it better that is “Apple Inc.”. As said by Steve job “People who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the people that really do” (Apple, Inc. 1997). Arguably, apple Inc. is one of the most innovative technology companies to emerge in the last three decades. Apple has revolutionized the technological industry in some cases, created the industry. One of its co-founders, Steve Jobs, had an extraordinary vision and turned it into reality (Mickey 2013). “Steve Jobs saw the future and brought it to life long before most people could even see the horizon” and his “passionate belief in the power of technology to transform the way we live ... brought knowledge and power that is reshaping the face of civilization” (Finkle 2010). Similarly, Mark Zuckerberg said, “thanks for showing that what you build can change the world” (Finkle 2010). Apple Inc. is currently one of the most successful and innovative technology companies ever. Haven’t incorporated in 1977 and went public in 1980, around 1996, the world believed that Apple Computer one of the best brand in the world was on its deathbed. The company had fallen out of the top 5 in U.S. sales (Linzmayer, O. W. 2004). The first quarter of 1996 Apple reports of losses upward of $740 million. The remainder of the year was up and down...
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...September 15, 2011 Scott Thompson Equal opportunity is based on giving each and every person in America a fair chance of pursuing their education and employment regardless of race, culture, creed, religion, and gender. The affirmative action act was created for individuals who were being discriminated against. This was to ensure minorities would be given the opportunity to apply and be hired for any job. Employers need to include more employees with diverse backgrounds because they can bring different views and ideas to the environment that could be beneficial for a company and help them to become more successful. Affirmative action was put into effect so all minorities are able to become employed and is still in effect so there are no problems. This gives the minorities a chance to succeed and the ability to work with people of all races and removes racism in the work and educational environment. Affirmative action should not be based on personal opinions or what someone thinks is right. Employers are always in need of educated and qualified individuals for employment, and can obtain qualified candidates who are interested by understanding the need that there is no reason to discriminate against anyone. Everyone is capable to do a job if they are qualified. There are many debates that go on these days about affirmative action. Some people say and believe that affirmative action should be banned because white people are seen as a minority now. In some cases, that may be...
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...Abstract Accounting is one of the most complicated forums of recordkeeping in the world. It needs to be very precise in order to provide assurance for business owners and investors. This research will focus on rules-based accounting policies and principle-based accounting policies. While rules- based accounting policies are strict and follow an order, principle-based accounting policies tend to give more freedom for accountants to have the ability to customize policies that will suit the industry they are working in. The research will explore the advantages and disadvantages of both policies and try to apply the policies to real world scenarios. In the end the research will conclude as to what policy is the most suitable, trying to find a balance between the two types in order for accountants to have an easier and more efficient way of recordkeeping, as well as finding a balance in order to provide assurance and accurate recordkeeping for the business, for the investors and anyone else involved in the business. | Introduction In the wake of the US corporate scandals, such as Enron and Lehman Brothers, the integrity of accounting standards were under review. Shareholders’ confidence in financial statements and public accounting firms was shaken, due to the fact that the United States had always used rules-based accounting standards to provide...
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