...The Susan Smith case caught national attention in the twentieth century as the entire nation followed a desperate mother’s loss for her abducted sons, to the unexpected reveal of the same mother as a merciless woman who drowned her own children. Years have past since the incident, and Smith remained incarcerated and in mourning for her irreversible actions and the forever loss of two innocent lives. In an attempt to understand Susan Smith’s abnormal dependence on other individuals and her deviant behaviour of murdering her children, Sampson and Laub’s Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control offers an explanation to the collapse of Smith’s social capital as the causation of the terrible crime. Offender’s Background Susan Vaughan Smith...
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...that the embezzlement took place within this small crabmeat processing company. The next thing I will do in this particular case will be to let the auditor finished the ongoing investigation without infringing on his independence. b- According to the accounting information systems overview, there are two levels of frauds: employee fraud and management fraud (p.98). After examining all the facts presented in this case and all four characters with their respective implications during these events, I believe that the embezzlement took place at an employee level and the perpetrator is Debbie Jones the office worker. Employee fraud or fraud by nonmanagement employee is generally design to convert cash or other assets to the employee’s personal benefit. The facts tell us that the customer’s check was stamped on the back with only the company’s name and city rather than the usual “for deposit only” company stamp, which is usually used on checks to be just deposited. With just the name and company’s address, the person who has deposited the check might have simply cash it. And when ask about it, Debbie said that she sometimes uses that stamp. Furthermore, the payment issued on May 10th is listed after the one issued on May 23rd and Debbie was sitting nearby the computer had the opportunity to access before calling Susan to show her the recorded entry. c- This is case of check tampering where the perpetrator has forged in some material way the check that was written to the profit of the...
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...Developing a Motivational Plan for Susan Smith In the workforce regardless of the industry, motivation is the key factor of performance that leads to accomplishments. Motivation is needed in every single part of our lives, from getting up in the morning to making your dinner after work. The most important factor that drives us in our society and our world is motivation, is what has lead us to the moon, fly, drive vehicles, cross over continents to discover other civilizations, and continue to innovate technology that is driving us to a more futuristic society. Motivation is describes as the conscious or unconscious stimulus, incentive, or motives for action toward a goal resulting from psychological or social factors, the factors giving the purpose or direction to behavior (Borkowski, 2015). In the healthcare workforce the employee’s motivation is what impacts the services and performance, giving managers the understanding what employees need to perform effectively. The acknowledgment of what makes an employee motivated is truly important in order to extract the maximum potential that the employee has in order to perform quality work with positive results. The psychology behind work performance has been changing for years in order to have the latest effective strategy to increase positive potential performance and most importantly employee satisfaction. After surveying over 20,000 workers around the world, analyzing 50 major companies, conducting scores of experiments, and...
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...Case Study 3: Setting tuition and financial aid Instructor: Patricia Wiseman Managerial Economics MBA-540-MB01 Saint Leo University Sushma Madhavaram Summary: Prices are the variable property which can increase or decrease the desire of purchasing the commodity which in simple terms referred as demand. For most of the commodities if prices soar high then people purchase less good hence reducing demand in the same way if supply increases prices go down increasing demand. This basic principle is the basis for the ‘law “of demand which can be described as quantity demand plummets as prices go upward, other variable factors constant. To understand the demand and price relation economists refer demand as schedule of quantities of commodity people want to buy at various prices, other factors constant (Colander, Rockerbie, & Richter, 2006, p.73). Whereas quantity demand is referred as demand of goods at certain price in the demand curve. Ursinus College in Pennsylvania in the year 2000 increased their tuition fee 17.6% to $23,460 in order to increase college revenue and funds to support financial aid which also in turn increased their admissions (Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2009, p.110). The conjecture of college president is increase in demand is against the law of the demand because of college going student’s snob mentality and their comparison of quality with respect to price. He speculated student’s presumption of costly colleges will have better quality education...
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...THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY ACCOUNTING TEAM Summary: Sarah (the name given by us) has been working in McKay, Sanderson, and Smith Associates a mid-sized accounting team located in Boston that is specialized in commercial accounting and audits for past five years. Her specialty is accounting practices for shipping companies, ranging from small to certain big fleets along east coast. About two months ago her company merged with another two other accounting firms which has offices in Miami, Seattle, Baton Rouge, and Los Angeles. They avoided centralizing their business around one office in Los Angeles. Instead they formed a new firm called Goldberg, Choo, and McKay Associates in order to leverage the synergies of their collective knowledge. This merges affected Sarah when she was told that she would be working with the other three members from the other two firms to become the firm’s new shipping industry accounting team, by her boss. The other members were Elias in Miami, Susan in Seattle, Brad in Los Angeles. She had earlier met Elias at a meeting in New York but not the other two. This shipping team activity involved e-mailing each other about new contracts and prospective clients. They were asked to submit the joint monthly statement reports and issues. Sarah submitted her own monthly reports which summarized the activities of her own clients. This coordination of monthly reports took much more time since different accounting documentation procedures across the three firms were...
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...ACC501 Cost Accounting.txt Cost Accounting or Cost-Volume-Profit Accounting ACC501 - Accounting for Decision Making Module 2 - Case Abstract This paper contains a brief overview of the current primary accounting standard GAAP but also explores CostVolume-Profit analysis and Cost Accounting. In the 1980s accountants and financial managers embraced technology and became the basis for the Personal Computer’s (PC) explosive expansion. The abilities of the computer coupled with the needs of business management supported the development of many new accounting tools and processes. There is universally true method of accounting. The accounting method(s) used in an organization must be acceptable to an internal or external auditing group and flexible so that management can maximize the resources available to the company. With our modern high-speed data processing systems we have the luxury of being able to look at our data in different ways. The “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” (GAAP) has been the accounting method of choice when preparing statements for viewing by third parties, including both investors and government regulators. This is not to say that the information generated for GAAP accounting statements is not valuable to the leadership of a corporation. Rather, there are additional styles or accounting types that may be more valuable internally, allowing the managers and their Page 1 ACC501 Cost Accounting.txt staff to maximize utilization of their...
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...Perry Smith meets up with Dick Hickock. While the Clutters go about their daily business, running errands and baking cherry pies, Hickock and Smith are tuning their car. After a long drive, they pull up to the Clutter home with a shotgun and knife in hand. That morning, the bodies are discovered by Susan Kidwell and another of Nancy's friends. Initially, the police are baffled. Bobby Rupp is a suspect until he passes a lie detector test. Alvin Dewey, the KBI agent in charge of the investigation, thinks that the killer must be someone close to the family. Rumor sets the small town of Holcomb on fire. Hartman's Cafe is the center of numerous theories. Meanwhile, Perry and Dick have returned to Dick's hometown of Olathe. Dick passes some hot checks, and the two flee to Mexico. Perry has always dreamed of finding sunken treasure in Mexico. While the investigation in Kansas begins to methodically follow up dead end leads, Perry and Dick spend some time entertaining a rich German tourist before they run out of money in Mexico City. While packing to return to the states, Perry goes through his personal belongings and remembers his childhood. His mother and father rode the rodeo circuit until they had a falling out. Perry was passed from home to home as a child. Now, two of his three siblings have killed themselves. The investigation of the Clutter murders seems to be heading nowhere. However, a man in the Kansas state prison at Lansing, Floyd Wells, hears of the murder case....
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...McEntire, Lauren E., and Tiffany Greene-Shortridge. "Recruiting and Selecting Leaders for Innovation: How to Find the Right Leader." Advances in Developing Human Resources (SAGE Publications) 13, no. 3 (2011): 266-278. Summary and analysis of the article The article discusses the issues and strategies in selecting effective organisational leaders and successors. It highlights the importance of the innovative organisational leaders and the challenges faced sourcing for them. The article provides detailed methods to recruit leaders such as behavioural psychological assessments, personorganisation fit assessments, behaviourally based interviews and innovation targeted succession planning. It also explores the benefits of new approaches such as social networking media and websites to find the best leaders available to the organisation and traditional ways such as mentoring programmes to develop potential leaders. The purpose of the article was to review the importance of organisational leaders and the process of selecting the most suitable one. It highlights why the process itself is very important and how it affects the outcome of the selection greatly. The authors depended greatly on other research papers and scholar journals as evidences to justify their choice of strategies. Most of the strategies presented were also echoed from other researchers and reporters. For example, the authors mentioned social networking medias and websites as tools that could assist in the recruitment...
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...Zox by Susan Photos he s from t Excerpt With de ion GNuLiINE Broadcast DiscussPBS FRO T Welcome to POISONED WATERS This discussion guide and DVD are drawn from the PBS FRONTLINE investigative report, POISONED WATERS with Hedrick Smith as correspondent. In that program, we showed the kinds of pollution now contaminating America’s waterways, political obstacles blocking restoration of great estuaries like Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound, and some local strategies that have scored successes. We have designed this kit to stimulate public discussion of effective techniques and crucial issues of educational reform. It is intended for teachers, parents, principals, administrators and anyone interested in improving public schools. Photo by: Susan Zox How To Use This Guide This guide can be used either with a DVD of the two-hour documentary, POISONED WATERS, or with the special DVD clip reel of program excerpts. The guide is broken into several sections. On pages 1 and 22, you’ll find a description of the main elements of the program. Pages 2-21 set out ten topics for discussion, selected to highlight important issues in protecting our waters. For example, stormwater runoff, agricultural pollution, new chemical contaminants, how grass-roots action can force a Superfund cleanup or control development. Each topic is covered by a two-page write-up and suggested questions. A matching video segment illustrates the issue. Select a topic and read the summary. Watch the matching segment on...
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...Race/ Color Based Employment Discrimination Racially based discrimination carries a painful history in America and the aftermath is still very present even though government prohibits discrimination through constitutions, state statutes and acts, which are exemplified in cases largely through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC is dedicated to enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to practice inequality against applicants or employees. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs outlines the basic needs of an employee and can show how someone could be affected by inequality. Such intolerance can be seen across the country with recently occurring events such as the EEOC v. Yellow Transportation case, the EEOC v. DHL Express case and the current top position hiring conflict in the NFL. To fully understand the issue of discrimination in the U.S. today, we must understand the long-standing history our nation has with intolerance. As unfortunate as it seems, our country was built with this notion of inequality. Slaves were brought over from Africa to work fields for wealthy or soon-to-be wealthy Americans. At the time it seemed like a way of life, though the reality is that it was extremely oppressive and today such an inferior take on differences in cultural background is considered unethical. In 1865 the 13th Amendment was passed abolishing slavery, although the Civil Rights Movement did not occur until the 1950’s lasting through the 1960’s. The Civil Rights Movement officially...
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...premature child. While pregnant the fetus is very vulnerable to many toxins, such as alcohol, and drugs, so when the mother drinks alcohol, so does the fetus, since blood carries alcohol in the fetus bloodstream. At five weeks the fetus begins to form the brain, which then starts to grow rapidly, this is a crucial time for mothers to nourish their bodies with many proteins and keep away from dangerous toxins. One of the most probable results of drinking while pregnant is the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has been linked to low I.Q. in children. Over the years there has been many studies to determine if a child’s I.Q. if affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Jones and Smith first introduced Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in the United States in 1973, Jones and Smith described FAS as a “distinctive set of facial anomalies in children whose mothers drank heavily during pregnancy, accompanied by prenatal and/or postnatal growth retardation and cognitive/behavioral problems” (Burden). Children who suffer from FAS commonly have face abnormalities, which may or may not include: flat mid-face, short nose, low nasal bridge, thin lips, short palpable fissures, indistinct philtrum, epicanthal folds, minor ear abnormalities, and micrognathia. These kids also tend to have a much more smaller head than the average child. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has also been linked to I.Q deficiency. Doctors cannot diagnose a child with AFS without being certain...
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...Executive summary-----------------------------------------------------------------Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------Case study 1a Augustine and Christina------------------------------------------1b Augustine and Florence------------------------------------------Case study 2a Richmond consultancy business---------------------------------Case study 3 Catherine and Daniel---------------------------------------------Case study 4a Telephones supplied cannot be modified--------------------4b Telephones supplied can be modified-------------------------Case study 5 Grace and Office Supplies Ltd-------------------------------------Case study 6 Alfred and George------------------------------------------------------Case study 7a Test for a Tortfeasor as an Employee------------------------------7b Test to determine if employee’s act was during employment-Case study 8a Mary and Barnett Hospital-----------------------------------------8b Mary and Joe---------------------------------------------------------8c Mary and Thomas--------------------------------------------------Conclusion---------------------------------------------------------------Reference/Bibliography------------------------------------------------ Pages Executive summary [Type text] Page 2 This report is made of eight sections (case studies)-case study one deals with offer and acceptance, invitation to treat, counter offer as regarding a contract. Case study two...
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...Myth and Scripture resources for Biblical Study Susan ackerman, Old testament/hebrew Bible editor number 78 Myth and Scripture conteMporary perSpectiveS on religion, language, and iMagination Edited by dexter e. callender Jr. SBl press atlanta copyright © 2014 by SBl press all rights reserved. no part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 copyright act or in writing from the publisher. requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the rights and permissions office, Society of Biblical literature, 825 houston Mill road, atlanta, ga 30329 uSa. library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Myth and scripture : contemporary perspectives on religion, language, and imagination / Dexter E. Callender, Jr., editor. p. cm. — (Society of Biblical literature resources for biblical study ; number 78) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-1-58983-961-8 (paper binding : alk. paper) — iSBn 978-1-58983-962-5 (electronic format) — iSBn 978-1-58983-963-2 (hardcover binding : alk. paper) 1. Myth in the Bible. 2. Bible. old testament—criticism, interpretation, etc. i. callender, dexter e., 1962– editor of compilation. ii. callender, dexter e., 1962– author. Myth and Scripture : dissonance and convergence.. BS520.5.M98 2014 220.6'8—dc23 2014002897...
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...Based on the Sixth Ed. of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Updated September 19, 2012. PROVIDE A “RUNNING HEAD” OR SHORT TITLE OF YOUR PAPER IN ALL CAPS FOR EACH PAGE OF THE PAPER Each page is numbered starting with the title page. Running head: WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS 1 The recommended typeface is Times New Roman with a 12 point font size. The title of your paper is centered and positioned in the upper half of the page. It should be no longer than 12 words. A Guide for Writing APA Style Research Papers Susan B. Smith Student’s name: first, middle initial, last. Capital Community College Institutional affiliation The running head or short title WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS An abstract is a brief comprehensive summary of the paper between 150 and 250 words. Do not add to or comment on the body of the work here. It provides the reader with a brief overview of the article. Page number 2 Abstract This paper is a guide to writing a general paper in according to the Publication Manual Type the abstract in block format, one paragraph, no indentations and double spaced. of the American Psychological Association. The guide instructs a user on how to format a paper in APA style, illustrating structure, style and content, as well as presenting detailed examples of references cited, including print examples of books, magazine articles and reference works. Additional examples are provided...
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...John Wiley & Sons, Inc. David L. Kurtz University of Arkansas Louis E. Boone University of South Alabama BUSINESS 14TH EDITION Contemporary . . . at the speed of business “The 14th edition of Contemporary Business is dedicated to Joseph S. Heider, who brought me to John Wiley & Sons. Thank you, Joe.” —Dave Vice President & Executive Publisher Acquisitions Editor Assistant Editor Production Manager Senior Production Editor Marketing Manager Creative Director Senior Designer Text Designer Cover Designer Production Management Services Senior Illustration Editor Photo Editor Photo Researcher Senior Editorial Assistant Executive Media Editor Media Editor George Hoffman Franny Kelly Maria Guarascio Dorothy Sinclair Valerie A. Vargas Karolina Zarychta Harry Nolan Madelyn Lesure 4 Design Group Wendy Lai Elm Street Publishing Services Anna Melhorn Hilary Newman Teri Stratford Emily McGee Allison Morris Elena Santa Maria This book was set in Janson TextLTStd-Roman 10/13 by MPS Limited, a Macmillan Company, Chennai, India and printed and bound by R. R. Donnelley & Sons. The cover was printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons. This book is printed on acid free paper. ∞ Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of knowledge and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Our company is built on a foundation of principles that include responsibility to the communities we serve and where we live...
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