...Abstract Fred is a former senior executive of an automotive parts industry company. He worked for the company for almost thirty years and was ready to go back to Indianapolis, his hometown, and semis retire while running his own business. He came to this conclusion due to the fast paced job as well as the travelling the job entitled. Three years earlier, Fred took the buyout funds from the company he worked in and invested them, with his wife, in a car repair franchise in a suburb in Indianapolis. He has been expanding since and seven years later he holds five franchised locations around Indianapolis. Revenues from the first two car repair shops financed his last two businesses. He currently has twenty-seven full time employees, yet feels the stress from running the shops for ten-hour work days and evenings full of paperwork. It seems Fred is working more now that he is semiretired than before as a senior executive. Fred is not going thru this by himself since this situation happens often with franchisees and the misconception of being their own boss and their own company. They believe that others will take care of all the headaches and exposure of the business, yet the franchisor is the one making the money in royalties and advertisement while dictating how the business must look and even be ran. If Fred does not comply then the franchisor can take the franchise away at any moment and Fred would be left with nothing. Assess Fred’s capability and capacity to be a...
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...during the 1920’s. People were making more money than ever as prices for stock skyrocketed. When the stock market reached its peak, it seemed as though the market had nowhere to go but up. People in America didn't expect the stock market to fall and when it did they had no idea what to do so they withdrew all their investments which caused the stock market to crash. The fall of the stock market caused 30% of the nation’s workforce into unemployment and debt, forcing the country into a Great Depression. During the twenties many people were getting rich using buy and sell methods in the stock market, this caused the stock market to rise, and shares to become more expensive for the average buyer. Most American...
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...several cell blocks interconnected by a main administrative block. His design never really caught on in Europe, several prototype prisons were built, but only in America were any panopticon like prisons built. He was an advocate for prisoners’ rights, their education and health. Bentham defined the term “utilitarianism” meaning that everything should try to get “the greatest happiness of the greatest number”. He brought about change in British law trying to composing more humane, and compassionate prison laws. His views, though compassionate, often dealt with criminals as...
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...Lawmakers are trying to make it harder and even not possible for Americans to purchase and own guns, even though places with carry laws are statistically much safer places to live, like in Florida where the murder rate has gone down since it was implemented. America would be a much safer place to live if every law abiding citizen were allowed to purchase and carry a gun on them at all times. People use guns for a variety of reasons in our country. Some people rely on having guns to hunt for either sport or to get food to feed their families. Then there are the people who use guns for fun to do things like shoot clay pigeons or do competition shooting. The last way that people use guns for is for personal protection. Whether at home or actually carrying the weapon on them people rely on having a gun on them to feel safer and more secure. Other people carry guns for work reasons whether they are the police or someone who might carry large amounts of money around for their jobs. The anti-gun portion of America thinks that people carry guns because they are paranoid, but that is not the case. People carry guns because they want to feel more secure wherever they might be and know that they are prepared in case anything ever was to happen. A good example of this is from White when he states that “a woman riding the bus alone at night is going to feel much safer with a .38 in her purse than a rape whistle” (White, 2009). I sell guns for a living and I personally...
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...Automotive business Occupations continue to change and improve over time. Technology continues to expand, personnel vary, and tasks are limited from what it was before from the employee. In a time span of about fifty years many things about an occupation will be different causing manual and physical labor to become rare in the future. The drift toward robotic machines, computerization, and technological advances will progress faster also when you are fixing a car. Car manufacturers are always coming up with new ideas to improve a car whether it is technology or new energy sources and materials to make automobiles more sustainable and safer. An occupation I am speaking of is an auto body repair technician, which is an important career in the car business. An auto body repair technician repairs the outer shell of a car, the body of the car. Automotive repair shops offer a lot of things such as: paintwork repairs to scratches, scuffs and dents to vehicle damage as well as damage caused by collisions and major accidents. Not many people choose this field type but the reason people do is because they want to work hands on and don’t mind working in adverse noisily, dirty environments. Also because a college education is not required at many body shops. But with a college education and degree in business management and entrepreneurship it allows the owner to have a stronger idea of how to run a business and how to work and communicate with others. Auto body shops and the car business have...
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...Freedom and Liberty Every day the federal government as well as state and local government pass laws to make us a safer society. As they make society safer they are slowly chewing away at our rights, liberties, and personal freedom. Where is the balance? A serf toiling away in a field had very little liberty. He couldn’t vote and didn’t have any true freedom of speech or assembly. But he did have freedom to think his own thoughts, and he was given by his creator the right to moral agency. Within his confined world, he had the freedom to make choices, either good or bad. We now have laws regulating everything. We are forced to wear seatbelts, to wear motorcycle helmets. Smokers can’t even smoke outside. Kids are expelled from school wearing t-shirts with colorful statements. The government wants to regulate abortion, child discipline, and free speech. If you spank your kids you can be charged with child abuse. We have gone from a foreign policy centered on defending our boundaries to one where we engage in foreign wars around the world in an aggressive attempt to maintain an empire. Because of the supposed threats to our country, we have authorized the government to spy on its own citizens. But freedom has a price. Our soldiers have gone to war and fought and died so that we can remain free. As we all know though, there is nothing in life that is derived from nothing of substance. So, the question exists what constitutes individual freedom when compared...
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...Ambition – A Tragic Flaw Macbeth by William Shakespeare highlights the blinding powers of ambition demonstrated within its characters. Ambition has the potential to prompt a character to build determination and fulfill many achievements. On the other hand, ambition can also become a character’s leading tragic flaw. The main plot of the play displays the various acts Macbeth carries out in order to dismiss the threats between him and the throne. Although he implements the murder of King Duncan, Lady Macbeth is the intelligence behind his violent actions. Since she is the most influential individual in Macbeth’s life, Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband using belittlement and emotional blackmail in order to achieve her own ambition, to gain...
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...The election of 1912 was a four-way race with a voting outcome the US has not seen since. The race began when William Howard Taft received the Republican nomination for re-election over Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt had previously been President from 1901-1909; his first term inherited due to the in-office death of William McKinley. Upon election into his second term (first full term), Roosevelt vowed to not run for office again. Fast forward to 1912, the end of the first term of Roosevelt’s hand picked successor William Howard taft, and Teddy was back in the race. After losing the Rebuplican nomination to Taft, who received more support from the conservative side of the party, Roosevelt had a convention of his own and started the Progressive Party. Naturally, Roosevelt got the nomination. With Woodrow Wilson receiving the Democrat’s nomination for election, and Eugene V. Debs running under the increasingly loud Socialist umbrella, the stage was set for the 1912 Presidential Election. “The four way contest between Taft, Roosevelt, Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist Eugene V. Debs became a national debate on the relationship between political and economic freedom in the age of big business. On one end of the political spectrum stood Taft, who stressed that economic individualism could remian the foundation of the solial order so long as government and private entreprenuers cooperated in addressing social ills. At the other end was Debs. Relatively few Americans supported...
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...fulfillment of the requirements for ACC 541- FORENSIC ACCOUNTING School of Business/ Graduate Studies St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, Fla. Term A1/Spring, 2015 March 25, 2015 Table of Contents Issues………………………………………………………………. 1 Facts……………………………………………………………….. 1 Analysis/ Authority………………………………………………... 6 Conclusions/ Recommendation……………………………………. 8 Issues 1. What is Martin’s actually return for 2000, 2001, and 2002? 2. What would have been Martin’s return for years 2000, 2001, and 2002 if his portfolio had remained with its initial holdings? 3. How do STRIDEs contrast with conventional bonds? 4. How appropriate were these STRIDEs for a 78 year-old with Martin’s stated investment objectives? 5. Considering that the prospectus and accompanying supplemental prospectus exceeded 300 pages, is this reasonable to expect “Joe Investor” to digest this volume of information? 6. How does Blink’s representation of the STRIDE as reported in the statement of claims contrast with the actual nature of this product, as reported in the supplemental prospectus? 7. Assume you are an arbitrator panel member. Would you order the brokerage firm to awards Ralph any damages? If so, how much? Why? Facts Late in 2001, Ralph Martin, a former clothes salesman, sat on his patio evaluating his current retirement portfolio. Ralph, a 78 year-old retiree, had little interest in investment and had previously depended on his long-term friend and financial advisor for investment advice. However...
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...organization is associated with both business and basic human values which makes it a brand with which anyone can relate. After the factory burned down in a fire in 1995, Aaron Feuerstein chose to value his employees over what could have been a huge monetary gain for the business (Leung, 2003). This went against typical business practices of the time. Because of this, Aaron Feuerstein eventually became the example of business ethics. The tenants of organizational behavior will through the actions of the Malden Mills CEO, Aaron Feuerstein, and its employees by answering the following questions: * What does Malden Mills’ commitment to its employees prove or disprove about the impact of values in action within the company? * Did the business model for Malden Mills and level of engagement with its employees cloud decision maker’s business judgment and lead to the failure of the organization? If so, to what extent? * Did Malden Mills’ CEO Aaron Feuerstein fail his organization by demonstrating compassion for his employees? If so, what does this show about balancing the needs of the employees with the needs of the business? Introduction When Aaron Feurestein chose to value his employees over monetary gain, he went against the grain of typical business practices of the time (Leung, 2003). This displayed the company’s values in action, which had a strong impact on the attitudes of the employees and the community. Because Feuerstein stood by his employees and the community,...
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...live with a man without getting marriage and she can leave the man according to their wishes. In some of the places of Harayana have women dominating area's. So in this way it is proved that India is save for women any only country which respect to the women as compared to men Posted by: AnshulAkashSao Report Post Like Reply Challenge02 Only in some places It depends where you are. For example, in South India, places like the very liberal state of Kerala are much safer than places like New Delhi (the capital). In New Delhi women traveling alone are not very safe, even if they don't get full out assaulted there is still some "feeling" of danger for women. Posted by: toinfinityandbeyond Report Post Like Reply Challenge01 Biased media reporting India is not much more unsafe as any other country. But our media is obsessed with reporting every rape case because it is more sensational than other crimes. Compare the cases of murder and the number of rapes. There are far relatively more rapes reported in the media than murders. Report Post Like Reply00 Laws are there Laws have been enacted for women safety.....Government are punishing those who are culprits.....As handful of people are mean we must not blame are...
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...Trudeau, who had in previous years been a strong advocate of civil liberties, spoke of the need for drastic action to restore order in Quebec. When questioned by CBC reporter Tim Ralfe on how far he would go in the suspension of civil liberties to maintain order, Trudeau replied, "Well, just watch me." The reporter was trying to get Trudeau to explain why he would make Quebec into a military state. What good would it do? The reporter had his own idea about it and it was clear that he was making an effort to not be a “devil’s advocate” as Trudeau said to him at the very end of the video, (7:24) however, to try and make this situation debatable. The reporter is afraid that as a province they would lose their rights and freedom. He questions Trudeau, “Doesn’t it worry you that you have a town that has to resort to this kind of thing?” (0:31) It is clear that the reporter shows his worry and frustration by asking and doubting Trudeau’s in acting of the War Measures Act. The reporter expresses that he wants a more of a safer province by starting more of a heavier debate rather than an interview. Pierre Trudeau’s overall point to this interview is to show that he means business. Trudeau's firm conviction that "law and order in Canada" come first, and that there would be no bargaining with the kidnappers, won him new popularity in English Canada. When reporter Tim Ralfe asked him, “Sir, what is it with men and all these guns around here?” (0:04) Trudeau responds in a sarcastic tone, “Haven’t...
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...line was one of the most prominent factors in its battle during the prohibition of alcohol days. The thought of prohibition of alcohol was proposed to the citizens, by the government and the church as an attempt to reduce crime, improve health, and protect the women and children in society (www.floridahistory.org). The government officials went into the neighborhoods and town meetings and told the families and homeowners that prohibiting alcohol would make their neighborhoods safer and the pastors preached about alcohol and the bible to their congregations instilling the fear of displeasing God. The whites would be concerned of their safety and power and restricted blacks from alcohol whether they were free or still in slavery due to their concerns of having less power or being ineffective in slave ownership. In any effort, their attempts to abolish alcohol led to many more illegal operations and the people of the Florida are became very creative about finding ways to obtain the illegal alcohol. The 18th amendment was established and declared the sale, production, and transport of alcohol illegal. The amendment became law on January 17th, 1920. The advocates of the amendment thought that once the amendment was put in place, the church would be able to convince people that alcohol was bad for you and the traffickers would cease their activities. The Great Depression had a major impact on the funding that was needed to enforce the anti-alcohol laws because there was no funding...
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...despite the federal government’s deployment of more than 10,000 federal police officers and upwards of 50,000 Mexican soldiers, the violence in the Mexican states has only increased, the total number of drug-related deaths numbering over 40,000 since 2006 (Sulivan). Culture of impunity and lawlessness pervades many Mexican communities, where drug cartels operate without hindrance from fearful and inadequate police forces, and without criticism from a censored media. Cartels have shown no mercy or regrets as they attempt to implement...
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...in the end it was not a cold, dark Afghan cave that sheltered the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden. It was a huge million dollar home in Abbottabad, Pakistan, with far too much security and 18-foot high walls, much taller than necessary to protect the two couriers who allegedly lived there alone. A U.S. bullet into his head, among other places, is what brought the sudden end to Bin Laden's life after a 10-year hunt for the spiritual leader of the global Al-Qaeda terrorist franchise and the master plotter of the 9/11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people. The death of Osama bin Laden has raised many questions; what impact does his death have on U.S. counter-terrorism activities, Al-Qaeda and Islamic extremism, and U.S./NATO efforts in Afghanistan? More importantly, is the world any safer now than it was before? U.S. efforts to combat terrorism Without doubt, the death of the Al-Qaida leader is a great achievement in the global fight against terrorism. The spontaneous celebrations that broke out across the U.S. show how eagerly Americans were waiting to see this day. “History's most expansive, expensive and exasperating manhunt has finally ended, but the most expensive war against terrorism still has a long way to go.” (China Post, 2011) While we take comfort in his removal, we must not become complacent in our efforts to win the war on terror. Bin Laden’s death stands as a favorable victory to the world, but it is a symbolic victory more than a strategic changing...
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