HR and Business Acronyms AA 1.) Affirmative Action 2.) Adverse Action AACU American Association of Colleges and Universities AAO Affirmative Action Office AAP Affirmative Action Plan AAR Average Annual Return AARP American Association of Retired Persons ABF Asset Based Financing ABM Activity Based Management ABMS Activities Based Management System ABS Asset Backed Security ACH Automated Clearing House AD & D Accidental Death and Dismemberment ADA Americans with Disabilities
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Berkeley Cambridge Business Publishers To my daughters, Joanne and Stacey —PDE To my husband Brittan, and my children Loic, Maclean, Quinn and Kay —MLM To my wife Susan, and my children Christian, Peter and Philip —GAS To my wife Sharon, my daughter Jasmine, and my parents 滕惠清 and 张祥林 —XZ Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation, Fourth Edition, by Peter D. Easton, Mary Lea McAnally, Gregory A. Sommers, and Xiao-Jun Zhang. COPYRIGHT © 2015 by Cambridge Business Publishers, LLC
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Chevron’s Global Business Challenges Anthony J. Smith Strayer University Dr. Johnnie Woodard BUS 475 March 2, 2014 Chevron’s Global Business Challenges While embracing an effective and productive global business environment, there are often ongoing matters such as unethical business challenges, failure to embrace technology advancement, and stiff competition among businesses (Chevron, 2012). It is the responsibility of each individual global company to ensure that proper strategies
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factories started producing three to four tons of ice per day. This was enough to support the population more so than ever before. Ice was preserved over the warm summer months by packing the ice in saw dust for insulation. Instantly the ice business became big business. Many entrepreneurs started investing money in formulating mechanical refrigeration at an economical cost. Interest in ice making equipment was at full force in the early twentieth century. Uncertainty of supplies, great fluctuations
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Auditor Independence and Non-Audit Services: A Literature Review Vivien Beattie University of Stirling and Stella Fearnley University of Portsmouth TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of tables and list of figures About the authors v vi List of abbreviations vii Executive summary ix Part 1 Auditor independence 1 Introduction 1 1.1 1 1.2 The ‘problem’ of non-audit services (NAS) 1 1.3 The current UK regulatory and professional environment 2
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E A R C H , 2 015 The Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School educate scholars who make a difference in the world through rigorous academic research that influences practice. More than 140 strong, HBS doctoral students represent diverse backgrounds, degrees, undergraduate schools, and disciplines includ— ing economics, engineering, mathematics, physics, psychology, and sociology. They examine the most critical issues in business management through rigorous research, creating and disseminating
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Occasional Paper 5 The Recovery of Trust: Case studies of organisational failures and trust repair BY GRAHAM DIETZ AND NICOLE GILLESPIE Published by the Institute of Business Ethics Occasional Paper 5 Authors Dr Graham Dietz is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on trust repair after organisational failures, as well as trust-building across cultures. Together with his co-author on this report
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capitalization, RBC Royal Bank is one of Canada's largest banks and one of the largest banks in the world. Always earning the right to be our clients' first choice is RBC Royal Bank’s vision that it committed to provide best services in its five business segments, personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, investor services and capital markets products (Canada, Corporate Profile, Royal Bank of Canada, 2015). b. Core Values The five core values that the RBC Royal
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Ethical Issues in Business Thomas Donaldson and Patricia Werhane Some definitions: Ethics – the study of whatever is right and good for humans Business ethics – business actions etc in light of some aspect of human value. - it requires the evaluation of business practices. - Goes beyond facts to include the “ought to” of a situation. The two traditional issues involved with ethics: 1. Ethical Relativism – are there universal values that apply to everyone or is everything relative
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FINANCIA MANAGEMENT NOTES TOPIC 1 SCOPE OF FINANCE FUNCTIONS The functions of Financial Manager can broadly be divided into two: The Routine functions and the Managerial Functions. Managerial Finance Functions Require skilful planning, control and execution of financial activities. There are four important managerial finance functions. These are: a) Investment of Long-term asset-mix decisions These decisions (also referred to as capital budgeting decisions) relates to the allocation
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