MISSION To connect people with trusted breast cancer information and a community of support. VISION A world where no one impacted by breast cancer feels uninformed or alone. HISTORY & COMMUNITY SERVED LBBC was founded in 1991 by radiation oncologist Marisa C. Weiss, MD, in response to a woman's need for breast-cancer-related information, connection and support after completing treatment. In our early years, Dr. Weiss ran LBBC out of the third floor of her home using volunteers
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CASE 4: ACCOUNTING FRAUD AT WORLDCOM Betty Vinson: victim or villain? Should criminal fraud charges have been brought to her? How should employees react when ordered by their employer to do something they do not believe in or feel uncomfortable doing? In discussing whether Vinson should been charged with criminal fraud, it can be analyzed from ethical perspective which can truly judge whether she was morally responsible for the wrong or not. In order to determine whether Vinson was morally responsible
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control function that acts as a third line of defense after the business and risk management function. The other control functions are – finance controller, legal and compliance, business continuity, and risk management. The primary responsibility of the control functions within organization is to provide oversight based on the guidance as stated by the company. Internal audit is an independent control function that assesses the risk and control effectiveness of the firm. The scope of the Internal
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Directors are the people trusted with the running of the organisation. They are expected to guide the company in the right direction both legally and financially. Being the trustees, directors are exposed to liabilities as a consequence of a breach of their duties. The liabilities of directors is stated under different laws in the Indian Constitution. Different laws and acts provide the frame work for under which directors need to act and failing which they are liable for it. Whenever any company
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Company Registration steps in Bangladesh Registrar is a public authority responsible for managing corresponding registry. Companies registry can be managed by courts such as Germany, Austria or government offices like United Kingdom, Ukraine etc. Each country has its own features with regard to company registrar, contents, purpose, public availability. At first let us know, what a company register is -- A company register is a register of organizations in the jurisdiction they operate under. Now
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(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY It's definitely counterintuitive and maybe a bit ironic, but when you meet an experienced, successful executive who seems to have all the confidence in the world, chances are he's experienced the most humiliating defeat you can ever imagine. That's because failure is the gateway to success. Here's how it works. When you're young and new to the workforce, you revel in the gifts God gave you or the DNA you were fortunate enough to acquire that sets you apart. Maybe you're
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What is the difference between public and private finance? Government expenditures are the expenditures incurred by the Government for development of the country and also on non-development objectives in view. Government revenue comes from taxation i.e. direct taxation and indirect taxation. Government ‘debt is obtained from internal and external sources. Loans from internal sources are obtained by selling Government securities to the people whereas external sources are those such as the World Bank
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TKB數位學堂學員須知 |一、TKB數位學堂公約： | |TKB數位學堂所有課程皆受到智慧財產權保護，上課禁止私自錄音、錄影、下載檔案或數位拍攝，違者將取消學員資格並追溯法律責任。 | |TKB數位學堂學習場次，依季節性作彈性調整。 | |嚴禁冒用學員身分上課或將上課證借予他人使用，違者將取消學員資格及追繳上課費用並追訴法律責任。 | |為維護公共安全、防止火災及維持空氣空氣品質，學習區大樓實施全面禁菸，請學員配合。 | |為維護學習環境品質，學習區內禁止飲食、喧嘩並請關閉手機或調為震動。
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Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 19 [Special Issue - October 2011] Perceived Relationship between Corporate Capital Structure and Firm Value in Nigeria Semiu Babatunde ADEYEMI Department of Accounting University of Lagos Lagos, Nigeria Collins Sankay OBOH Department of Accounting University of Lagos Lagos, Nigeria Abstract This study examined the empirical effects of corporate capital structure (financial leverage) on the market value of a selection of firms listed on the Nigerian Stock
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Accounting: Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Date: 1/26/2015 3. What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books"? The CEO and CFO of WorldCom wanted to “cook the books” because they wanted to keep the company’s stock price growing. Managers and accountants “cook the books” because they are forced to do so by their CEO and CFO. WolrldCom CEO Ebbers believed that increasing the stock price is their number one priority, so he set up a goal for the corporation--“The
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