INTRODUCTION The idea of children having legally recognized rights is a revolutionary one in many ways. Historically, children have been under the control of their parents. Since children are presumed by law to lack the capacity of adults, they are denied full participation in the political, legal and social processes. In lieu of most rights, children are afforded special protection by the state. Today, however, many consider this control (and the special protection that accompanies it) to be harmful
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Drug Addiction Crime or Disease? Interim and Final Reports of the Joint Committee of the American Bar Association and the American Medical Association on Narcotic Drugs. INTERIM REPORT For the last half-century public authorities in the United States have been wrestling with the problem of controlling addiction to narcotic drugs. Since the twenties, legislation and enforcement policies have aimed at total repression, with criminal sanctions of notable severity attaching to every transaction
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Chapter 03 Professional Ethics True / False Questions 1. The Rules portion of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct must be followed by only those members in private practice. True False 2. The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct derives its authority from the Bylaws of the AICPA. True False 3. An immaterial loan from the CPA to an officer of a client impairs the independence of the CPA. True False 4. Financial interests of a CPA's nondependent
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Global Perspectives on Accounting Education Volume 3, 2006, 27-48 ENRON AND ARTHUR ANDERSEN: THE CASE OF THE CROOKED E AND THE FALLEN A Gary M. Cunningham Visiting Professor Department of Business Administration Åbo Akademi University Turku, Finland Jean E. Harris Accounting Department Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Campus School of Business Administration Middletown, Pennsylvania USA ABSTRACT Outside the US, the failures of Enron and Arthur Andersen remain puzzles. How could the accounting
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affect the development of Agriculture as a distinct driver of the economy in Kenya. CONDUCT OF THE COURSE The course shall consist of both coursework and examination. The coursework will be in the form of a researched seminar presentation, a term paper and a continuous assessment test each constituting 10% of the final mark, thus a total of 30% of the total mark. The exam will constitute the remaining 70%. COURSE CONTENT | |TOPIC
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The Role of Corporate Law in Preventing a Financial Crisis: Reflections on In re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation Franklin A. Gevurtz* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. II. CITIGROUP AS A CASE STUDY IN EXCESSIVE RISK-TAKING .............................. III. TOOLS FOR CURBING EXCESSIVE RISK-TAKING AND THE ROLE OF CORPORATE LAW ..........................................
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Slovakia country risk analysis Seminar Paper Submitted at Lauder Business School, Vienna in Corporate Risk Management by David GRÜNFELD KRÁLIK Eva PÓSA Valentine TARELKO * Submitted on: 26.04.2014 Table of contents 1. Introduction 5 2. Political Risk 6 2.1. Government stability 6 2.2. Corruption 7 2.3. Socioeconomic conditions 8 2.4. Internal and External Conflict 10 2.5. Investment Profile 11 2.6. Military in politics 14 2.7. Religious tensions 15 2
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Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws. Plessy v. Ferguson was the first major inquiry
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or principles (Webster’s New World Dictionary, 1994) * a systematic investigation in order to establish facts and new conclusions (Oxford, 1996) Definitions of Research * a systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to the development of generalizations, principles or theories resulting in prediction and possibly ultimate control of events (Best & Kahn, 1998) * purposive, systematic and scientific process of gathering, analyzing, classifying
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