Chapter 1 Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics 1. Which of these issues may impact a company’s operations? a. international issues b. political issues c. ethical issues d. legal issues e. all of these issues can impact operations ANSWER: e (page 3-4) National: AACSB Analytic; Diversity; AICPA BB-Legal 2. Which area of law is most likely to impact directly the finance and accounting departments of
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NEGIGENCE In the 1928 edition of Bevan on Negligence stated that negligence is “it has to deal……with duties as they appear when the normal standard of performance is not attained…considering defaults in conduct, and only in the second place with the adequate discharge of obligations”. 1. DUTY OF CARE Gleeson CJ and Gummow J, the approach to determine a duty of care is to identify the “salient features” that combine to constitute a sufficiently close relationship to give rise to a duty
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Apartment • Apartment: a relatively self-contained housing unit in a building which is often rented out to one person or a family, or two or more people sharing a lease in a partnership, for their exclusive use. Sometimes called a flat or digs (slang). Some locales have legal definitions of what constitutes an apartment. In some locations, "apartment" denotes a building that was built specifically for such units, whereas "flat" denotes a unit in a building that had been originally built as a
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Directed Independent Adult Learning COURSE SYLLABUS FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION ACC-421-GS Course Syllabus FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION ACC-421-GS ©Thomas Edison State College January 2008 Course Essentials Federal Income Taxation is a one-semester course designed to help you learn the basics of federal income taxation of individuals. The course covers the basic tax calculations, filing status, gross income inclusions and exclusions, gain and loss recognition, business and personal deductions
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Published by the Ecological Society of America Number 10, Winter 2003 Issues in Ecology Sustaining Healthy Freshwater Ecosystems Issues in Ecology Number 10 Winter 2003 Sustaining Healthy Freshwater Ecosystems SUMMARY Fresh water is vital to human life and economic well-being, and societies extract vast quantities of water from rivers, lakes, wetlands, and underground aquifers to supply the requirements of cities, farms, and industries. Our need for fresh water has long caused us to overlook
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TO BE INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA BILL NO. 77 OF 2011 THE LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT BILL, 2011 ———— ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES ———— CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY CLAUSES 1. 2. 3. Short title, extent and commencement. Application of Act. Definitions. CHAPTER II DETERMINATION OF SOCIAL IMPACT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE A.—PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FOR DETERMINATION OF SOCIAL IMPACT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE 4. 5. 6. Preparation of Social Impact Assessment Study. Public hearing
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Consideration and Promissory Estoppel The Formation of a Contract 3 Consideration and Promissory Estoppel 1. CONSIDERATION In general, agreements or promises are contractually binding in English law only if supported by consideration. The requirement of consideration means that each party must receive or be promised something in return for giving or promising something. Consideration is, therefore, the legal description of the element of exchange and its practical effect is to ensure that gratuitous
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Financial Accounting Standards Board ORIGINAL PRONOUNCEMENTS AS AMENDED Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 Fair Value Measurements Copyright © 2010 by Financial Accounting Foundation. All rights reserved. Content copyrighted by Financial Accounting Foundation may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Financial
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