greater community confidence that one of their iconic volunteer organisations is professionally managed and focused on delivering well-structured programs for the youth of Victoria. Contents Introduction 3 Principles of Good Governance in the Not For Profit Sector 3 Regulatory Framework 3 Role and Responsibilities - The Board's Effectiveness 4 Board Composition – the right people 5 Vision and Strategy 6 Recognition and Management of Risk 6 Volunteer Training 6 Organisational Performance
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more general term that generally refers only to risks affecting all companies operating within or involved with a particular country. Many investors choose to place a portion of their portfolios in foreign securities. This decision involves an analysis of various mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), or stock and bond offerings. However, investors often neglect an important first step in the process of international investing. When done properly, the decision to invest overseas begins with
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Communicating Strategically In the first chapter, we examined the changing environment for business over the last half century. In this chapter, we explore how these changes have affected corporate communication and why it has become imperative for modern companies to communicate strategically. Strategic communication can be defined as “communication aligned with the company’s overall strategy, [intended] to enhance its strategic positioning.”1 An effective strategy should encourage a company
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The Identification and Categorization of Auditors' Virtues Author(s): Theresa Libby and Linda Thorne Source: Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3, Accounting Ethics (Jul., 2004), pp. 479-498 Published by: Philosophy Documentation Center Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3857741 . Accessed: 08/02/2015 09:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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World Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 1. No. 3. July 2011. Pp. 1-15 Cosmetic Accounting Practices in Developing Countries: Bangladesh Perspectives Asif Mahbub Karim 1 , Rehana Fowzia 2 and Md. Mamunur Rashid Cosmetic accounting is a process whereby accountants use their knowledge of accounting rules to manipulate the figures reported in the accounts of a business. This study expresses the views of External Auditors, Internal Auditors, and the Accountants on causes, techniques, effects and solution
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6Critical Sociology http://crs.sagepub.com Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee Crit Sociol 2008; 34; 51 DOI: 10.1177/0896920507084623 The online version of this article can be found at: http://crs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/1/51 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Critical Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://crs.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://crs.sagepub
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the State Electricity Boards. A third set of circumstances, with the potential for equally powerful forms of institutional lock-in, appears to be in the making with the reproduction of the Orissa model on the national scale. This paper provides an analysis of the social and political context in which power sector reforms have taken place in India. While a state-led power sector has been responsible for substantial failures, is the design of the reformed sector well aimed at balancing efficiency and
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vol. 14, no. 1/2010 57 Changing Methodologies in Financial Audit and Their Impact on Information Systems Audit Doctoral School – Accounting and Management Information Systems Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania dan.vilsanoiu@gmail.com, mihaela.serban@gmail.com This paper tries to provide a better understanding of the relation between financial audit and information systems audit and to assess the influence the change in financial audit methodologies had on IS audit. We concluded
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Sarbanes Oxley Companies Abstract Sarbanes oxley act 2002 was passed on July 30, 2002 and only the public companies are now feeling its impact. This act frequently called the “most significant accounting or auditing legislation since the securities exchange Act of 1934”. After the implementation it has established its demands to the companies for proper management and disclosure of risk. Nortel networks is a giant corporate in telecom industry and as it is expected they also have faced the challenges
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societies. Intrinsic interest is the second most important vi influencing factor reported by students. Two factors, “intrinsic interest” (attitude towards the behavior) and “parental influence” (subjective norm) in the multinomial ew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Education + Training logistic
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