and we work directly with our suppliers to help improve their sustainability performance. To target improvements further down the supply chain, we require our suppliers to demand similar standards of their own suppliers and check this through audits and performance management processes. We participate in industry initiatives to raise standards across the sector. Read on to find out more about our approach to this issue. Or go to the Performance section to read about our progress in 2014/15
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AUDITOR ) INDEPENDENCE AND AUDIT FIRM ) ROTATION; ) ) NOTICE OF ROUNDTABLE ) ) PCAOB Release No. 2011-006 August 16, 2011 PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 37 Summary: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB" or "Board") is issuing a concept release to solicit public comment on ways that auditor independence, objectivity and professional skepticism could be enhanced. One possible approach on which the Board is seeking comment is mandatory audit firm rotation, which is explored
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Chapter Four Professional Accounting in the Public Interest, Post-Enron Purpose of the Chapter When the Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom debacles triggered the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a new era of stakeholder expectations was crystallized for the business world and particularly for the professional accountants that serve in it. The drift away from the professional accountant’s role as a fiduciary to that of a businessperson was called into question and reversed. The principles
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Root Cause Analysis AFT2 Accreditation Audit October 4th, 2014 Sentinel Event Root Cause Analysis As defined by the Joint Commission (2014) a sentinel event is, “An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury or the risk thereof. The phrase "or the risk thereof" includes any process variation for which a recurrence would carry a significant chance of a serious adverse outcome” (Joint Commission, 2014). The sentinel event concerns a possible
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Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 17, Number 2—Spring 2003—Pages 3–26 The Fall of Enron Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu F rom the start of the 1990s until year-end 1998, Enron’s stock rose by 311 percent, only modestly higher than the rate of growth in the Standard & Poor’s 500. But then the stock soared. It increased by 56 percent in 1999 and a further 87 percent in 2000, compared to a 20 percent increase and a 10 percent decline for the index during the same years. By December
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Reflective Outline and discuss a clinical audit that you have undertook into one aspect of care delivery and reflect upon the experience using Driscoll’s model of structured reflection. Word Count (2197) During the course of this piece of work, it is my intention to outline and discuss a clinical audit that I undertook into one aspect of care delivery and reflect upon the experience using Driscoll’s model of structured reflection (Driscoll, 2000). The audit, which focused upon the completion of
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National Planning Commission has progressively spearheaded Nigeria’s return to strategic development planning after about three decades drift of the economy in no clear direction, especially under military rule. To ensure effective implementation of the Government’s Development Agenda: National Vision 20:2020, First National Implementation Plan and the Transformation Agenda, the Government has established a specialized department of Monitoring and Evaluation in the Commission. For the first time
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1. P. Kemezis and W Clasgall, 'ATexas Wildcatter Cashes in on French Oil," Busrhess W-eek,'tsllay' ' 1985, 106-10i. 2. The dominant companies in the oil and gas industry include such firms as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips. These firms are often referred to as the "majors' or simply as "Big Oil." 207 208 !': $1 iil {r i. $- :..1 sEcTtoNTHREE INTERNALCournollssuas of oil and gas exploration by employing a rough-andtumble business strategy. Lee recognized
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Republic of the Philippines SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills Mandaluyong City SEC Memorandum Circular No. 6 Series of 2009 REVISED CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Pursuant to its mandate under the Securities Regulation Code and the Corporation Code, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in a meeting held on June 18, 2009, approved the promulgation of this Revised Code of Corporate Governance (the “Code”) which shall apply to registered corporations
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