Assignment 1 1. The rhyme scheme of the poem is abab cdcd efef gg 2. The tone of the poem refers to the emotional resonance, the feeling of the speaker. ”My Mistress eyes are nothing like the sun” 3. I agree that “in this poem the speaker seems to be mocking or making fun of the Mistress’s looks”. The speaker mentioned the idealised version of female beauty namely the idea of “rose” in a woman cheek “But no such roses see in her cheeks”. 4. It refers from the classical Petrarchan
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failed leadership can bring down cities, businesses, and economies. The collapse of major financial companies starting with Bear Stearns, the stunningly botched reaction to Katrina, the inept federal response to tips about Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, and the financial sleight of hand that brought down Enron are only the latest examples of leadership failure. "We keep making the same stupid mistakes, generation after generation," says William Baker, who holds a doctorate in industrial psychology
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Comparison of Characters All three poems have powerful characters all three portraying raw and strong emotions, towards the reader signifying similar emotions and purpose being displayed. When analysed carefully, you can notice a lot of identical techniques used by the different poets. For example all three use some type of form of rhyme, half-rhymes or even rhyming couplets, this works especially well in ‘Hunchback’ for example ‘rockery […] hunchbacked in mockery’ this emphasis the point of
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public during the scheme. How is it that no one ever questioned that and he got away with it? Again, all I can think of is bribery. Makes you sort of wonder how people supposed to be dealing with the law can just break it without question and get away with it. 2. Do you believe that Bernard Madoff worked alone, or do you think he had help in creating and sustaining his Ponzi scheme? Would this represent a conflict of interest? I feel Bernanrd Madoff had help with the Ponzi scheme. Even the smartest
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Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme was the largest in the history which defrauded investors out of as much as $65 billion. David Friehling, the leading auditor of Bernard L. Madoff Investment and Securities’ (BLMIS), was sentenced for aiding Madoff with investment advisor fraud, and filing false audit reports with the SEC. Since then, people are paying more and more attention to auditors’ and accountants’ legal liability. This document will describe the ways in which BLMIS auditor disregarded his responsibility
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secrecy of strategies; redemption issues; paperwork issues; difficulty contacting the company; indifference of those with oversight responsibilities; and indifference of investors. The first case we will look at is a Ponzi scheme by a man named Bernard Madoff. A Ponzi scheme is a type of investment fraud in which returns are paid to investors either from their own money or out of money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than profits generated by investment or any genuine business activity3
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later brought about the famous Ponzi scheme (Rhee 363). The project led to defrauding of many investors. The investors lost over $50 billion in the project over a period of around two decades. It all started in early December 2008 when there was the financial crisis in the United States (Vagts 684). Madoff was not in a position to honor the investors' requests for cash. He had to come out in the open and confess what he was doing. He had to admit to the Ponzi scheme and Wall Street together with other
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Business ethics 1. Assignment 1: Questions 1) Analyzing the ethical frameworks needed in decision making, which ones best align to the eight ethical principles of the Global Business Standards of Codex. Without doubt, there always exists a dilemma when company decisions are being made. It is for this reason that ethical frameworks are utilized to ensure that appropriate decisions are made in the organization. Ethics.ubc argues that ethical frameworks act like “snake detectors.” They are
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LIMERICKS A limerick is a short form of poetry which demonstrates a particular syllabic and rhyme pattern and which is known for its humor. Read this sample limerick: There was a large lady from Perth Who wanted to travel the earth But her wish was in vain For the door of the plane Was not wide enough for her girth. Note that the first, second and fifth lines each have eight syllables, and rhyme with each other, while the middle lines have only six syllables and a separate rhyme
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Franzee Barlamas Ponzi Scheme Assignment Advanced Fraud Accounting March 30, 2016 1. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission a Ponzi scheme is “an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors.” The scheme got its name from Charles Ponzi who created the first ever Ponzi scheme in the 1920s. Ponzi manipulated thousands of New England residents into investing in postage stamps for a return of 50%
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