720 Search Results for Transparency and Governance
IFRS and GAAP
While there is a global movement towards convergence of accounting standards with more countries adopting IFRS, and many companies in areas where IFRS is not mandatory choosing to adopt the standards (Hillman, Heaston, & Dodd, 201 Continue Reading...
Electoral Rules and Socio-Economic Changes on Elections and Winners Thereof
One should never be deceived to think or imagine that electoral rules are mere formalities. These rules have a major influence on the choices that voters make during an ele Continue Reading...
Procurement Planning and Project Management Methodologies
Procurement Planning
Addressing the internal attributes of service quality of the processes of e-procurement is an important CSF. Companies need to underline the problems associated with the Continue Reading...
Remedies to Poor Public Service
For a long time, improvement of public service quality and access for the most marginalized and poorest people has been a top priority for many governments. The issue refers to the content of the debate in most policy Continue Reading...
EU's Current Anti-Fraud Strategy
For some time now, the issue of fraud and corruption in public service has been an issue of concern. This has forced many organizations to establish strategies aimed at detecting and minimizing the occurrence of such Continue Reading...
International Politics
Political Leaders In Latin America: Hugo Chavez And Lula
Who is Hugo Chavez and Lula
Hugo Chavez was born on 28 July 1954 in Sabaneta, Venezuela. Chavez attended Venezuelan military academy and took up service as an army off Continue Reading...
Regulatory Measures
The history of business and government excesses and the subsequent public, legal and political reaction is quite a long one and the response to criminal misconduct has led to governance practices, legal sanctions, compliance stan Continue Reading...
L'OREAL: Ethical Company Examination
L'OREAL is a truly famous cosmetics company and is one which has been noted for its high level of ethical responsibility and cooperation.
Consumers
For any company, the main way that it needs to exhibit respons Continue Reading...
Strategic Choices at HD Motorcycle Corporation
Harley Davidson's strategy to become a successful organization
The corporate strategy is developed in accordance with the business strategic vision and mission. The organizations also establish busine Continue Reading...
2003 Annual Report Global Terrorism: An Information System Failure?
The information system errors are common in government and private organizations. It is required to adopt a system development model to incorporate integration of the technology and Continue Reading...
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These comments are showing how Wellstone understood the risk that this would pose to the financial system. In eight years after making this speech, the federal government would be directly bailing out firms that were too big to fa Continue Reading...
Executive Stock Option Plans
"If the company does not do better than its competitors, but the stock market goes up, executives do very well from their stock options. This makes no sense." Discuss viewpoint. Can you think of alternatives to the usual Continue Reading...
Hammond Exam
On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda attacked the heart of the American economy causing not only losses in terms of property and financial damage, but also widespread terror and fear which extended far beyond the borders of the United States Continue Reading...
Community Policing Efficacy
The Violent Crime Control & Law Enforcement Act of 1994 heralded the beginning of a massive effort to reform policing strategies in the United States, in part through implementation of community-policing programs at t Continue Reading...
Disney Australia Case Study
Management theories aim to improve the operational and financial performance of business organizations and help them in achieving their strategic goals. The internationally accepted Management theories provide a framework Continue Reading...
Thus, many shipments go to another destination before the United States or Europe in order to throw law enforcement off of the trail. For cocaine coming out of Colombia, West Africa and Venezuela, home to rogue states and dictatorships, have become Continue Reading...
Nigeria Orphanage
Non-Governmental Organization Placement: Examination of the Experience of Students In NGO Placement
The objective of this work is to examine the experience of students on the NGO placement in Nigeria. The NGO at focus is that of S Continue Reading...
Corporate communications involves not just the message, but the idea that communications are managed, and are connected to corporate objectives (Cornelissen, 2004). Therefore, when communication possibilities were limited, corporate options were lim Continue Reading...
Ethical Dilemmas & Marketing
Ethical Dilemmas
Ethical dilemmas in international marketing
Background of Marketing Ethics
Ethical Issues in Marketing
Modern Debate in Stakeholder Theory
Ethical Theories
Teleological Theories
Virtue Ethics
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Mr. Slade added that there is now 'no assurance of commitment to an early return, through elections, to democratic constitutional governance for Fiji, as Forum Leaders have long been urging on the Interim Administration' (Key regional reactions and Continue Reading...
This strategy was successful for some time but when WorldCom tried to acquire MCI (a company with two times more revenues than WorldCom), the binge of acquisitions was ended due to objections from antitrust and other stakeholders.
WorldCom's strate Continue Reading...
Human Capital in Latin American Economic Development
HUMAN CAPITAL IN LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC Developtment
The concern for the economic development in the developing countries has been an issue for several decades. Many policy makers around the glo Continue Reading...
Self-Directed Learning Activities -- December
Self-Directed Learning Activities Recording Sheet
Student Dianisia White Term Fall 2010 Date: December 14, 2010
Tracking Sheet
Date of Activity
Duration of Activity
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In other words, with respect to the dilemma between IFRS and U.S. GAAP, the view provided by the article is that recent changes have actually manifested a far more intensive process of oversight in the latter than is proposed by the former.
To the Continue Reading...
Quality as a product differentiator must be an explicit goal in defining audit objectives in highly regulated industries if manufacturers are to retain and grow the trust of their suppliers and distribution channels (Schnoll, 2008).
How Traceabilit Continue Reading...
According to de With and Dijkman (2008), "Management control is the process by which managers influence other members of an organization to implement the organization's strategies. This process consists of four different phases-strategic planning, b Continue Reading...
The purpose of such bifurcation is the enabling of the parties to the arbitration to maintain control of the impact of the Shariah in the law that they choose for arbitration. Middle East states that have not removed religion from their rules of arb Continue Reading...
A study of e-government initiatives in Canada by Ayert, for example, found that, "Each department valued its own information system, its own database, and its own information culture. Malevolence was not involved; rather, the systemic goal was perce Continue Reading...
(Economou and Trichias, 2009)
Remuneration is stated to be as follows for each of these actors:
(1) real estate brokers -- Commission based on percentage of the transaction value;
(2) lawyers -- Commission based on percentage of the transaction v Continue Reading...
The partnership strategy will bring capital investment to the island in the form of clinics while at the same time creating jobs for graduates. The same model needs to be applied to the banking industry as well. Creating an alliance strategy that wi Continue Reading...
However, the growth of the corporation introduced the concept of a fiduciary duty between stockholders and board members, in both open and closed corporations. (Stevenson, p.1144). Put succinctly, the board of directors has a duty to its shareholder Continue Reading...
All of these factors then contribute to the complexity of hiring senior international positions, and underscore the HR issues that are going to cause difficulties in the hiring process.
De Beers' recruiting process is going to have to focus on thos Continue Reading...
There is also the threat that given the significant inefficiencies in Compass Group that the risks of currency fluctuations could become very significant over time, especially as the dollar loses value and yet suppliers and logistics networks must b Continue Reading...
The British Empire gained significant land share within North America through its conquests and emigration. From the founding of Jamestown to the growth of the greater New England region, the North American territories represented a significant port Continue Reading...
One of the most crucial areas that they have helped develop is the integration of Asian development into the world arena. The current explosion of economic growth and social change within Asia has had a profound affect on world politics; Annan has b Continue Reading...
" Strategic capital is defined as "capital expenditures that are required to expand production capacity above the previous year's level" (dictionary.com). We have to carefully define our strategic capital in order to monitor the direction and progres Continue Reading...
By "lifting all boats" and extending the concept of being "our brother's keeper" we begin, as a society, to address basic human rights worldwide.
Question #2: What role should governments play in regulating commerce to ensure that the rights of peo Continue Reading...
Department of Finance is the lead agency supporting the Government's key economic and financial policy outcomes through the provision of advice and coordination of resource allocation for Government programs. It also provides financial services to t Continue Reading...