publicly traded corporations. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants still holds the responsibility of standard setting for governments and not-for-profit entities‚ however‚ their recent pronouncements have been influenced by the PCAOB. 3. Steps that governmental and not-for-profit agencies may take in order to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Bill include: restructuring their Board of Directors to include and audit committee consisting of financial experts in various
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Joan Holtz CASE 5-3 JOAN HOLTZ (A)* (1) Electric utility bills. An electric utility company can estimate with reasonable certainty the expected revenue in a given period by taking into consideration some of the following: customer habits‚ average historical trends‚ demand and supply forecasts‚ and environmental changes. The electric utility industry effectively uses an insurance industry concept—the law of large numbers‚ to determine with certainty‚ expected revenue. The law of large numbers
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Stakeholder analysis Stakeholders are defined in many ways. Traditionally in UNICEF guidance‚ stakeholders are defined as "people or groups that have an interest in a program or activity and/or are likely to be affected by it." Stakeholder analysis as a strategic tool often casts wider‚ including all the actors who can influence or be influenced by the achievement of a given goal or undertaking. These include the winners (those who have something to gain by achieving a goal) and the losers (those
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CYP Core 3.1: Understand child and young person development. 1.2 Explain the difference between the sequence of development and the rate of development and why the difference is important. 2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors. 2.2 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of external factors. Sequence of development is the order in which it occurs‚ for example‚ toddlers have to walk before they
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“Sony Drops Price of Playstation 3” Assignment 2 Week 3: Industry Analysis The article “Sony Drops Price of Playstation 3” discusses Sony’s Playstation 3 and its strategy with cutting the price of its PlayStation 3 by 25%‚ from $399.99 to $299.99. This is a business decision by Sony with hopes that it will generate increased demand for a videogame console that has undersold compared to Microsoft’s X Box 360 and the Nintendo Wii. As the gaming continues to grows‚ the Threat of Entries continues
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of weakness‚ and consequences that these differences have in terms of educational needs.”[1] This means that the aim of inclusive practice is to create a neutral learning environment. It should be noted that that every learner will have different needs and requirements and therefore‚ should be taught respectively. Equality is a vital part of successful inclusive practice. This assignment will try to analyse the factors that influence learning. There are various factors including personal‚ social
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Problem is Civil Obedience (Howard Zinn) The world has been through drastic changes overtime. In Zinn’s article‚ he discusses how people obey the law. Civil disobedience is the active‚ professed refusal to obey certain laws‚ demands‚ or commands of a government‚ or of an occupying international power‚ as a form of peaceful protest. He states that the problem is not civil disobedience‚ but it is civil obedience.1 Zinn includes how not only is this happening today‚ but civil obedience has been an uprising
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opportunity to learn and practice counseling skills on an individual and group level. Practicing counseling and receiving feedback through the classroom experience has helped me grow and evolve as a social worker at my practicum placement as well. Critical thinking and analysis using the self-evaluation have helped me become more aware of my skill strengths as well as the areas that need further development. Strengths I feel that as a social worker I have strong skill practice in many areas. One
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INFLUENCES OF CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE Influences of Conformity and Obedience Adrienne Alexander PSYCH 555 Dr. Jay Greiner Applications of Social Psychology • Make connections between social psychology and other disciplines. Social psychology is closely related to three other disciplines: personality psychology‚ organizational psychology‚ and sociology (social work is sometimes confused with social psychology
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preventative care and quality of provider care are two access related factors. Non-access related factors are misdiagnosis due to incorrect coding and high insurance cost resulting in lack of care. 3. In what ways can good leadership and management control health care costs? Proper management of data and information can control costs. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) developed the Healthcare effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). HEDIS relies principally on administrative
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