EEOC v. Federal Express (2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1260 [4th Cir.]) Facts: FedEx appealed a case awarding a disabled employee‚ Ronald Lockhart‚ with compensatory and punitive damages. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) the employer must be acting with malice for punitive damages to be awarded; in addition‚ there was evidence that questioned if punitive damages were warranted. FedEx claimed that Lockhart’s supervisors failed to accommodate him at work‚ not FedEx‚ and they did engage in a
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Case Study: Hill County Snack Food Co. 1.1 How much business risk does Hill County face? Hill County operates in a very competitive market where new potential entrants can be a threat to its operation either through lower price offering or lower production cost. Competition from peer companies has significant effect on its operation‚ because Hill County is price taker in the market‚ that is‚ increase in prices is not one of the choices it can implement. Also‚ due to the fact that its profitability
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The American Express Card Marketing is fully integrated into our overall strategy. Our largest investor‚ Warren Buffett‚ is very focused on brand health and customer metrics. — Kenneth I. Chenault In April 2008‚ Jud Linville‚ president and chief executive officer of U.S. Consumer Services at American Express Company‚ was preparing for a meeting with Ken Chenault‚ American Express’s chairman and chief executive officer since 2001‚ and Al Kelly‚ president of American Express Company. The purpose
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differ Aqualisa from its competitors. The CEO of Aqualisa should simply lower expectations. High prices prevent sales of increasing. If company would prefer to stay in the premium level‚ the company won’t be able to fight with competitors. But in other case‚ if Aqualisa decides to decrease price level‚ the product would have great chances on the market within it’s easy installation; the Aqualisa’s Quartz shower would be attractive to the “Do it yourselfers“. This strategy will not be targeted directly
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CALIFORNIA SYSTEMS CORPORATION (CSC) Executive Summary: Since CSC has decided to broaden its reach by entering the personal computing industry and made a strategic decision to outsource the DVD drives due to the manufacturing costs involved‚ it needs to decide on the sourcing strategy and select a supplier which would optimize its cost over the long run and result in profits for the company. On the basis of the suppliers considered‚ an evaluation scorecard has been formed which would rate the
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MSC FIN.. & ACCOUNTING MSC FIN & ACCOUNTING PREPARED BY:: FLUTURA BIILCARII PREPARED BY FLUTURA B LCAR IINSTRUCTOR:: NSTRUCTOR LEDIIA CIIRKO LED A C RKO Date 25th May‚ 2011 BOSTON CHICKEN INC (CASE ANALYSIS) Questions 1. How is the company reporting on its performance and risks? What are the keys assumptions behind these policies? Do you think that its accounting policies reflect the risks? 2. What adjustments‚ if any‚ would you make to the firm’s accounting policies? 3. What questions would
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Role of Internal Audit Function Nano Circuits Inc‚ is a publicly traded company that produces electronic control circuits‚ which are used in many products. In an effort to comply with SOX‚ Nano is in the process of establishing an in-house internal audit function‚ which previously had been outsourced. The company began this process by hiring a Director of Internal Audits. Nano Circuits’ CEO recently called a planning meeting to discuss the roles of key corporate participants regarding the implementation
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Q1. If the News-Express had dropped its To Let 3 as of January‚ what effect would that action have had on the profit? Total Sales (including To Let 3) £11134 Total Cost (including To Let 3) £10974 Profit (including To Let 3) £160 V.C. of To Let 3 £1790 New Cost without To Let 3 £9184 Sales without To Let 3 £8424 Profit/Loss without To Let 3 £-760 If To Let 3 is dropped‚ the revenue and variable cost of To Let 3 is reduced but the fixed cost still remains. Hence after calculation
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CASE STUDY UPS COMPETES GLOBALLY WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs: The inputs of UPS’s package tracking system include package information picked up from “smart label”. The tracking system also include customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery information by using hand held DIADs. The package tracking system also input the information about the current location (while en route) of the package and billing and customer
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Notes FIA – MA1 Management Information theexpgroup.com ExPress Notes FIA MA1 Management Information Contents About ExPress Notes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The nature and purpose of cost and management accounting Source documents and coding Cost classification and measurement Recording costs Providing information The spreadsheet system 3 7 14 17 24 34 42 Page | 2 © 2011 This material is the copyright of the ExP Group. Individuals may reproduce this material if it is for their own
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