Essays on International Financial Architecture Priyvrat Mamgain 2/25/2013 Topic 1: What were the outcomes of the Bretton Woods conference and which factors can account for the agreements reached at that conference? (1200 words) The Bretton woods conference is a United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference that was organized between 1 and 22 July 1944 at Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton woods‚ New Hampshire‚ United States. 730 delegates from 44 nations signed an agreement on the final day
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Thesis: Through the use of symbolism‚ Hawthorne portrays Arthur Dimmesdale as a hypocrite in order to show the contrast between a person’s life with society knowing their sins‚ like Hester’s‚ and a person’s life with concealed sins‚ like Dimmesdale’s‚ as well as exhibiting the negative effects that hypocrisy can have on someone’s conscience. Body: Throughout the novel‚ Dimmesdale exhibits his life of hypocrisy more and more as he struggles to deal with its negative effects on his conscience. From
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non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held that there is a Ponzi scheme going on. Here‚ the auditors of Arthur Andersen has clearly compromising their integrity and honesty by issuing a false information
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Windows XP vs. Mac OS X Architecture Kurt Luchtman POS420 Irene Giouvanos May 29th 2006 When looking at the interface of the Mac OS X Operating System and the Microsoft Windows XP operating system many similarities can be seen. The most obvious is the use of blue in the interface. In the core of the systems they both have a micro kernel which addresses thread management‚ space management and other communications at the system level and is more resistant to attacks from a virus. Mac OS X
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Trends in Organizational Behavior TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 TRENDS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 4 DECISION-MAKING ETHICS AND MORALITY 4 TECHNOLOGY: STRESS OR BENEFIT 5 CONCLUSION 7 REFERENCES 8 Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to examine and evaluate ethical and technological trends in organizational behavior. The effect of morality or the lack there of in ethical decision-making will be examined. The positive and negative impact of technology
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HealthSouth Corp‚ FINOVA Group‚ Inc. and most especially‚ Enron Corp. have all illustrated the importance of organizational ethics (Jennings‚ 2003; Sims & Brinkmann‚ 2003). This paper provides a summary‚ synthesis and commentary on the topic of ethics in organizations. Based on a review of research in current professional journals‚ a summary of different authors’ views on organizational ethics. Following this‚ a synthesis and commentary on the topic of ethics in organizations is provided. Research:
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Unethical Practices of Arthur Anderson: Week 2 Checkpoint ACC/260 – Accounting Ethics: Keeping It Clean September 26‚ 2013 Thomas Scholz What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Assistance! Arthur Andersen assisted Enron in deceiving stakeholders by revealing ways to generate false profits and hide losses through the development of Special Purpose Entities (SPEs). Enron’s consolidated financial statements did not depict or clearly
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The main theme of "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke deals with faith. Clarke defines faith as having belief and trust in God with strong conviction. Clarke believes that one must have faith not only during blissful times‚ such as during the time of creation‚ but also during time of anguish‚ such as when destruction occurs. God "created" when a star flew over Bethlehem‚ just as God destroyed a star‚ the Phoenix Nebula‚ and its surrounding planets including any life that may have lived there. God does
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Organizational Theory – an introduction Carl Borge-Andersen‚ Norwegian School of Management‚ Oslo Introduction This is article‚ section‚ 1 presents an overview of Organizational theory. Definition of an Organization ” An organization is a social system that is consciously constructed to achieve specific goals”.[1] The term social system reflects the notion that there are groups of individuals working together. Management organizes the group(s) which‚ will cooperate in reaching the
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Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is a social commentary on witch hunts in early America‚ as well as an Aristotelian tragedy. In Aristotle’s essay Poetics‚ Aristotle explains that a character flaw (imperfection or weakness in one’s personality or values) or an error in judgment can lead to tragedy. The word for this is hamartia. Aristotle also goes on to state that the tragic hero will find enlightenment through his or her lamentable situation. In Miller’s play there are two characters in particular
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