THE BENEFITS OF SARBANES-OXLEY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MEASURED AGAINST THE COSTS Salim Motala A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 14 November 2007 ABSTRACT The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the only legislated corporate governance structure‚ and is aimed at increasing investor confidence in public companies by forcing them
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help convey the sense of horror is that of imagery which is generally created through the use of vivid descriptions and strong language. This is shown on Lines 3 and 4 in Stanza 1 of Mental Cases; “Drooping tongues from jaws that slob their relish‚ Baring teeth that leer like skulls’ tongues wicked”‚ where Owen uses words commonly associated with evil such as ‘skull’ and ‘wicked’ as well as the use of descriptive language to paint the image of an evil and distorted face. Owen also uses these techniques
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countries. Hitler sent millions of Jews to their deaths in arguably the biggest genocide of all time. This is directly comparable to Hussein ’s chemical attacks against the Iraqi Kurds in his own country‚ where thousands of people were gassed to death by baring the full brunt of Hussein ’s chemical warfare arsenal. Any opposition from a religious source was nullified by state control and Hitler made the upper echelons of the clergy to swear allegiance to Nazi rule or be faced with brutal
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Critically asses and evaluate what functions Managers Perform in a Modern organisation and what skills they require? There are many different views on what functions managers should or are expected to perform within a modern organisation and what skills they require. Rosemary Stewart (1967) expressed this idea‚ ’A manager is someone who gets things done with the aid of people and other resources ’. Being a manager is not only a distinct occupation but is also a desired universal human activity
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In his poetry‚ Wilfred Owen confronted horrific realities of war‚ while many of his contemporaries chose not to address this issue due to the heroic label attached to soldiers who enlisted. Through an array of literary techniques‚ Owen explores the raw experience of war and its connection to patriotism and irony. Both Poems ‘Mental Cases’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ employ very similar literary techniques which convey the vivid and challenging themes of War. Through this‚ Owen gives the reader a
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CAPITALISM‚ GLOBALIZATION AND THE PERPETUATION OF WOMEN’S OPPRESSION: A VICIOUS CYCLE By Kelsey Lavoie NDYA‚ Provincial Youth Liason According to the World Bank‚ women make up 70% of the world’s poor and their wages world wide are on average 50% to 80% of men’s. One third of all households word wide are headed by women‚ they are responsible for half the world’s food production‚ and yet they own just one per cent of the world’s property. The majority of workers in sweatshops are women and the
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thing as witches.” At that point I was feeling pretty sheepish for having asked such an obvious question. But that feeling quickly subsided when for a reason unbeknownst to us the black cat cradled in my mama’s lap suddenly reared up and started baring her teeth while letting out a hiss like she had felt threatened. My mama panicked and quickly tossed the cat from her lap and I watched as it ran off through the yard and into the scatter of trees behind our house before heading straight for
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down with an air of trepidation. The youth felt triumphant at this exhibition. There was the law‚ he said. Nature had given him a sign. The squirrel‚ immediately upon recognizing danger‚ had taken to his legs without ado. He did not stand stolidly baring his furry belly to the missile‚ and die with an upward glance at the sympathetic heavens. On the contrary‚ he had fled as fast as his legs could carry him; and he was but an ordinary squirrel‚ too—doubtless no philosopher of his race.
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brings other‚ backward nations and races into decline.” On the whole‚ he explained that the Europeans were basically the poison that destroys the villages of tribes just because they felt the need to display their superiority. Another man‚ Evelyn Baring‚ the British ruler of Egypt from 1883 to 1907 further explained these ideas. Because he lived in a region with a backward society‚ he was able to experience firsthand the behavior of the White man and the inferior race. He explained that the Egyptian
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A seemingly innocent poem‚ Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” follows the tale of two sisters and their individual encounters with goblin men. On its surface‚ the poem seems to tell a tale focused on seduction‚ lust‚ and sexuality‚ however‚ behind its fairytale frame‚ there are signs eluding to a more religious theme. These details‚ on top of the vivid sensuality that the narrator describes‚ suggest that the moral of the story‚ is that young women should avoid the enticements of extramarital sexual
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