Review Questions 1. What is identity theft? Why is this a problem in society? Identity theft happens when someone takes "personally identifying information" such as a Social Security number‚ a driver’s license number‚ or other information‚ and uses that information to commit fraud or other crimes. 2. What is phishing? When an identity thief calls or emails you pretending to be someone else in order to get your personal information. 3. What is the advertising technique of Glittering Generalities?
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Audit Committee Quality‚ Auditor Independence‚ and Internal Control Weaknesses Yan Zhang‚ Jian Zhou‚ and Nan Zhou* * All authors are from SUNY – Binghamton. We thank two anonymous reviewers for detailed and insightful suggestions that have significantly improved the paper. We also thank workshop participants at the 2006 American Accounting Association Auditing Midyear Meeting and the 2006 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting for comments‚ and Raj Addepalli‚ Shanshan Chen‚ Yujing
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owners‚ business customers‚ teenagers‚ and society as a whole. When a theft from any business occurs‚ it is harmful to everyone. The effects of shoplifting cost United States businesses approximately six billion dollars every year. About one out of every three businesses fails because of the effects of shoplifting. In this essay I’m going to explain some of the circumstances of stealing from local stores‚ or any store. After I have been caught stealing I found out how wrong it is and how it is harmful
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(AGG) Losses can affect a person’s life and how they act by the decisions they make. (BS-1) With Baba-jan and Nur gone‚ Najmah has to step up and be more mature to keep her and Mada-jan safe and alive. (BS-2) Najmah has seen her mother and baby brother die right in front of her and she has to handle herself. (BS-3) Najmah knows that if she goes back to her homeland she has a chance of saving her farmland. (TS) In Under The Persimmon Tree‚ Najmah’s losses has changed and shaped her throughout the
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Friction Losses Abstract—The purpose of the experiment is to study the differences of roughness‚ valves and geometries of pipe and how they influence friction losses. Introduction Friction loss is the loss of energy or “head” that occurs in pipe flow due to viscous effects generated by the surface of the pipe. This energy drop is dependent on the wall shear stress (τ) between the fluid and pipe surface. The shear stress of a flow is also dependent on whether the flow is turbulent
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Online Identity Theft; Are You Susceptible? COMP 129 October 10‚ 2013 Identity Theft as defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary is the illegal use of someone else’s personal information in order to get money or credit. Before the widespread use of personal information on the internet the main source for identity theft was through dumpster diving. This meant rummaging through peoples trash looking for bills or other
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In my opinion‚ identify theft is an instance when a criminal obtains personal information that he or she uses to pose as that person‚ while also obtaining a financial gain. People are going to be targeted because the offender is probably in need of money and chooses crime instead of applying for a job. Personal information that could be stolen includes‚ social security numbers‚ bank account information‚ usernames and passwords to accounts‚ etc. It is very important for people to proceed with caution
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1. How an auditor evaluates the efficacy of internal control system? Ans: The auditor has to decide whether he can place reliance on the internal control. If internal control is adequate‚ he can restrict nature‚ timing and extent of his checking accordingly. If not‚ he is left with no alternative but to resort to detailed checking. The manner of evaluation of internal control may be in the following lines: 1. Making preliminary evaluation of the system 2. Compliance procedures to evaluate
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Under internal control‚ there are three issues arises in the chicken run case study. 1st issue is the credit control system is weak. The lack in credit control system can be seen when the marketing department continued to supply product to Cold Gold Sdn. Bhd even though Cold Gold Sdn. Bhd credit is gone beyond its limit. Besides‚ Ms Choy as a credit controller did not take proper action about this issue. The recommendations are Ms Choy as a credit controller should know her duties and responsibility
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argues that any form of interference with the above system‚ whether intentionally or unintentionally will lead to weather and climate modification and the modification can either be positive or negative. According to Tyson [1987] human activities have a significant effect on climate.Bearing this assertion in mind it will be noted that human beings will intentionally modify weather and climate for their benefit‚usually in industry and agriculture. Mkandla [1996] argues that because of unreliable
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