audience‚ often sparking fervent discussion within the art world. Through the artists Ai Weiwei and Marcel Duchamp‚ we can clearly see how personal reactions to an environment shape the intent of artworks. Additionally‚ from their audiences’ inability to see past the face value of their work to its complex connotations‚ one can clearly witness the various misinterpretations of art and the resulting debate. Ai Weiwei is a contemporary Chinese artist who works actively in sculpture‚ installation
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Summary The acute ischemic stroke (AIS) market is poised for major changes during the forecast window out to 2017. Given the impending patent expiry of Activase/Actilyse‚ in 2015 and 2016 in the US and 5EU respectively‚ the current standard of care for AIS patients is expected to lose its leading position. From 2015 onwards‚ Activase is expected to see declining sales; this is not only attributed to loss of patent protection‚ and the subsequent erosion from potential biosimilar versions‚ but is
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CEO and CFO perceptions about AIS impact on firm performance and financial reporting: How do SOX‚ COSO‚ and the implementation of IT help reduce fraud and increase productivity in a business? In the multifaceted‚ dynamic‚ corporate global milieu‚ imminent rifts continue to rattle the arenas of accounting/finance. The personal ambitions of CEO’s and CFO’s outweighed their responsibilities toward shareholders‚ employees‚ operations‚ civic/ethical duties‚ and the general financial system. CEO’s primarily
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CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION Introduction Welfare is a comprehensive term refers to the physical moral‚ mental and emotional well being of an individual. Labour welfare is an extension of the term welfare and its application to labour . The concept of labour welfare has received inspiration from the concept of democracy and welfare state. The importance of labour welfare measures was recognized as early as on 1931 when the royal commission on labour had
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systems (AIS) and telecommunicating accounting information over the web enhances the accounting functions in business organisations operating globally. Yet‚ the counter-claim is that the breaching of the security of such systems will be a great risk that needs to be properly managed in various ways. An accounting information system (AIS) is “ a collection of resources‚ such as people and equipment‚ designed to transform financial and other data into information.” (Khaled Abdala‚ 2012‚ p391). AIS systems
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and the transfer of a data requires human labor and is always associated with an errors‚ computer programs are performing much better and without human intervention. Accounting information systems (also called AIS) are a set of components‚ which interacts‚ to achieve a certain goal. AIS collect record‚ store and
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In 1987 the Philippines set an historic precedent by becoming the first Asian country in modern times to abolish the death penalty for all crimes. The move formed part of a determined effort to restore respect for human rights following the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos. The new government of President Corazon Aquino also promulgated a Constitution with a Bill of Rights‚ established an independent Commission on Human Rights and acceded to the major international human rights treaties. Today
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Shelly Webb‚ Ph. D.‚ Xavier University‚ USA ABSTRACT The members of the Board of Directors at Sunbeam were completely bewildered. Al Dunlap‚ Sunbeam’s highly successful but controversial CEO was threatening to resign after almost two years of leading Sunbeam successfully out of a slump that had threatened the long-term viability of the company. Al Dunlap didn’t mince words. He angrily told the board‚ “We can’t fight a battle on two fronts. Either we get the support we should have or Russ
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value of the market price‚ and it also gives the shareholder an idea of the different investment‚ financing‚ and dividend decisions made by that particular firm. When it comes to the Sunbeam case‚ I think that in the beginning‚ June of 1996‚ Albert Dunlap definitely succeeded in maximizing shareholders’ wealth. It seems to me that he was more of a short term guy‚ considering that in the long run everything ended up backfiring. Sunbeam used a sketchy approach when it came to their accounting practices
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Executive Summary This report is based on Sunbeam Corporation and Albert Dunlap‚ the CEO from 1996 till 1988. In July of 1996‚ Michael Price and Michael Steinhardt hired Dunlap as the CEO and chairman of the board for Sunbeam Corporation. As the two original investors who bought Sunbeam from bankrupt Allegheny Internal‚ Price Steinhardt together own 42 per cent of its stock. Prior to hiring Dunlap they had tried unsuccessfully‚ to sell Sunbeam. They believe that he was the one person
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