The Prison System- A “Market” for Profits Joseph Hallinan’s analysis‚ “Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation‚” helps to discern that the insatiable drive for profit is the prevailing reason for continued growth of the prison industry in the United States. Public values based on this drive have been supported by the avocation of a “free-market” model and capitalism in the prison system: “According to this ideology every individual pursues his or her own personal interests and the result
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The Pass/Fail System In an article discussing whether or not a pass/fail grading system can reflect a student’s progress‚ Bonnie M. Miller‚ MD advocates for criteria based learning. She accurately points out that “A pass/fail grade indicates simply that a student has achieved an expected level of competence” and that this information is critical to understand if this student has fulfilled his or her obligations. She says that “students should be evaluated on their initiative‚ engagement with and
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Financial Performance measures in a traditional business system Measuring the financial ability is a very important approach for any business entity in order to enhance its overall performance‚ profits and to maintain a financial stability. Financial performance measures are done in order to depict the company’s overall performance. This is done by performing some simple mathematical calculations. The most common way of measuring one’s financial measures is by calculating the financial ratios.
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Characteristics of an Effective System of Internal Control 1.) In accounting systems‚ certain controls are needed to ensure that employees are doing their jobs properly and ensure that the system runs properly. These checks are in the best interest of the organization. These controls come in the form of internal controls for the system. The internal controls are the checks that are placed in the system by the company’s own management to prevent the intentional misrepresentation of financial data
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Chain of Command Communication COM 425 Instructor Robert Strain January 13‚ 2014 Chain of Command Communication In the world of business‚ communication has to exist for any company to meet the goals of employees and of its own. As in the military a chain has been developed so that all troops can understand that flow of communication and authority. This style is known as the chain of command which is defined as: “The order in which authority and power in an organization is wielded
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I’m often asked what the elements of command are for the U.S. Marine Corps. Much of the below information was provided by apacherat‚ a member of our message forum‚ and a former Marine (actually‚ there is no such thing as a "former" Marine): The Marine Corps has the "RULE of THREE." I believe it was invented during the Anna Wars by Edison who invented the fire team concept that is used today. In a nutshell‚ the rule is this: each Marine has three things to worry about. Three men to a fire team
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Canada has a fantastic government! The bicameral system makes a good characteristic of Canada! There are many benefits of using Canada’s bicameral system. First of all‚ the bill is thoroughly looked through to find any flaws or conflicts that might interfere with other laws. If there are any flaws contradicting law‚ the MP’s would have to change the bill so it would not contradict the law already set in place. The fact that there is more than one house is a benefit. With two rooms‚ (House of Commons
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ENRON AND THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM 1. ABSTRACT The Enron scandal was a financial scandal that was revealed in late 2001. After a series of revelations involving irregular accounting procedures bordering on fraud‚ perpetrated throughout the 1990s‚ involving Enron and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen‚ it stood at the verge of undergoing the largest bankruptcy in history by mid-November 2001. Enron filed for Bankruptcy on December 2‚ 2001. 2. FREE MARKET SYSTEM A free market describes a theoretical
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EC180 Economics Assignment Tablet Computers Market Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Brief Introduction 3 1. Factors affecting Demand 4 2. Price and Income Elasticity 6 3. Price Discrimination 8 4. Fixed and Variable costs 9 5. Scale Economies 10 7. Market Structure 12 8. Barriers to Entry 13 Summary and Conclusion 14 References 14 Brief Introduction In this report‚ the market of ‘Tablet Computers’ will be analysed. ‘A tablet computer is a complete mobile computer‚ larger than
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The Challenge of Command: US Army COL Roger H. Nye‚ New Jersey‚ Avery Publishing Company‚ 1986. A compilation of ideas and lessons learned during the author’s military career. He infers reading military events facilitates a leaders understanding of success and failure. Eight categories emphasize the authors point. In chapter one titled visions of our military selves‚ focuses on a lieutenant reporting to his first military unit. The author interviews Army Brigade Commanders including Colonel
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