The Economics of White-Collar Crime: An Economic Analysis of Insider Trading in Canada Introduction In the past decade‚ white-collar crime such as illegal insider trading‚ banking fraud‚ ponzi schemes‚ corporate embezzlement and political money laundering has reached an all-time high. In North America alone‚ respected and highly influential individuals such as Martha Stewart‚ Bernie Madoff‚ and Conrad Black have been prosecuted for their crimes and companies such as Fannie Mae and AIG were
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corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government‚ or ’political’‚ corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for his or her own personal gain. Being corrupted may be the easiest way-or indeed the only way-to get what they want. At times‚ a bribe may provide a convenient means of avoiding punishment. Many who observe that politicians
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Thousands of citizens from over 40 cities poured into the streets on 30th January to participate in the nationwide campaign for “March against corruption”‚ started by Param Pujya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankarji along with Swami Ramdev‚ Swami Agnivesh‚ Kiran Bedi‚ Anna Hazare‚ Arch Bishop Vincent M Concessao‚ J. M. Lyngdoh and many others. The campaign demanded the setting up of the citizen-drafted Lokpal as an independent body at the center and Lok Ayuktas in the state. These bodies will have powers
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Argument 1: Globalisation or ‘Gobble-isation’ - Globalization: to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide. - Eg. Africa‚ a third world country due to anti-globalization - Evident that globalization is inevitable‚ thus we cope with it to survive - The meaning‚ extend to other parts of the globe‚ means competition with other countries - Run by the bigger companies and influential people in the world‚ we as common people cannot make a known difference.
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In the case study‚ Sergeant Williams did not make a sound decision because he knew that officer Tibet engaged in extra-marital affairs since his colleagues often referred to him as a Lady’s Man. However‚ Officer Tibet was the best field officer and that the attractive Officer Robert had a lot of common sense and a "no-nonsense" demeanor to flirtatious male officers. Therefore‚ the sergeant assumed she was not likely to give in to any inappropriate approaches that Officer Tibet would make towards
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Case study – Boscastle flash flood * Afternoon – Monday 16th August * 200mm rain fell in 24 hours – most in 5 hours * Average for whole of Boscastle in August – 75mm * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normal * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normally small River Valency flowing towards harbour = burst its banks. * Effects – * Nobody was killed * 58 buildings flooded‚ some had to be demolished * 25 business properties
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Children Coping with Chronic Illness Children living with chronic illness are faced with everyday challenges that frequently force them to cope in different ways. According to Midence (1994)‚ ten to twenty percent o all children in the United States suffer from a chronic illness. The most common chronic childhood diseases are asthma‚ congenital heart disease‚ chronic kidney disease and sickle cell disease. Children are often quite vulnerable and lack education and experience about coping‚ especially
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CARREFOUR CHINA‚ BUILDING A GREENER STORE Edizcan İkizoğlu Ertuğrul Ozan Özbahar Sırma Karakaya IE457|Case 2 Report Bilkent University November‚ 2013 I.SUMMARY In 1995‚ Carrefour entered China‚ with its first store opening in Beijing. By June 2006 the company was operating 73 hypermarkets in 29 Chinese cities and it was the number one foreign retailer in China having the fastest growing rate among its competitors [1]. The company planned to open 100 new stores in 2006-07 because the
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The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? The Great Wall of Ancient China created by the two dynasties Quin and the Han a very continuous project that took many many years over a period of 2‚500 years! Although the wall was a long harsh project the walls also required much sacrifice on the part of the Chinese people. The benefits of the wall were to keep out the Mongols‚ even though the wall was for protection and security I think the benefits do not outweigh the
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pregnancies‚ not the number of fetuses. A woman who has given birth once after a pregnancy for at least 20 weeks of gestation is called primipara while a woman who has given birth 2 or more times at 20 or more weeks of gestation is termed as multipara. Coping mechanisms are patterns of behavior toward managing and resolving various problems‚ events and stressors. (Mc Kinney et al.‚ 2005) Becoming a parent can be one of the most awe-inspiring and beautiful transitions in a person’s life‚ but it can also
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