Q1. Does the fact that David Myers’s superior‚ Scott Sullivan‚ asked him to make the false accounting entries in WorldCom’s accounting records diminish Myers’ responsibility for his improper conduct? A1. I think Myers’ conduct towards in his professions should not be affected by anyone‚ even though making false accounting entries was Mr. Sullivan’s behest. Despite other factors‚ as a financial controller‚ integrity should plays as one of the most vital roles under any circumstance when making
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1. Discuss how this case illustrates the contrasts between the administrative use and developmental use of appraisals. Using the developmental plan‚ managers were trained to hold regular meetings with their employees‚ focusing on a new “performance partnership”‚ at which time the manager and the employee would review performance goals and expectations. With the administrative use plan‚ attention was mainly based on historical data - what the employee had done in the past. Not much attention was
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David and Goliath the True Underdog It is almost inevitable for most people to support the underdog in life‚ whether it is a sporting team or the story of someone going from no one to someone. The distinction between the underdog and the super dog is usually very easy to recognize; but Malcolm Gladwell points out several facts that take away from the archetypical underdog story of David and Goliath. Through close analysis of the text from the biblical story of David and Goliath‚ Gladwell shows several
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The book David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell follows in the footsteps of his other famous works The Tipping Point‚ Blink‚ and Outliers. Gladwell’s books seek to show readers a new perspective on the world‚ where they can be insightful and take advantage of any situation. However‚ unlike Gladwell’s previous works‚ David and Goliath fails to deliver its point. Gladwell’s message of overcoming seemingly unfavorable odds is clouded by poor creativity‚ a lack of ethos‚ and awkward pace. Many people
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In the poem “Casey at Bat” and story “David and Goliath‚” a comparison of David and Casey shows differences and similarities. In both stories they are not scared. IN “Casey at bat” he sat here and let the first two balls go and in “David and Goliath‚” David walk right out and challenged Goliath. If David don’t win his village will be taken over and if Casey doesn’t get a home run he will lost the game. They are both confident. I know because in the story “Casey at bat” he let the good pichet go
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I’m comparing Beowulf to the biblical story of David and Goliath. There are many similarities between these texts such as their battle and their opponents. David and Goliath also have differences in personality and lifestyles. “Beowulf in his fury now settled that score: he saw the monster in his resting place‚ war-weary and wrecked‚ a lifeless corpse a casualty of the battle of the battle in Herot. The body gaped at the stroke dealt to it after death: Beowulf cut the corpse’s head off” (Beowulf
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In Chapter One of David and Goliath‚ Gladwell tells how Vivek Ranadive and his daughter’s Junior High basketball team came out victorious against various teams. Even though his twelve-year old Anjali had never played basketball before‚ she tried her best to learn and worked hard to improve. Many of the other teams that the
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Review the Main Features of the Case Apotex is an international pharmaceuticals company which manufactures its medicines in various countries. However‚ it has recently been into news for manufacturing ’unsafe ’ drugs with serious side effects. These drugs have been identified as "objectionable"‚ or containing "repeated deficiencies" by the FDA in 16 of their 19 inspections of their drugs manufactured in India(Bruser). After conducting these tests‚ Apotex was warned about its harmful effects(Bruser)
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hear the occupation lawyer‚ they assume that that individual attended a prestigious university and went to law school. However‚ people do not need to attend a prestigious university in order to pursue law. In Malcolm Gladwell’s “David and Goliath”‚ Gladwell blathers about David Boies‚ a well respected trial lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies‚ Schiller & Flexner and is involved in high-profile cases in the United States. Unlike most lawyers‚ Boies did not attend a prestigious university‚ but was
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my heroes is a biblical man‚ named David also referred to as King David. He was the son of Jesse and his great grandmother was Ruth‚ whose story can also be found in the Bible. David was born Bethlehem in Israel. David was a great man of God‚ and accomplished many great things through God‚ he is also referred to as a man after God’s own heart. David was also a song writer and musician; he wrote most of the psalms in the Book of Psalm and played the harp. David at a very young age was already serving
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