During October 2009 the Australian Securities and Investment Commission took action against executives and directors of the Centro Proprieties Group and Centro Retail Group. The executives included the former chief executive officer and the former chief financial officer as well as directors from the board of Centro. The ASIC was proceeding with the case on the basis that they assumed that the aforementioned had breached their statutory duty of care and diligence owed to the Centro entities and had
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Statistics are common tools being used to analyze any particular data in the purpose for forecasting one specific issue or using them to conclude something in general. Perfect graphs are very influential tools for displaying large quantities of complex data. Therefore‚ they help transfer different ranges of information available today into knowledge. However‚ some graphs deceive or mislead. A deceptive statistic can occur intentionally or unintentionally‚ but most of the time‚ it usually has been
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“Hamlet” and “Twelfth Night” are two Shakespeare plays of complete opposites. Due to one being written as a tragedy‚ and the other as a comedy‚ many comparisons can be drawn between the two plays‚ on themes and motifs that develop throughout the plays. One of the themes that is easily recognisable in the early stages of both plays‚ is that of deceit and disguise. In “Hamlet”‚ we learn early on that Hamlet decides to act as a madman in order to try and weed out a confession from his uncle about the
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As just young children‚ we are almost immediately taught about the power of our words. Parents constantly lecture children on the consequences of what they say‚ emphasizing how powerful just one word can be to someone. Often‚ we are taught this with bullying. A common saying we learned as children is “If you don’t have nothing to say‚ don’t say it at all.” Throughout Shakespeare’s epic‚ Richard III‚ there is a clear theme showing the power of word choice. Richard uses words to gain power‚ woo Lady
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You see your friend at school and he tells you how is my hair what do you do lie or tell the truth. Some people lie just to protect others and their feelings. I believe lying is only acceptable when it can be used to protect and care for others. Lying can help protect feelings of others. For example‚ in the article‚ “it’s the truth” by NBC news Randy cohen states that “some people lie to protect someone from serious harm.” This shows that cohen lies just to protect people’s feelings. This is important
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Rick Riordan once said‚ “Humans see what they want to see”. These words told by Rick Riordan relate to the topic of delusion. Delusion has been just one of the many ways we lie. Other lies include omission‚ white lies‚ dismissal‚ facades‚ and groupthink‚ but delusion is the worst.According to Dictionary.com‚ delusion is defined as a fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact. This type of lie can be very harmful to the liar and the person that is being lied to
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To lie or not to lie? We are often faced with this question when stuck in sticky situations. It seems as if lying is our second nature‚ and that is not a good thing. In the articles “Brad Blanton: Honestly Tell The Truth” by Barbara Ballinger and “Teens Do Their Share of Lying” by Loretta Ragsdell‚ the authors discuss lying and argue its’ justifiability. I agree with the concept that lying is never acceptable because it is morally wrong. First of all‚ lying hurts relationships. Brand Blanton
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If your life was in danger‚ and one lie could save your life‚ would you want the lie to be told? Lies are a big issue and one lie that is told can change someone and their views on you you in a quick time could save an individual from harm. I believe that lying is hardly justified unless it brings harm to an individual. Lying is not only just justified‚ but it is also considered a “moral duty” to protect someone from harm. In paragraph ten of “Its the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying
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The Government is sly and deceitful. The supernaturalists were fighting for the wrong side all this time. This special group of kids were able to go beyond the human limits. Cosmo the protagonist of The Supernaturalists by Eoin Colfer and I are similar. We both share the same view of the world‚ are viewed by the world in similar ways and I would also respond to the central conflict in a comparable way. Therefore‚ I believe given the chance‚ we could be friends. Cosmo of The supernaturalists never
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Persuasive on why people lie People tell a considerable number of lies in everyday conversation. It has always puzzled me why people would lie right to your face. A lie is a terrible thing and I always wanted to know why people would do it‚ and now I know why. It’s usually that they are afraid to tell the truth thinking that if they lie they can get away with something. It is not hard to figure out that if one is bigger than the lie‚ he or she won’t tell one. People who are like that are not afraid
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