Applied Sciences Utrecht Corresponding author: gilbert.silvius@hu.nl Abstract Sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. How can we develop prosperity‚ without compromising the life of future generations? Companies are integrating ideas of sustainability in their marketing‚ corporate communications‚ annual reports and in their actions. Projects as instrument of change are crucial to sustainable development. Association for Project Management (past-) chairman Tom Taylor recognizes
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Class‚ AE5 From: Man Fun Daniel Yeung‚ Seung Kim‚ Young Jae Lee‚ Max Kirsch Date: Oct. 18‚ 2010 Re: Financial Reporting Problems at Molex‚ Inc. INTRODUCTION This report discusses Molex‚ Inc.’s conflicts with its auditor‚ Deloitte and Touche‚ over a reporting issue in 2004. The report explains the details of the firm’s issue while also addressing the intentions behind Molex’s decisions‚ Deloitte’s concerns‚ and the resolutions for the conflict. MOLEX’S PROBLEMS In mid-July 2004
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Critical Notes MBA‚ HEC‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE Cours de Gestion des Ressources Humaines Prof. S. Haefliger Jiawei Liu 2003 Critical notes Dangerous Company CONTENTS Preface ........................................................................................3 About the Authors ......................................................................3 Book content ..............................................................................3 Story of “Figgie International”
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Financial Scandals and the Role of Private Enforcement: The Parmalat Case Law Working Paper N° 40/2005 May 2005 Guido Ferrarini University of Genoa‚ Centre for Law and Finance and ECGI Paolo Giudici Free University of Bozen and Centre for Law and Finance © Guido Ferrarini and Paolo Giudici 2005. All rights reserved. Short sections of text‚ not to exceed two paragraphs‚ may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit‚ including © notice‚ is given to the source. This
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Religious Symbolism in “The Red Shoes†In the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Red Shoes‚†the color red appears on multiple occasions‚ each time symbolizing something different. The shifts in the meaning of the color can be related to the action in the story‚ and how Karen is feeling or being affected by her surroundings. Karen’s “red and sore ankles†in the opening of the story are the result of wearing wooden shoes in the winter. This redness
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level of audit quality and therefore whether we currently have ‘too little’ or ‘too much’ auditing? Despite this lacuna we are entering an era of more mandated auditing in response to high-profile corporate governance failures including the Enron–Andersen affair. Finally‚ while recent reforms have scaled back the scope of non-audit services due to independence concerns‚ a case can be made that audit quality will always be somewhat suspect if other services are provided that are perceived to potentially
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and indirect competition‚ both present and future. Once competitors are grouped then analyzing their marketing strategies and identifying their areas of vulnerability by examining their strengths and weaknesses would the next logical step. (Deloitte & Touche‚ 2003) This will help the business determine and distinguish its competitive advantage. The reasoning behind this step is to have clear who the target market is‚ what the market position is‚ and knowing exactly what will make the business unique
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Inventory Chicanery Tempts More Firms‚ Fools More Auditors A Quick Way to Pad Profits‚ It Is Often Revealed Only When Concern Collapses A Barrel Full of Sweepings By LEE BERTON Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL December 14‚ 1992 Why do so many accountants fail to warn the public that the companies they audit are on the verge of collapse? Increasingly‚ experts are blaming inventory fraud. "When companies are desperate to stay afloat‚ inventory fraud is the easiest
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of world air travel is approximately 5% per year over the past decades‚ with substantial annual variations due to instability of global economic conditions and differences in economic development in different parts of the world (Chitnis‚ 2006; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu‚ 2009). Historically‚ the annual growth in airline industry has been about twice the annual growth of global GDP. However‚ the dramatic downward trend of airline industry’s record was between 2001 and 2005. This downturn is basically
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au/library/pubs/ rn/2002-03/03rn32.htm Barney‚ J.L Birt‚ J.‚ Chalmers‚ K.‚ Beal‚ D.‚ Brooks‚ A.‚ Byrne‚ S.‚ & Oliver‚ J. (2008). Accounting: Business Reporting for Decision Making (2nd ed.). Queensland: John Wiley & Sons Australia. Cagan‚ P Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (2005). Re-modelled CLERP 9 lifts the bar on corporate governance. Retrieved June 7‚ 2010‚ from http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_AU/au/ 33ec1c2a915fb110VgnVCM100000ba42f00aRCRD.htm Detomasi‚ D Dibbs Barker Gosling Lawyers (2003). Corporate
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