Island City. Images of America. Charleston‚ SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 0-7385-3666-0. ^ Bayliss‚ Sarah (August 8‚ 2004). "Museum With (Only) Walls". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-13. ^ Kaminer‚ Ariel (December 27‚ 2009). "Ice‚ Served Two Ways: Plain or Glamorous". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-17. ^ Bagli‚ Charles V. (November 10‚ 2008). "Disputed Queens Housing Faces a Vote This Week". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-14. ^ Lee‚ Jennifer (May 11‚ 2005). "Who Needs Giacomo
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Describe and evaluate two pieces of Psychological Research In 1963 professor Stanley Milgram carried out a ‘Study of Obedience to Authority’ in which he aimed to answer the question‚ “Could it be that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following orders" (Milgram‚ 1974). To do this. Milgram elaborated on two theories‚ one of which was Solomon Asch’s 1956 ‘conformity experiments’. In 1963 Milgram put out an advertisement asking for men‚ aged between 20 and 50‚to volunteer
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Corporate Governance Issues in Nepali private companies This is why private equity investors are very skeptical while investing in frontier market like Nepal...... This article has spot-on identified issues related to corporate hygiene................ "The first gaping imbalance in the emerging markets private equity equation was the accuracy timeliness‚ and transparency of financial and operating information provided to investors‚ and the willingness of managers to subject themselves to some
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VIGILANCE AND E-GOVERNANCE Vigilance means watchfullness or to bring awareness. Vigilance came into existence mainly for the purpose of fighting corruption. Corruption involves misuse of power ‚ money ‚government property etc. Though corruption can’t be brought down to zero level‚ we can try to bring it as low as possible. This can be ensured by watchfulness‚ caution and vigilance. Or in other words it can be achieved by E-Governance. E-Governance is the use of various modern information
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“Poor governance leads to‚ and encourages and breeds‚ corruption in a number of ways‚ for instance through bribery and extortion‚ nepotism and fraud and embezzlement‚ It reduces the efficiency on which an economy depends‚ and by increasing the cost of investment‚ lowers the potential return. It also reduces the government’s resources and hence its capacity for investment. Common to other South Asian countries‚ corruption in Pakistan is unique because it occurs up stream‚ it has wings which
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Social Responsibility and Good Governance EXERCISE 1 Name: __________________________________ Score: __________ Course‚ Yr.‚ &Section_______________________ Date: ___________ Test I. Modified True or False. Instruction: If the sentence is correct. Write true on the space provided before each number. If it is wrong substitute the Underlined word or phrase to make the statement right. ____________1.Politics is the art of manipulation or coercion
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Aswath Damodaran 2 THE OBJECTIVE IN CORPORATE FINANCE “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does’nt maCer how you get there” First Principles 3 Aswath Damodaran 3 The Classical Viewpoint 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Van Horne: "In this book‚ we assume that the objecKve of the firm
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Wed. 9/1 -Sovereignty -Territory -Monopoly of Violence Governance -Governance is about rules (rules aren’t there until they’re put there.) -Setting the rules -Applying and interpreting the rules -Enforcing the rules -Key Questions: ~Which Rules? ~Who will do the things above? ~To whom do the rules apply? -Meta-rules: rules about setting‚applying‚interpreting the rules. -Governance is about managing the rules in order to enhance the legitimacy of the public realm.
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that nobody was lousy enough to check what is going at the backstage. Satyam failure can be classified into four major errors: a) Related party transaction: Investopedia defines related party transaction as “A business deal or arrangement between two parties who are joined by a special relationship prior to the deal.” Usually in business any such deal should raise suspicion and call for background check. The case of Satyam trying to acquire Maytas Infra was one such case that no one looked into
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Six principles of IT governance Responsibility: Groups and individuals within an organization understand and accept their responsibilities in respect of both supply of‚ and demand for‚ IT. Those with responsibility for actions also have the authority to perform those actions. Strategy: The organization’s business strategy takes into account the current and future capabilities of IT; the strategic plans for IT satisfy the current and ongoing needs of the organization’s business strategy.
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