1. GM and Ford have quickly pushed the development of large Internet sites to create an environment where suppliers must compete for business. Ford and GM argue that these Internet sites should reduce cost because the negotiations are streamlined. How do you think the suppliers view these sites? Some suppliers‚ depending on their size might not have the technological infrastructure to participate in the AutoX-change. This will obviously limit their ability to work with theses automakers
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I both agree and disagree with mark twains essay. He did live in a different time‚ however cruelty still exists the same‚ just in a different age and time. If one analyzes the Human race or all animals‚ one can find vulgarity in both creatures. To say which is of a higher or lower status because of barbaric qualities both humans and animals both have‚ cannot be compared properly. Animals do some awful things to each other as well as human beings . Mark Twain just lists human’s bad aspects. There
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On the Catalyst of Change: Vital Individualism against the Conformity of Public Opinion John Stuart Mill’s essay On Liberty published in 1859 is a powerful defense of human liberty and individualism against the perverse mechanizing nature of traditional customs as well as the tyranny of public opinion. In the essay‚ Mill proposes that individuals take the road less taken in a strategic manner which uses their reasoning to choose and deliberate the best decision to act upon. On Liberty to a degree
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RH Bill: A Matter of Public Opinion Which of these four arguments is the most ethical argument? (10 pts) The most ethical argument among Lagman‚ Santiago‚ Villegas and Garcia is Garcia’s. Although she presented her stands on the issue using her personal view as a mother‚ she was able to convey her consequentialist stand. According to her‚ “right to reproductive health” does not just boil down to the contraceptives and other artificial family planning devices that the government would
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Audit Theory Written Essay Assignment Does Opinion Shopping Impair Auditor Independence and Audit Quality? by: Tong Lu Journal of Accounting Research‚ Vol. 44‚ No.3 (Jun.‚ 2006)‚ pp.561-583 Additional articles: Ghosh‚ A.‚ Moon‚ D.‚ (2005). Auditor Tenure and Perceptions of Audit Quality. The Accounting Review‚ Vol. 80(2)‚ pp.585-612. Myers‚ J. N.‚ Myers‚ L. A.‚ Omer‚ T. C.‚ (2003). Exploring the Term of the Auditor-Client Relationship and the Quality of Earnings:
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Special Purpose Entity Enron had high levels of debt. To attract new investors‚ Enron needed to find a way to hide those debts. Andrew Fastow‚ CFO of Enron‚ turned to Special Purpose Entity (SPE). Several legal entities such as LJM and raptors were created and the poorly performing stocks were transferred to these entities. Then‚ the SPE were used to borrow large sum of money from investors with Enron’s overpriced stock as collateral. These SPEs were not reported on the financial statements. In
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Good manners are a basis of polite society and there is no substitution for being polite. Our manners‚ how we present ourselves and behave in our life‚ make us feel comfortable‚ confident‚ and capable in the home‚ the school‚ the community and in the workplace. These feelings only come with knowing and practicing good manners. Teaching and learning good manners should start at home‚ where we should learn to say "please" and "thank you"‚ admit our mistakes‚ apologise‚ and treat both friends and strangers
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All the wealth in the world is useless if you don’t have the health to enjoy it. To me health IS wealth. It’s as simple as that. If one is in good health‚ he can find wealth but show me anyone who can buy good health. Good health is a gift money cannot buy not even with all out latest technology. I am one of those who believe in being happy. I know I will be happy just to be able to jump out of bed every day and go for a run in the park or even trek up the mountain path. I would be terribly
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How successful‚ in your opinion‚ was the New Economic Policy? The New Economic Policy‚ or NEP‚ introduced by the Bolshevik government in 1921‚ was an attempt to readjust and realign the Soviet economy and to prevent its implosion. The basic concept of the new policy was that the appropriation of food from the peasants‚ as pioneered in the infamous ‘War Communism’‚ was to be abolished and replaced by a ‘tax in kind’. Peasants were then left in undisturbed possession of the land‚ free to sell their
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Solomon E. Asch’s "Opinions and Social Pressure" (Scientific American‚ Vol 193‚ No. 5‚ 1955) In the 1950s the social psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a famous experiment that highlighted the weakness of the person in a mass society when he is confronted with the differing opinion of a majority‚ and the tendency to conform even if this means to go against the person’s basic perceptions. He demonstrated that naïve subjects could be induced to answer incorrectly by implicit social pressure. These
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