The Democratic Deficit and the Questionable Desirability of a Populist Alternative. “(...) the twenty-first century provides ample and ever-increasing opportunities for populist actors in Western Europe.” (Albertazzi and Duncan 2008‚ 219). This conclusion by Albertazzi and Duncan accurately describes the current political climate in Western democracies: Populist parties have become prominent as they respond to the increased cultural and economic insecurities of the twenty-first century (Albertazzi
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I - A. " Representational faithfulness is accomplished when transactions and events affecting the entity are presented in financial statements in a manner that is in agreement with the actual underlying transactions and events" (CICA‚ Financial statement Concepts 1000.21 (a)‚ 2003). It means that all of information in the financial statement such as numbers and descriptions must be factual. The independent auditors checked the computer ID tags on each piece of equipment to confirm the actual numbers
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Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices 1. Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen ’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties. The legal issues that surrounded Andersen ’s audition were that there was conflict of interest and there was lack of independence on the part of Andersen. In this context‚ Andersen took up lucrative management consultancy projects for the clients of whom it was the auditor. From the deontological ethical perspective
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Francisco v. Gregorio GR No. L-59519 July 20‚ 1982 Facts: Petitioner Francisco‚ through her daughter‚ agreed to lease a piece of land where a building should be constructed by the former. The contract provided‚ among others: the deposit to the account of the lessor-petitioner the amount of 150k representing 30K goodwill money and 120K advanced rental and a stipulation that in case the parties will not agree as to the terms and conditions of the final contract of lease‚ the pre-lease contract shall
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Startup Venture Transaction Analysis – Ybrain Generally I think it’s a good decision for Stonebridge Capital to invest in the Ybrain. My investment analysis mainly involves five parts: Market‚ Team‚ Product‚ Business Model‚ and Exit Options. First of all‚ I will look at the industry dynamics and market potential. Ybrain is a combined product of the medical device industry and the wearable tech industry‚ both of which are the emerging growth areas. Compared to the wearable products for general
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Case 5: Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices April 28‚ 2012 Case 5: Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties. Arthur Andersen LLP (Andersen) was involved with several legal and ethical issues regarding several of their clients being accused of accounting improprieties. Andersen may not have been directly involved with most of these improprieties;
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Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) The following is partially extracted from GC33-0754-00. 1. Overview An application is a particular use to which a data processing system is put‚ for example‚ a payroll application or an order entry application. Commercial applications typically process many similar items‚ for example‚ an order in an order processing system‚ a seat reservation in an airline booking system‚ or a credit query in a credit control system. The processing of one of these items is a
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TRANSFER PRICING IN INDIA FOR DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS Vishal Achanta‚ No.632 All references to the ‘statute’ must be construed to mean the Income Tax Act‚ 1961‚ as amended by the Finance Act‚ 2012. Transfer pricing is a relatively new concept in the Indian taxation regime‚ and transfer pricing with respect to domestic transactions is barely a year or two old. This article aims to explore the basics of transfer pricing and specified domestic transactions in India‚ and identify areas of improvement
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TCE asserts that transactions have distinct characteristics that explain how firm’s boundaries are drawn and when determine whether “market or hierarchy” will have the lower transaction costs in various circumstances. Asset specificity‚ uncertainty and frequency are the three variables of TCE that are used to characterise transactions. Williamson (1979) suggested four main forms of asset specificity‚ namely site specificity‚ physical asset specificity‚ dedicated assets and human asset specificity
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THE TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AT BABATUNDE AND COMPANY‚ REGISTERED ESTATE SURVEYORS AND VALUER SANBEL HOUSE‚ BOSSO ROAD‚ P.O BOX 2956‚ MINNA‚ NIGER STATE. BY OLATONA FUNMILAYO GRACE 2010/2/36221MM ESTATE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT‚ SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY‚ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY‚ MINNA 10TH APRIL‚ 2014 DEDICATION I dedicate this work to Almighty God‚ the most high
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