1. State what type of public policy is demonstrated in each of these articles and why you think that it is an example of that type of public policy: A. "Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act‚ Hampering E.P.A.‚" New York Times‚ 3/1/10 B. http://renewwisconsinblog.org/.../milwaukee-council-panel-approves-solar-power-revolving-loans http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/milwaukeeshines "Solar Power Legislation Passes Today" C. "Environmental Justice in EPA Permitting: Reducing Pollution in High-Risk Communities
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INTRODUCTION The first article ‘hundreds of economists agree Marijuana legalization could save taxpayers $13 billion per year’ by Jonathan Benson underlines a sensible ethical issue which legalizing a plant regarded as drug – though non-narcotic – in other to save and to make more money. In second article‚ “Pepsi’s ’Next’ generation - Less sugar!”‚ Scott Morefield highlights Pepsi’s procedures of making soft-drink –thereby making money – which harmful for the customers. On one hand‚ Pepsi gets
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Fiscal Policy as an Economic Stabilization Measure Fiscal Policy refers to the various decisions undertaken by the government regarding public expenditures and revenue. Fiscal Policy is a direct government intervention in the economic processes of an economy. All the sub fiscal policies can be broadly categorized as being either ‘Public Expenditure’ or ‘Public Revenue’. The fiscal policy’s sub-policies are: The Taxation structure – through this fiscal tool the government is able
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Examples of Ethical Dilemmas Accounting: Your supervisor enters your office and asks you for a check for $150.00 for expenses he tells you he incurred entertaining a client last night. He submits receipts from a restaurant and lounge. At lunch your supervisor’s girlfriend stops by to pick him up for lunch and you overhear her telling the receptionist what a great time she had at dinner and dancing with your supervisor the night before. What do you do? Bank Teller: You have worked as a bank teller
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Ethical relativism is an idea that our ethical values aren’t set in stone. They are determined by who we are‚ where we live‚ what century we were born in‚ or what part of the world we are located. Certainly‚ those people who live now in the year 2009 would not agree with the practices of slavery that were widely used in the 1800’s. Even more than in the past‚ we can we see this across the map. In Africa‚ slaves are still used for hard labor and paid small if any wages at all. Although‚ the United
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POLICY PARALYSIS AND NEED FOR SECOND GENERATION REFORMS IN INDIA Global economic condition and internal issues such as policy indexes‚ corruption and subsides hampered India Growth Story. The primary reason for Slow-Down of Indian Economy Global Slowdown Global Economic downturn affected India’s exports and services business Coalition government No strong figurehead emerged from the coalition government Government policies were populistic rather than futuristic for long term growth Policy
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What is a Policy? A policy is a guiding principle used to set direction in an organization. It can be a course of action to guide and influence decisions. It should be used as a guide to decision making under a given set of circumstances within the framework of objectives‚ goals and management philosophies as determined by senior management. But is it? There are really two types of policies. The first arerules frequently used as employee policies. The second are mini-mission statements frequently
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january 2011 Dividends: The 2011 guide to dividend policy trends and best practices Published by Corporate Finance Advisory For questions or further information‚ please contact: Marc Zenner marc.p.zenner@jpmorgan.com (212) 834-4330 Tomer Berkovitz tomer.x.berkovitz@jpmorgan.com (212) 834-2465 John Clark john.hs.clark@jpmorgan.com (212) 834-2156 Evan Junek evan.a.junek@jpmorgan.com (212) 834-5110 DiviDEnDs: ThE 2011 GuiDE To DiviDEnD poliCy TrEnDs anD BEsT praCTiCEs | 1 1. The return
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Classification: D53‚ G10‚ G14 I. INTRODUCTION Dividend is the result of a discretionary decision made by the board of directors of a firm. Generally‚ a firm announces dividend on the profit. Corporate dividend policy is one of the most enduring issues in modern corporate finance. Dividend policy determines the division of earnings between payments to stockholders and reinvestment in the firm (Weston‚ Copeland & Shatri: 2004). Miller and Modigliani (1961) have given a theory * Faculty Member‚ Tribhuvan
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BUSINESS POLICY: PROCEDURES AND RULES PROCEDURES * Derive from and conform to policies but are more tactical‚ specific‚ concrete‚ and detailed than policies. It serves as a management control mechanism by standardizing daily operations to ensure consistent processing of recurrent tasks. It specifies how recurring tasks are to be executed and enumerate both the steps and sequence to be followed. Procedure Steps Responsibility 1. Needs Analysis * Identify existing policies and procedures
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