201 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2013‚ 21(3): 201–224 Does “Good” Corporate Governance Help in a Crisis? The Impact of Country- and Firm-Level Governance Mechanisms in the European Financial Crisis Marc van Essen*‚ Peter-Jan Engelen‚ and Michael Carney ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: We examine the effects of firm- and country-level “good” corporate governance prescriptions on firm performance before and during the recent financial crisis
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2014 Catch-22 It is often said that absolute power corrupts absolutely. While this statement may be a little extreme‚ the basic concept that power corrupts those it is given to is shown and satirized in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Heller emphasizes the incompetence‚ pettiness‚ and corruption rampant within the ranks. The officers are often blindly selfish‚ heartless‚ and wildly ambitious. They would do anything to simply gain more power‚ and use their power to subjugate those beneath them. The titular
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“Since mankind’s dawn‚ a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so‚ they took our power. By doing nothing‚ we gave it away. We’ve seen where their way leads‚ through camps and wars‚ towards the slaughterhouse.” .Power is presented as a central theme by Atwood and Chaucer in each respective texts‚ whilst their female protagonists‚ are victims of patriarchy; they are able to deviate from the norm of subservience and
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How to lead a healthy lifestyle What is a healthy lifestyle? One may ask. A healthy lifestyle is having a lifestyle filled with good and positive things in many aspects such as mental‚ physical and emotional well-being. One needs to maintain his health so that he is able to function normally in life. To live a healthy lifestyle‚ we must always have a balanced diet. A balanced diet consists of all seven classes of food on their tight proportions including carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ vitamins‚ minerals
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independent leArners And clAssroom instructors Governance‚ corruption‚ and conflict United StateS inStitUte of Peace Washington‚ D.C. Table of Contents 3. Preface Introduction Corruption Corruption‚ Society‚ and Governance Corruption‚ Conflict‚ and Peacebuilding Conclusion Glossary Discussion and Investigation Activities Discussion I: Introduction to Governance and Corruption Discussion II: Identifying Corruption and the Role of Governance in Conflict Activity I: Analyzing Recommendations
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How does Iago gain power over Othello in Act 3 Scene 3? Within Act 3 scene 3 of Othello ‚ the reader see’s a dramatic change within Othello. Othello goes from being the powerful military leader that he is in the previous acts to a man wrought with jealousy due to Iago’s influence. William Shakespeare shows how Iago’s achieves power over Othello through the use of emotive language‚ short sentences‚ dialogue and stage directions. In the beginning of the Act 3 scene 3‚ Iago plants the seed
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Thompson Pride and Glory what a good name for a movie that represents the great NYPD and all they stand for. I just want to first state that the movie was very good and very entertaining. It showed a different side of the police force at hand and how corrupt police officers would be thinking during something like this. I’m sure the true meaning behind this movie was not a mash on the police department of the NYPD but as I have learned not just through this class but through other experiences is
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AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 TRIMESTER III BA-I WHAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS ROLE ON THE DRUG TRAFFICKING? A TERM PAPER SUBMITTED BY P.H.B IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIERMENTS FOR THE COURSE MULTILATERAL GOVERNANCE AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM PROFESSOR: DR. JULIUS MENSAH Introduction Drug trafficking is a subject which I have lived directly while growing up in Colombia‚ one of the most stigmatized places on this concerned‚ we have lived one of the
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The power someone has over others can affect one’s life‚ hopes and dreams. Power is still power whether it is power of authority or power by manipulating people. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck some characters‚ when given the opportunity exercise their power over others to manipulate them. The characters that use their power to manipulate other characters is Crooks‚ Carlson and Curley’s wife. Each character in Of Mice and Men have some type of power‚ some are not as noticeable as
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Power Hunger Leads to Society Downfall In the eyes of a power hungry ruler‚ a totalitarian government would be paradise. It would be thought that if a leader is so happy with the way he rules his country‚ the grass would be greener on the other side. In this case‚ it is far from it. Citizens are forced to act upon the government’s rules‚ and failure to do so would only earn them a horrid session of torment and consequence. People are constantly under the government’s thumb‚ and practically have
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