household waste into their proper categories such as plastic‚ glass‚ paper so that they can be properly recycled or repurposed‚ instead of ending up in a landfill. This reduces the resources used up from nature to produce more goods‚ and also controls the impact of air‚ water and land pollution. Compost Organic waste‚ like fruits‚ vegetables‚ egg shells‚ leftover food‚ animal excrement‚ and plant clippings can be composted. This method basically breaks down waste that is easily biodegradable‚ and eventually
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The Power of Social Media and its Impact on the Current Business Environment The number of internet users has increased over the last decade due to the development of new technologies‚ internet availability and improved connectivity. Various online communications platforms have been invented and are widely used for both personal and business purposes world wide and social networking is the latest communication platform helping people connect to each other across different places. Its introduction
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Is The Internet A Waste Of Time? In my personal opinion‚ the internet is an invaluable source. For myself it is definitely not a waste of time! I believe that it has many advantages but then again it also had a few disadvantages. I find it extremely helpful for research‚ social networking and even aids in my school work. If the internet was unavailable I would have to spend more time researching in the library which would result in less time on school work. Statistics show that around a third
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Case 4.4 Waste Management‚ Inc. Question 1 Three conditions are often present when fraud exists. First‚ management or employees have an incentive or are under pressure‚ which provides them a reason to commit the fraud act. Second‚ circumstances exist - for example‚ absent or ineffective internal controls or the ability for management to override controls – that provide an opportunity for the fraud to be perpetrated. Third‚ those involved are able to rationalize the fraud as being consistent with
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Waste Water Lifting Point Lift Stations‚ or Pump Stations are known as the structure that are used to "lift" liquid uphill - against gravity. They are the essential component of a wastewater collection system which takes wastewater from residents and businesses in a community and pumps it to a sewage treatment plant. They are equally essential in moving "potable" water from a water treatment plant up to one or more reservoirs‚ so that clean water can flow by gravity to the community. Waste water
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Waste Management Scandal Dean Buntrock established Waste Management‚ Inc. in 1968. Its main purpose is to pick recycling and garbage up from residential housing and businesses. WM also disposes of the garbage in landfills. It has grown to be the largest garbage disposal company in the U.S. today. This company has managed to survive “one of the most egregious accounting frauds we have seen” said Thomas C. Newkirk of the SEC. This accounting scandal lasted from 1992 to 1997 and was the result
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non Assessment and Improvement of Air Dynamics Air-Conditioning Services’ Accounting Information System Juvy Ann C. Almendares Jisiah Kim G. Corpuz Luis Roberto B. Espiritu Maureen Joy D. Garcia Donna Marie F. Quiambao Holy Angel University Abstract In today ’s rapid development of information technology‚ network and computer have been applied to all areas of society‚ work‚ and life become an indispensable tool. Accounting staff accounting‚ afterwards‚ fill in the financial statements
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Cleaning up our town Our rivers and lakes are polluted. That’s because people throw litter everywhere they want‚ factories dump their industrial waste near lakes and rivers. If people pollute our ground‚ everything will go to groundwater and we can’t drink that‚ nor can we swim in our body of waters. We have to do something. Firstly we should organise a clean up campaign. We have to encourage people‚ that volunteering is good. If we get together many people‚ we can clean up rivers‚ lakes‚ and sides
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Globalization: Maquiladoras and Their Negative Impact upon the Environment and Women in Mexico As firms increased commerce by expanding their business into markets located in different countries‚ numerous trade barriers and international restrictions have been progressively disabled. This cross-border trading has changed the once historically distinct and separate national markets into a global marketplace. Now the economies of countries throughout the world have become interpedently linked. This
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Incentives: from the case‚ the SEC staff claimed that the top Waste Management officers’ fraudulent conduct was driven by greed and a desire to retain their corporate positions and status in the business and social communities. Their bonuses‚ retirement benefits and stock options closely correlate with the performance of the company. If the company meets predetermined earnings targets‚ those top managements will earn a lot from profit sharing. Furthermore‚ aside from money‚ those people can maintain
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