Has the increased proliferation of IT in our society changed the way we view and value our perceptions of privacy? With the recent proliferation of IT in our society especially the increase in online activities there has been a change in our perception of and a growing concern about our privacy. The explosion of social media sites‚ where personal information is readily available‚ and revelations about data mining‚ both by corporations and governments‚ has provoked debate about privacy and the
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1. Below is a list of topics in usually studied in economics. Determine whether each topic deals under the area of microeconomics or macroeconomics. a. How Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas influences the consumer spending in the Philippines. b. How a household decides what LPG brand to buy. c. How a firm decides whether to continue business or shutdown. d. How debt affects the income gap among Filipinos. e. How new parents decide whether to work or stay at home with their children. f. How the
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Diversity and Utopia The assumption of ‘White Guilt” and the privileges of “Whiteness” have helped me more in focusing my attention to the theatrics of the “Tea Party”. It has made me more aware of the fear attached to new laws implicated in many states which are considered “ Red “or Republican states run from Governorship to federal appointed senators and Congressional representatives. Their fears of the changing racial demographics of the country to more minority majority has fostered voting
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BRIBERY SCANDAL AT SIEMENS AG Abstract: This case discusses the bribery scandals that were unearthed at Siemens AG (Siemens) in 2006 and 2007. There were a series of scandals that involved some of the company’s employees bribing foreign officials to gain contracts and creating slush funds for this purpose. In another case‚ the company was accused of bribing labor representatives on the supervisory board in order to gain their support for its policies. After the German authorities conducted raids
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competitive market is an idealized version of market structure. Three conditions are necessary before a market is considered perfectly competitive. These are: homogenous products‚ existence of many sellers and buyers‚ and perfect factors of production. Society finds these markets desirable for two reasons. The first reason is that the price charged to individuals equals the marginal cost of production to each firm. In other words‚ one could say sellers charge buyers a reasonable or fair price. Second‚ in
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UNIVERSITY OF DELHI DELHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Minutes of Meeting Subject : Course : Date of Meeting: Venue : Convenor Attended by: 1. Basanti Kumari Nayak‚ Satyawati College 2. Supriti Mishra‚ Shyam Lal College 3. Chhavi Gautam‚ Kamla Nehru College 4. Lokendra Kumawat‚ Ramjas College 5. Rashmi Mittal‚ Dyal Singh College 6. Reetika Rana‚ Shivaji College 7. Punam Tyagi‚ Kalindi College 8. Aditi Aeron Bansal‚ Shaheed Bhagat Singh College 9. Vandana Sethi‚ Motilal Nehru College
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FINAL EXAMINATION PROGRAMME: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA): GENERAL AND TOURISM- YEAR ONE MODULE: ECONOMICS DATE: 21 NOVEMBER 2011 DURATION: 3 Hours EXAMINER: Mr I Govender INTAKE: JANUARY 2011 TIME: 09h00 – 12h00 TOTAL MARKS: 100 MODERATOR: Dr D Mukuvisi INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE: 1. Questions must be attempted in the answer book provided. 2. All queries should be directed to the invigilator; do not communicate or attempt to communicate with any other candidate. 3. You have THREE
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The Harvard University ’s Implicit Association Test is used to measure a person ’s level of unconscious bias. The test administers a variety of assessments to determine the subject ’s views on certain issues‚ such as gender‚ race‚ disability and weight. I chose to test my subconscious attitudes about European and African Americans. Before taking the Implicit Association Test‚ I did not think that I had a bias towards European Americans. I was very surprised that my test results proved that I do have
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exposure when the currency cannot be hedged Currency Diversification- this can limit the potential effect of any single currency’s movements on the value of an MNC. 3) Compare MNC capital budgeting to domestic capital budgeting. Talk about economic exposure. MNC capital budgeting‚ like domestic capital budgeting‚ focuses on the cash flows of prospective long-term investment projects. They use the same NPV discounted cash flow model. However MNC is more complex because of the following
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Economics Answers Define the following terms: 1) Public goods are goods that when produced can be freely consumed by anyone‚ for example the justice system. They are made up of the following goods‚ non-exclusive and non-rival. Non-exclusive goods are goods that people cannot be excluded from consuming‚ it is difficult or impossible to charge for its use which implies no private market as benefits cannot be denied to those who refuse to pay‚ for example public TV. Non-rival goods or
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