have been altered so not as to bias any discussion in class. On March 14‚ 2007 Chiquita Brands International entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Chiquita agreed to pay a $25 million fine after it admitted that it made payments to a terrorist organization for protection of its operations in Columbia. Teaching suggestions I find that this case works well when each ethical theory is used separately to analyze the situation. I begin by asking the students to summarize the
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The Effects of Tobacco Use Many people are addicted to the use of tobacco and do not realize the effect that it has on their body. Tobacco contains many harmful chemicals that can damage your heart‚ lungs‚ and nervous system. Tobacco companies deliberately put these chemicals in cigarette’s to get us addicted to their products; never less this has been an ongoing controversy for many years. Therefore smoking cigarettes is very addictive and a habit that is very hard to brake. Smoking can cause
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Executive Summary The traditional methods of paying for healthcare services use to involve paying for services out of pocket. The gradual transition from fee- for- service payment to managed healthcare is not a recent phenomenon. With the increasing costs of healthcare services‚ there was an increased interest in moving payment from fee-for-service into a more organized payment structure. This paper discusses the three payment types in the healthcare industry used by practicing physicians: fee for
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Using the Accenture document on governance presented with the Alcan case‚ place Canadian Shield in the appropriate quadrant. According to the Accenture document‚ I would place Canadian Shield within the efficient‚ predictable operator category. The slow rate of change and need to compete on operational efficiencies characterized by most companies in this quadrant is detailed by the following quote from the case authors. “Sustainability for Canadian insurance companies greatly depended on investments
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The Shield of Achilles W. H. Auden Analysis of the poem: The Shield of Achilles is a poem of nine stanzas where the author W.H.Auden has used an episode from the famous Homeric epic ‘Iliad’‚ as the name suggests. Achilles as we know was the greatest hero of the Trojan War and his shield as mentioned here has its reference in the book eighteen of the Iliad. There Thetis‚ the sea goddess and Achilles’ mother requests Hephaestus the divine blacksmith to make a shield for Achilles whose armor has
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Drug use in the U.S has taken a turn for the worse and has become more common‚ especially in young adults. Not only is illegal drugs but prescribed drugs are also being abused as well. There are many drugs I can name that are being abused from what I know myself‚ but there are several others that I myself have never heard of. No matter what it may be‚ and how it may be used‚ no drugs are meant to be abused and used for the wrong intentions. For every action‚ there is a consequence and the consequence
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The Effects of Internet Addiction As far as the developments that have changed the world considerably throughout the history are concerned‚ the internet is one of the most notable ones. With the internet’s becoming widespread all over the world‚ one can easily find the computer connected to the internet wherever he/she goes. However‚ there are certain bad effects steaming from using the internet excessively. According to the articles “This Is Your Brain On Internet” by Terrence Sejnowski and
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Balance of Payments Definition: BOP is a record of economic transaction between the residence of the country and the rest of the world during the period of one year. Balance of Trade Definition: BOT is the difference between the various export and import of visible goods of a country during a time. If the value of visible export exceed than the value of visible import than the balance of trade is said to be in favor. OR “The value of goods and services bought and sold in the world market.”
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Answer: A (3) The aggregate money demand depends on (a) The interest rate (b) The price level (c) Real national income (d) All of the above. (e) Only (a) and (c) Answer: D (4) The CA (current account) is equal to (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Y – ( C – I + G) Y + ( C + I + G) Y – ( C + I + G) Y – ( C + I – G) Y – (C + I + G) = –CA‚ (i.e.‚ minus the CA) Answer: C (5) The expected real interest rate (re) in terms of the nominal interest rate (R) and the expected inflation rate (πe) is given
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Payment Methods Fee-for-service is when a patient pays a fee for the services provided by a healthcare provider. According to Valerius et al. (2012)‚ the more patients a physician sees in the fee-for-service‚ the more charges the health plan repays (section 1.4‚ p. 11). On the other hand‚ capitation payment cycles involve the first party‚ which is the patient‚ policyholder or employer (Valerius et al‚ 2012). Also the capitation payment cycle includes the second party‚ which is the provider
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