. INTRODUCTION Learning Objectives 1. Define Psychology. 2. Describe the difference between opinions‚ values and facts‚ and explain how the scientific method is used to provide evidence for facts. 1. Define psychology. Psychology is the scientific study of the mind (mental processes) and behavior. 2. Describe the major schools of thought and theoretical perspectives in psychology. behaviorism psychology based on the premise that it is not possible to objectively study the mind‚ therefore
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Table of Contents page Introduction............................................................................................................................2 1. Mission and Objectives.......................................................................................................... 2 2. Company’s Overview..................................................
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Forecasting Reza Ramezan Introduction Examples STAT 443: Forecasting Fall 2012 Reza Ramezan rramezan@uwaterloo.ca M3 3144 STAT 443: Forecasting Timetable Reza Ramezan Introduction Examples The following is a tentative schedule: Week Jan. 07 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 04 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 04 Mar. 11 Mar. 18 Mar. 25 Apr. 01 Course Material Introduction Regression Regression Smoothing / linear processes linear processes Case study Reading Week
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` Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room The movie‚ Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ is a classic story about corporate America’s greed an deceit that was discovered after the demise of Enron. The collapse of Enron was one of the largest bankruptcy in history and the movie captures the culture of money and politics involved in big American corporations. The film did a very good job portraying the culture that allowed Enron to become one of the largest corporations in America while
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In October of 2001 the Enron scandal was revealed‚ which led to their bankruptcy. It was the biggest bankruptcy reorganization in American history at that time. In the movie Jeff Skilling suggest that money is the only thing that motivates people‚ and I agree with him. Money might not directly motivate everybody but it plays a part in everybody’s motivation. Money is the reason people stay in school longer than required‚ the reason people work‚ and the reason why people get out of bed in the morning
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a new generation of employees. The new director was keen to explore more customers. They audit and certificate more accounts and made larger profits for their company. Andersen guaranteed the accounts for dishonest company from John DeLorean to Enron and WorldCom. The code of ethics which Andersen against are: 1. Standard I (A) Knowledge of the Law. Members and Candidates must understand and comply with all applicable laws‚ rules‚ and regulations (including the CFA Institute Code of Ethics
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Technology (BUET) Dhaka-1000‚ Bangladesh zahurul@me.buet.ac.bd http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/zahurul/ ME 415: Refrigeration & Building Mechanical Systems c Dr. M. Zahurul Haq (BUET) Vertical Transportation ME 415 (2011) 1 / 32 Introduction Of the many decision that must be made by the designer of a multi-story building‚ probably none is more important than the selection of the vertical transportation equipment - that is the passenger‚ service‚ and freight elevators and the escalators
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Problem: What can Enron do to salvage the Dabhol project and its ties to India? After nine years of an obvious debacle‚ it seems that Enron and the Indian government have reached a state of impasse‚ where a sustainable long term relationship cannot be achieved. Enron has chosen to terminate the agreement by offering to the Indian Prime Minister Enron’s 65% equity in DPC for US$1.2 billion and offshore debt for US$1.1 billion. o Various political parties have consistently used Enron as an issue to
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Effects of the Enron Scandal (Kassie) The Enron scandal had a great effect on the United States‚ with an impact on individuals from the consumer level to those running the company as well as the stock market and investors. Throughout the scandal‚ 4‚500 employees lost their jobs and investors lost approximately $60 billion dollars within a few days. The loss of such a large sum of money meant the loss of old-age and retirement security for many of the investors who put their money and faith in the
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Enron The affect of the unethical behavior of the profitability of Enron was that the third party “outside” independent auditors was not able to backup and have accounting financial statements‚ some of those auditors and financial institutions may have been misled by the corporation’s net income. If I was an accountant for this company I would have followed regulated federal security laws‚ and if failed to provide prove of documents or financial statements‚ I would admit to my mistakes but also
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