If a company has adequate security controls in place then they should not be held liable for losses sustained in a successful attack made on their Accounting Information System (AIS) by outside sources. If a company is negligent about security controls then they should be held liable for losses sustained in a successful attack on their AIS. There are a variety of sources that threaten accounting information systems and if they are ignored then this can destroy the relevance
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Los Angeles Metro‚ via its Light Rail project‚ recently became the first transit agency nationwide to employ a joint project labor agreement (PLA) and local hiring requirement for federally funded projects. The "Pilot Local Hire Initiative" incentivizes Metro construction projects to hire economically disadvantaged residents for construction employment and training opportunities. Localized infrastructure investment
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illegal corporate behavior‚ so the courts proposed that there be some threat of punishment while providing leniency for organizations that willingly cooperate with authorities to reduce crime within their organizations and due diligence by creating hiring and ethical guidelines for their staff (pp.
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staff’s qualification‚ competency‚ and up-to-date education (Brodnik‚ Rinehart-Thompson‚ & Reynolds‚ 2013). Therefore‚ in the Winkler County Nurse Whistleblower Case‚ the hospital administrator‚ Stan Wiley‚ is ultimately responsible for hiring Dr. Arafiles. During the hiring process‚ Stan Wiley made two
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What is the definition of a contract? An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified. Describe the various types of contracts. 1) Bilateral and Unilateral 2) Express and Implied 3) Executory and Executed What elements does a contract need to be enforceable? 1) Agreement 2) Legality 3) Consideration 4) Capacity What elements would constitute a discharge of a contract? 1) Material breach 2) Minor breach 3) Anticipatory breach
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unsuccessful employee is terminated 2. Yung is the manager of human resources at a credit union. Following an incident where a former employee was convicted for theft of customer account information‚ she has become increasingly concerned about negligent hiring lawsuits. Which of the following steps would be the most helpful in addressing her concern? a. ensuring selection criteria are based on job descriptions b. ensuring selection criteria are based on job specifications c. carefully scrutinizing
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Auditor Responsibility The expectation is that an auditor should be held responsible for the quality of his/her work. This is because a major error or omission by the auditor can result in a false opinion. Auditors have a moral‚ professional and legal responsibility. In the Companies Act 2006‚ Section 507 prevents auditors knowingly or recklessly causing an audit report to include any matter that is “misleading‚ false or deceptive in a material way”. To be proved in cases of civil liability
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not paying a decent wage or providing enough benefits. Another issue that Wal-Mart has with employee relations is Wal-Mart’s stance as not allowing any unions in Wal-Mart stores. Wal-Mart has also faced problems with discrimination and the allowed hiring of illegal immigrants. All of these are a dilemma for Wal-Mart because it is such a large employer and is well respected by other employers. This puts Wal-Mart in a corporate leadership position and the way in which Wal-Mart handles situations with
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1) Distinguish between the FTP and TELNET protocols. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is used to transfer text files‚ programs‚ spreadsheets‚ and databases across the Internet. TELNET is a terminal emulation protocol used on TCP/IP-based networks. It allows users to run programs and review data from a remote terminal or computer. TELNET is an inherent part of the TCP/IP communications protocol. While both protocols deal with data transfer‚ FTP is useful for perusing a file of data as if the user were
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Shooting Death of Louis Jones DATE: September 28‚ 2014 Question Presented The owner of the café did not allow a non-customer to use the phone‚ does this mean the owner of the Lucky Spoon Café is negligent in the death of Louis Jones? Short Answer The owner of the café is not negligent in the death of Louis Jones. Louis Jones‚ nor his son Max Jones were customers of the café. They were both across the street at the Happy Jack Saloon‚ which is across the street from the Lucky Spoon Café
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