1. Identify an accounting scandal at a corporation that has resulted in a loss of reputation to the accounting profession. Explain the crime(s) committed. In early 2008 Lehman borrowed large amounts to fund its investing in the years leading to its bankruptcy in 2008‚ “a process known as leveraging or gearing”. A large part of their investments were towards housing market‚ making it vulnerable to a downturn in that market. This firm generated large profits during the housing boom‚ this place them
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ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING SOC/100 DECEMBER 16‚ 2014 GARY COTTON Ph.D. ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING Facebook is a social network that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends‚ family and coworkers. Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders founded Facebook Dustin Moskovitz‚ Chris Hughes‚ and Eduardo Saverin. These four launched Facebook from their Harvard dorm room in February 2004. The site was created for Harvard University students only. There are various types of social networking sites available
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CASE STUDY NO. 1 The Wilshire Public library has received funding from the Wilshire country commissionaires to upgrade its desktop computers and servers. Currently‚ they are using an old Windows NT server to catalogue library holdings. Also there are Windows 98 computers that the librarians use in their offices. Library patrons use Windows 95 and Windows 98 computers within the library to access the catalogue of holdings electronically (or they use the old card catalogue‚ which is cards
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The story of King George VI Of the United Kingdom Biography Albert Frederick Arthur George 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952 He was the last Emperor of India Reign: 11 December 1936 – 14 August 1947 As the second son of King George V‚ he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother‚ Edward. He served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War and after it took on the usual round of public
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2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This foundational course covers local area network topics including rationale for networking‚ the open systems interconnection (OSI) model‚ common network topologies and architecture‚ client/server concepts‚ basic hardware devices and usage‚ and basic networking security concepts. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two
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Barilla SpA is a world largest past manufacturer has experienced a phenomenal growth. The company had pasta share of 35% in Italy and 22% in Europe‚ plus 29% in Italian bakery product market(page 2 case) However‚ it began taken a tall on Barilla’s “manufacturing and distribution system” (page 1 Case). Without having proper data and control over the orders the company experienced wide fluctuations in demand. As a result Barilla experienced bullwhip effect where demand forecast was not centralized
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Social Networking Questionnaire The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain general information about any given individual and their social networking habits. All the results gathered from this questionnaire will be used solely for academic purposes and can be seen in a research paper about the Uses and Abuses of Social Networking. The questionnaire in which you are about to participate in is for a final year project of a Computing Degree. It is conducted by Chris Bateson and involves questions
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Case Study Global Human Resource Management at Coca-cola. Question 1:- What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positions: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? Answer:- .: I think Coca-cola staffing follows a polycentric for managerial positions as they have to do that because they “think globally and act locally” and on this basis their policy is combination of ethnocentric as well as geocentric. Yes this policy makes sense because this is
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------------------------------------------------- Social networking service From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the type of service. For the concept of relationships between people‚ see Social network. For a list of services‚ see List of social networking websites. | It has been suggested that Professional network service be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2012. | A social networking service is a platform to build social networks or social relations among
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References: Cherry‚ Kendra (n.d.). Behaviorism. Retrieved July 10‚ 2015 from http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/f/behaviorism.htm DeMar‚ G. (1989‚ April 1). Behaviorism. ForeRunner retrieved from http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0497_DeMar_-_Behaviorism.html McLeod‚ S. (2015). Skinner – Operant Conditioning. Retrieved from www.simplepsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html Merriam Webster Dictionary
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