“North Country” Josey was a woman who was looking for a new start when she and her 2 kids left her abusive husband. Unfortunately the abuse did not stop for Josey. The abuse continued when Josey went to work at the Mining company to get some extra money so she could take care of her two kids and move out of her parents house. Josey worked at a salon before moving to the mining company. At the salon she was not making enough money to make ends meet. This was an example of rights theory not being
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North Country stars Charlize Theron as a female worker at an iron mining company in Northern Minnesota who is sexually harassed and leads a class-action lawsuit against her employer for failing to protect her and other female employees. "What Josey Aimes wants is a decent job so she can put food on the table and take care of her kids. What she gets is threatened‚ insulted‚ ogled‚ fondled‚ belittled‚ attacked and called filthy names. "Take it like a man‚" her callous male boss says. Instead‚ she takes
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trade credits is typically not determinable at the time of the exchange. So‚ even though the exchange element of the revenue recognition principle is satisfied by such a transaction‚ the realized element is not necessarily satisfied‚ meaning that any profit on the transaction should be deferred. In the case at hand‚ there was clearly some question as to the fair value of the excess merchandise that was being sold to the barter company. A conservative treatment of the transaction might have dictated
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North Country: Relevance to Argumentation In the movie North Country the plot over laps allot of the issues we discuss in class weekly. The way the inerrant dominant power the men naturally take within the union. It reminds me of a lot of Cornell West theories on the politician’s in Washington. Where women potentially will never have equal power unless we keep on widdling away the barriers of gender discrimination. I noticed in the movie there were no African American people in the film. I assume
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North Country Analysis MGMT 339 The movie North Country portrayed many stereotypes of women and especially women in the work place. The first one I seen is when the main character‚ Josey Aimes‚ is talking and catching up with her childhood friend. Her friend stated that she worked at the mine and Josey automatically asked her if she was the secretary there. This implies that mining is work only suitable for men and a woman could only work there at a clerical position. Another
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The Leslie Fay Companies 4. Paul Polishan apparently dominated Leslie Fay’s accounting and financial reporting functions and the individuals who were his subordinates. What implications do such circumstances pose for a company’s independent auditors? How should auditors take such circumstances into consideration when planning an audit? Implications and something needs attention 1. The unusual relationship between CEO and CFO‚ especially when they are close to each other. 2. Accountant in charge
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Case 5.3 The North Face‚ Inc 1 Auditors should not insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustments even those that have an “immaterial” effect on the given set of financial statements. Because “immaterial” effect on the financial statements will not affect the users’ decisions. Therefore‚ auditors have to confirm if the effects on the financial statements are really “immaterial”. If there are really “immaterial”‚ sometimes the auditor would be forced by the clients to ignore it
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North Country North Country is a movie based on the true story of a single mother of two‚ played by Charlize Theron struggling to get by after leaving her abusive husband; little did she know that the abuse would continue in her workplace. The beginning of the movie set the tone of the ethical issues that would arise in the Mine. On Josie’s first day on the job‚ her supervisor made a comment about how the doctor that gave her a physical said she looked good without clothes and made his comment
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continues even though the recipient has indicated that those behaviors are unwelcome. 2) From what you’ve seen in the movie‚ what specific action and determined if it is Hostile or Quid Pro Quo. In the movie entitled North Country‚ it’s obvious that there is a HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. Were women are sexually harassed by the men that works in the Pearson mining company. They
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Josey who played as a single mother in the film‚ left her abusive husband and returned to her Northern Minnesota city where she grew up. With her two young kids to support‚ Josey took a job in the local mine‚ but not before her old friend Glory‚ one of the few female miners in town‚ warned her of the kind of abuse she should expect from the mine’s male‚ staff. The mines provide a livelihood that has sustained a community for generations. It’s an industry long dominated by men‚ in a place unaccustomed
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