the financial performance of a company‚ corporation or industry. By looking at a company ’s financial performance‚ decisions can be made about many things by many different players. Corporations are rated by different agencies that examine financial records and potential for growth. Fitch ratings are a good example of this. My employer has an A++ Fitch rating. This high rating allows a non-profit company to borrow money at lower interest rates. In a publicly held company‚ which is one that has shareholders
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responsibilities. This may involve deciding on the legitimacy of the claims of certain stakeholders and how the company will behave towards them. Third‚ a code of ethics is a means of conveying these values to stakeholders. It is important for internal and external stakeholders to understand the ethical positions of a company so they know what to expect in a given situation and to knowhow the company will behave. This is especially important with powerful stakeholders‚ perhaps including customers ‚suppliers
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Motorola‚ which first adopted Livelink in 1997‚ plans new initiatives this year for Livelink‚ including consolidating file servers and moving more information into Livelink‚ where an already massive 3.5 terabytes of information is maintained. The company will also create an extranet with Livelink and extend the system to customers‚ vendors‚ and partners. Livelink serves as the foundation for Motorola’s COMPASS system‚ a global intranet‚ which acts as a central repository for a wide range of
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Gordon* How should a company go about designing and implementing a compliance program? While other chapters address the specifics of compliance programs in particular industries‚ this chapter considers issues relating to designing and implementing compliance and ethics programs generally. The biggest influence on the design and implementation of a compliance program is guidance from the U.S. Sentencing Commission contained in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that apply to companies convicted of federal
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agriculture‚ and transportation. Through this interview experience‚ I gained an understanding of an employee-owned company structure‚ learned how a mid-size distributor competes in a commodity based business‚ and realized why Mr. Onofrio is a successful business leader. My understanding of an employee-owned company structure increased significantly. I had a misconception that an employee-owned company meant ownership by all employees; GT’s ownership is closely held by Mr.
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and hence‚ security controls‚ to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of financial information and recordkeeping within an IT infrastructure? Explain the information contained in this section. SOX Section 404 mandates that all publicly-traded companies must establish internal controls and procedures for financial reporting and must document test and maintain those controls and procedures to ensure their effectiveness. The purpose of SOX is to reduce the possibilities of corporate fraud by increasing
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1. What makes a publicly held corporation different from a public corporation? a. 0 A publicly held corporation has had an IPO‚ and has many private shareholders rather than being a corporation owned by a governmental entity. b. 0 A publicly held corporation is entitled to limited liability‚ but the public corporation is not. c. 0 A publicly held corporation must have a charitable purpose‚ but a public corporation need not have a charitable purpose d. 0 They are two terms that have the same meaning
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Indeed Rip Curl has gone from a garage enterprise established by two Victorian surfers into a global business which now employs over 1500 people‚ with factory outlets all over the world. Rip Curl is a major Australian manufacturer started by two surfers in Torquay producing surfboards from their garden shed‚ but the business only started to grow when they made the logical step of manufacturing wetsuits. Today Rip Curl produces not only surf gear but also apparel‚ sunglasses‚ watches‚ footwear and
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Malaysia‚ and 386 S. Susela Devi Faculty of Business and Accountancy‚ University of Malaya‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the influence of government and foreign affiliates‚ particularly; multinational companies on corporate social reporting (CSR) development in an economy‚ where CSR awareness is low coupled with weak pressure group activism. Design/methodology/approach – This is a cross sectional study that focuses on the information contained in the annual
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Case: 75 Federal Finance Bank – Instructor’s Solution INPUT DATA: Amount Needed to Raise Flotation Costs Stock Offer Price Market Value/Book Value Ratio (Dollars in thousands) Assets Cash U.S. Treasuries Mortgage-backed Securities Municipal Bonds Government Agency Securities Total Cash & Securities Residential Mortgage Loans Consumer Loans Business Loans Total Loans Fixed Assets Total Assets Liabilities Passbook Savings Non-interest Checking N.O.W. Accounts Money Market Accounts Certificate of
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