restriction on the driving of women in Saudi Arabia is more due to the cultural stereotyping rather than the religious issues‚ as is popularly perceived. The respective paper will argue that as per the Islam as well as general social ethics‚ the restriction on the driving by women is a violation of fundamental human rights. Brief Summary It has been popularly believed that under the influence of Islamic jurisdiction‚ the Saudi government has imposed restriction on the driving of women. The issue
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Question: Critically analyse the state of corporate governance in both the private and public sector in Zimbabwe. [100] Introduction The definition of corporate governance most widely used is "the system by which companies are directed and controlled" (Cadbury Committee‚ 1992). More specifically it is the framework by which the various stakeholder interests are balanced‚ or‚ as the IFC states‚ "the relationships among the management‚ Board of Directors‚ controlling shareholders‚ minority shareholders
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In regards to acquisitions‚ it is important to distinguish between mergers and acquisitions. In a merger‚ two companies come together and create a new entity. In an acquisition‚ one company buys another one and manages it consistent with the acquirer’s needs. An acquisition that involves integration has greater staffing implications than one that involves separation (Rizvi‚ 2008). A combining of companies is a major change. Mergers and acquisitions represent the end of the gamut of options companies
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Using Systematic Sector Rotation R N Y FO IS IL L EG A L TO R EP R O D U C E TH IS is at the School of Business‚ University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy‚ Campbell ACT‚ Australia. m.tani@adfa.edu.au SPRING 2006 LE IN The article is organized as follows. We begin by reviewing the reference literature before introducing the concept and practice of dynamic sector rotation. We then present our experiment: to apply a number of heuristic techniques of sector
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car accidents? "National Teen Driving Statistics" showed that 16-year-old teenagers are three times more likely to die in car accidents than the average of all drivers. In 2002‚ 40.8 billion dollar was the estimated economic impact of auto accidents involving drivers who are 15-18 years old. The possibility of parents losing control of their children‚ the immaturity of teenagers‚ and the history of the teenagers’ accidents and deaths are three main reasons why driving licenses should not be given
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by men‚ which was not changed until the last hundred years. How ever in the modern world‚ the fact that women are playing a more and more important role in society has been accepted by most of the people. Document A is a part of “The Turkish Transformation” which is written by Henry Elisha Allen. She wrote this book based on her own experiment in Turkey during the time of Ataturk. “The story of woman’s emancipation in Turkey would alone furnish material for many books” (Document A: Henry Allen)
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Interests in corporate governance‚ specifically in business accountability‚ emerged in 2001-2002 in response to the financial collapses that large companies faced such as Enron in the United States‚ Parmalat in Italy‚ Ahold in Netherlands etc... . Governments and agencies‚ tried to prevent these scandals by issuing laws and regulations such as the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002‚ United States federal law‚ however‚ shortly the interests in good corporate governance was renewed and emphasized after the
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Corporate veil Introduction With the contemporary appreciation of the separate entity principle in courts‚ it has become increasingly difficult to predict the outcome of cases with precision as in the case of Salomon v. Salomon & Co Ltd (1897). Separate corporate personality has been firmly recognized by common law after the verdict given in the case of Salomon v. Salomon & Co Ltd (1897). It was confirmed that a corporation has legal right‚ personality‚ and obligations completely divergent
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What is Corporate Governance? Corporate Governance is a generic concept‚ and in most cases it is defined by its objectives. Corporate Governance can be defined and analyzed by two terms. The first was introduced by the Organization of economic Corporation and Development (OECD 1999). OECD defined “Corporate Governance as a system in which business corporations are directed and controlled. The Corporate Governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among the
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THREAT OR STRENGHT ? Corporate venturing behavior is generally related to innovative activities. Creating a corporate venture is a useful choice for firms interested in entering new businesses by expanding operations into new or existing markets (Guth &Ginsberg‚1990; Zahra 1993‚ 1995‚ 1996). Through corporate ventures‚ a company can invest in new products or technologies by funding businesses that have a fairly autonomous management team‚ with the goal of developing new products or
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