In the article entitled “The Case for Torture” published by Newsweek in 1982‚ Michael Levin argues that the use of torture as a means to save lives is justifiable and necessary. Beginning with very general premises‚ Levin draws a series of hyperbolic cases where torture might be justifiable so as to set precedents for the justification of torture in more “realistic cases.” However‚ the author never fully defines the boundaries and conditions behind his premises and suggests that disregarding civil
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increased rate of unemployed and job dissatisfaction. As imply‚ many people engaged in direct selling because direct selling have the vast opportunities available to young and old alike to earn additional income to supplement their lifestyle‚ and in this case‚ their golden years. The context of this study will define what sales agent is‚ how they perform; what are the importance of rewards to the effectiveness performance of sales agents in selling products and how does distributors motivate their salespeople/sales
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obligations under the proposed interest and principal repayment schedule. Step 1: Calculating FCF from Exhibit 13 before LBO (FCF = NOPLAT + Depreciation - Change in Working Capital - Capex on new investments + Investment Tax Credit) YEAR 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 EBIT 89.80 71.69 90.84 115.73 113.15 137.27 Tax rate 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 Tax expense 46.32 35.74 44.86 56.79 55.50 67.47 NOPLAT 50.18 38.72 48.59 61.52 60.12 73.09 Add back depreciation and amortization 35.51 36.26 37.07 37
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HKU833 STEPHEN KO AIRASIA: FLYING LOW-COST WITH HIGH HOPES AirAsia started out as a Malaysian government-controlled‚ full-service regional airline that offered slightly lower fares than its number-one competitor‚ Malaysia Airlines (“MAS”). In December 2001‚ private entrepreneur Tony Fernandes took over the debt-ridden airline for the symbolic sum of US$0.26. Despite the air-travel downturn following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks‚ Fernandes believed that the timing for entering
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1985. DuPont will be financing the needed funds by debt. For 1986 onwards‚ minimum equity funds will be issued. It will be timed to take advantage of favorable market condition. The rest of the financing required will be acquired by issuing debt. Case Context DuPont is a very big company with a low debt policy designed to maximize financial flexibility and insulate operations from financial constraints. It is one of the few AAA rated manufacturing companies due its investments are primarily financed
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ASUNZA‚ Charles Darvin S. 4LM RESTATE THE FOLLOWING: 1. ARTICLE 279 No less than the Constitution recognizes and guarantees the labor’s right to security of tenure. Under the Labor Code of the Philippines‚ as amended‚ specifically‚ Article 279 of the said Code‚ the security of tenure has been construed to mean as that “the employer shall not terminate the services of an employee except for a just cause or when authorized” by the Code. The two facets of this legal provision are: (a) the
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critical-thinking ability to the knowledge you’ve gained. These cases will provide you an opportunity to develop your research‚ analysis‚ judgement and communication skills. You also will work with other students‚ integrate what you’ve learned‚ apply it in real world situations‚ and consider its global and ethical ramifications. This practice will broaden your knowledge and further develop your decision-making abilities. Judgement case 4-1 (earnings quality) * LO2 LO3 The financial community
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w rP os t S 910D05 OPERATIONS STRATEGY AT GALANZ op yo Dr. Stephen Ng and Barbara Li wrote this case under the supervision of Professors Xiande Zhao‚ Xuejun Xu and Yang Lei solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation
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• Introduction Telstra is one of the Australia’s leading telecommunications provider. For many years Telstra owned monopoly in telecommunication market. A change in government policy to reduce the monopoly power of Telstra has resulted in many problems. Telstra is following Classical approach of management as it seeks to achieve effectiveness by focusing on task efficiencies i.e. focusing on their next G wireless broadband and not on external stakeholders (Schermerhorn‚ Davidson‚ Poole
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Tesco – Business Transformation Case Study Who would have thought that the food retailer famous for the slogan “Pile It High‚ Sell It Cheap” launched by Jack Cohen on an East End market stall in 1919‚ would have grown into one of the largest non-food retailers in Europe by 2007? What was it about Tesco that enabled it to move from being the poor relation to J. Sainsbury in the 1970s and 1980s to become the largest UK food retailer in the first decade of the 21st century? What was it that happened
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