Analyzing reasons In the DSE Liberal Studies examinations‚ students are often required to analyze the causes/reasons/factors. For example: HKDSE Question Identify and explain TWO causes suggested in Source A. (6 marks) 2013 DSE Paper 1 Q1a With reference to the source‚ identify and explain TWO social factors which could lead to… (6 marks) 2013 DSE Paper 1 Q3a Suggest and explain TWO possible reasons for…as shown in Source A. (12 marks) 2012 Practice Paper Paper 1 Q3b Answer Analysis Take
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Employee perception on suggestion scheme. Introduction:- Suggestion scheme is a formalized mechanism which encourages employees to contribute constructive ideas for improving the organisation in which they work. The overall aim is to gather‚ analyse and implement ideas in order to create results that have a positive impact on the business and/or deliver new value to customers. There are two approaches to the suggestion scheme * Traditional
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The term Ponzi scheme was named after Charles Ponzi‚ a con man from the 1920s. Ponzi began his “business” by buying and selling international reply coupons. He was able to persuade some friends to invest in this endeavor‚ by telling them that he could double their investments. Essentially‚ Ponzi made no profit off of this scheme because the circulation of money from new investors is what sustained his “business”. Unfortunately for Ponzi‚ many investors and the media began to question the legitimacy
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The Ponzi scheme Bernard L. Madoff entered a federal courtroom back in March of 2009 to admit that he had run a vast Ponzi scheme that robbed thousands of investors of their life savings. A Ponzi scheme is when potential investors are wooed with promises of usually large returns‚ usually attributed to the investment manager’s savvy skill‚ or some other “secret sauce”. Returns are repaid‚ at least for a time‚ out of the new investors principal‚ not from profits. This can continue as long as new
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Pyramid schemes are very harmful towards investors‚ and are hard to watch out for unless you know exactly what they are‚ why they fail‚ the effect of the failure‚ common victims‚ how to avoid them‚ and how to prevent them from spreading. More individuals are hurt than are helped when dealing with these scams. Individuals should be more informed about pyramid schemes‚ because they can be easily disguised. Participating in scams‚ will more than likely lead to a loss in money. “A pyramid scheme is a get-rich-quick
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A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors‚ rather than from profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation. Objectives We learn how it started. We learn the key elements in running a Ponzi scheme. We learn how big a Ponzi schemes can get. We learn how a Ponzi scheme falls apart. We learn how to identify and avoid being involved in a Ponzi scheme.
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Sahara and Ponzi schemes: What are the parallels? Dr KM Abraham‚ a former Whole-Time member of the Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) – the man whose original order led ultimately to a Supreme Court verdict forcing the Sahara Group to wind up two bond schemes and repay investors over Rs 24‚000 crore – made a brief allusion to Ponzi schemes in his order. While ordering two Sahara group companies‚ Sahara India Real Estate Corporation (SIREC) and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation (SHIC)
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Exercise 1: Bernard Madoff‘s Ponzi Scheme (i) Background of man involved (concern) in the case: Bernard Madoff was a former Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange‚ a Wall Street legend before his arrest. (ii) Ethical issues: In 2008‚ during the economic meltdown in the United States‚ Madoff could no longer honor his investor’s cash requests. When he admitted to this Ponzi scheme‚ it was a massive investment fraud that had affected many people including high profile investors. He pled guilty
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I would like to discuss the Post with some basic concepts based on the research about the "Classic affinity scam" or "Ponzi Scheme" also called as "Madoff Investment Scandal".This Scam was estimated worth of $64.8 Billion which resulted in collapse of Investments in the global community and effected from the prominent celebrities to the veteran pensioners. Bernard Madoff the founder of Bernard.L.Madoff Investment securities LLC in the early 1960’s was it chairman and also had some prominent positions
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profit earned from the organization but instead from recycled money already paid by other investors‚ is called a Ponzi scheme. In many Ponzi schemes‚ the swindlers focus on attracting new money to make promised payments to earlier-stage investors and to use for personal expenses‚ instead of engaging in any legitimate investment activity. There are countless examples of ponzi schemes dating back to as early as the 1920’s and all of them are the result of greed and the desire for immeasurable success
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