Fair Value Accounting: Understanding the Issues Raised by the Credit Crunch (Pieter-Jan Wils Summary) Executive summary Fair value accounting: a financial reporting approach in which companies are required or permitted to measure and report on an ongoing basis certain assets and liabilities (generally financial instruments) at estimates of the prices they would receive if they were to sell the assets or would pay if they were to be relieved of the liabilities. Under fair value accounting‚ companies
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2013‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 4 ISSN: 2222-6990 Corporate Governance- Issues and Challenges in Pakistan Beenish Ameer Department of Management Sciences‚ Abbasia Campus‚ Islamia University of Bahawalpur‚ Pakistan E-mail:beenishameer14@gmail.com Abstract Purpose: Pakistani companies are crucial for attaining the better position in the global market by adopting the actual concept of corporate governance. Corporate governance is a worldwide phenomenon. Corporate Governance is the system of rules‚ practices
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Managing Gender Issues in Corporate Author: Shobhna Jha ‚Asst Prof‚ Sabar Institute of Management Dr B. K Nirmal‚ Prof‚ Sabar Institute of Management Gender equality refers to the equal valuing of the roles of women and men. It works to overcome the barriers of stereotypes and prejudices so that both sexes are able to equally contribute to and benefit from economic‚ social‚ cultural and political developments within society. Traditionally‚ there was a misconception about woman’s ability to balance
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Examine social issues raised by the use of the new reproductive technologies (eg artificial insemination and in-vitro fertilisation) by exploring the role that science and medical imagery play in medicalising women’s bodies. * In Western societies birth ‘fear’ has been associated with pregnancy complications‚ increasing childbirth interventions‚ emergency and elective Caesarean Section (CS)‚ postnatal depression (PND)‚ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and impaired maternal–infant connection
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opinion or work because he/she is basing the student’s performance on his/her race and culture‚ then that student has a narrow chance of succeeding in the classroom. Systemic racism describes what happens when institutions discriminate‚ either deliberately or indirectly‚ against certain groups of people to limit their rights. Systemic racism in America exists and all students are not treated equally when everyone needs to have the same opportunities to excel. Accordingly‚ educational resources in
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Systemic Change In a school system‚ there is going to be many times that systematic change must be made to better prepare students for the future. With that change‚ there can be many unintended consequences. Razik and Swanson (2010) discussed that “systems are by definition complex and adaptive; they can be expected to behave in unpredictable ways” (p. 42). Through observation I have seen that leaders try their best in making best decisions concerning staff members and students‚ but there is
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Corporate Crime (BTF2223): ------------------------------------------------- Research Report Assignment ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Proposition: “In order to effectively punish and deter corporate crime‚ the law should impose criminal sanctions on individuals rather than on corporations.” -------------------------------------------------
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BPL 5100 - Prof. LaManna – Individual Case Study Case # 70 THE CABBIE CALLED OUT‚ "’Ere now‚ madam! You wouldn’t want to give Piccadilly Circus a miss‚ would you? That’s Eros‚ the god of love‚ up there takin’ aim at us." Miyato Kurasawa looked up from the stack of papers she was sorting into her briefcase and met the driver’s cheerful eyes in the rearview mirror. She laughed and played along‚ pretending to shield herself from the famous statue’s arrow. Miyato ’s mood was
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosis is an autoimmune disease in which organs and cells undergo damage mediated by auto antibodies and immune complex deposition. SLE is more common in black females (>90%) whereas it is relatively rare in white males (<10%). Female preponderance in SLE is explained by hormonal differences between genders and the genes located on the X chromosome such as TREX -1 gene which is believed to play a major role. Women of child bearing age‚ who are on oral contraceptive pill or Hormone
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized connective tissue disorder characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs and widespread vascular lesions. The pathogenesis of the vasculopathy is not fully understood‚ but a viral trigger‚ immune reactions to viral or environmental factors‚ reperfusion injury‚ or anti-endothelial antibodies may all be involved [1]. Also‚ angiogenesis is insufficient or defective [2‚ 3]. Most attention has been given to microvascular disease in SSc‚ but previous
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