AFM 201 – Part 1 Auditing Fall 2007 Group Assignment 2 Publicized Cases of Alleged Audit Failures Involving Large Public Companies 1) Ten Publicized Audit Failures i. Parmalat (2003) - Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu /Grant Thornton Misleading investors with “Brazen Fraud” was what the United States (US) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had sued Parmalat for in 2003. It all began when Parmalat defaulted on a bond payment worth $185 million. This raised a flag for auditors and banks
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Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics Computer ethics relates to the ethical values that should guide the computer professionals in their conduct. The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics establish guiding principles for all of us to follow. Read on to know these Ten Commandments. Every sphere of life is guided by a set of rules of what is right and what is wrong. The difference between the ’right’ and the ’wrong’ has to be demarcated in any walk of life. With the development of technology and the
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HENRY MINTZBERG TEN SCHOOLS OF THOUGHTS MODEL Strategy Safari‚ the international bestseller on strategy by leading management thinker Professor Henry Mintzberg of at McGill University and his colleagues Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel‚ is widely considered a classic work in the field. No other book synthesizes the entire history and evolution of strategic management in so lively and entertaining a fashion. Since the initial publication of Strategy Safari‚ managers‚ consultants‚ and academics
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BUTALID‚ LOUSYL JOY L. PLOT OF LES MISERABLES The convict Jean Valjean is released from a French prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and for subsequent attempts to escape from prison. When Valjean arrives at the town of Digne‚ no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an ex-convict. Desperate‚ Valjean knocks on the door of M. Myriel‚ the kindly bishop of Digne. Myriel treats Valjean with kindness‚ and Valjean repays the bishop by stealing his silverware. When
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ultrasonography is crucial in every medical setting and at all levels of heath care. Health care policy has improved and increased the number of available medical equipment. The number of radiological medical procedures is increasing considerably. Reports from some countries indicate that a significant portion of all abdominal surgical may have been avoided if simple diagnostic imaging services such as ultrasound had been available. In just a few minutes you can find out whether your insides are harboring
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herself into a temporary boarding house for women. While there‚ she feigned insanity‚ which got her committed to Blackwell’s Island‚ a terrifying mental institution. Here she journaled her experiences‚ which she published in a series of articles called Ten Days in a Madhouse. Blackwell’s Island is an example of how uncommitted the government was to mental health prior to reform. The institution was originally a safe haven where patients would receive humane and moral therapy‚ but it became the opposite
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as what the particular memories consist of‚ they all combine to create a personal self. In Engel’s essay titled “Then and Now: Creating a Self Through
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Top Ten Reasons for Divorce Some people marry each other‚ divorce and then re-marry. This sounds ridiculous but it happens and in most of the cases marriage ends in divorce‚ never to come together again. Most people try to linger on to their marriage. They do not know when to divorce. Let us try to understand the reasons why people want to divorce. Some frequently cited reasons for divorce: 1. Lack of commitment towards marriage‚ sexual incompatibility and infidelity Commitment may be lacking
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worldwide‚ with mental illnesses accounting for 25% of total disability and 16% of total burden (WHO‚ 2001). Five of the ten leading causes of disability are in the category of mental illnesses: major depression‚ alcohol dependence‚ schizophrenia‚ bipolar affective disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (WHO‚ 2001). Mental and
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Summary of “The Ten-Day MBA” By Li Zhang (Madison) The Ten-Day MBA was written by Steven Silbiger who went to MBA and wanted to share the American Top Ten MBA education’s core knowledge with other people. This book mainly contains the essentials of 9 different areas in business and implies the usefulness of MBA for individuals and businesses. The author explained the 9 core disciplines sequential in the book; start with Marketing and end with
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