Any successful business owner or investor is constantly evaluating the performance of the companies they are involved with‚ comparing historical figures with its industry competitors‚ and even with successful businesses from other industries. To complete a thorough examination of any company’s effectiveness‚ however‚ more needs to be looked at than the easily attainable numbers like sales‚ profits‚ and total assets. Luckily‚ there are many well-tested ratios out there that make the task a bit less
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Chapter 8: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Caption: Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company Citation: California Court of Appeals‚ Fourth District‚ 1981 174 Cal. Rptr. 348 Facts: 1. Ford developed a new model‚ later to be known as the pinto‚ changing the design drastically. 2. Ford discovered that the fuel tanks position was in a ’vulnerable place’ and the car failed to met crash safety standards. 3. Ford was aware of the small cost to help the fuel tanks meet standards but refused to
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bias was bases for the 2001 class action lawsuit of Streeter et al. vs. Ford Motor Co and Siegel et al. vs. Ford Motor Co. for possible age bias. The legal accusations of gender and race claims were dismissed in the Streeter lawsuit but age was still a legal accusation. Ford Motor Co. denied any legal accusations of wrong actions in either lawsuit (The Union Times‚ 2001). “The reverse-discrimination lawsuits claimed that Ford ’s employee evaluation system preferred candidates of diversity -- mainly
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Annotated Bibliography Allana Dorsett BUSI 303-002 Liberty University Arbitrage is a profit producing practice that operates by acquiring an entity at a low price‚ and then selling it once the price increases. Akram‚ F.Q.‚ Rime‚ D.‚ & Sarno‚ L. (2008). Arbitrage in the foreign exchange market: Turning on the microscope. Journal of International Economics 76(2). 237-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.07.004 The focus of this source is to explain the inevitability of arbitrage in the
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Prof. ReidEnc1102 Annotated Bibliography Should Woman Have The Right To Abortion: An Annotated Bibliography Pro: Citation Fouhy‚ Beth. "Health Bill Revives Abortion Issue for Young Women." Daily Progress (Charlottesville‚ VA). 19 Dec. 2009: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. Blurb: Health care debate is driving many young feminists to fight for abortion rights. Insurance companies are now trying to refuse payment towards abortions. If the
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10 Annotated Bibliographies Patricia Rankin‚ Elizabeth Salazar‚ Karina Flores‚ Tashanda Nance BSHS 311 November7‚ 2011 Maureen McKinley 10 Annotated Bibliographies Cassidy‚ G. S. (2010). Systems Thinking and Theory in human services leadership. Retrieved from http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/gs rp/13 This article describes how Theory U can be used in the Human services field among other fields to help with budget cuts‚ and dealing with clients. The article also explains how a system
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Annotated Bibliography Collier‚ Anne. “Amy’s Story.” NetSmartz. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children‚ and Boys & Girls Clubs of America‚ 2004. Web. 21 August 2010. This is an article telling the story about a girl named Amy (her real name was changed for the article) who gets involved with a man named Bill online through a chat room‚ and how he was able to manipulate Amy into thinking he loves her and that she was the only one he’d met online. As the story continues‚ Amy
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Annotated Bibliography COM/220 - RESEARCH WRITING (AXIA) Keisha Head 10/17/2010 Instructor: RUTH CAMERON Annotated Bibliography JOHN WISELY. (2010). Gannett News Service‚ _Retrieved October 6‚ 2010‚ from ProQuest Newsstand. (Document ID: 2148948531). This is a good article written by‚ John Wisely‚ a reporter for the Detroit Free Press. In this article the writer points out various ways some recipients of public assistance abuse the system by spending taxpayer’s money frivolously
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Annotated Bibliography Reina Garza Diana Hollinger‚ Russ Sperling‚ JoAnn Ford (2009‚ november 5). the state of music education in schools. (M. Cavanaugh‚ Interviewer) * When test scores go down in math and reading‚ the emphasis is put on those basic subjects to the detriment of other so-called elective courses. And now the combination of standardized testing and budget cuts have put art and music classes in the highest of high-risk categories‚” (par 1) * “when you speak with great educators
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Annotated Bibliography University of Phoenix ENG 215: Effective Academic Writing Annotated Bibliography Andriessen‚ J.‚ Erken‚ G.‚ Van De Laak‚ C.‚ Peters‚ N.‚ Coirier‚ P.‚ (n.d.). Argumentation as negotiation in electronic collaborative writing. Retrieved from http://edu.fss.uu.nl/medewerkers/ja/Confrontations/Ch4.pdf This source talks about collaborative writing in a situation in which pairs of students have to produce and argumentative text. It goes into the different types of
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