What are the standards? Standards are documented agreements containing technical specifications or other precise criteria to be used consistently as rules‚ guidelines‚ or definitions of characteristics‚ to ensure that materials‚ products‚ processes and services are fit for their purpose. For example‚ the format of the credit cards‚ phone cards‚ and "smart" cards that have become commonplace is derived from an ISO International Standard. Adhering to the standard‚ which defines such features
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1 Auditing issues in Enron case Independent Needed for the Houston office of Andersen‚ an audit partner that understands the role of being a "public watchdog" with "ultimate allegiance to the creditors and shareholders" . Arthur Anderson abandoned its roles as independent auditor by turning a blind eye to improper accounting‚ including the failure to consolidate‚ failure of Enron to make $51million in proposed adjustments in 1997‚ and failure to adequately disclose the nature of transactions with
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financial statements. According to rule 102 a CPA shall not knowingly subordinate his judgements to others. 4. According to rule 101 a member in public practice (Samir) shall be independent in the performance of professional services as required by standards promulgated by bodies designated by Council. For a member in public practice to be independent‚ he/she cannot have joint closely held investments with the client. Samir‚ who is hired to audit a company owned by Zubair Al-Sharif‚ owns a substantial
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The question to ask is: ‘Why not use Standard English all the time?’ Language is a powerful communication tool the user holds to express their individual identity and ingroup solidarity. The use of Standard English helps to direct this‚ as it acts as the structure of communication‚ ingroup and between speech communities to effectively present a standard for mutual understanding. Outside of Standard English comes the use of slang‚ netspeak and textspeak‚ which helps to develop and enrich the language
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I ’ll be honest. Standard deviation is a more difficult concept than the others we ’ve covered. And unless you are writing for a specialized‚ professional audience‚ you ’ll probably never use the words "standard deviation" in a story. But that doesn ’t mean you should ignore this concept. The standard deviation is kind of the "mean of the mean‚" and often can help you find the story behind the data. To understand this concept‚ it can help to learn about what statisticians call normal distribution
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SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARD . Society is known to treat men and women differently despite the equality that is supposed to exist between the sexes. While sexism and gender sensitivity was at its worst during the early eras‚ it still exists nowadays because of what is known as the double standard mentality. In the poem ‘Double Standard’ Harper presents various examples of this double standard mentality that exists in the late 1800’s. The poem focuses on sexual double standard which is more appropriately
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CHAPTER 15 Multiple-Choice Questions 1. easy A sample in which the characteristics of the sample are the same as those of the population is a(n): b a. variables sample. b. representative sample. c. attributes sample. d. random sample. 2. easy When the auditor decides to select less than 100 percent of the population for testing‚ the auditor is said to use: a a. audit sampling. b. representative sampling. c. poor judgment. d. none of the above. 3. In practice‚ auditors
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Cost and Variance Analysis. At the beginning of 2011‚ Jejemon Corporation adopted the following standards: Direct Materials (3 lbs. @ P2.50 / lb) P 7.50 Direct Labor (5 hours @ P7.50 / hr) 37.50 Factory Overhead: Variable (P3.00 per direct labor hour) 15.00 Fixed (P4.00 per direct labor hour) 20.00 Standard Cost per unit P 80.00 Normal volume per month is 40‚000 standard labor hours. Jejemon’s january budget was based on normal volume. During January Jejemon’s produced
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Core 1 Revision Questions What two areas of the Ottawa Charter are involved in compulsory health education in schools? 1 mark Strengthening community action & developing personal skills Reorienting health services & developing personal skills Building public policy & strengthening community action Developing personal skills & building public policy Discuss what areas of the Ottawa Charter are used in the ‘Speeding‚ no one thinks big of you’ campaign‚ who the target audience is and how
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I believe that it is important to have one strong set of behavioral standards in your life. These standards should be something that you deeply believe in and are willing to stand up for. The reason that I do not think one should have many behavioral standards is because if you are constantly changing your standards for different situations than what is it that you truly believe. Having one firm set of behavioral standards will allow one to stay true to what they believe and others will know where
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