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    The Nature of Teaching

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    Introduction: The Nature of Teaching The nature of teaching has been conceptualized and explained n countless ways‚ one conceptualized is that teaching is the act of providing activities that facilitate learning‚ another view runs likes this”Teaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what the teacher is doing in her classes‚ if the student are not learning something significant‚ she is not teaching‚ when the student fails‚ the teacher fails more. Quite similar to

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    Accounting

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    How did Amgen’s unethical behavior contribute to the problems with Medicaid kickbacks? According to the Anna Richo‚ Amgen’s Chief Compliance Officer‚ Amgen strives to conduct business in the "highest ethical manner". According to the site‚ Amgen each employee will be held accountable for any unethical practices. The code of conduct clearly states that all staff members are required to adhere to the laws‚ and act on good judgment. Kickbacks are illegal and deemed unethical in the United States. Kickbacks

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    International Accounting

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    1 * Germany 2 * Japan 2 Hofstede’s cultural dimensions 2 Accounting Practices predictions 3 Opacity Impacts on Business Investments 4 Limitations in Financial Reports‚ with respect to Ratios and Accounting Practices 4 Conclusion 5 Recommendations 5 Appendix 6 Appendix 1 – Development factors of UK‚ Germany and Japan 7 Appendix 2 – Hofsted’s social dimension model 9 Appendix 3 – Gray’s Accounting Values 9 Appendix 4 – Strength and Weaknesses of Hofstede’s Model 11

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    History of Accounting

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    History of Accounting The name that looms largest in early accounting history is Luca Pacioli‚ who in 1494 first described the system of double-entry bookkeeping used by Venetian merchants in his Summa de Arithmetica‚ Geometria‚ Proportioni et Proportionalita. Of course‚ businesses and governments had been recording business information long before the Venetians. But it was Pacioli who was the first to describe the system of debits and credits in journals and ledgers that is still the basis of today’s

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    Cost Accounting

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    cost accounting. This introductory chapter explains the intertwining roles of managers and management accountants in choosing an organization’s strategy‚ and in planning and controlling its operations. Unlike the remainder of the textbook‚ this chapter has no “number crunching.” Its main purpose is to emphasize the management accountant’s role in providing information for managers. Review Points organization. Cost accounting provides information for both management accounting and

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    Financial Accounting

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    globally accepted accounting standard has become a need to the globalised capital markets nowadays‚ however the international differences in financial reporting practices between countries still exists mainly due to the setting of national accounting standards in different countries by their own respective government. Looking at this issue in a world-wide view‚ we can notice that every country in the world regardless of whether it is a developed or developing country‚ the standard setting is always the

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    State of Nature

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    What is the state of nature? The state of nature is a term in political philosophy that describes a circumstance prior to the state and society’s establishment. Philosophers‚ mainly social contract theory philosophers‚ and political thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean Jacques Rousseau discussed and considered the "state of nature" as a starting point to their political and philosophical ideas. John Locke‚ whose work influenced the American Declaration of Independence‚ believes that

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    Measurement in Accounting

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    The place of measurement is crucial in accounting. Measurement is vital to accountants for recording‚ summarising‚ reporting financial transactions and preparing financial statements that should indicate the true position of an entity. However‚ accounting measurement issues are seen to be problematic as many measurements are derived. According to Mary E. Barth (2007)‚ an analysis regarding the latest activities of the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) have revealed that the use

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    Political Dynasty

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    Political Reform and Elite Persistence: Term Limits and Political Dynasties in the Philippines∗ Pablo Querubin Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies October‚ 2011 Abstract Research in political economy emphasizes the tendency of elites to persist and reproduce their power over time‚ potentially undermining the effectiveness of institutional reforms. One particular form of elite persistence is illustrated by the existence of political dynasties. A natural question is whether

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    Accounting Assumption

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    ACCOUNTING ASSUMPTIONS‚ PRINCIPLES‚ AND CONSTRAINTS Phil Toms March 29‚ 2013 The basic assumptions are monetary unit assumption and the economic entity assumption. The monetary unit assumption requires that companies include in the accounting records only transaction data that can be expressed in terms of money. This assumption enables accounting to measure economic events. The monetary unit assumption is vital to applying the cost principle. An economic entity can be any organization

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