MEMORANDUM TO: Board of Directors‚ British Petroleum FROM: RE: Impact of On the Job Training DATE: February 10‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Occupational Safety and Health is a major responsibility to all employers. It becomes more of a factor when the nature of the business involves hazardous materials and environments. In order to ensure that businesses are functioning properly and efficiently‚ it is imperative that companies are staffed with individuals who are trained properly in their occupation
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Nike Inc. Case 1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? WACC is weighted average cost of capital‚ which is the expected rate of return on average from all the company’s existing debts and securities. It takes into account all different types of financing in the company’s capital structure. The reason it is important to estimate WACC is because it measures what it costs the firm to take on a project based on its current Debt and Equity mix. When the
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Accounting Horizons Vol. 21‚ No. 2 June 2007 pp. 165–187 Auditor Communications with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors: Policy Recommendations and Opportunities for Future Research Jeffrey Cohen‚ Lisa Milici Gaynor‚ Ganesh Krishnamoorthy‚ and Arnold M. Wright SYNOPSIS: To contribute to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) project on auditor communications with audit committees and boards of directors‚ we present in this paper a review of relevant academic literature
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the engagement (acceptance of the client). To do so‚ the auditor obtains a preliminary understanding of the client‚ in order to both evaluate the client’s background and the risks associated with accepting the engagement. b) Convincing the client to hire the auditor (acceptance by the client). The auditor must thus understand his relationship to the client to enable him consider if the ethical and professional requirements (independence‚ competence‚ etc.) typical to the specific engagement can
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Interim An audit which conducted in between the two annual audits with a view to find out interim profits to enable the company to declare an interim dividend is known as Interim Audit. It is a kind of audit which is conducted between the two periodical or balance sheet audits. Objectives Of Interim Audit 1. To know profit or loss of interim period. 2. To distribute interim dividend. 3. To get loan on the basis of interim account. 4. To get information about the financial position
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Case 9: The travel expense billing controversy and the false claim act Date: September 19th 2012 1.Why would an independent audit firm‚ like PwC‚ that depends upon the maintenance of its reputation for integrity and professionalism‚ to retain and attract clients‚ risk the loss of that reputation by engaging in what appears to be unethical behaviour (not returning travel expense rebates)? Explain your answer and reasoning. According to Fleet (1991)‚ ethics are those standards or morals a person
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the oil and gas industry experience a number of risks in the supply chain of oil and gas and petrochemical as by products. These risks are inherently inculcated into the supply chain of oil and gas and related products ranging from the exploration‚ production‚ and marketing of oil‚ gas and related products. Quantitative and qualitative research will be conducted into the effects of these risks has revealed a strong relationship between the concepts of risk management and other risk management strategies
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Human Resource Industry Audit - Reflection Paper Tommy Kramer Nov 4‚ 2006 Human Resource Industry Audit - Reflection Paper Change is the one constant in the highly competitive business world. Industries are consistently exploring different ideas‚ techniques‚ and processes to make or keep their organizations moving forward in the competitive environment. The commercial airline industry is an extremely competitive‚ safety-sensitive‚ high technology service industry (Appelbaum and Fewster‚ 2002)
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corporate transparency and accountability. One response to these shifts by corporations has been to collaborate with stakeholders who represent interests outside of traditional corporate interests. This paper will evaluate the efficacy of stakeholder engagement (SE) as it applies to global corporations. It proposes that potential of SE to maximize business integrity is undermined by elusiveness of the stakeholder concept and problems that flow from it. II Confusion Surrounding Stakeholder Theorizing
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