What are the main risks faced by banks and how does a bank attempt to manage these risks? A Bank is a financial intermediary that acts as an economic firm producing goods and services. With this view in mind it’s easy to see that a bank exists to make a profit. In order for a bank to be successful and make a profit‚ it has to take risk. A bank that is averse to risk will be a stagnant institution unable to adequately serve its customers effectively and produce a profit. However‚ a banking institution
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Strict Liability “The law presumes that mens rea is always required in criminal offences‚ unless it is clear that Parliament intended an offence to be one of strict liability”. Discuss. (25marks) The general principle of criminal law is that the prosecution must establish the presence of both actus reus and mens rea. As the majority of criminal offences are created by statute‚ Parliament will usually indicate the kind of mens rea required
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directly smoke cigarettes (p. 333). People who smoke will have a harder time quitting from the added nicotine and will face a higher risk of health problems‚ diseases‚ and death related to smoking. This can also affects the general public since the more potent second-hand smoke can be inhaled by a non-smoker and even young children‚ which also increases their risk to significant harm. Both the second and third conditions‚ which are closely intertwined were also satisfied by Wigand. After realizing
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Current Liabilities Week 3 Assignment Beverly Clarkson November 23‚ 2014 Daniel Carraher RUNNING HEAD: CURRENT LIABILITIES Current Liabilities Current liabilities
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(1991) says‚ these surrogate decision makers have to maintain some standards. Before making a decision‚ the surrogate decision maker has to deeply evaluate and analyze the wish‚ needs‚ values‚ and belief of that patient. He has to examine all these factors carefully. The surrogate merely speaks on
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responsibilities to its clients. While working for a company to audit their financial information‚ they are also at the same time working for the public and regulators who rely on externals auditors to prove credibility to the financial information that companies release (Cooper‚ Coram‚ Richardson‚ & Leung‚ 2009). To assist in quality assurance‚ the profession‚ and government have developed multilevel framework which is designed to regulate the audit profession. This framework includes: * Ethical standards:
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choice question (i.e. a total of 30 minutes). This is NOT an open book exam. Choose the best answer from a)‚ b)‚ c)‚ d) or e). Q1 Economics is the study of a) the share market and its effect on consumers and businesses b) money and how it is used by society * c) unlimited wants and limited resources d) unlimited resources and limited wants Q2 Which of the following does not illustrate opportunity cost? * a) If I study I must give up my sport and hobbies.
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One inherent risk factor that would impact my audit procedures of Enron were the large number of highly complex accounting entries. For example energy traders were required to book all the projected profits from a supply contract in the quarter in which the deal is made. Such accounting procedures are inherently risky as they make assumptions about price forecasts which can drastically affect earnings. Another inherent risk factor is the frequency of related party transactions. The special purpose
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Limited Liability Partnership organization and to advise Mr. Tan on the business organization that is more likely to fit his needs for setting up a new consulting business. For this particular project‚ our group assumed that Mr. Tan used to be an accountant working for a big accounting firm and is now looking to set up a small accounting consultancy business. 1 Process Required to Setup Business Organization Below are the processes to setting up a partnership and a limited liability partnership
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Seminar 7 Vicarious Liability The problem question deals mainly with the issue of Vicarious Liability and Negligence. In order to advise Jerry one would have to explore the rules of vicarious liability‚ relevant statute law and case law which may apply. Vicarious liability has been defined as the person who commits a wrong must be an employee and not an independent contractor‚ the employee must have committed a tort and the tort must have been in the course of employment. The doctrine of ‘vicarious
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