TANIA MAJOR: A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE QUESTION 1: How would you describe Tania Major in terms of locus of control? Why? Locus of control refers to the generalized belief about the amount of control people have over their own lives (McShane & VonGlinow‚ 2000‚ p.191). This concept was originally developed by Julian Rotters in 1954 and is known to be a psychological term. In simpler terms‚ locus of control refers to an individual’s perception about the underlying main causes of events in his/her life
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN Financial intermediaries Done by Mirmanova S.‚ 303 gr. Almaty 2014 A financial intermediary is a financial institution that connects surplus and deficit agents. The classic example of a financial intermediary is a bank that consolidates deposits and uses the funds to transform them into loans. Through the process of financial intermediation‚ certain assets or liabilities are transformed into
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took Enron 16 years to go from about $10 billion of assets to $65 billion of assets‚ and 24 days to go bankruptcy. Enron is also one of the most celebrated business ethics cases in the century. There are so many things that went wrong within the organization‚ from all personal (prescriptive and psychological approaches)‚ managerial (group norms‚ reward system‚ etc.)‚ and organizational (world-class culture) perspectives. This paper will focus on the business ethics issues at Enron that were raised
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normal self‚ you feel sick. You’re coughing‚ sneezing‚ you have a fever‚ your body aches and you just want to stay in bed and sleep. Those are signs that something is wrong with your health. You feel abnormal. Your collections of warning signs are called symptoms. When taken to a doctor‚ he/she takes your symptoms and can then tell you what underlying condition‚ or syndrome you have. This feeling of abnormality happens also in mental illness. Mental illness can appear in a person in many different
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are often portrayed as overly religious‚ backward‚ and violent. Their image in the world has been clouded by the intergroup hostility that has existed between Muslim and Christian societies for centuries. In his review of Bernard Lewis’s book‚ What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response‚ Professor Aslam Syed points out a commonly accepted Western narrative of the origins of this hostility. This narrative states that the ancient Muslim world was once an epicenter for intellectual thought
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Enron and WorldCom Scandals Matthew Morrison ACC/260 8/18/12 Enron and WorldCom Scandals Question number one of the Enron case focuses on the corporations that got Enron into its difficulties these were the special purpose entities for joint partnerships including Chewco‚ LJM1‚ LMJ2 and the Raptors. Number three of the Enron case shows us that the board was divided into five divisions‚ all of which were full of well-educated financial employees who
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Enron The affect of the unethical behavior of the profitability of Enron was that the third party “outside” independent auditors was not able to backup and have accounting financial statements‚ some of those auditors and financial institutions may have been misled by the corporation’s net income. If I was an accountant for this company I would have followed regulated federal security laws‚ and if failed to provide prove of documents or financial statements‚ I would admit to my mistakes but also
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It is acknowledged that not all substance users have problems with parenting. However in many cases it will be necessary to make an assessment‚ which includes the substance use and behaviour of the parents‚ and any impact from this upon their parenting‚ before deciding what help‚ if any‚ is required‚ and whether child protection procedures should be initiated. Child in Need – A child i.e. a person under 18 years is in need if they are unlikely to achieve or maintain‚ or to have the opportunity
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Papazian Accounting for Enron Introduction In the case of Accounting for Enron‚ the case concerned one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in the US history at the turn of the 21st century. It was Enron Corporation‚ a one time seventh largest most successful US company‚ sixth largest energy company in the world‚ valued at over $70 Billion; they filed for chapter 11 on December 2‚ 2001. Just the year before‚ Enron posted a 57% increase in sales between 1996 and 2000. And Enron shares hit a 52-week
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EXTERNAL FINANCING AND GROWTH Two growth rates used in financial planning: 1. Internal growth rate - The maximum growth rate a firm can achieve without external financing of any kind (no debt or equity). - This is the growth rate that the firm can maintain with internal financing only. - The required increase in assets is exactly equal to the addition to retained earnings‚ and EFN is therefore zero. IGR = ROA x Plowback ratio 1 – (ROA
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