Robotic Surgery: the impacts of costs‚ access‚ and quality As technology improves‚ surgical robots are rapidly gaining support among both doctors and patients across America. Today more than 900 hospitals have the da Vinci robot which is double the number in 2007. (Freyer‚ 2010) Da Vinci robots were first approved by the FDA in 2000 for prostate removal‚ but now da Vinci robots are used for a variety of other surgical procedures (Freyer‚ 2010). Robot assisted surgery offers advantages such as
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what? What would be my purpose thereafter?Therefore I think that I would never act rationally in such a world. | | What would Kant probably have said about Whitey Basson (or you) earning ZAR 620‚000‚000.00? | Based on what I understand about Kant’s theory‚ I would assume that he would have accepted the earnings. As Whitey Basson has not stolen from anyone‚ neither has he broken any rules. He did build the company into one of the most successful ventures of today. He invested his own time and
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and contrast Accrual Earnings Management and Real Earnings Management. Real Earnings Management: a. Real activities manipulation: managers try to mislead at least some of their stakeholders to believe that the financial reporting goals have been met through normal operational practices. However‚ this is not a value added activity‚ sometimes may even reduce firm value because current actions will have negative effect on future cash flow. b. It is probable that real earnings management will have
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stock is $50 per share in 2010. The options are exercisable for one share of Sakal’s common stock. Pancino’s and Sakal’s separate net incomes for the year are $100‚000 and $80‚000‚ respectively. Required: Compute the amount of basic and diluted earnings per share for Pancino (Consolidated) and Sakal Corporations. 2) Parker Corporation owns an 80% interest in Sample Corporation’s common stock. Throughout 2010‚ Sample had 10‚000 shares of common stock outstanding and Parker had 100‚000 shares
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in the competitive long-distance telephone industry. It was headquartered in Washington‚ D.C.[1] Founded in 1963‚ it grew to be the second-largest long-distance provider in the U.S. It was purchased by WorldCom in 1998 and became MCI WorldCom‚ with the name afterwards being shortened to WorldCom in 2000. WorldCom’s financial scandals and bankruptcy led that company to change its name in 2003 to MCI Inc.. The MCI name disappeared in January 2006 after the company was bought by Verizon. As of May
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Management Planning Paper Vernita M. Blacksher Introduction: We will be evaluating the planning function of the upper level management of the Company formerly called WorldCom. We will look at some of the actions taken by upper level management‚ their decision making and what actions were taken to achieve short-term goals. We will be analyzing the influence legal issues‚ corporate social responsibility‚ and ethics had on WorldCom’s management planning
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Earnings management is typically regarded as a bad thing. I will cover why it’s considered a bad thing‚ and what it entails. When an executive “cooks the books” it’s referring to them providing false information in order to deceive other important employees or shareholders. This act includes‚ but is not limited to: falsifying receipts‚ inventories‚ balance sheets‚ and/or cash flow statements. This is an important concept to familiarize yourself with because‚ if identified and stopped in time‚ could
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The Accounting Scandal Enron Corp. Collapse and WorldCom Accounting Scandal 11/18/2020 The Enron Corp. collapse Formed in 1985 from a merger of Houston Natural Gas and Inter-north‚ Enron Corp. was the first nationwide natural gas pipeline network. Over time‚ the firm’s business focus shifted from the regulated transportation of natural gas to unregulated energy trading markets. The guiding principle seems to have been that there was more money to be made in buying and selling financial
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HUB HUB RESEARCH PAPER Earnings management: a literature review S. Verbruggen‚ J. Christaens‚ and K. Milis HUB RESEARCH PAPER 2008/14. FEBRUARI 2008 Hogeschool – Universiteit Brussel Stormstraat 2‚ 1000 Brussel‚ Belgium T: +32 2 210 12 11 F: + 32 2 217 64 64 Earnings management: a literature review S. Verbruggen‚ Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel Prof dr. J. Christaens‚ Universiteit Gent Prof. dr. K. Milis‚ Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel Abstract Based on a literature review of major
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WorldCom: Organizational Culture and Unethical Safeguards Organizational culture is one of four influences whether an ethical or unethical behavior will be made. WorldCom’s demise‚ deliberately overstating their income by $7 billion between 1999 and 2002; and their once valued stock of $180 million becoming nearly worthless‚ can attribute a significant amount of their failure on their “dis”organizational culture. Corporations worldwide who do not think this type of fraud can happen at the hands
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