Although it may seem like these accounting scandals happen all the time, people fail to realize there are huge laws set in place to prevent these type of scandals from happening. One of the largest and most influential of these laws set in place to prevent falsified financial reporting and protect the public is the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX), which was implemented immediately after the Enron corporate scandal in 2001. ... As one of the most sweeping amendments to the securities laws since the 1930's, SOX was put in place to restore confidence in the market by increasing corporate accountabi...

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"We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and women in nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."" ... Each has its main orga...

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Communism, at its most idealistic base, is a contingent of gown up responsible people that have free access to information and can therefore self govern, except for the transitional period required for the establishment of the required infrastructure. In this light, it would seem that communist coun...

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Seeing as fee paying schools are, by their very nature, accessible to only a small portion of the population through their fees and the family connections required to attend, they are merely another social mechanism to retain Britain's wealth within a select elite. ... Granted, those who receive financial assistance at such institutions are undoubtedly a small minority – even in today's political climate, only 20% of current Etonians receive means tested financial assistance, but these schemes' existence in the first place surely dispels any notion of the ruling class...

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This general idea is backed up by "Green's (2004) idea that the high degree of transportation - characteristic of first-person narratives - results in the fictional world seeming more like a real place;" (Green). ... And although we feel some very small amount of sympathy for his horrible birth and young childhood, the reader is already given a strange feeling about Grenouille throughout some of the earlier characters within the novel, including the wet nurse Jeanne Bussie or Father Terrier, who "felt sick to his stomach. ...

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If a minority culture does not submissively assimilate its ideas with those of the majority, the majority feels justified in excluding and minimizing this smaller subset of people. ... Language has a small function in traditional healing processes. ...

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The commercialization of genetic engineering technology, most notably in crops and subsequent foodstuffs, has partially muddled the GMO debate, due to the enormous pressure lobbies representing the $15.7 billion dollar biotech industry (James, 2014) have been placing on both objective scientific inquiry and policy makers. ...

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Introduction Having experienced a recent economic boom prior to the 2008 global financial crisis and a flourishing tourism industry, Cambodia lies at the forefront of becoming a rising star within the Southeast Asian region. However, in order to do so there are major political issues and concerns d...

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Ziai expertly delivers an overview of the post-development movement, having arisen in the 1980s as a response to the dissatisfaction with the concept and practice of "development" already in place. Ziai more or less defines this movement as placing an emphasis on alternatives to development via grassroots, local and regional movements. ... This would include recognizing what is already in place in the area, emphasizing relations rather than the logics of development, and building upon the economic interdependence of individuals and groups. ...

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More recently, in order to better place the discussion of competitiveness in the societal and environmental context, the World Economic Forum has begun exploring the complex relationship between competitiveness and sustainability as measured by its social and environmental dimension. ...

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Abstract In the past couple of decades, public schools in the United States have enforced increasingly punitive methods of discipline. In response to perceived elevation in juvenile crime and school violence, the Clinton Administration signed into law the Gun-Free Schools act of 1994. The act requir...

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Despite the penetrating winter cold and whipping river winds, the fans turned out to say good-bye to their beloved cookie-cutter-style stadium, which was set to implode at 8:00 AM; a place that had brought them the magic of baseball and football for 31 years was about to bow out of the sports scene, and proper respect was due. ...

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After World War II for example, with the defeat of the tyrannical and imperialistic enemy, Nazi Germany, nations like India gained a new outlook on their place within the world, not needing to be ruled by a greater force, such as the British Empire. ...

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Multinational production capitalizes on the resources and skills available in different places, making cars cheaper. ... Marxists concentrate less on efficiency gains (though many accept these may take place) and focus more on how changing production provides new kinds of economic power that can be used to extort profits from those that are weaker. ... If policy is less attractive, business can threaten to move somewhere else, thus creating difficult choices for government about the balance between the need to keep business in place and the desire to tax and regulate it in the interests of th...

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Initially, Louis rejected the idea of conscription due to his pro-Dutch beliefs and concerns of the strain it may place upon the Dutch military. ... For the Russian Campaign in 1812, Napoleon took 14,000 troops from the Kingdom of Holland, which ended in disaster, with only a small number of the initial troops from Holland returning. ...

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Immigration: Mass Media Influences on the General American Population The mass media industry has influentially shaped American society's behavior on immigration into a strict systematic view that immigration is a necessary tool needed to strengthen the economy, stabilize cultural diversity, and expand collective intelligence. Immigration has always been a major topic for discussion for people interested in national and international affair of the United States since the founding of the nation. Immigration has many influences on the United States since it is a social necessity for economi...

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Tonic seizures: may be diurnal (during the day) or nocturnal (at night); are usually symmetrical (affecting both sides of the body in the same way and at the same time) in effect; may go unnoticed if only short in duration and reduced to only an alteration in breathing rhythm and eye turning (common during sleep); if they last up to 20 seconds they may manifest as `vibrations' which resemble rapid clonic (rhythmical, jerky) movements of small amplitude (affecting the entire body); urinary incontinence is possible; loss of consciousness is not a constant feature; pupils dilate; if occurrin...

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Abstract For the specialty of radiology the development of the x-ray was just the beginning, for years later another inventor makes a new breakthrough in modern medicine. This development is made by British electrical engineer Godfrey Hounsfield in 1967 This has one special implication for the specialty of Neuroradiology as the CAT or "computerized axial tomography" scanner is born, in medical terminology the term tomography refers to the ability to view a particular part of the body eliminating views of the x-ray shadows that bones and/or organs throw in front of and behind that view. First...

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For example, if the Union and its member states are prepared to integrate with Hungary and other smaller nations they must be prepared to defend at all cost these nations as they would larger nations like Spain or Italy. ...

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Abstract This paper explores disaster management in response to varied homeland emergencies such as: chemical and biological scenarios, first responders, homeland security strategy, weapon delivery, and the national response plan. We have learned over time by way of trial and error that it is highly irrational to expect everything to be perfect and appropriate during disaster management. At best, we can simply hope for controlled chaos during the various phases of disaster. Today, there are significantly improved plans, the plan is well communicated, and it is being revised continuously to me...

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