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. ... In simpler terms, this law basically set and enforced all new reporting, auditing, disclosure, and ethics requirements for companies! ...

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Today, black defendants serve as much time in federal prison for drug offenses as white defendants serve for violent offenses-a result largely attributed to biases in federal statutory penalties for offenses involving crack versus powder cocaine (Mauer and King, 2007a). ... Instead, they have suggested that the connections between race and sentencing outcomes are exceedingly complex, conditioned by a diverse set of variables, including characteristics of the defendant, the victim, the crime itself and the geographical area where it took place, as well as the bureaucratic organization of local...

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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 highl...

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This is a key difficulty and weakness in Bonjour's theory because his coherentist account of observation plays a pivotal role in characterizing the observation requirement, which is a critical element in Bonjour's answers to objections, as well as in addressing the problem of truth, which Bonjour intends to serve as a metajustification for his coherence theory or epistemic justification. ...

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The 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms sets the foundation for labor rights in Canada. ... Section 15 of the Charter sets the basis for labor rights by asserting that individuals have the right to equality before and under the law. ... While the Charter sets a minimal declaration of rights, provincial governments have the ability to extend upon the basic freedoms outlined in the Charter. ...

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Media communication theory will also be explored to identify and deconstruct how the encoder of the institution has used various persuasive devices and media techniques to create an advert that will serve the company's agenda and will contribute to the success and longevity of the brand. ... From its very inception as a global brand, Coca-Cola has represented a set of core values to address a wide target demographic by promoting a connection between the drink and the acquisition of happiness. ...

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The assumption may be that one set of values applies to all cultures, as stated by Pedersen (1997). ... This model serves its purpose as a general model, but for specific dilemmas involving clients from diverse cultures, professionals would have to fill in the gaps or perhaps adapt the model to suit her or his cultural perspectives, because a cultural analysis is not provided. ... Freeman said that it is necessary to define what humans perceive as being "good" and what human traits are considered "virtuous" before a determination can be made regarding the "right" thing to do in a given set...

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The assumption may be that one set of values applies to all cultures, as stated by Pedersen (1997). ... This model serves its purpose as a general model, but for specific dilemmas involving clients from diverse cultures, professionals would have to fill in the gaps or perhaps adapt the model to suit her or his cultural perspectives, because a cultural analysis is not provided. ... Freeman said that it is necessary to define what humans perceive as being "good" and what human traits are considered "virtuous" before a determination can be made regarding the "right" thing to do in a given set...

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In the international realm, such thinking is most obvious in liberal views concerning free trade (though many liberals would take a slightly more ambiguous view than the neoliberal one set out here). ...

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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 wom...

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The idea of a national minimum wage and set maximum working hours are two examples of such intervention, and while such notions are indisputably necessary and in keeping with the charitable element of human nature, they are, to the pure capitalist/neoliberalist, barriers to the maximum possible profit. ... While the minimum wage today might be argued (rightly) to be insufficient, in 1959, the Terms and Conditions of Employment Act set the minimum wage at a rate which could sustain a family of one working parent and two children without falling below the poverty line (source: National Archive...

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Reforms and the right set of investments to enhance competitiveness will be crucial for the economic transformations that can lead to sustained higher growth over the longer term. ... The 12 Pillars of Competitiveness We define competitiveness as the set of institutions, policies, and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country. The level of productivity, in turn, sets the level of prosperity that can be reached by an economy. ...

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Perhaps one of the most novel charity traditions carried on by the Penguins is the At Your Service Dinner, an event at which the members of the team serve as waiters and bus boys for one night, and collect their wages and tips for the benefit of cystic fibrosis charities. ... 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 wa...

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The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. At the threshold of the XXI century we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private milit...

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