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B. THE CASE OF MV TAMPA The MV Tampa was a Norwegian merchant ship which was prevented by the Australian Government from entering into its territory. The Tampa rescued about 433 people in August 2001; many of them were of Afghan origin. These persons had been trying to reach Australia in a wooden fishing boat but the boat started sinking about 140 kilometers off the coast of Christmas Island. Some of the people aboard the ship required urgent medical attention so the Tampa decided to proceed to…

provisions, “the FCPA also requires companies whose securities are listed in the United States to meet its accounting provisions,” (US Department of Justice n.d.). “It requires issuers to maintain accurate books and records and have a system of internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that transactions are executed and assets are accessed and accounted for in accordance with management’s authorization,” (SEC…

gratifying for that individual. It should be a choice where you will get fulfillment out of your occupation. Most importantly, it should be a choice that is made by the individual only. The profession I’ve decided that would be best for me would be an Internal Auditor. Many question why I would enter in this line of work. I use to ask myself this very same question. After eight years of being in the financial field, I couldn’t picture myself doing anything else. I have a real passion for this…

warranted.” Rastetter called Leath a successful president during his five-year tenure but said regents must “ensure that our universities are run in a manner that the people of Iowa expect and demand.” The board’s audit committee voted to order its internal auditor to review flights that Leath had and that the report must be detailed and answer all questions the public has about Leath’s trips. The audit found…

What is expected in return for gaining the freedoms afforded in this Patent? In what ways does the crown profit from this agreement? In return for these freedoms, John Cabot is expected to pay one fifth of his total gain to the crown. Also, the crown benefits because they may also acquire the “dominion, title, and jurisdiction” of any lands he and his crew discover, as he is granted the right, but not required, to do so. 3. Examine the language used to describe…

Compare and Contrast In “Stolen Day” and “A Day’s Wait”, both stories have many ideas that are similar and different. For example, the main idea of “Stolen Day” is that a young boy, the narrator, is convinced that he has a disease bad enough to kill him called inflammatory rheumatism. Truth be said is that he did not have the disease in the first place, he just wanted some undivided attention from his family. Both of his parents both know that he doesn’t have the disease so they do not…

Based on CIMA and IMA Ethical Code, there are many issues in this scenario. Eddie Ethics the Head accountant of the cheap chips company, who has the institute of management Accountants and UK charted institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), tries to follow the ethical codes, but the President of the company and the Finance Director ignore these codes. 1-Competence Eddie was given this opportunity to take these certificate by the cheap chips company. But the issue in here is that the president…

WITH THE WORD, JUSTICE ALOIZIO MERCADANTE. I defended with a lot of conviction, and continue defending, the sharing system of Petrobras which was the only service provider in pre-Salt, as creator of local policy and of public purchases to enable investments in the industrial chain of gas and oil to stimulate the Brazilian industrialization. As a MCTI Justice, my single question concerning Petrobras was the construction of an oceanographic research vessel, which was a partnership between MCTI,…

Detecting and Preventing Payroll Fraud Payroll fraud is something that is very dangerous for companies and it is important that business leaders are working to detect and prevent it from occurring. The most common form of payroll fraud is when an employee gains access to funds that they are not entitled to. For salary employees, this could mean adding an additional, fake employee to the payroll and collecting their wages. Hourly employees may commit payroll fraud by altering the hours that they…

Authentic leadership is a relatively new leadership theory which was needed because of the ubiquitous ethical and moral leadership problems of the 21st century. There became an increased interest in authentic leadership due to the great deal of societal upheaval and instability that the United States experienced beginning in the late 1990s through 2000s. The attacks of 9/11, widespread corporate scandals at companies such as Enron and WorldCom, as well as massive failures in the banking industry…