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    asked him a question‚ “Do you think Julia is pretty”. Pompey pondered the question with interest and replied‚ “Why do you think Julia is pretty”. Now Jamie did not know how to reply to his question even though he started the conversation. “Um never mind I’m going to go eat downstairs”‚ said Jamie. After Jamie left Pompey started wondering about Jamie’s question “Julia is pretty but why would Jamie ask that”‚ he thought to himself. Pompey did not think about the question any further and continued

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    company as a separate legal entity from its shareholders. It can protect the shareholders from not taking liability personally for the company’s debts. However‚ in some situations the ‘Corporate veil ’ could be lifted if the shareholders do not follow the proper procedures. Lifting corporate veil is aim to "see through" the company and let its members take directly liability for the company ’s legal position. The statement points many situations in Corporations Act (“CA”) listed can lift the veil of

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    Formative Essay Business Ethics and Society ‘The main responsibility of business is to increase the profit for its shareholders – discuss ’. First I am going to explain the role of shareholders and how they affect the decision making of businesses. I will then discuss other stakeholders and the responsibilities that the business ‘owes’ to them. I also plan to look at examples of real life businesses that have made decisions based on the different stakeholder’s needs and wants and compare

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    Law of Returns to Scale

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    THE LAWS OF RETURN TO SCALE The laws of return to scale explain the behavior of output in response to a proportional and simultaneous change in input. Increase in inputs proportionately and simultaneously is in fact expansion of the scale of production. Statement: “As a firm in the long run increases the quantities of all factors employed‚ other things being equal‚ the output may rise initially at a more rapid rate than the rise of increase in inputs‚ then output may increase in the same proportion

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    Research Paper * « Do companies have a responsibility not to destroy the environment or should profits be allowed at any environmental cost? » Although environmental issues influence all human activities‚ companies and usual people have integrated green issues into their way of life. This is a kind of marketing‚ or not. As society becomes more concerned about natural environment‚ business have begun to modify their behavior against this new and current problem‚ but at what price for them

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    4. Responsibility of Corporations: Rationale‚ source and limits Whether there is social responsibility or obligation proper to speak of towards corporations is a topic of debate. However‚ the suspicious perception of business personnel towards CSR is understandable‚ essentially because the policy choices and actions of government may directly impact their operations‚ with a spillover effect on their responsibility to their stakeholders especially their employees and customers. a. Theoretical

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    Literature II 5/24/2012 Do you think Candide gained Insight? I believe that while Candide lived in the castle‚ he was very innocent and naïve‚ and did not know much about the reality of life. Obviously‚ he was taught by Pangloss who is a fool acting like the world they live in is the best world and the castle as well. He did not prepare Candide well‚ so when Candide gets kicked out of the Castle‚ he takes a big hit. He grew up in the castle so of course he does not have experience‚ which is why

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    CORPORATION LAW   INTRODUCTION     Definition and attributes of a corporation       A corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law‚ having the right of succession and the powers‚ attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence.   A corporation‚ being a creature of law‚ "owes its life to the state‚ its birth being purely dependent on its will‚" it is "a creature without any existence until it has received the imprimatur of the state acting

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    Australian Corporations Law

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    AUSTRALIAN CORPORATIONS LAW Question 1 I THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH A COMPANY CAN BE FORMED The formation of a company‚ known as incorporation‚ is achieved ‘by a process of registration controlled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.’ A Pre-registration Requirements The pre-registration requirements are: • The selection of the classification and type of company • The selection of a company name‚ this is optional • Completion of the application of registration using

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    through the internet or just by people knowing other people. I personally think everyone is connected in some sort of way. Since everyone is connected in some sort of way‚ it starts to bring drama and make some people do crazy things. Sometimes people mess with other people on the internet and make them hurt themselves. In my life I’ve learned many lessons. One lesson that has stuck to me and is important to me is to think before speaking and acting. I’ve learned this lesson from many experiences

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