Risk Taking: A Corporate Governance Perspective ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The genesis of this book lies in the teaching materials prepared for IFC’s Risk Governance Workshops conducted in 20 developing countries during the 2010–2012 time period by the book’s authors. The book and workshops also benefited from the contributions of Torben Andersen of Copenhagen Business School and Zur Shapira of New York University’s Stern School of Business. The contents of the book reflect this team’s years of risk
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"You express the truth of your character with the choices of your actions" - Steve Maraboli. The first adjective to come to your mind when you hear a persons name is what forms their character. Character is not only how people describe you‚ it’s about how you present yourself and what actions you choose. To show your strong sense of will‚ their are a few characteristics that are most important. The most important characteristic are compassion‚ perseverance and honesty. Compassion is feeling sympathy
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1 Chapter 3: Taking Notes The good student takes down notes when listening to a teacher’s lecture. In the same way‚ the good researcher takes down notes whenever he comes across a source relevant to his research. Research note taking saves the researcher a lot of time and effort. It allows him to refer to his sources without having to “re-search” for the source from which they were originally taken. In the beginning‚ it might seem that the rigid rules of note taking are stifling‚ rather than
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Jessica Pratt Taking a Stand Dear ladies and gentlemen of the court‚ today I stand before you to debate whether or not Atticus should have defended Tom Robinson. I assure you that you can place all of your trust in me because I am completely unbiased since I am not racist and I am in no way related to Atticus. While it is true that Atticus Finch caused dissension by defending a black man‚ he had no choice but to defend Tom Robinson‚ a man created in the image of God and therefore equal to his
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Khendee Casallo Humanities 151 Do you feel that taking genuine risks in life is necessary in order for us to be happy? Can people find fulfillment and happiness in life by playing it safe and not courting any trouble or hardship from taking chances? The word “risk” means the possibility of suffering a harmful event. Risk taking can bring either positive or negative result because anytime we take risks in life‚ there is a possibility of loss which can cause tension. There are a lot of people who
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we are afraid to fail‚ we will not accomplish the goals we set for ourselves. In fact‚ we cannot set goals at all. Taking chances adds some spice to life. When we just play it safe‚ life is boring. Living life while playing it safe is not living life. We do not get ourselves anywhere when we just keep on stopping ourselves from taking chances. There is no hope for us. Taking chances makes life interesting. It makes us who we are. We need to get out of our comfort zone in order to grow and
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Qualities of Effective Principals Cross-posted at the Huffington Post: Effective Leadership in the Age of Reform. School improvement efforts rely heavily on quality leadership. Educational leaders are tasked with establishing a collective vision for school improvement and initiating change to spur innovation‚ ensure student learning‚ and increase achievement. On July 13th I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. James Strong‚ from the College of William and Mary‚ deliver a keynote address at the
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-Your name- Taking Risks are very difficult for some people. The mind and takes a big part in this “disease”. The id’s basic needs do a lot to overcome these fears. Fear and lack of confidence are what stop many from doing the possible. Fear plays a major roll in many anti-risk taking situations. “Decidophobia is the fear of making decisions “ (Ronald 118). These people have the fear of taking risks because they fear losing control. These people don’t want to become addicted to something like
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Risk Taking “C’mon! Another can’t hurt!” called Bob. At only 17 years of age I had been reluctant to have a drink‚ but I couldn’t stop the might of peer pressure. I hesitantly took another can‚ but before I knew it Bob was on the ground‚ moaning and bleeding all over the place in the midst of a brawl. We’ve all been in this situation before where there’s been too much alcohol consumed but how often‚ especially for teenagers‚ does this apparently harmless fun‚ end in tragedy? Young people are hospitalised
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Ethical actions are not always as cut and dry as one would think. There are circumstances where we are responsible for our actions and then there are times when we cannot control the circumstances and cannot be held responsible. If you do something because you are forced to do it by threat‚ or you are not mentally capable to form the right choice about the action‚ then the choice of ethics does not matter. We are held responsible only for actions that we have a choice in. If an accused person claims
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