Is Robert Kennedy right to believe that GDP is a deficient measure of an economy’s welfare? Explain your answer stating clearly why economists care about GDP. Tia Patel 1120 words GDP has been the long-established measure of a country’s economic progress. It is ‘an estimate of market throughput‚ adding together the value of all final goods and services that are produced and traded for money within a given period of time’ (Costanza‚ Hart‚ Posner and Talberth 2009: 3). Whilst it was designed to measure
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Make sexual harassment a crime‚ say NGOs KUALA LUMPUR: Sexual harassment must be made a criminal offence to address the rising number of occurrences in the country‚ 11 NGOs said Saturday. As sexual harassment was not a crime in the Penal Code‚ employers could choose implement an ethical code against it or not‚ said Association of Women lawyers member S. Prema at a press conference at the launch of a joint committee consisting 11 NGOs in Petaling Jaya. The committee SH-out (Sexual Harassment out)
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A Policy Brief on the Reform of Welfare 3 December 2012 Executive Summary Poverty and welfare has become an alarming problem over the history of America. With a Capitalist economy‚ citizens of the United States do not have an equal distribution of wealth leaving some very poor. The government gives assistance to those most commonly in the form of welfare or a monthly check providing those in need of funding to ensure their well-being. With an unemployment rate of 7.9%
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Phishing‚ Data diddling‚ Virus/ Worms‚ Trojan ‚Cyber Laundering‚ Cyber contraband. Introduction: Today ‚ the world is moving towards a point where everything from banking‚ stock exchanges‚ traffic control‚ telephones to electric power‚ health care‚ welfare and education depends on software. Undoubtedly‚ this advancement and globalization offers many benefits to consumers and businesses but‚ unfortunately it also offers plenty of opportunities to organized crime. Globalization has promoted and strengthened
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for a living. Sutherland developed a theory to try and fit this type of criminal. The theory is differential association. There are four different pieces of evidence to understand the theory. White collar crime ranges from Embezzlement to Mortgage Fraud. This paper will explain several incidents which are involved with white collar crime and how it hurts many individuals from families to businesses. The sentencing guidelines help convict criminals. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act helped add on top of the sentencing
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The Candlestick The candlestick metaphor represents the two different kinds of societies: firstly the welfare system is compared with the protective skin‚ an easy solution that lasts for a long time. But it results in the candlestick becoming dull looking. The alternative is to clean the candlestick every week‚ so it keeps its lively and sparkling appearance. It requires a certain amount of work‚ but it also results in a much nicer appearance of the candlestick. He and his mother decide to clean
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FRAUD FACTS Issue 12 April 2011 INFORMATION FOR ORGANISATIONS An introduction to fraud detection Fraud detection should form part of an organisation’s overall anti-fraud strategy to identify and stop new or historical fraud at the earliest opportunity. Effective fraud detection saves money and protects businesses and their employees‚ shareholders and customers. What is fraud detection? Fraud detection is the identification of actual or potential fraud within an organisation. It relies upon the implementation
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policies June 2015 Student ID:673806 Acronyms CIPFA: Chartered Institute of Public finance and Accounting DWP: Department of Works and Pension LCFS: Local Counter Fraud Specialist NAO: National Audit Office NFA: National Fraud Authority NHS: National Health Service NHS CFSMS: National Health Service Counter Fraud and Security Management Services XXXXX: XXXXX ousing Gr Table of Contents 1.Executive Summary................................................................
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I hope to report back to the FSA on the reasons why financial services require regulation – rules and directions made and enforced by an authorising body – and the consequences that occur if they are not followed. Various issues will be covered including ethics; moral principles that a person or a group of people abide by‚ regulation; rules or directions maintained by an authorising body and law; rules that are enforced by a particular country where penalties and fines are issued If the rules are
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ASA 240 (April 2006) Auditing Standard ASA 240 The Auditor’s Responsibility to Consider Fraud in an Audit of a Financial Report Issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Obtaining a Copy of this Auditing Standard This Auditing Standard is available on the AUASB website: www.auasb.gov.au. Alternatively‚ printed copies of this Auditing Standard are available b y contacting: Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Level 4 530 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 AUSTRALIA
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