of a non-executive director as ‘custodian of the governance process.’ A non-executive director (NED) sits on the board of company just as a normal executive director would do so‚ however a non-executive director does not form part of the executive management team of the company. Essentially they are not an employee of the company or affiliated in any way other than their role as an independent NED. The distinction between a non-executive director and an executive director is illustrated in Equitable
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DUTY OF CARE A Tort is a civil wrong‚ which is an action brought to enforce‚ redress or protect rights or noncriminal litigation. There are many Torts‚ however‚ of importance is Negligence. Negligence is the failure to do something a person of ordinary prudence would do. Negligence protect against personal injury‚ damage to property and economic loss. In order to establish negligence four elements must be established. Firstly‚ the plaintiff must prove that a duty of care was owed. Secondly‚ the
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has a subpar security system with multiple failure points 2 Issue #2: TJX will be held financially accountable for distress they have caused the clients and will need to need to set forth a plan to minimize damage to the reputation of their brand(s) Relevant Areas‚ Facts‚ Conclusions 1 Relevant areas for Issue #1 1 Lack of detection systems‚ electronic or manual 1 When TJX first noticed the issue in Dec of 2006‚ intrusions had been occurring for at least 16 months‚
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Indicative Independent Director The purpose of identifying and appointing independent directors is to ensure that the board includes directors who can effectively exercise their best judgment for the exclusive benefit of the Company‚ judgment that is not clouded by real or perceived conflicts of interest. IFC expects that in each case where a director is identified as “independent” the board of directors will affirmatively determine that such director meets the requirements established by the
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right; there are no second takes. It’s also unique that the funeral director makes a living on the death rate in a community‚ meaning he cannot increase the business available by increasing the number of deaths‚ and he much carefully advertise in case someone might get the impression that he would like people to die. Therefore his only chance for increasing his business is by getting more of the business from deaths that
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promotes extra-marital affairs was subject to a massive data breach earlier this year; personal details of some 37 million users‚ as well as the companies financial records‚ were threatened with release. Subsequently‚ large caches of the data were posted online and a then-unknown hacking outfit named The Impact Team claimed responsibility. This breach not only compromised the data from the Ashley Madison database‚ but also Avid Life Media‚ who owns the Madison website‚ as well as two more “hookup” sites
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Window(1954)‚ Dial M for Murder(1954)‚ and Psycho(1960). I watched the film Dial M for Murder(1954). I thought it was a very good thriller that that kept you at the edge of your seat because you never knew what was going to happen next. Woody Allen who liked to do magic tricks and play the clarinet in his younger days tended to direct comedy films. He often worked with Diane Keaton(they made 8 films together)‚ Mia Farrow(his former lover)‚ Judy Davis‚ and Scarlett Johansson. The three most popular
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Nowadays‚ security breaches are prevalent in our environment‚ both physical and logical. Different types of unauthorized access are conducted by different groups of individuals for different purposes. One good example of breach is the TJX data theft that happened sometime in mid-2005 and on subsequent dates from mid-May 2006 to mid-January 2007. The TJX data theft is considered as the largest case of intrusion of data to occur to date. According to the article‚ the data stolen by hackers were
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Effects of a Breach of Contract There are various types of contract with in the world of law such as civil law which deals with relations between individual citizens where as private law focuses on the relations between ordinary people on a day to day basis‚ both types of law include the law of contract. A contract is an agreement that is legally enforceable and therefore can be settled within a court of law‚ however how can we distinguish between a contract and any other form of non-legally enforced
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Breach of Contract & Remedies 1 Breach of contract Nature of breach A breach of contract occurs where a party to a contract fails to perform‚ precisely and exactly‚ his obligations under the contract. This can take various forms for example‚ the failure to supply goods or perform a service as agreed. Breach of contract may be either actual or anticipatory. Actual breach occurs where one party refuses to form his side of the bargain on the due date or performs incompletely. For example: Poussard
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