Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 24: 587–614 (2003) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/smj.330 INCREASING FIRM VALUE THROUGH DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME KAREN SCHNATTERLY* Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ U.S.A. White-collar crime can cost a company from 1 percent to 6 percent of annual sales‚ yet little is known about the organizational conditions that can reduce this cost
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there are many unanswered questions. One such question is whether or not God exists. Philosopher Thomas Aquinas attempts at logically reasoning through this question. In doing so‚ he combats an objection to the existence of God‚ which is known as the problem of evil. The problem of evil states that no omni benevolent being would will that evil exists‚ and whatever an omniscient‚ omnipotent being wills must be accomplished. Evil exists so‚ according to the problem with evil‚ God can not exist. When analyzing
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Year’s gift‚ they “fulfilled their own special role.” (Sigrid Ivo‚ n. d.) If we will put a modern day’s woman as the Snow White character from the fairy tale in front of a mirror‚ she would ask the magic looking-glass: “Looking-glass upon the wall‚ what the fairest purse is for me along?” Author’s opinion‚ the fashion accessories’ idea comes from the fruition accomplishment in the complete outfit. As Charles Dickens put it in writing‚ “any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well
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Physical education is needed in our schools to stop many different types of illnesses and diseases. Physical education or PE helps with physical health‚ social assimilation‚ and mental health. Children are continuously developing physically and emotionally‚ they are especially affected by the benefits of activity and their environment around them. According to numerous studies‚ many children are neither active at home nor at school; but why? It is said that how they eat‚ how they sleep‚ and how their
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What/who is God? God The existence of the world and everything in it can only be explained if there is a God who is the first cause. Aquinas states that it is impossible for any being to be the efficient cause of itself because then it would have to bring itself into being‚ and to bring itself into being‚ it would have to exist before it existed. If a being exists‚ it is because some being prior to it was its cause. Therefore‚ if no first cause exists‚ neither will any other being exist. Therefore
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What is alternative therapy?? Alternative therapies‚ also known as complementary therapies‚ are any kind of practice whose goal is to improve‚ maintain and promote good health. This natural practice works with your own body as a whole‚ using the body’s own abilities to heal itself. These methods stem from traditional western medicine practices and incorporate different holistic and cultural beliefs. Three Main Types There are three main types of alternative therapies that we are going to
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Why do people behave the way they do? No one can really tell you why they can only make strong guesses. These guesses are the definition of the person whom you are speaking or making a guess about. Thinking deeply into the one of the most dangerous minds we find Charles Manson. Charles Manson was a little boy who lived in a world of torture. For a little boy torture doesn’t only mean being hit or beaten‚ torture means not having his mother. This made Manson begin to think about pain. To him being
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Why Santa Doesn’t Exist Its winter and holiday season is upon us. For most people this means last minute shopping for gifts‚ unless you are a child and believe it’s actually Santa Clause who will deliver the presents to your Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Those of us‚ who know better‚ that Santa doesn’t exist‚ try not to spoil the fun for little kids. The question still arises as to whether Santa still exists or not. A child would definitely say yes‚ but those of us who say no‚ don’t know the
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he was doing. During his catalog of all known galaxies‚ he discovered tiny points of star-like light at unfathomable distances‚ in such a way that should not be possible by any known science at the time. Zwicky had discovered the first quasar‚ and it was not nor could have been predicted to exist. Astronomers have discovered so many incredible objects that do not seem possible‚ proving that the universe
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lives we are told to dream. We know that dreams don’t necessarily reflect reality‚ but they serve as a powerful source of inspiration which can sometimes allow us to change our realities. The reason why dreams are so important to us is because they allow us to experience situations that are beyond what could occur in real life. But how can we be sure that our thoughts and dreams don’t directly influence reality? Or that “reality”‚ as we commonly understand it‚ isn’t real? The answers to these questions
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