Thomas More emphasises and enunciates this concern‚ through the equality of justice and the uniformity of his Utopian Society and the contrast between the corrupt and ideal world. The homogeneity of the houses and the law acts as a polemic to dispute against
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More to the Point: the Challenges of sifting through the Satire in Utopia “We made no inquiries‚ however‚ about monsters‚ which are the routine of traveler’s tales. Scyllas‚ ravenous Celaenos‚ man-eating Lestrygonians‚ and that sort of monstrosity you can hardly avoid‚ but to find governments wisely established and sensibly ruled is not so easy” (More‚ 509). Utopia.‚ written by Thomas More‚ is the infamous account of a ‘perfect’ society nestled away from the prying eyes and influences of the chaotic
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Ashley Paige Hudson May 11‚ 2014 ACCT525 Week 1 Assignment The Phar-Mor case relates to a marked accounting fraud and collusion by management officials that finally surfaced in 1992‚ after several years of falsified inventory records and financial reports. Phar-Mor‚ Inc. was a private retail company that was growing attention and market share in the mid 1980’s. This chain of discount drugstores grew to 310 stores in in 34 states before investor losses reached $500
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In 1982‚ Phar-Mor chain of discount drug stores founded by Michael “mickey” Monus and David shapira in the United States. Phar-Mor business was to sell large quantity of merchandise with a very small profits margin. Instead‚ they had it set up were the products can get send direct delivery or shipped though Tamco Warehouse. Sam Walton was feared of Monus because he didn’t know how the Phar-Mor grew in short time. In 1992‚ the company expanded‚ it was 300 stores and they hire 25‚000 employees. Monus
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doing this. Heidi grew up in a small town in Colorado and upon moving to Los Angeles‚ she saw women walking around with bodies straight out of magazines. She saw women with the “biggest boobs‚” and this made Heidi “flat and insecure.” She became even more insecure after landing a role on the MTV show‚ The Hills. She dove into the shallow end of the plastic surgery pool with a nose job and a breast augmentation‚ but that wasn’t enough. Heidi became obsessed with her looks and went all the way into the
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~ Case 6 Phar-Mor‚ Inc.: Accounting Fraud‚ Litigation‚ and Auditor Liability Mark S. Beasley‚ Frank A. Buckless‚ Steven M. Glover‚ Douglas F. Prawitt LEARNING OBJECTIVES After completing and discussing this case‚ you should be able to . . Identify factors contributing to an environment conducive to accounting fraud . Understand what factors may inappropriately influence the client-auditor relationship and auditor independence Understand auditor legal liability issues related to suits brought
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Phar-Mor Case Study Phar-Mor Case 4.6 Questions 1. a) By hiring a member of its external audit team a company could gain insight into the auditor’s process and better devise methods of hiding fraud. b) Hiring a former auditor would greatly compromise and possibly impair the existing external auditor’s ability to remain independent. On top of having knowledge about the auditor’s practice‚ preexisting relationships could cause bias in the audit outcome. c) Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 limits the ability
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Do you accept the view that More was a cruel man with little compassion for others? More was a rarity among political figures: a man who wouldn’t lie about his principles‚ even to save his own life. He was Henry VIII’s chancellor‚ and a loyal and highly effective administrator. A lot can be said either about his cruelty or about his sainthood and loyalty to the King. Using my own knowledge and the information from the sources‚ I can state that Thomas More was not a cruel man‚ considering the commonness
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Phar-Mor was known as one of the major discount chain retailers in the late 1980’s - early 1990’s. It was founded by Mickey Monus‚ a gambler in nature‚ who with the help of senior management was “cooking the books” for years to cover up his loses. The reason why senior management agreed to do this fraud is the belief in unique ability of their leader to fix everything later on. This case is known as one of the biggest accounting frauds in the corporate history of the U.S. This paper will analyze
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Breaking Norms Over the first few weeks of the semester we have gone over many topics such as mores‚ taboos‚ rules‚ regulations‚ and laws. But there is one topic that stood out the most and that was the idea of norms. Norms are much more different than that of mores‚ taboos‚ rules‚ regulations‚ and laws. Rules‚ regulations‚ and laws are clearly defined and outlined rules that the public must abide by. Mores are a set of norms that define fundameental ideas about what is considered right‚ wrong‚ or
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