...School of Accounting and Finance AFM 311: Connections to Ethical Context Spring 2015 Course Syllabus Course Instructors: Name: | Karen Wensley | Office Location: | HH383J | Telephone: | (shared office) | Email: | kwensley@uwaterloo.ca | Office Hours: | Monday 12:00 – 1:00 or 3:00 – 3:30, Thursday 9:30 – 10:00 or 2:00 – 3:00 or by appointment, email | Name: | Krista Fiolleau | Office Location: | HH 383K | Telephone: | X38166 | Email: | k2fiolle@uwaterloo.ca | Office Hours: | Wednesdays, 9 AM to 11 AM, by appointment, or email | Name: | Darren Charters | Office Location: | HH 3153 | Telephone: | 519-888-4567 extension 32570 | Email: | dcharters@uwaterloo.ca | Office Hours: | Wednesdays, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, by appointment, or email | Course Description: AFM 311 focuses on developing the qualities and transferable skills necessary for integration, continuous learning, and professional development. The course is oriented around the ethical and moral issues faced by accounting and finance professionals. Students are expected to have taken AFM 211 before taking AFM 311. As well, AFM 431 (a precursor course to this one) as well as PHIL 215/ARBUS 202 are anti-requisites to this course. If a student has taken one of those courses and hasn’t already spoken to Professor Charters (or someone else in the SAF) about this he/she should speak to the professor as soon as possible so an appropriate determination of how to proceed can occur. More can...
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...Points 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 36 Word Count: 4,000 is the limit including the introduction, body, conclusion and quotations. The word count does NOT include: Abstract Acknowledgments Table of Contents Maps, charts, diagrams, annotated illustrations and tables Equations, formulas and calculations Citations/references (whether parenthetical or numbered) Footnotes or endnotes Bibliography Appendices Structure of the Extended Essay Listed here are the required elements of the extended essay in order. Please note the order in which the elements are presented here is not the order in which they should be written. Title page Abstract Table of Contents Introduction Body (development/methods/results) Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Sample Title Page The title of an extended essay makes the focus of the essay clear. Be exact. The title does NOT need to be presented as a question. Research Question should follow title. The Marshall Plan’s Effects on the Beginnings of European Integration Research Question: To what extent and how did the Marshall Plan contribute to the beginnings of European integration (1947-1957)? Hillary Clinton 001518 - 000 International Baccalaureate Extended Essay History (field of study) May 2011 Sturgis Charter Public School Word Count: 3984 Abstract This page follows immediately after the title page. The abstract cannot be more than 300 words. The word count must be listed at the bottom of the page. The abstract is NOT an introduction...
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...1979 EO CPE Text F. CHURCHES AND OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS Introduction IRC 501(c)(3) exemption for "religious purposes" has always been a sensitive matter, because the First Amendment sets strict limits on government regulation of religion in any form -- church, sect, denomination, ministry, etc. Some self-proclaimed churches may use the administrative and judicial limitations on Service regulation to hinder our review of their activities. We have always been aware of the possibility of abuse, i.e. hiding non-charitable, non-religious activities under privileged church status. See the 1978 EOATRI textbook topic on Churches, pp. 1-29. Public interest in religious groups (exempt or not) is very keen. There is an increase in the number of "religious" tax-avoidance schemes, e.g., mail order ministries, family churches, vows of poverty, etc. Congress has been investigating Reverend Moon's Unification Church and related organizations for illegal activities. The recent mass suicide at the People's Temple in Jonestown, Guyana, drew international comment and much Congressional interest. And, the press is filled with reports of "brainwashed" disciples and parents "re-kidnapping" their children. The 1978 EOATRI textbook topic on Churches is a good summary of the major problems we encounter in administering the IRC 501(c)(3) "religious purposes" exemption. This discussion is meant to supplement that topic. We intend only to highlight new developments and the increased interest...
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...| | | Topic Summary This topic contains relevant information on how to * establish a productive team * lead your team effectively * handle problems with your teams as they arise * evaluate your team’s productivity. | | Topic Index Topic Overview What Would You Do? Where Should You Focus? Topic Index Topic Summary About the Mentors Using the Topic Core Concepts Team Building: An Overview Understanding How Teams Work Establishing a Team Becoming an Effective Team Leader Handling Problems Evaluating Performance Steps Steps for Starting a Team Steps for Leading an Effective Team Tips Tips for Selecting Team Members Tips for Building Team Performance Practice Instructions Scenario Tools Worksheet for Forming a Team Checklist for Evaluating Whether a Group Is a Team Checklist for Assessing a Team’s Performance Checklist for Assessing Your Team’s Goals Checklist for Evaluating Yourself as a Team Leader Role Clarification Worksheet Test Yourself Instructions Questions To Learn More Harvard Online Article Notes and Articles Books Other Information Sources eLearning Programs | | About the Mentors Donna D. Conlin, M.Ed., is Organizational Development and Education Manager at Bose Corporation. She has twenty years of human resources development experience in a variety of business environments from entrepreneurial start-ups to established corporations, all experiencing significant change in their...
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...August 2010, a total of 33 states, school districts, charter school coalitions, and other education organizations¹ had received Teacher Incentive Funds (TIF) to redesign compensation programs for teachers and principals. The U.S. Department of Education named a new cohort of TIF grantees on September 23, 2010. TIF grantees have faced a number of challenges as they have worked to design and implement new educator pay programs. Among the most demanding challenges has been developing a targeted set of metrics around available and manageable data. Grantees use these metrics to measure teacher or principal effectiveness and assign pay. Recently, grantees have made it a priority to sustain operation programs once their federal funding expires. TIF grantees have also found, often belatedly and unexpectedly, that effective stakeholder engagement and communication are challenging and essential to the success of their pay programs. Stakeholder engagement helps to create buy-in and initial acceptance of the TIF plan. It allows different voices and perspectives to be heard and recognized as new approaches to compensation develop. Communication provides the synergy to broaden buy-in and sustain support for the program. This paper describes the ways in which TIF grantees have approached stakeholder engagement. It is based on data from multiple sources, including TIF program monitoring reports, Center for Educator 1 For example, New Leaders for New Schools. Compensation Reform (CECR) technical...
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...Criterion SM Online Essay Evaluation: An Application for Automated Evaluation of Student Essays Jill Burstein Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road, 18E Princeton, NJ 08541 jburstein@ets.org Martin Chodorow Department of Psychology Hunter College 695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 martin.chodorow@hunter.cuny.edu Claudia Leacock Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road, 18E Princeton, NJ 08541 cleacock@ets.org Abstract This paper describes a deployed educational technology application: the CriterionSM Online Essay Evaluation Service, a web-based system that provides automated scoring and evaluation of student essays. Criterion has two complementary applications: E-rater®, an automated essay scoring system and Critique Writing Analysis Tools, a suite of programs that detect errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics, that identify discourse elements in the essay, and that recognize elements of undesirable style. These evaluation capabilities provide students with feedback that is specific to their writing in order to help them improve their writing skills. Both applications employ natural language processing and machine learning techniques. All of these capabilities outperform baseline algorithms, and some of the tools agree with human judges as often as two judges agree with each other. 2. Application Description Criterion contains two complementary applications that are based on natural language processing (NLP) methods. The scoring application, e-rater®, extracts...
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...W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children w U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies Wo m e n ’s C o m m i s s i o n f o r R e f u g e e Wo m e n & C h i l d r e n N e w Yo r k W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children Copyright © January 2000 by Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1-58030-000-6 Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children 122 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10168-1289 tel. 212.551.3111 or 3088 fax. 212.551.3180 e-mail: wcrwc@intrescom.org www.intrescom.org/wcrwc.html w cover photographs © Rachel K. Jones, Marc Sommers, Sarah Samson, Holly Myers, Anne-Sophie Rosette, International Rescue Committee M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children seeks to improve the lives of refugee women and children through a vigorous program of public education and advocacy, and by acting as a technical resource. The Commission, founded in 1989 under the auspices of the International Rescue Committee, is the only organization in the United States dedicated solely to speaking out on behalf of women and children uprooted by armed conflict or persecution. Acknowledgments The Women’s Commission expresses its sincere...
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...PREMIER COLLEGE DOCUMENT RETENTION POLICY January 20, 2016 POLICY STATEMENT POLICY STATEMENT Premier College has developed a document Retention Policy to protect and preserve all critical documents as required by state and federal laws. The College is responsible for retaining paper and electronic documents in a safe and secure environment to ensure the basic values of accuracy, confidentiality, security, and proper archiving as well as proper document destruction once documents have served their purpose. This Policy is also for the purpose of aiding employees of the organization understanding their obligations in retaining electronic documents including e-mail, Web files, sound and movie files, PDF, TIFF, TXT files and documents, Calendars, Computer usage logs, Internet usage logs, Databases, and all Microsoft Office or other formatted file. This policy is written with considerations for compliance with federal mandates and acts including The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), The Fair Credit and Accurate Transaction Act (FACTA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) and other federal, state and local mandates. EFFECTIVE DATE This Policy is effective as of January 20, 2016, (the “Effective Date”) and applies to all documents created after the Effective Date. However, to the extent possible, the Policy will be applied to all documents regardless of creation date. LEGAL HOLD A legal hold suspends all document destruction...
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...Down syndrome: Observing Shannon Submitted by: Alfonse Bowman Arcadia University ED 584: Supporting Students with Low Incidence Disabilities Professor Hopkins Fall 2013 Introduction For our final paper I chose to research trisomy 21 or as it is known clinically, Down syndrome (DS). The primary reason I chose this low incidence disability is because I will make the transition from a regular education teacher to a special education teacher in the spring and I am already familiar with other low incidence disabilities. I realize that with my new role in a self-contained classroom it is important for me to understand the term Down syndrome and then see how the definition and behavioral traits impact the student, the teacher and the other students in an educational setting. This research paper will provide clinical and anecdotal information on DS with real-life observation of a student with Down syndrome. History of Disorder According to the National Down Syndrome Society (2013), during the early nineteenth century, John Langdon Down, an English physician, published an accurate description of a person with Down syndrome. It was this scholarly wok, published in 1866, that earned Down the recognition as the “father” of the syndrome. Although other people had previously recognized the characteristics of the syndrome, it was Down who described the condition as a distinct and separate entity. The United States Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control...
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...NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICS GUIDE TO FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CITATIONS FIRST EDITION ● 2006 © Copyright 2006 by New York University Contents FORWARD AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS................................................................................................. xiii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................xv COUNTRY CITATION GUIDES ARGENTINA...............................................................................................................................................................1 I. COUNTRY PROFILE ..................................................................................................................................1 II. CITATION GUIDE.......................................................................................................................................2 1.0 CONSTITUTION...................................................................................................................................2 2.0 LEGISLATION......................................................................................................................................2 3.0 JURISPRUDENCE ................................................................................................................................3 4.0 BOOKS .....................................
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...4141- 4141--- Cherished and Cursed:Towarda Social History of The Catcher in the Rye STEPHEN J. WHITFIELD THE plot is brief:in 1949 or perhaps 1950, over the course of three days during the Christmas season, a sixteen-yearold takes a picaresque journey to his New YorkCity home from the third private school to expel him. The narratorrecounts his experiences and opinions from a sanitarium in California. A heavy smoker, Holden Caulfield claims to be already six feet, two inches tall and to have wisps of grey hair; and he wonders what happens to the ducks when the ponds freeze in winter. The novel was published on 16 July 1951, sold for $3.00, and was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. Within two weeks, it had been reprinted five times, the next month three more times-though by the third edition the jacket photographof the author had quietly disappeared. His book stayed on the bestseller list for thirty weeks, though never above fourth place.' Costing 75?, the Bantam paperback edition appeared in 1964. By 1981, when the same edition went for $2.50, sales still held steady, between twenty and thirty thousand copies per month, about a quarter of a million copies annually. In paperback the novel sold over three million copies between 1953 and 1964, climbed even higher by the 1980s, and continues to attract about as many buyers as it did in 1951. The durabilityof The author appreciates the invitationof Professors Marc Lee Raphaeland Robert A. Gross to present an early version...
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...chilot.wordpress.com Legal Research Methods Teaching Material Prepared by: Prof (Dr) Khushal Vibhute & Filipos Aynale m Prepared under the Sponsorship of the Justice and Legal System Research Institute 2009 chilot.wordpress.com TABLE OF CONTENTS UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION-------------------------------------------------------------------1 1.1 Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 1.2 Law and Society: Mutual Relationship & Interaction-----------------------------------------------------3 1.3 Legal System: A System of Norms and Social System?---------------------------------------------------4 1.4 Role of Law in A Planned Socio-Economic Development------------------------------------------------6 UNIT 2: LEGAL RESEARCH: AN INTRODUCTION----------------------------------8 2.1 What is research?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 Meaning of research---------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Objectives of research-------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 Motivation in research------------------------------------------------------------------------------13 Research and scientific method-------------------------------------------------------------------14 2.2 Types of research------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15...
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...CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA (Revised January 2009) Designated as The Constitution of the State of Georgia For ordering information of a printed copy, go to www.sos.ga.gov/elections Brian P. Kemp Secretary of State State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1505 Designated as The Constitution of the State of Georgia CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I. Bill of Rights ... ........................................................... 1 ARTICLE II. Voting and Elections ... ............................................ 8 ARTICLE III. Legislative Branch ... ............................................ 2 1 ARTICLE IV. Constitutional Boards and Commissions . 28 ARTICLE V. Executive Branch ... ................................................ 2 3 ARTICLE VI. Judicial Branch ... ................................................. 6 3 ARTICLE VII. Taxation and Finance ... ..................................... 5 4 ARTICLE VIII. Education ... .......................................................... 9 5 ARTICLE IX. Counties and Municipal Corporations ... ........ 6 . 6 ARTICLE X. Amendments to the Constitution ... .................... 1 8 ARTICLE XI. Miscellaneous Provisions ... ................................ 3 . 8 CERTIFICATE GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY This is to certify that, pursuant to the provisions of Article XI, Section I, Paragraph V of the proposed new Constitution of the State of Georgia...
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...MAKING ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT PAY OFF Thomas L. Barton William G. Shenkir Paul L. Walker Prentice Hall PTR One Lake Street Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 www.phptr.com Editorial/Production Supervision: KATHLEEN M. CAREN Executive Editor: JIM BOYD Marketing Manager: BRYAN GAMBREL Manufacturing Manager: MAURA ZALDIVAR Cover Design: TALAR BOORUJY ©2002 Financial Executives Research Foundation, Inc. Published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall PTR Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 Prentice Hall books are widely used by corporations and government agencies for training, marketing, and resale. The publisher offers discounts on this book when ordered in bulk quantities. For more information, contact: Corporate Sales Department, Phone: 800-382-3419; Fax: 201-236-7141; E-mail: corpsales@prenhall.com; or write: Prentice Hall PTR, Corp. Sales Dept., One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 0-13-008754-8 Pearson Education LTD. Pearson Education Australia PTY, Limited Pearson Education Singapore, Pte. Ltd. Pearson Education North Asia Ltd. Pearson Education Canada, Ltd. Pearson Educación de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Pearson Education—Japan Pearson Education Malaysia, Pte. Ltd. Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey A D V I S O R Y C O...
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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. The Diversity Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. The Arguments Against Affirmative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. INTRODUCTION The blockbuster race discrimination cases in recent years have all involved affirmative action and reverse discrimination. The Supreme Court has made it clear that race classifications, whether benign or invidious, will trigger rigid strict scrutiny analysis, which requires that the government prove its program is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. In 2003, the Court, in Gratz v. Bollinger,1 ruled that while student diversity in educational institutions may be a compelling interest, an affirmative action program that assigned points to applicants of minority races was unconstitutional.2 In 2007, in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1,3 it held that two public school district plans that used race-based enrollment targets for student assignments failed strict scrutiny because the districts neither proved a compelling interest, nor demonstrated that the plans were...
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