national origin.” (DeCenzo‚ Robbins‚ & Verhulst 2013). In Griggs v. Duke Power Co.‚ the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits not only intentional job discrimination‚ but also employer practices that have a discriminatory effect on minorities and women. The Court held that tests and other employment practices that disproportionately screened out African American applicants for jobs at the Duke Power Company were prohibited when the tests were not shown to be job-related
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[pic] School of Management Studies Finance Advanced Topics [BUS4083W] Corporate Finance Test 23 September 2010 Time Allocation: 120 minutes Total Mark Allocation: 90 marks Case Study: Anglo American On the 20th of February 2009‚ Anglo American announced that it would cut 11% of its work force and suspend its share buyback and dividend in the face of a poor economic outlook marked by "unprecedented" uncertainty. The miner said it was reducing its headcount by
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| Concepts to be known for analysis of the Case: Joint Cost Basics: Joint Costs: Joint costs are the costs of a production process that yields multiple products simulatenously. If we consider the distillation of coal‚ it yields coke‚ natural gas‚ and other products. The costs of this distillation are joint costs. [pic] Splitoff Point: Splitoff point is the juncture in a joint production process when two or more products become separately identifiable.
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is an ISO 9001:2008 and 14001:2004 certified company‚ listed on all the three stock exchanges of the country and also on the London Stock Exchange. http://www.brecorder.com/brief-recordings/0/1256328/ For the transportation of bagged cement and coal from Karachi plant to seaport‚ 40 numbered trailers have been included into the fleet of Lucky Cement Ltd.’s logistic department. Director’s Report‚ Annual Report‚ 2012 Lucky Cement Ltd. is the only cement manufacturer to have its own loading and
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Napoleon also favored the interests of the state over the individual‚ so again we can link it back to a monarchy-type rule. Again‚ going back to the law codes bringing back a monarchy-type rule‚ the emperor (Napoleon) had full right to appoint judges‚ dukes‚ and other high titles. More barbarically‚ the law codes also allowed for the use of torture in trials‚ furthermore it gave Napoleon the ability to be judge‚ jury and executioner if Napoleon did not get his way or the results he desired. By re-instituting
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JI(Joint Implementation). European Commission decides important aspect of EU-ETS planning‚ such as choosing target industry. On the other hand‚ the member nation of EU-ETS has autonomy and responsibility in each country‚ such as allocation volume of emission‚ allocation method‚ emission’s monitoring‚ verification‚ report‚ and supervision. Initially‚ EU-ETS selected that only CO2 is the trading target. At these times‚ the target gas is expanded to N2O‚ PFCs. The bounds of target industry were limited
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Distinguish between a carbon-tax and a cap-and-trade strategy for reducing carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases (that are believed by many scientists to be causing global warming). According to the case‚ the carbon-tax and a cap-and-trade system are the best economic tool to employ to reduce emissions. As we know‚ taxes are the most important expense for a company or firm‚ if they would emit much more carbon dioxide and other gases‚ they need to pay more taxes on using carbon recourses
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cost of such products‚ individually‚ hence posses a difficult task to the cost accountant especially because they are of such varied nature characterized by many varieties. Despite difficulty it is possibly essential to make a fair and equitable allocation of cost to each product since this is critically important not only for stock valuation and income determination but also increasingly for assessment of excise duty‚ transfer pricing etc‚ and also for divisional profitability etc. This study concentrates
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CHAPTER 2 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT In this chapter you will learn how managers must be constantly aware of the laws and regulations governing the employment relationship. This is true for both federal and state regulations. Many of these laws concern the fair and equal employment of protected classes of workers‚ although equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws pertain to all members of the labor force. You will understand from this chapter that equal
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multitasking than concentrate on one task at a time. These leads to less productive work as doing to tasks simultaneously may result in errors. For example‚ you cannot talk to two individuals simultaneously. Jake Vigdor and Helen Ladd are researchers at Duke University‚ North Carolina. In a study spanning five years and involving more than 100‚000 children they discovered a correlation between declining test scores in both mathematics and reading and the spread of home computers and broadband. (b)
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