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IRS Up for Improvement, 2006.
Discusses the problems revealed with the IRS, after an audit by the General Accounting Office, and what management can do to address those problems.
5,615 words (approx. 22.5 pages), 33 sources, MLA, $ 136.95
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This paper discusses an audit performed on the IRS by the General Accounting Office and the problematic issues discovered by that audit. The paper points out that some of the issues include information security problems that include the potential for damage to both the government and taxpayers as well. The paper also breaks down the issues individually in order to determine which issues can be resolved by managerial changes.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Situation
The Issues
Governmental Proposed Solutions
Conclusion
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"He noted that historically, IRS reports has had significantly overstated its receivables primarily because IRS included duplicate and insufficiently supported assessments that it had recorded as part of efforts to identify and collect taxes due. Bowsher explained that while IRS may have a need to maintain such records for enforcement purposes these and many erroneous assessments were not valid receivables for financial reporting purposes and should not have been included in the reported balances. He also noted that in addition IRS' estimates of the collectibility of its receivables have been unreliable because, in addition to including invalid receivables, IRS relied solely on collection experience and did not group assessments according to their collection risk or consider the taxpayer's current ability to pay. Bowsher concluded that this unreliable information on IRS' accounts receivable has affected decisions about the impact of increased collections on the deficit, evaluation of enforcement and collection performance, determination of staffing levels, and allocation of resources."
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Apprehending Criminals and the IRS, 2002.
A look at the methods undertaken by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) department of criminal investigation for apprehending criminals.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper discusses the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) department of criminal iInvestigations effectiveness of methods used in apprehending criminals. IRS CID is supposed to serve Americans by investigating potential criminal violations in a manner that fosters confidence in the tax system and compliance with the law. Despite its well-designed, fool-proof structure, the department of criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service is not the most effective law enforcement agency. It has the potential to be the ideal agency but corruption by its officials is not letting that happen. .
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Sri Lanka's Civil War and IR Theory, 2005.
A look at different theories why the Sri Lankan civil war is not being resolved.
2,913 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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The author analyzes the reason why some conflicts do not receive a response, despite an urgent need for such a response. More precisely, through the use of both liberalism and realism, the Sri Lankan conflict is analyzed, with the goal being to understand why, despite almost fifty years of obvious oppression, civil war, and apartheid by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil, there has been no international response.
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The Civil War
The Conflict from the Liberalist Perspective
The Conflict from the Realist Perspective
Conclusion
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"Within the greater field of political science, international relations comes out as one of the more interesting areas of study. International relations is fascinating both to observe and two analyze for a number of reasons. First of all, although we often see international relations as referring only to the relationship between nations and different world governments and, hence, think of it as something which is remote from us, as individuals and citizens, it has a profound impact upon our lives. For example, the Syrian government's isolation from the non-Arab international community and the recent threats expressed by the United States regarding the consequences of refusing to withdraw from Lebanon, affect the lives of the average Syrian citizens. It affects them economically since trade and economic sanctions reduce investment and employment opportunities in the Syrian economy and affect their educational and even leisure opportunities as political sanctions make traveling all the more difficult for these citizens because they confront stricter visa requirements. The purpose of this particular example is to show that even though international relations appear remote, it is not. International relations is a part of our lives."
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Professional Ethics, 2002.
This paper explores various dimensions of professional ethics and identifies ethical issues by using the following real life business examples: General Electric, the IRS, and the local government in Colorado Springs.
1,975 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper points out that, with the Enrons, WorldComs, and Qwests of the world so much in the news, the issue of professional ethics has become popular; but, for managers, regulators and scholars, ethics has been an area of intense discussion for a long time. The author uses the example of the Code of Professional Ethics of the Association of the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) to define ethical behavior. The author concludes that ethics never exist in a vacuum, but are a reflection of popular beliefs, opinions, and sensibilities.
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Introduction
Ethical Behavior in Special Professional Situations
The Ethical Behavior of Corporate Managers in General and Human Resources Managers in Specific
Case 1: General Electric
Case 2: The IRS
Case 3: Local Government in Colorado Springs
Standards of Professional Ethics
Final Words
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"Is there an ethical dilemma in recording employee phone calls? Let us think of various issues associated with this:
1) Are employees informed before hand that their calls will be recorded? Are they sensitized to the reason that this is done? If the answer to both these questions is a ?Yes?, then it seems more acceptable. Nonetheless, let us not look at this case in isolation. What if this gets extended to routinely video taping company activities? Where does one draw the line dividing monitoring and invasion of privacy?
2) How would the end customers (the one at the other end of the phone call) be better served? Is there a perceived increase in the quality of service? If so, the taping might begin to seem more acceptable."
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Environmental Consulting Firms, 2001.
Need for such services for businesses. Environmental law, contract law, labor law. IRS & OSHA roles. Land use control. Uses hypothetical firm for example.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 14 sources, $ 127.95
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"Federal and state laws that protect the environment affect businesses of all kinds, not just developers. Consequently, numerous firms have sprung up that help companies navigate this area. To succeed, such firms must be knowledgeable about many areas of the law beyond their expertise in environmental law. This paper will examine the breadth of knowledge required for a successful environmental consulting firm.
This hypothetical firm provides services for environmental site assessments, environmental compliance audits, discharge permit acquisitions, and environmental liability assessments associated with real property transfers. In addition to environmental law, the firm would need to be familiar with administrative law, contract law, labor law, and real property law (land use control)."
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Corporate Welfare, 2004.
Examines the corporate abuse of tax breaks and subsidies authorized by the IRS under the guise of corporate welfare.
1,081 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper looks at the way various industries have been able to abuse policies granting them tax breaks and subsidies under the pretense that these policies are necessary for corporate welfare. The paper cites concerns about these abuses by both conservative and liberal think tanks and suggests practices that could be put into place to help guard against these abuses.
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"It seems reasonable to assume that true abuses of fiscal policy are a universal concern even among those who have differing political stance. To be liberal or conservative does not mean the two perspectives never agree. There was enough agreement among the three think tanks that they were able to issue a joint statement regarding corporate welfare, identifying a ?dirty dozen? examples of ?corporate welfare? they all agreed should be ended ((Hemphill, 1997)."
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The Ring Method, 2003.
Examines surface tension measurements of pure water, ethanol solution, and 1.5N NaCl using a Pt-Ir ring on a Du Nuoy tensiometer.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper is a technical report on a laboratory experiment on surface tension measurements using the Du Nuoy ring. Samples are pure water, ethanol solution, and 1.5N NaCl. Calculations for the correction factor and other necessary values are included in the discussion.
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"The Du Nuoy ring is the most commonly used apparatus for surface tension measurements. The group used pieces of paper to determine the weight needed to depress the lever arm to zero. For the experiment proper, the ring was thoroughly cleaned and flamed to red heat for a few seconds. The vernier was turned to zero reading and the lever arm made to just touch the zero indicator. The ring was made to contact the surface of the liquid and was carefully submerged until good contact is established. This was then slowly recovered from the liquid by careful downward movement of the platform and of the thumbscrew. It is important that the lever arm is kept at the zero indicator until the ring is detached from the liquid."
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The Cornell University Infrared Telescope Project, 2002.
This paper discusses the Cornell University infrared telescope project, which will be the world's largest infrared (IR) telescope, to be built at Llano de Chajnantor in the Atacama desert in Chile.
1,405 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses that there are many unanswered questions about the universe; therefore, there is a need for more powerful and better situated the telescopes as proposed by the Cornell University telescope at the Atacama desert in Chile where atmospheric conditions are superb. This paper explains that the astronomers and engineers at Cornell have devised a new design that they hope will provide more efficiency. The author points out that the new design allows the primary mirror to rotate in azimuth while a rotating Gregorian secondary mirror provides the primary mirror with a virtually unobstructed view of the source.
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"Telescopes launched into outer space have captured public attention in recent years. The public may wonder at Cornell's choice to build a station on earth when advances seem to be in the sky with its advantage of greater 'height' and clearer view. It is true, of course, that observations at infrared and submillimeter wavelengths--such as the Atacama installation will perform--are far more easily made from space because of the absence of atmospheric interference. But, space stations are terrifically expensive, and the necessary limits on their telescopes' size places a huge constraint on their performance. Another important factor is that, in case of malfunctions, an earthbound telescope presents a great advantage. Thus, the search for optimal conditions on our planet has gone on for many years, and the Atacama Desert has become the astronomers' paradise of choice. The European Southern Observatory is already in operation there, and the United States' National Radio Astronomy Observatory will undoubtedly locate its new Millimeter Array there."
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Waltz and Wallerstein, 2002.
A discussion of the contention between the realism anarchic world and the world system of neo-Marxism.
4,831 words (approx. 19.3 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 123.95
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This paper examines how in 1959, Kenneth Waltz introduced his conception of three images of international relations (IR), which he saw as the possible roots of wars, in his book titled "Man, the State and War". The three images are he evil human nature (first), the state or the immediate social context of human (second) and the state system (third). It looks at how another account of IR was later presented by Marxism-inspired Immanuel Wallerstein who asserts that it is the modern world system, which is capitalistic in nature, that shapes the form of IR. It analyzes how realism has been a very prominent approach in the study of international relations and how it is Marxism, so often associated with communism, that poses great challenge to it. It shows how realism conceives the world to be anarchic in which one should strive for survival on one's own strength and how Wallerstein Marxism on the other hand view the world in a rather hierarchic world system.
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"Another critic to Neo-Realist approach questions the very concept of anarchy itself. Wendt argues that anarchy is not an objective reality but a social construct. He maintains that the anarchy does not necessary entail the system of self-help. He argues that self-help is an institution that reflects the process of identity and interests formation. The formation of identity, and interests, can only take place in a social context. In that context, the result will depend on the interaction which can vary greatly. Therefore, self-help is arguably only one of possible outcomes. By arguing this, he is saying that anarchy is not a necessary structure of international relations, and that the structure stand in a mutually-constitutive relations with agents. Changes of the structure is not impossible."
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Triangular Type A Reorganizations, 2002.
A paper discussing Triangular Type A Reorganizations covering key aspects, advantages, disadvantages, tax consequences and three current cases.
2,433 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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The paper defines Type A Reorganization as a statutory merger or consolidation and can be what is termed a forward or reverse triangular merger. It explains that it falls under the category of "acquisitive" reorganizations. Two corporations execute a merger under state law, with shareholders or the target company exchanging target company stock for stock of the acquiring company. The paper covers several issues pertaining to Triangular Type A Reorganizations, including its relation to the I.R.S. and its advantages and disadvantages. The paper also studies three current cases of Triangular Type A Reorganizations: the Comcast-AT&T Broadband merger, Exxon/Mobile, and Chevron/Texaco.
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"As with any type of acquisition and merger, there are advantages and disadvantages to all involved parties. In light of the proposed regulations and other recent guidance from the IRS, taxpayers may soon be able to take advantage of the more liberal tax rules of Section 368(a)(1)(A) without compromising many of the business advantages (i.e., having to deal only with target shareholder approval of the merger and being able to hold the target business in a separate legal entity) of a reverse triangular or forward triangular structure. For example, an acquiring company may create a merger subsidiary (S) and a disregarded entity (DRE) and merge S into a target in a reverse triangular merger. The acquirer may then merge S into DRE and the step transaction doctrine should apply to treat the integrated steps as a direct merger of the target into the acquirer."
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Accounting Governing Bodies, 2006.
Reviews the roles and effects of several organizations on accounting practices in the U.S.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper reviews the roles and effects of (a) the SEC, (b) the IRS, (c) the FASB, (d) the GASB, (e) the AICPA, and (f) the IASB on accounting practices in the United States, with some attention given to residential mortgage service companies.
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"This research examines the role of six governmental professional and international organizations that affect the accounting practices of firms operating within the United States ..."
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Total Quality Management, 2007.
This paper presents a total quality management (TQM) survey in the areas of manufacturing, service and government.
1,117 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper looks at Toyota Corporations' interpretation and commitment to TQM. The paper examines how TQM applies to the John Hopkins University Department of Emergency Medicine and shows how in hospitals with several factors, TQM is delivering significant results.
The paper also looks at the use of TQM in the U.S. Government, with a focus on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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"Toyota's initial efforts in quality management began in the 1960s when the company started using the Total Quality Control (TQC) program for managing its suppliers, manufacturing, and vehicle delivery processes. After years of continually improving quality techniques that comprised the TQC approach to manufacturing, Toyota won the Deming Prize in 1965 followed by the Japan Quality Control Awards in 1970. Toyota's Quality Management Departments had envisioned a roadmap of how TQC would eventually become Total Quality Management (TQM), a more all-encompassing approach to addressing the inclusion of customers' needs into the production and quality assurance process."
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Ethics in Managerial Accounting, 2004.
A discussion of recent scandals in managerial accounting in the U.S.
1,761 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper looks at the changes needed within accounting practices in light of the recent scandals at Enron and Arthur Andersen. The writer explores the new rules, which have become standard practice in the past few years.
Contents
The Constituencies
Investors
The public
Employees
Managers and executives
CPAs
Auditors
Financial advisors
Governing Bodies
SEC
FASB
GAO
IRS
Congress
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"There are those doing a lot about the question of ethics in managerial accounting, and those doing little or even creating more opportunities for unethical behavior. If the loopholes are shut down here, will companies go overseas to grease the wheels of commerce? Possibly. Global ethics are not quite as demanding in many parts of the world as most constituencies would like to see them here. (Bray, 2000) Or possibly not. Enron marched across India with its financial sleight-of-hand, injuring that nation?arguably?as it did this one. Perhaps there are ethics watches going on globally in the aftermath."
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Alternative-Fuel Vehicles (AFV), 2005.
This paper discusses alternative-fuel vehicles (AFV) and the advantages of adding them to the Lotus rental car fleet.
2,075 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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This paper reviews four alternate fuel options -- hybrids, turbo direct injection diesel, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); the advantages of alternate fuel options include healthier environmental impacts, a release reduction of carbon monoxide and other unhealthy gases (lead and nitrogen oxides) in the atmosphere and more fuel efficient options. The author points out that, currently, of the major car rental companies such as Hertz, Avis and Budget, only Budget presently offers alternative-fuel car rentals. The paper concludes that the economic advantages for Lotus Car Rental to offer AFVs to their Fleet are invaluable because (1) the consumer market's opinion has changed due to the rapid development in AFV technology, (2) the increasing gas prices, (3) the environmental crisis, (4) the tax incentives offered by the I.R.S., (5) the great success of car manufacturers in developing, producing and distributing AFVs and (6) the competitive and marketing advantages of Lotus to be associated with the pioneers in this field. Table and charts.
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Introduction
The History of Rental Cars in the U.S.
Alternative Fuel Options
Hybrids
Turbo Direct Injection Diesel
Natural Gas
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Car Rentals and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Advantages of Offering Alternative Fuel Vehicles as part of the Lotus Rental Fleet
The Future and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Summary
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"Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV's) combine the conventional internal combustion engine with the battery and electric motor of an electric vehicle. The HEV's have gained a lot of popularity in recent years, because it offers the driver the same range in mileage and rapid refueling options as the conventional vehicle. The practical benefits of HEV's include improved fuel economy and lower emissions compared to conventional vehicles. A disadvantage is the purchase price, which is about $3,000 higher than a comparable car with a internal combustion engine that uses petroleum."
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Michael Jackson, 2004.
A diversity critique of the life and work of Michael Jackson.
1,488 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines the life of Michael Jackson, who has established himself as one of the most successful musical artists of all time. It shows how, for many years, Michael Jackson fell under the media?s main radar, even though some felt he continued to be a superstar who, at any time, could produce a new hit. In particular, it looks at how after ABC?s 20/20 aired an interview produced by Martin Bashir in February of 2003, named "Living with Michael Jackson", Jackson quickly returned to the headlines. It examines how he became the brunt of comedians? jokes, how he raised concerns of childcare advocates, how he raised the interest of the IRS, and was seen by many as a poor father and maybe even a pedophile.
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"Besides the rumors, other issues throughout the mid 90?s began to raise that started to aid his fall from grace. For one thing, Jackson was getting older. But besides Jackson?s age, it appeared that the singer was bleaching his skin and altering his facial features with excessive plastic surgery. Although he vehemently denied that he had multiple plastic surgeries in recent interviews, Jay Leno?s monolog makes one wonder. The mid 90?s brought about sudden fashion changes. The grunge wardrobe of the rock world for example made Jackson?s wardrobe suddenly strange. The fact that Jackson needed protective masks and umbrellas on sunny days to shield him from the elements made additional rumors circulate that he was getting stranger as time wore on. But then, accusations and a hushed settlement concerning homosexual pedophilia made people start to question who the King of pop really was."
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