Essays on Henriques

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Earth Hour at Hilton Woodland Hills 3 2015 Earth Hour Activities 4

Business Strategies and Commitments 4

Analysis: Significance of Earth Hour Activities 5 Application of Stakeholder Theory, CSR, and TBL Approaches 6 Stakeholder Theory 6 CSR 8 TBL 9 Conclusion and Recommendations for Sustainability 9 Hilton Woodland Hills/Los Angeles Earth Hour Commitment and Sustainability Report Introduction Hilton Hotels and Resorts, one of the leading and most prestigious hotels in the world, is the organization that will be tackled in this report based on its participation in the 2015 Earth Hour. Hilton Hotel is considered to be one of the titans in the industry ...

In the court systems, various felonies are penalized following the court's guidelines. There are a variety of particulars that go into a sentencing pronouncement. An individual who commits a financial fraud may go to jail for a longer period, compared to someone who commits murder, as is the case of Bernard Madoff, who went to jail for 150 years for committing financial crime and Karla Homolka was sentenced to 12 years in prison for murder. It is, however, clear that an extensive range of verdicts are not necessarily rational to the victims or the scam culprits. This paper looks ...

Whether there is a unified theory of biology is still a matter of debate. This can be answered only if the question ‘what constitutes a unified theory’ is answered. The answer will be ‘no’ in the sense that there is no unified theory of biology supported by clear mathematical equations effectively describing different aspects of all biological behaviors. However, many biologists opine that there is a unified theory of biology because biology is unified by the modern evolutionary synthesis, which simply refers to “theoretical merger of Darwin’s theory of natural selection and genetics” (Henriques, 2012). Later, many biologists ...

The AEG Sustainability Program

Introduction Sustainability should be of great concern to all companies in the events industry. Their business activities have a great impact on the environment. There are many new developments in sustainability, both in theory (including an increasing body of academic literature) and in practice (such as new industry guidelines, accounting frameworks like Triple Bottom Line, and corporate certification schemes) (Sachs, 2015). Corporate management in events companies is, of course, in the best position to make business decisions consistent with the growing awareness of sustainability issues. However, other corporate stakeholders can also become engaged when necessary to assure that their ...

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The accounting for valuation and impairment of goodwill has received important recognition in popular areas. However, due to the economic crisis in the United States and the ongoing steps towards the convergence with the IFRS, a focus on the potential valuation of goodwill has become to the forefront. This project will examine the accounting issues of valuation of goodwill for the major areas of concern for the corporate financial position such as economic, social, and legal or political issues under each accounting body (FASB and IASB).

Government patronage/ support The products of a company will experience high demand especially ...