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Electronic Monitoring Devices/Parolees and Prisoners

in prison (Biniok, 2004). They contend that the costs of electronic supervision are unacceptable, even that such supervision viol...

Auditing Problems and Solutions

done to detect fraud (Calderon & Green, 1994)? It is obvious that there is no simple answer or the problem would not persist; one...

Application of Auditing Techniques of Information Systems

of the details of transactions as well as balances ("Is Auditing," 2004). CAATs may also produce a large range of audit evidence ...

New Businesses, the European Union, and the IPPC

by the relevant regulatory bodies in each country. The approach is different in each country due to the principle of subsidiary. T...

Marketing Audit Design

customer is satisfied and sees value in the product or service that the organization offers. The "product" arm of the marketing m...

IT and MIS Strategic Uses

enabled, he noted, by advances in chips, connectivity and computing devices" (Trembly, 2002; p. 18). Yoran (2002) sees a la...

Society and Technology

of political life" (1969, 55). Mesthene sees technology as detrimental and provides examples. For instance, cities have mass trans...

Impact of Audits on Accident Rates in Hong Kong/A Research Proposal

for all industries the rate is only 17.7 accidents per 1,000 workers (LegCo Panel on Manpower, 2004). The improvement should not...

United Kingdom Business and Environmental Issues

demand for development and the protection of the environment" As such this can be seen as an attempt to regulate and bring togethe...

Essays on Computer Management

in it (especially on the Internet). The problem is, however, that "privacy" is one of those concepts that is difficult to ...

Auditing Risk Scenarios

is the risk that certain transaction types or an account balance may be misstated, either due to individual transactions or as the...

Security and Wireless Technologies

issues of concern include: authentication, authorization, encryption, misuse and abuse in addition to hackers (Posluns, 2002). One...

Current Status of Internet Telephony and Its Future Potential

the telephone communication infrastructure. IP Telephone can be defined in the following way; "Internet telephony (IPT) is tra...

U.S. Bancorp, Goldman Sachs, and Uses of Technology

also building for the future. Current Issues and Trends Today, office automation and the use of Internet and Intranet appli...

Introducing Technology and Defining Positive Change

also a paradox in itself as for every $1 spent on IT we can see that there will be an associated increase in market value of the c...

What is Bluetooth Technology

Interestingly enough, the Bluetooth technology was named after Harald Bluetooth, who was King of Denmark during the 10th century ...

Factors That Influence Strategic Implementation

that value is added to the customer and more custom gained. If a weakness is location then this may be the opportunity for change....

Project Process and Stages of Time Estimates and Attendance

and documentation to be given to owner, review each requirement against finished product. Project acceptance criteria review betwe...

SAS 99 Compliance and Lucent

financial information and balance sheet, its first a good idea to examine what, exactly, compliance means under Sarbanes-Oxley and...

Digital Technology's Pros and Cons

fact play a significant role in terms of the emerging 3G wireless appliances. It could in fact be that telephones could double as ...

Strategic Audit Analysis of Wal Mart

and grocery stores and 540 Sams Club warehouse stores (Biesada, 2004). Despite the sluggish economy, Wal-Mart realized a 4.8 perce...

Internal Control and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

demands by the federal government to comply with the internal control systems which were really designed with the larger publicly ...

Uses of Technology in the Classroom

in order for the children of today to be "effective leaders and productive citizens" of tomorrow, they will require confidence in...

Position of Lucent Technologies

This has resulted in a negative return on assets figure of -42.09%. This is an anomalous year as the figures for 2000 were more fa...

An Audit of a Meat Department

well as product safety in terms of handling. Productivity involves workers activities of course, but also whatever initiatives th...

Corporate America and Manipulation of Revenue

evident that much fraud can be discovered before it is too late. While this was not true in the case of Enron, the evidence has s...

4 Areas of Operations Management

without excessive costs involved. Therefore, the first issue may be raw materials, but this will depend on the business and the ea...

Auditing Profession and Its Problems

rules laid down to create a separation and independence between the auditor and the company. The regulatory framework in the Unite...

Marketing Audit and New Product Marketing

we consider McDonalds there is a corporate strategy where the brand is important. The products are all designed to be easy to prep...

Fraud and the Ethics of Internal Auditing

when it comes to the corporate world. Not to follow this path would reap severe consequences upon the business that ignored the i...