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    PCAOB new rules Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has implemented new rules to its auditing standards which will provide financial statement users with information about engagement partners and accounting firms that participate in audits of issuers. After the final decision, all public accounting firms will be required to apply the new rule for each issuer audit. According to PCAOB Release No. 2015-008, the three disclosing issues includes: the name of the engagement partner; the name, location

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    What is technology?.Technology is how people use and make modifications to everything that is in the environment as tools, knowledge, machines, techniques and even methods of organization in order to solve a problem or make something easier. Technology can significantly affect humans and animals to adapt to natural environments. Technology has played an important role in the development of the quality of life of humans and animals and has also played an important role in the conservation of our environment

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    The essay “Three Face of Technological Determinism” by Bruce Bimber tackles the meaning of Technological Determinism at a different perspective as he branches off to three interpretations; Normative, Normological, and Unintended Consequences. Normative accounts explains how societies attach cultural and political meaning to technological influences. Bimber’s second interpretation stated on page 83 of the book “Does Technology drive History?” Explains how society has been affected by the way they

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    of reducing unintended pregnancies. A possible failure and unintended consequences of AB 2348 is that it was linked to the Affordable Care Act which had a fair amount of pros but also had a lot of drawbacks for its consumer. The Affordable Care Act increased coverage raised overall health care costs in the short-term. This was mainly because many people received preventive care and testing, such as hormonal contraceptives (Amadeo, K., 2017, February 1). A second unintended consequence is that AB

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    of the Old World, and the Native Americans of the New World. However, none of this went on without unintended consequences. From deadly diseases to gaining new foods, like much of history, the Columbian Exchange had its good and bad moments, some of which were not intended to happen. Although there were several actions that caused unintentional events, by far one of the most important consequences that should be known is how guns affected Native Americans. Before the Columbian Exchange, Native Americans

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    Starbucks Total Ban

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    former especially when the alternative is a total ban. An evaluation of a smoking ban implemented at a Scottish University in October 1997 suggests that the total ban is not only unpopular with smokers but also among non-smokers who experience unintended consequences of the new policy. The greatest complaint from non-smokers stems from the relocation of smoking to outside and particularly around the entrances to University buildings.

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    Strain Theory

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    Merton presented Strain Theory, or a model within sociology that illustrated the consequences of a social practice or behavioral pattern that undermines the stability of a social structure. Critiquing Parsons, Merton used the concept of goal attainment and integration to build his argument. Goal attainment represents the cultural goals; in most cases this refer a capitalistic perspective. Integration are the institutional means or norms of a society; within time anomie becomes evident. Using these

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    drug, and now he’s faced with a possible life changing decision. In this paper Paul will take a look at this ethical dilemma that exists throughout the sports world, evaluate his core beliefs, resolve any conflicts that remain, look at the unintended consequences of his conclusion, and compare his conclusion with another verdict- just in case. Paul is faced with a decision to make now that he has a sample

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    The Inside Job is a movie that was documented by Charles Ferguson in 2010, which clearly depicted the 2008 financial crisis. The director did a great job comprehensively narrating and showing the causes, key financial contributors, and unintended consequences. It goes further into details of systematic corruption by those in the finance market and the effects of their corruption in the United States. Additionally, it uncovered that changes in financial as well as other polices and banking practices

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    In our present day in age, technology and the internet has made it very easy to find and obtain music, movies, television shows, and other media forms without having to pay a fee. In recent years, the music and movie industry, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) initiated a campaign to combat the illegal sharing and downloading of files, songs, and movies. These illegal files are usually transferred through users and peer-to-peer

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