diligence Checklist
An appropriately constructed due diligence checklist, according to the article entitled "Due Diligence: The Critical Stage in Mergers and Acquisitions," attempts to answer such vexing questions for a venture capitalist as if indeed the product in question "is what he or she thinks it is." In other words, is the venture capitalist in question really and truly buying the company or an interest in the product that is advertised by its producers -- or something else, when he or she reads to infamous 'fine print'? The potential venture capitalist, when conducing an appropriate risk assessment must first ask, "are you sure it [the product] is as good as the seller says?" Or, in this case, as good as the capitalist, who is being advised by technical gurus regarding the viability of the product, whom are conducting independent risk audits of the microchip in question, says the product is.…...

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Works Cited

Steps to risk assessment." (2003) Journal of Risk Management. Retrieved on August 18, 2004  http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg163.pdf 

Due Diligence Checklist." (2003) All Business. Retrieved on August 18, 2004  http://www.allbusiness.com/forms/asp/129938p.asp 

Howson, Peter. (April 2003) "Due Diligence." AMR International.

Rodgers, Gerry. (2004) "International business environment risk analysis." Global Risk Assessments. Retrieved on August 19, 2004 at http://www.grai.com/

Diligence
Alphanumeric

HouseholdID

Length of Residence

City

Gender

Occupation

Fields with null values

MSACode

Athletic Dimension

Fields with "Unknown" values

Marital Status

Occupation

Presence of Children

Wealth Score

MailResponder

f. Number-based fields that cannot be used in calculations

Income

LengthofResidence

Region

g. Number-based fields that can be used in calculations

Fields where numbers used to indicate non-text values (e.g. Y/N, etc.)

OwnACat

OwnADog

OwnCellularPhone

Due Diligence

Standardize Y/N fields

Methodology should be the same in all columns

Calculate averages and standard deviations for all number fields after cleanup is completed

Can at least do counts for those fields after cleanup

c. Ensure no duplicate values in HouseholdID

Appears that this should be unique for each record

d. Ensure no misspellings of city names so that there is not more than one field for each city name

i. Example would be that Huntington Beach and Huntington Bch should not be treated as unique values (did not see that ... just an example).

e. Ensure no invalid state abbreviations are used

i. E.g. XY used for Wyoming instead of WY (again, just an example)

f. Figure out…...

Corporate Cultural Due Diligence
In the past few years, the amount of mergers and acquisitions have dramatically increased, raising the importance of the performance of corporate cultural due diligence. Financial, operational, and technical due diligence have become routine undertakings before companies consummate a merger or acquisition. A review of the literature indicates that cultural incompatibility causes the most problems in the necessary transitions of many mergers and acquisitions. Through cultural due diligence, the human side of these transactions can be given the same scrutiny that has traditionally been applied to the more quantitative assets of companies (Iri Solutions, 2004). The purpose of due diligence is to improve the chance that the merger or acquisition will be successful, achieved through intensive searching for facts, thorough analysis, and constant reevaluation. This paper will discuss the importance and strategies of corporate cultural due diligence, and offer suggestions for transactions of the future.

The term "merger"…...

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Bibliography

Butters, J. (2004). A Successful Merger. Retrieved July 23, 2005 from www.freep.com/money/autonews/nummi13_20040213.htm

Iri Solutions. (2004). Cultural Due Diligence. Retrieved July 23, 2005 from http://www.irisolutions.com/products/corporate_process/Due_Diligence.pdf.

Lord, R. & Maher, K. (1991). Leadership and Information Processing: Linking

Perceptions and Performance. Boston: Unwin-Everyman.

accounting serves as a means of prioritizing business activities. In many instances, business has limited amounts of resources and a seemingly infinite amount of methods in which to deploy them. For large, multinational corporations the problem is compounded as various departments jockey to receive the maximum amount of funding for their own projects. By accounting properly, management can better ascertain which projects will be fully funded and which project will not be funded. This prioritizing ensures that the business enters markets or engages in activities in which it has relative competitive advantages in.
Accounting is therefore used to better assess the risks and behaviors embedded within these profit maximizing activities. Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom have proved that a profit motive without an audit or risk assessment can be detrimental to society. In fact, an independent audit assessment should be conducted to avoid conflicts of interest while protecting the public at…...

GLOBAL MARKETING 4 Drive-Sharing Memo
The question that is existing centers on whether U-Drive Transport could or should expand within its home country or whether it would be wiser to keep the current scale and size that it has now. Of course, there are a number of important factors to center on and discuss when it comes to that subject. These include the marketing methods, legal factors, environmental factors and the economics involved. On the whole, it is hard to provide a single and monolithic answer to whether U-Drive should expand and how to do it. However, the closest thing to it would be to say that it would work if things are done the right way.
The first major part of things to look at when assessing whether U-Drive should expand within the United States is the current competition climate that exists. Indeed, Uber is the “big dog” in the yard and…...

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References

Hawkins, A. (2017). The five issues holding Uber and Lyft back in big states. The Verge.

Retrieved 1 August 2017, from  

lyft-five-issues-big-state-legislation-failure-schaller

Tiku, N. (2017). Why Aren\\'t More Employees Suing Uber?. WIRED. Retrieved 1 August 2017,

from  https://www.wired.com/story/uber-susan-fowler-travis-kalanick-arbitration/ https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12987566/uber -

Mergers & Acquisitions
One of the more fascinating and complex part of corporate news and maneuvering is when companies engage in mergers and acquisitions as a means to further their growth, development and diversification. This report shall look at two companies in particular, those being Mattel and Texas Instruments. After conducting a thorough literature review, questions about both firms will be posed and answered. While there is more than one way to launch a takeover or acquisition bid for a firm, there are some ways and methods that are better than others.

Mattel Case Study

Now that the literature relative to mergers and acquisitions has been properly sampled and queried, it should now be ascertained what the answers are to the questions described in the introduction, with Mattel being the first firm addressed. Mattel has proven themselves to be concerned with branching out and modernizing their product mix and feel due to the…...

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References

Alexandridis, G., Petmezas, D., & Travlos, N. (2010). Gains from Mergers and Acquisitions Around the World: New Evidence. Financial Management, 39(4), 1671-1695.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-053x.2010.01126.x 

Bhagwat, V., Dam, R., & Harford, J. (2016). The Real Effects of Uncertainty on Merger Activity. Review Of Financial Studies, 29(11), 3000-3034.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhw061 

Brealey, R., Cooper, I., & Kaplanis, E. (2009). Excess Comovement in International Equity Markets: Evidence from Cross-border Mergers. Review Of Financial Studies, 23(4), 1718-1740.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhp104 

Bris, A., & Cabolis, C. (2008). The Value of Investor Protection: Firm Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers. Review Of Financial Studies, 21(2), 605-648.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhm089

Cost Analysis
The author of this brief report shall be analyzing the proposed cost structure that is being negotiated and considered between Good Intentions Technology (GIT) and Federal Watchout Agency (FWA). In question is a Firm Fixed Price Solicitation for the B1-D surveillance product as sold and made by GIT and extended to FWA. The author has been asked to take the perspective of one of the two parties and look at the projected costs. The costs will be assessed on their face and will also be assessed in terms of what questions and fact-finding could and should be done once negotiations continue at the next meeting. Indeed, the overall structure is fairly straight-forward and figuring out cost structures in advance is advantageous to all parties involved. However, the figures given do lead to some questions and there should indeed be the proper amount of due diligence before agreeing to the…...

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References

Brown, K. A., & Mitchell, T. R. (1988). Performance obstacles for direct and indirect labour in high technology manufacturing. International Journal Of Production Research, 26(11),

Foorthuis, R., Hofman, F., & Brinkkemper, S. (2012). Compliance Assessments of Projects

Adhering to Enterprise Architecture. Journal Of Database Management, 23(2), 44-71.

Hammad, M. W., Abbasi, A., & Ryan, M. J. (2016). Allocation and Management of Cost

Finance-dominated proponents also maintain that boom economic periods generate a more varied divergence of valuations that fuel merger activity (Medlen 2007). In this regard, Medlen concludes that, "Taken collectively, these understandings may explain some of the merger activity in booms, but they involve certain asymmetries that undercut their explanatory power. High stock valuations allow stock to be utilized as currency and collateral for takeovers; yet stock booms also make targets expensive" (p. 202). Moreover, despite the commonly held perception that mergers are a "quick and dirty" way to grow a business and achieve organizational goals, there remains a lack of convincing empirical evidence in support of this perception (Medlen 2007). As Medlen points out, an "anomalous fact about mergers concerns the lack of evidence that mergers are profitable. This fact begs the question: why then are mergers carried out with such frequency and with such large levels of capitalization?"…...

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References

Ahern, K.A. & Weston, J.F. (2007). 'M&as: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.' Journal

of Applied Finance, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 5-7.

Babbie, E. (1990). Survey Research Methods (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth

Publishing Company.

Newco Construction and investing with due diligence
According to the Internet dictionary Investopedia, the legal contractual concept of 'due diligence' from an investor's point-of-view is simply the "care" in which "a reasonable person should take before entering in an agreement or transaction with another party," such as when considering an investment on the part of a venture capitalist. ("Due Diligence," Investopedia, 2005) A due diligence audit is performed of a corporation, to confirm all material facts in regards to an investiture of capital, such as one that is currently being performed of the Newco Construction Company, to mitigate the risks of investing capital and to ensure that full disclosure of all company assets and potential problems are made aware to both parties involved, both the investors and the company's board of directors. Such an audit was performed of Newco Construction, and the company seems to pass all tests of the…...

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Works Cited

"Due Diligence." (2005) Investopedia. Retrieved from Internet Investment Law Dictionary on 25 Aug 2005

  'Due Diligence." (2005). Black's Law Dictionary. Retrieved from GLR, the Global Law Review on 25 Aug 2005http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/duediligence.asp 

 http://www.globallawreview.com/legaldd.html 

Newco Construction. (2005) Official Company Website. Retrieved on 25 Aug 2005

International Safety Management
ISM Code

ISM safety code

Acting as a mandatory regulation, ISM Code usually lays down standards of shipowner's responsibility for safe management of ships and pollution prevention accepted internationally. The obligation of the shipment owner is to establish, maintain as well as implement a Safety Management System that is to meet the ISM Code's requirements.

The aspects of civil liability's impact is to be focused on the impact on liability of shipowner for cargo loss or damage, in addition to shipowner's legal right to limit his liability for claims. Some of the concepts such as seaworthiness, actual fault and privity, crew's negligence, the role of the designated person and recklessness with knowledge are to be considered. There has already been a change in the conditions in terms of policies that meet the requirement of the ISM Code through Hull and Machinery (H & M) underwrites and protection and Indemnity (P &…...

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References

Gold, E (1996). 'Lessons in Corporate Responsibility: Learn From Disaster?' The

ISM Code Implementation in Practice- Corporate Risk: BIMCO Shipping Courses

Copenhagen, Denmark). BIMCO. Copenhagen: BIMCO, pg 15-18.

Levy, H (1996). 'The P & I Club -- How do the clubs evaluate the ISM Code'. The ISM Code Implementation in Practice -Corporate Risk: BIMCO Shipping Courses: Copenhagen, Denmark). BIMCO. Copenhagen: BIMCO, 15-18).

Oceana Group Limited is a company listed in Johannesburg and Namibia stock exchanger. The company is in the food and beverage industry with core business being fishing as well as allied services sector. The company is engaged in the catching, processing as well as the procurement of various marine species such as pilchard, redeye, sardine anchovy, lobster, herring, tune, horse mackerel as well as hake. Other deep-see species also form their specialty. Their products are prepared and then sold via local and international marketing channels. Additionally, the company provides fruit handling as well as cold storage facilities at an extensive level (Oceana,2011). The company operates via various divisions, subsidiary stakeholders as well as companies.
The South African-based firm engages in the catching, preparing for sale and procuring different fish products in South Africa.It also deals in canned fish products. The company's market capitalization was valued at ZA 3113 million or $421…...

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References

Glamis Research Institute (2010). Oceans Group Limited

http://www.glamisresearch.com/reports/Company_Report_pages_1-8.pdf

Glamis Research Institute (2010b).Food and Beverage Industry

http://glamisresearch.com/reports/Industry_Report_pages_1-8.pdf

iegele indicates that "employers often wish to know whether they are entitled to contact an applicant's references and what obligations they may have in this regard. ith respect to obtaining consent to contact such references, it is accepted that an applicant who lists references on a job application or resume is implicitly consenting to a prospective employer contacting and obtaining information from those references. Similarly, it is generally accepted that an applicant who lists former employers is deemed to be giving consent to have those employers contacted for references." (iegele, p. 3)
Conclusion:

This speaks to the fundamental condition in the relationship between employer and prospective employee. The latter must make available willingly certain information that would otherwise be considered private and protected. This is part and parcel to the process of attempting to gain employment and provides the prospective employer with avenues to determine the suitability of the individual not…...

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Works Cited:

Draper, H. (2012). Facebook Privacy Issues Arising in Hiring Process. Biz Journals.

Fleischer, M. (2010). A Legal Landmine: Privacy Issues in the 21st Century. Med Team Support Staffing.

Forster, E. & Garakani, G. (2007). Critical Issues in the Hiring Process. Blaney McMurtry Barristers & Solicitors, LLP.

Waggott, G. (2011). Law Note -- Pre-Hiring Background Checks. McMillan.ca.

Activity Studies found common features high-performing health departments manage diabetes. These departments include receiving external funding programming, a -management education program recognized American Diabetes Association, partnership opportunities.
While obesity and obesity-related complaints such as Type II diabetes are a problem all over the United States, in my home state of Georgia, the condition has been of particular, growing concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), "64.8% of adults were overweight, with a Body Mass Index of 25 or greater" and "29.6% of adults were obese, with a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater" in the state (Georgia's response to obesity, 2012, CDC). Even more worrisome, amongst adolescents who should be at the most active stage of their lives, "14.8% were overweight (>85th and < 95th percentiles for BMI by age and sex) 12.4% were obese (>95th percentile for BMI by age and sex)" (Georgia's response to obesity,…...

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References

Rivard, P. (2003). Accountability for patient safety: A review of cases, concepts, and practices.

Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors. Retrieved:  http://www.macoalition.org/Initiatives/docs/Accountability%20LitReview%20Final_Rivard_new%20copyright.pdf

OHS Act and egulations that are applicable to the hospitality industry
The legal instruments

egulations

Approved codes of practice

Legal responsibility of employers to worker

Consequences of non-compliance by the employer

The hospitality industry has a responsibility of establishing safe as well as healthy environments for both the workers and patrons. This category includes food and beverage restaurants, clubs, hotels, commercial kitchens, accommodation as well as tourist enterprises. It is the shared responsibility of the employers and the employees to promote a very safe, healthy and secure work environment that effectively minimizes the risks of harm to all people within any given business establishment. The Australian Government, through the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) is proactive in the promotion of workplace safety (Foster,2010).

Sections of the OHS Act and egulations that are applicable to the hospitality industry

According to WorkCover (2003), the sections of the OHS Act and egulations that are applicable to the hospitality…...

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References

Comcare (2012). Occupational Health and Safety Code of Practice 2008

 http://www.comcare.gov.au/laws__and__regulations/ohs_act,_regulations__and__code/occupational_health_and_safety_code_of_practice_2008 

ComCare (2009). Safety at Work -- Your responsibilities as an employer:A guide to the laws covering health and safety in commonwealth workplaces  http://www.comcare.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/40978/Safety_at_work_OHS_60_Feb_09.pdf 

Foster, N (2010).Personal Corporate Officer Liability under the Model Work Health and Safety Bill. Working Paper 73

Non Linear Pro-is a company that sells editing equipment. Recently, the company was involved in a transaction that involved the lease of equipment to Quick Text Video on a trial basis. Before the purchase, the sales representative for NonLinear Pro and the company manger for Quick Text Video discussed the pros and cons of the product. The salesman indicated that the system would be up and running within a day in a half of delivery and that it would be twice as fast as the current system in use at Quick Text Video. The system was delivered, including a delivery document for the signature of the recipient. The document included a lease agreement for three months.
Quick Text Video attempted to use the equipment for two weeks. However, it was not performing properly for a number of reasons, the first and most obvious of which was that the promise of the…...

Due diligence refers to the process of doing a proper investigation into something before taking an action.  Due diligence can have applications in a number of different contexts, but is most often discussed in the context of some type of business deal, when a person or organization has to make a decision about whether or not to enter into some type of business relationship (usually an investment relationship) with another type of person or organization.  Due diligence can be as simple as studying publicly available information to determine whether or not to purchase a stock....

1. The Historical Roots and Evolution of Child Labor: An Exploration of Causes and Consequences

Trace the origins and development of child labor practices throughout history
Examine the social, economic, and political factors that have perpetuated child labor
Analyze the impact of industrialization, globalization, and social movements on the prevalence of child labor

2. The Ethical Implications and Human Rights Violations of Child Labor: Confronting Exploitation and Injustice

Discuss the ethical dilemmas posed by child labor and its violation of fundamental human rights
Examine the psychological, physical, and developmental hazards faced by child laborers
Evaluate the role of international conventions and....

## Ensuring Data Security and Privacy in Healthcare in the Digital Age

In the contemporary healthcare landscape, digital technologies play an indispensable role, facilitating the seamless exchange and storage of patient data. However, this reliance on digitization also necessitates robust measures to safeguard the security and privacy of sensitive health information. Healthcare organizations must prioritize the following strategies to effectively address these concerns:

1. Implementation of Comprehensive Security Measures:

Employ firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and encryption technologies to protect data from unauthorized access.
Establish access controls and multi-factor authentication to limit data exposure to authorized personnel only.
Regularly update software, operating systems,....

Introduction Contract breaches occur when one party fails to fulfill their obligations under a legally binding agreement. These breaches can have significant consequences for both parties involved, leading to financial losses, reputational damage, and legal disputes. This literature review explores the various ways in which parties can prevent contract breaches and reach mutually beneficial conclusions. Factors Contributing to Contract Breaches Numerous factors can contribute to contract breaches, including: Lack of clarity: Ambiguous or incomplete contract terms can lead to misunderstandings and disputes. Misrepresentation or fraud: If a party misrepresents or conceals material information during contract negotiations, the other party may have grounds for....