Essays Tagged: "personal gain"
Political, Economic & Social effects of Accounting Standard Setters.
Accounting Standard setting process, and these influences spill over into everyday accounting, with personal gain often ahead of reliability and objectivity. Users of financial reports have demands th ... attained with the huge influences that economic, political and social (external) issues have in our personal and business lives.The identified, major, influencing issues on Accounting Standard setting ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
Research paper comparing Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker" and Stephen Vincent Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
man make a deal with the devil, who in the story is known as 'OldScratch', for the sole purpose of personal gain. Tom Walker, seeing only the possiblewealth that he could achieve, bargains with the d ... .' Irving presents the reader with the difficulty thatcan arise when intentions are based solely on personal gain. In the story, one seeshow Tom Walker's actions contradict each other in their meaning ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Capital Punishment -pro Death penalty
itely does not deserve death penalty. However, a serial killer, who kills people for fun or for his personal gain, definitely deserves death penalty. Death penalty should continue in order to eliminat ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
The death penalty: pro viewpoint
cut off would serve a better purpose. However, a serial killer, who kills people for fun or for his personal gain, does indeed deserve the death penalty. Capital punishment is one way to eliminate the ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
Willy Loman, in the book "Death of a Salesman", by Arthur Miller, and his quest for the "American Dream."
e belief that through sheer hard work alone, any man can gain professional success and thus receive personal gain. The major flaw in this 'dream' is that it produces selfish individuals who will go to ... r flaw in this 'dream' is that it produces selfish individuals who will go to any extent to receive personal gain. Willy's character is one of a common man; Miller portrays him not as an evil selfish ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Mortal Law Verses Divine Law"-- In the play Antigone, there is a clear conflict between the written law made by the king, and the higher law, dictated by the religious beliefs of the time.
f a society would be able to treat their fellow citizens in any way they wished, even if for purely personal gain. Some of these laws were made by the leader or leaders of the society. These were acce ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Stalin and the desire for 'Total Power'.
lity to adapt to, and manipulate situations so they resulted in favouring circumstances for his own personal gain, was remarkable. Following the gradual demise of Lenin, Stalin was in a position to ma ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Essay on The Rocking Horse Winner describing the pressure society puts on a family.
ocking Horse WinnerA society based on strong aristocratic values can cause one to embrace greed and personal gain, indirectly blinding the view of what really matters. In this society, social status i ... written by D.H. Lawrence, a family structure collapses under a mother's insatiable quest for money, personal gain, and the desire to reach beyond her social class. Paul, the young boy, driven by the n ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Are Humans Intrinsically Evil?
destructive and to cause pain. If humans are intrinsically evil, then they do good things only for personal gain, and they do evil things as a response to their nature. If humans are intrinsically go ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
The Battle of Adrianople
e Goths arrived on Roman territory however, the Roman governors began to exploit them for their own personal gain. When the newly settled Goths suffered through food shortages, the provincial governor ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Scanty Security
k. Just another electronic-vandal playing games on his computer? Possibly, but for what reason. For personal gain or financial growth? The question of 'why did he do it' is no longer important in this ... o longer important in this day of age; rather we should be asking, 'how could it be done.' Privacy, personal information, and financial transactions on networks, the Internet and the WWW will never an ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Terrorism is a growing international problem
s. Most terrorists, unlike criminals, claim to be dedicated to higher causes, and do not believe in personal gain. The methods used in terrorism include threats, bombings, and the destruction of prope ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Deceptive Intentions - Analysis on "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare
Deception is a tool that is used for many purposes. The purposes can be harmful, protective or for personal gain. In The Merchant of Venice, Portia, Jessica, and Shylock are all characters who use de ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Othello Tragedy
ago seems to be motiveless. However, the motivation behind his actions lie more in Iago's quest for personal gain, as opposed to just being evil for evil's sake. Iago's greediness can be validated by ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Inherit the Wind-Based on this quote "Many have set aside others and have focused on themselves and ended with emptiness."
d on themselves and ended with emptiness." In Inherit the Wind, Matthew Harrison Brady wants personal gain more than anyone else so much as he thrives on it. He comes in as a big time Bible exp ... He separates himself from his daughter by not letting her speak her own mind and too worried on his personal gain. At the end of the trial, he received loneliness. E.K. Hornbeck plays the self- ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Urbanization of the Late Nineteenth Century
ethnic centers. Among this chaos, corruption thrived as political bosses ran the city for their own personal gain and power. It appeared as if the nation was modernizing too fast because they were una ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Power and manipulation in Animal Farm by George Orwell and Lord of the flies by William Golding
n and Jack Merridew and their respective followers, who abuse their power and manipulate others for personal gain. They demonstrate how this is an integral part of the foundations of society and are e ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Corruption in Animal Farm
us and alarming. The more power an individual has, the more tempting is the abuse of it, mainly for personal gain. Ironically, fewer checks and balances are available to restrain the corruption. This ... apoleon in a good light, regardless of the accuracy. An example of Napoleon's use of propaganda for personal gain is in the explanation of the expulsion of Snowball, "'Suppose you had decided to follo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The evil in othello
te Iago's unquestionable malignancy, the motivation behind his actions lie more in Iago's quest for personal gain, as opposed to just being evil for evil's sake. Iago doesn't have a valid reason for t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Reflection Paper on "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare
esar for the good of Rome. All of the otherconspirators, such as Cassius, kill Caesar for their own personal gain. With Caesar removed,more power shifted to those who depose him, but Brutus does not w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History