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Download or read book The Accountability Illusion written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Real accountability or an illusion of success? written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sverker Gustavsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135220581
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union written by Sverker Gustavsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union. The main conclusion is that the current institutional set-up and practice of decision-making in the EU is one that merely creates an illusion of accountability. Using a strict framework focusing on the difference between formal mechanisms and actual opportunities for accountability, this highly coherent volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, especially those interested in the democratic foundations of the European political system. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415480994_oachapter1.pdf
Author : Angustia Celeste
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Download or read book Safety is an Illusion written by Angustia Celeste and published by . This book was released on 20?? with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christer Karlsson
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Download or read book Chapter 1 Examining the Illusion of Accountability written by Christer Karlsson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do EU citizens have real opportunities to hold decision-makers accountable, or does the current institutional set-up in the Union merely create an illusion of accountability? That is the central question of this volume. There are widespread and growing concerns that the political system of the EU does not, in fact, afford citizens appropriate mechanisms of accountability. The aim of the current study is to ascertain whether such concerns are warranted.
Author : Justin H. Kirkland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009219634
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Illusion of Accountability written by Justin H. Kirkland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that legislative transparency does not impact representation directly, but instead aids organized interests in influencing legislatures.
Author : Finn Janning
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030357805
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Illusion of Transparency in Corporate Governance written by Finn Janning and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transparency is generally seen as a corporate priority and a central attribute for promoting business growth and social morality. From a philosophical perspective, society has experienced a gradual paradigm shift which intensified after the Second World War with the advent of the information era. As a fundamental part of an inescapable, hegemonic capitalist system and given the insistent emphasis on it as a moral imperative, transparency, this book avers, needs to be examined and challenged as to its true governance value in building a sustainable twenty-first century society. Rather than clinging to the fantasy of complete transparency as the only form of accountability, corporate governance is strengthened in this way by practicing true social responsibility, which emerges not from outward-looking compliance but from a deeper place in the corporate psyche through inward-looking contemplation and the development of moral maturity.
Author : Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Accountability Illusion written by Thomas B. Fordham Institute and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 is to hold schools accountable for ensuring that all their students achieve mastery in reading and math, with a particular focus on groups that have traditionally been left behind. Under NCLB, states submit accountability plans to the U.S. Department of Education detailing the rules and policies to be used in tracking the adequate yearly progress (AYP) of schools toward these goals. This report examines New Jersey's NCLB accountability system, particularly how its various rules, criteria and practices result in schools either making AYP, or not making AYP. It also gauges how tough New Jersey's system is compared with other states. A significant number of Hispanic/Latino, African American, and low-income students met their targets in math in New Jersey, unusual because the minimum subgroup size for these groups is smaller than in most other states, meaning that schools in New Jersey are held accountable for more subgroups than similar schools in other states. It is noted that New Jersey's definitions of proficiency generally ranked below average compared with standards set by the other states, especially in grades 3-5 math, which may account for the higher pass rate in traditionally disadvantaged groups. Compared to the other 27 states examined, New Jersey places in the lower middle of the distribution in terms of the number of schools making AYP. The report concludes that although in some respects, New Jersey's NCLB accountability system is working as intended by the legislation, NCLB shortcomings are also evident, and should be considerations for Congress in future reauthorizations of the act. (Contains 9 footnotes, 5 figures, and 3 tables.) [For "The Accountability Illusion," see ED504712. For individual state reports, see ED504680-ED504694, ED504700-ED504711 and ED504719.].
Author : Hersh Shefrin
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071494731
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Ending the Management Illusion: How to Drive Business Results Using the Principles of Behavioral Finance written by Hersh Shefrin and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of Beyond Greed and Fear puts behavioral concepts into corporate practice Psychologically smart companies manage both the pluses and minuses of human psychology through well-structured systems and processes. In Ending the Management Illusion, behavioral finance pioneer Hersh Shefrin addresses the biases that can take you or your organization off course and shows how to run psychologically smart businesses-specifically as it affects your bottom line. Shefrin explores the psychological barriers you experience, and delivers concrete debiasing techniques for breaking through these barriers. This allows you to integrate your processes for accounting, planning, incentives, and information sharing-the main elements for optimizing corporate value.
Author : Gregg D. Caruso
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073917732X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility written by Gregg D. Caruso and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility investigates the philosophical and scientific arguments for free will skepticism and their implications. Skepticism about free will and moral responsibility has been on the rise in recent years. In fact, a significant number of philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists now either doubt or outright deny the existence of free will and/or moral responsibility—and the list of prominent skeptics appears to grow by the day. Given the profound importance that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility hold in our lives—in understanding ourselves, society, and the law—it is important that we explore what is behind this new wave of skepticism. It is also important that we explore the potential consequences of skepticism for ourselves and society. Edited by Gregg D. Caruso, this collection of new essays brings together an internationally recognized line-up of contributors, most of whom hold skeptical positions of some sort, to display and explore the leading arguments for free will skepticism and to debate their implications.
Author : Jonas Abraham Akuffo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030640469
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Corporate Governance and Accountability of Financial Institutions written by Jonas Abraham Akuffo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-06 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The presence of sound corporate governance in a financial institution is important in maintaining the confidence of both the market and the public. The power that corporate governance holds over the success of some of the largest financial institutions in the world is not to be downplayed. This book methodically assesses the quality of corporate governance and mechanisms of accountability disclosures to various stakeholders. It is further intended to provide fresh insights into some specific corporate governance recommendations to help improve good governance in financial institutions, particularly in the United Kingdom and the EU but will also be applicable to other major economies. It explores what, when and how corporate governance has changed the financial institution functions and corporate executive behaviour by critically reviewing the pre- and post-financial crisis theoretical and empirical literature. Increasingly driven by the nature of complications, complexities and opacity in the operations of financial systems, corporate governance reporting plays an important role in the financial sector. It will provide insights into corporate governance disclosures over a long-term basis. This book should be a valuable asset to support the research of practitioners, students and all academics due to its stimulating and reflective insights into this fascinating topic.
Author : Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Accountability Illusion written by Thomas B. Fordham Institute and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 is to hold schools accountable for ensuring that all their students achieve mastery in reading and math, with a particular focus on groups that have traditionally been left behind. Under NCLB, states submit accountability plans to the U.S. Department of Education detailing the rules and policies to be used in tracking the adequate yearly progress (AYP) of schools toward these goals. This report examines Massachusetts's NCLB accountability system, particularly how its various rules, criteria and practices result in schools either making AYP, or not making AYP. It also gauges how tough Massachusetts's system is compared with other states. Massachusetts math proficiency standards range from a high of the 77th percentile in grade 4 to the 68th percentile in grades 6 and 8: to be considered proficient, grade 4 students must perform better than 77% of all other students in the nation. Although the reading standard is somewhat lower, ranging from the 65th percentile in grade 4 to the 30th percentile in grade 8, Massachusetts still expects approximately 95 percent of its grade 3-8 students to reach the reading standard in 2008. These dynamics, combined with the fact that Massachusetts does not apply a confidence interval to proficiency rate calculations, contribute to only one Massachusetts school making AYP in the study. Compared to the other 27 states examined, Massachusetts places at the very low end of the distribution in terms of the number of schools making AYP. The report concludes that although in some respects, Massachusetts's NCLB accountability system is working as intended by the legislation, NCLB shortcomings are also evident, and should be considerations for Congress in future reauthorizations of the act. (Contains 7 footnotes, 4 figures, and 6 tables.) [For "The Accountability Illusion," see ED504712. For individual state reports, see ED504680-ED504694, ED504700-ED504711 and ED504719.].
Author : Timothy Irwin
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1475571321
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (755 download)
Download or read book Accounting Devices and Fiscal Illusions written by Timothy Irwin and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proposed SDN surveys the various accounting stratagems which governments have used to meet fiscal targets—thereby sidestepping the need for true adjustment—and suggests remedial actions to limit this type of fiscal non-transparency. Types of creative accounting covered includes, for instance, currency swaps to hide a debt build-up (as in Greece in 2001–07), sale and leaseback of government property (for example, in the United States), assumption of long-term pension obligations in exchange for short-term revenue (Argentina, Hungary, and other Eastern European countries), use of public-private partnerships to defer the recognition of investment spending (for instance, Portugal), and reliance on non-cash compensation (such as pension rights) to reduce measured wage bills (in the United States, United Kingdom, etc.) As is evident from the examples given, these fiscal tricks have recently come under increased international scrutiny, highlighting the importance of good fiscal reporting, accounting, and transparency in general, for avoiding unpleasant surprises, ensuring government accountability, and containing fiscal vulnerabilities.
Author : Sam Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451683405
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Free Will written by Sam Harris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion. A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion. In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.
Author : Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Accountability Illusion written by Thomas B. Fordham Institute and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 is to hold schools accountable for ensuring that all their students achieve mastery in reading and math, with a particular focus on groups that have traditionally been left behind. Under NCLB, states submit accountability plans to the U.S. Department of Education detailing the rules and policies to be used in tracking the adequate yearly progress (AYP) of schools toward these goals. This report examines Massachusetts's NCLB accountability system, particularly how its various rules, criteria and practices result in schools either making AYP, or not making AYP. It also gauges how tough Massachusetts's system is compared with other states. Massachusetts math proficiency standards range from a high of the 77th percentile in grade 4 to the 68th percentile in grades 6 and 8: to be considered proficient, grade 4 students must perform better than 77% of all other students in the nation. Although the reading standard is somewhat lower, ranging from the 65th percentile in grade 4 to the 30th percentile in grade 8, Massachusetts still expects approximately 95 percent of its grade 3-8 students to reach the reading standard in 2008. These dynamics, combined with the fact that Massachusetts does not apply a confidence interval to proficiency rate calculations, contribute to only one Massachusetts school making AYP in the study. Compared to the other 27 states examined, Massachusetts places at the very low end of the distribution in terms of the number of schools making AYP. The report concludes that although in some respects, Massachusetts's NCLB accountability system is working as intended by the legislation, NCLB shortcomings are also evident, and should be considerations for Congress in future reauthorizations of the act. (Contains 7 footnotes, 4 figures, and 6 tables.) [For "The Accountability Illusion," see ED504712. For individual state reports, see ED504680-ED504694, ED504700-ED504711 and ED504719.].
Author : Michael Huemer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000456404
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Is Political Authority an Illusion? written by Michael Huemer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What gives some people the right to issue commands to everyone else and force everyone else to obey them? And why should people obey the commands of those with political power? These two key questions are the heart of the issue of political authority, and, in this volume, two philosophers debate the answers. Michael Huemer argues that political authority is an illusion and that no one is entitled to rule over anyone. He discusses and rebuts the major theories supporting political authority’s rightfulness: implicit social contract theory, hypothetical contract theories, democratic theories of authority, and utilitarian theories. Daniel Layman argues that democratic governments have authority because they are needed to protect our rights and because they are accountable to the people. Each author writes two replies directly addressing the arguments and ideas of the other. Key Features Covers a key foundational problem of political philosophy: the authority of government. Debate format ensures a full hearing of both sides. A Glossary includes key concepts in political philosophy related to the issue of authority. Annotated Further Reading sections point students to additional resources. Clear, concrete examples and arguments help students clearly see both sides of the argument. A Foreword by Matt Zwolinski describes a broader context for political authority and then traces the key points and turns in the authors’ debate.
Author : Augustin Frédéric Hamon
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Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Universal Illusion of Free Will and Criminal Responsibility written by Augustin Frédéric Hamon and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
