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Accountability, Transparency and Democracy in the Functioning of Bretton Woods Institutions
by Elena ScisoThis book investigates the strengths and weaknesses - in terms of transparency and compliance with the democratic principle - of Bretton Woods Institutions, considering the most important innovations from the original framework achieved through the introduction of independent accountability and complaint mechanisms (the Inspection Panel and Independent Evaluation Office), but also due to relevant reforms in the internal governance of the International Monetary Fund and the new financial assistance tools. One of its main focuses is on evaluating the socio-economic impact of conditionality in the countries requiring financial assistance, acknowledging the need to strengthen social protection policies in the adjustment programs. In addition, emphasis is given to the effects of the "constitutionalization" of the Washington Consensus in the European Union, with the establishment of the so-called "Berlin-Brussels-Frankfurt Consensus. "
Accountable: The Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance Accountable Care Journey
by Briget Da Graca Kathleen M. Richter Jean SullivanWhile many health care organizations need to improve health care quality and lower costs, most lack specific strategies and tactics for implementing these changes. Baylor Scott & White Health has established and continues to develop an accountable care organization (ACO) called the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (BSWQA) to improve th
Accountable: The Rise of Citizen Capitalism
by Michael O'Leary Warren Valdmanis“More than ever before, this is the book our economy needs.” – Dr. Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation“Unwilling to settle for easy answers or superficial changes, O’Leary and Valdmanis push us all to ask more of our economic system.” – Senator Michael F. BennetThis provocative book takes us inside the fight to save capitalism from itself.Corporations are broken, reflecting no purpose deeper than profit. But the tools we are relying on to fix them—corporate social responsibility, divestment, impact investing, and government control—risk making our problems worse.With lively storytelling and careful analysis, O’Leary and Valdmanis cut through the tired dogma of current economic thinking to reveal a hopeful truth: If we can make our corporations accountable to a deeper purpose, we can make capitalism both prosperous and good.What happens when the sustainability-driven CEO of Unilever takes on the efficiency-obsessed Warren Buffett? Does Kellogg’s—a company founded to serve a healthy breakfast—have a sacred duty to sell sugary cereal if that’s what maximizes profit? For decades, government has tried to curb CEO pay but failed. Why? Can Harvard students force the university to divest from oil and gas? Does it even matter if they do?O’Leary and Valdmanis, two iconoclastic investors, take us on a fast-paced insider’s journey that will change the way we look at corporations. Likely to spark controversy among cynics and dreamers alike, this book is essential reading for anyone with a stake in reforming capitalism—which means all of us.
Accountable
by Violet L RyanAlison Masters falls in love with wealthy David Kendall. Sight unseen, older brother Wade decides he must save David from a gold-digging fiancée. He tempts Alison to ride with him to Chicago and as they travel, Wade reveals his already-in-progress plan. An automobile crash leaves her badly injury, unbroken and disillusioned. Wade desperately wants to make amends, but she disappears before he can. After a seven year search, he finds Alison--scarred, crippled, infertile, and filled with disdain for anyone named Kendall. Determined to restore everything she'd lost, Wade blackmails her into marriage--his idea of the perfect method to accept accountability and prove his love--her idea of the perfect revenge. To Alison's surprise, their marriage brings more confusion than reprisal. They work through problems of vengeance, guilt, family, and love to find happiness on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
by Dashka SlaterWhen a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as “edgy” humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. <P><P> Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account’s discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults—educators and parents—whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse. <P><P> In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean? <P><P> Award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author Dashka Slater has written a must-read book for our era that explores the real-world consequences of online choices.
Accountable
by Tavis Smiley Stephanie RobinsonAccountable provides real-life examples of how crucial issues -- including health care, education, the economy, unequal justice, and the environment -- manifest themselves in our communities. The book demonstrates the urgent need to hold politicians and ourselves responsible, because the stakes have never been higher. Accountable examines present-day conditions and the consequences for America. At its core, this book is a tool with which the community can evaluate the successes or failures of its political leaders and of itself. This insightful book acknowledges the mistakes of the past while offering hope and inspiration for a better future.
Accountable and Explainable Methods for Complex Reasoning over Text
by Pepa AtanasovaThis thesis presents research that expands the collective knowledge in the areas of accountability and transparency of machine learning (ML) models developed for complex reasoning tasks over text. In particular, the presented results facilitate the analysis of the reasons behind the outputs of ML models and assist in detecting and correcting for potential harms. It presents two new methods for accountable ML models; advances the state of the art with methods generating textual explanations that are further improved to be fluent, easy to read, and to contain logically connected multi-chain arguments; and makes substantial contributions in the area of diagnostics for explainability approaches. All results are empirically tested on complex reasoning tasks over text, including fact checking, question answering, and natural language inference. This book is a revised version of the PhD dissertation written by the author to receive her PhD from the Faculty of Science, University ofCopenhagen, Denmark. In 2023, it won the Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award, granted to the most outstanding European PhD thesis in the field of computer science.
Accountable Care Organizations: Your Guide to Strategy, Design, and Implementation (ACHE Management)
by Marc BardIs the ACO strategy right for your organization? Accountable Care Organizations will help you understand the ACO framework and assess your readiness to embark on an ACO strategy. This book provides the structural blueprints, management skills, and cultural tools necessary to implement a successful ACO. Practical advice is bolstered with real world examples of leading healthcare providers that are pioneers in the rapidly changing world of accountable care. This guidebook is designed to facilitate critical conversations and decisions at all stages of the ACO development journey. Explore processes and structures and learn how to implement pilots to shape your own ACO delivery model. Each chapter includes takeaway points and tailored action steps for: (1) organizations interested in exploring the ACO concept, (2) organizations taking the first steps towards an ACO model, and (3) organizations already moving full speed ahead. This book will help you answer these questions and more: What does it take to become an ACO? What steps and actions should your organization take to implement an ACO strategy? How can organizational culture support your move to accountable care? How can you build a business plan to support an ACO strategy? What information technology is needed to implement an ACO strategy? How can an merging ACO best negotiate with third-party payers?
Accountable Care Organizations: Value Metrics and Capital Formation
by Robert James CimasiAn accountable care organization (ACO) is a healthcare organization characterized by a payment and care delivery model that seeks to tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for an assigned group of patients. Accountable Care Organizations: Value Metrics and Capital Formation explores the historical ba
Accountable Governance: Problems and Promises
by Melvin J. Dubnick H. George Frederickson David MathewsPublic accountability is a hallmark of modern democratic governance and the foundation of the popular performance management movement. Democracy is just an empty exercise if those in power cannot be held accountable in public for their acts and omissions, for their decisions, their policies, and their expenditures. This book offers a finely detailed and richly informed consideration of accountability in both government and the contemporary world of governance. Twenty-five leading experts cover varying aspects of the accountability movement, including multiple and competing accountabilities, measuring accountability, accountability and democratic legitimacy, and accountability and information technology, and apply them to governments, quasi-governments, non-government organizations, governance organizations, and voluntary organizations. Together they provide the most comprehensive consideration of accountability currently available, with a blend of theoretical, empirical, and applied approaches.
The Accountable Juggler: The Art of Leadership in a Federal Agency
by Beryl RadinPUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY ADMINISTRATION SERIES Edited by Donald KettlHow should a manager handle different accountability expectations? While a commonplace term in government lexicon, accountability has escaped precise definition, leaving managers at a disadvantage when trying to monitor the performance of their programs.Including more than 300 programs, over 60,000 employees, and a budget of over $400 billion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an ideal canvas for starkly illustrating competing accountability demands. With a bird's-eye view of the agency's inner workings, Radin tackles big issues such as strategies of centralization and decentralization, coordination with states and localities, leadership, and program design, while using the apt analogy of a juggler to show how managers must keep in the air disparate demands and developments.
The Accountable Leader
by Costa Deir Ruth N. Deir Salim C. DeirPart of the Long Synopsis is taken from the Back Cover of the book: “This book contains 250 principles, 250 comments, 250 scriptures, and many stories and experiences, offering you outstanding help to start you on your way to be accountable. The book addresses: The Need for Accountable Leaders; The Characteristics & Signs of an Accountable Leader; The Development Process of an Accountable Leader; The Price for being and not being an Accountable Leader; [and] The Benefits of being an Accountable Leader. Further according to the author, who wrote in the preface of the book: “The Proverbial Concepts presented in this course of Leadership Principles will awaken the mind to receive truth. They are compacted capsules of truth for personal study. Each focused statement is easy to understand, and by its brevity, prevents monotony in the learning process. It impacts, with rich variation, at times the emotions, at times the intellect. But above all, it moves the will toward greater Christian progress. Each principle, by its illumination, directs the personality into brighter, healthier paths of living. They modify our ways of thinking, choosing, and acting, always aiming at excellence, always moving toward higher and higher levels of maturity in Christ. The purpose of repetition of principles in different settings is geared to impact people at different levels in the process of maturing. The repetition will touch different planes of understanding through a variety of angles and approaches. This helps to drive the point, which carries the intended truth and purpose in view. This process is much like a carpenter who keeps on hammering the same nail until it reaches its destination safely and fulfills its purpose.” About the author is taken from the Back Cover: “Dr. Costa Deir was the founder and Executive Director of International Leadership Seminars, Inc., a transdenominational ministry affiliated with Elim Fellowship in Lima, New York, until his death in 1998. He traveled extensively in every continent holding leadership training seminars, reaching thousands of leaders. Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Deir had been a pugilist, principal, and pastor. He had earned doctorate degrees in philosophy, psychology, preventive medicine, and theology.
Accountable Leaders: Inspire a Culture Where Everyone Steps Up, Takes Ownership, and Delivers Results
by Vince MolinaroProven methods to push your organization to its maximum potential with responsible leadership Accountable Leaders is the real-world guide to propelling your business to extraordinary levels of performance and achievement. Leadership accountability is a major issue in organizations around the globe. Research has shown that teams and individual employees are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the degree of accountability demonstrated by their leaders. Effective teams need responsible and accountable leaders—the solution seems simple. Yet, thousands of businesses are struggling with mediocre performance and widening gaps in leadership. This essential resource provides practical and no-nonsense strategies to transform any organization into a cohesive, highly motivated culture of accountable leaders and fully committed teams. Bestselling author Dr. Vince Molinaro shares his proven methods of optimal leadership accountability, providing a step-by-step blueprint for leaders in any organization. Developed from years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies build strong leaders and effective teams, this book will enable you to: Build strong leadership accountability to leverage competitive advantage, increase team performance, and close the leadership gap in your organization Understand why gaps in leadership occur and recognize accountability issues in your own organization Develop an effective strategy to instill a culture of accountability and responsibility in your business Identify and implement organizational practices that encourage accountable leadership throughout your management structure Accountable Leaders is a vital guide for anyone who leads a team: from managers and supervisors, to CEOs and CHROs. This invaluable guide will provide the tools and knowledge to take you and your organization to incredible levels of performance and achievement.
Accountable Marketing
by Wendy BoldAccountable Marketing presents a do-able marketing model for smaller accounting and financial advice practices and partnerships that appreciate substance over spin. It outlines both the why and the how of implementing just 5 key resources and a 4-step strategy designed to increase awareness and generate enquiry amongst the type of Clients you most want to do business with. It won’t steal your time. It’s affordable. It’s measurable and it makes sense. It’s Accountable Marketing!
Accountable Marketing: Linking marketing actions to financial performance
by David W Stewart Craig T. GugelAccountable Marketing is designed to be the definitive volume on the emerging role of accountability and performance metrics in marketing. Sponsored and developed by the Marketing Accountability Standards Board (MASB), it provides a multi-disciplinary, international perspective on this topic of critical importance. Stewart and Gugel have curated the work of several leading marketing, finance and accounting professionals and academics on the topics of marketing accountability and financial reporting to create a volume that represents the best of MASB’s work over the last few years. The book not only emphasizes the importance of accountability in the marketing function, but also creates a dialogue among academics and practitioners about the importance of marketing in driving consistent growth in the organization, and the ways in which improved methods for measuring and forecasting contribute to the effectiveness of these marketing activities. This book marks the first-ever reference point for practicing professionals, faculty and students interested in marketing accountability, the development of standards for marketing reporting, and developing stronger linkages between marketing activities and outcomes, and the financial performance of the firm.
Accountancy 1 class 12 - NCERT
by National Council of Educational Research and TrainingThe book Accountancy for std 12 has an extensive coverage of the fundamental principles and applications of financial accounting including the following: Accounting procedures for Not-for-profit organizations Partnership firms, Share Capital Debentures, Reconstitution of partnership due to Admission of a partner Retirement or death of a partner, Dissolution of firm, Accounting statements and their analysis, Accounting ratios Project work.
Accountancy 11th Standard - Tamilnadu Board
by State Council of Educational Research TrainingAccountancy Textbook for the 11th Standard Students, preparing for Tamil Nadu State Board Exam.
Accountancy 2 class 12 - NCERT
by National Council of Educational Research and TrainingPublished by the NCERT board, this Accountancy Textbook gives an understanding for Company Accounts and Analysis of Financial Statements for the students of class 12 along with learning core accountancy. It comes written in fluid English that will help the students to grasp the concepts of accountancy quite easily. It adheres to the syllabus and guidelines that have been laid out by the CBSE. Attachments area
Accountancy and Empire: The British Legacy of Professional Organization (Routledge New Works in Accounting History)
by Chris PoullaosThis book brings together, for the first time, studies of the professionalisation of accountancy in key constituent territories of the British Empire. The late nineteenth century was a period of intensive activity in terms of both imperialism and professionalisation. A team of expert contributors has examined profession-state engagements between Britain, on the one hand and Canada, South Africa, Australia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, India and Kenya, and the other with a view to assessing how the organizations of accountancy in the colonies was affecting the metropolitan profession and state agents- and vice versa. Their contributions highlight the peculiarities of the professionalization processes in variant social, economic and political environments linked together by the relays of empire, prompting reflection on both the common and disparate dynamics involved. This book has numerous objectives, including giving historical insight and focus on countries that provide contrasting and variant examples of the uptake of the "British model", and broadening the appeal of accounting history and professionalisation as a taught subject in university accounting departments.
Accountancy and Social Responsibility: An Innovative New Approach to Accountancy Theory and Practice (Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance)
by Živko BergantAccountancy encompasses much more than is normally considered, especially from a social responsibility point of view. This book brings fresh ideas and an innovative approach to accountancy theory and practice as well as critical views about professional thinking in accountancy. The reader will find advanced approaches regarding usiness objectives with social responsibility principles. A new role of accountancy is founded for a sustainable society. The responsibility of individuals is emphasized through behavioural analysis. The book has an interdisciplinary character and will be interesting for students, doctoral students, academics and practitioners as well. The real thread of the book is the risk and responses to the feelings of risk in organizations and also of individuals. On this basis a new role and a new structure of accountancy is offered.
Accountancy class 12 - Tamil Nadu Board
by Government Of Tamil NaduThis Accountancy textbook is the source of knowledge to provide you with the basic understanding of Accountancy and to make use of your analytical ability to make you an excellent person in applying the accounting principles to real business situations through various activities given in the textbook. The book contains 14 units, within which the subdivisions and various student activities are given in an organised way to make learning easy, systematic and a pleasure.
Accountancy class 12 - Tamil Nadu Board
by State Council of Educational Research TrainingThis Accountancy textbook is the source of knowledge to provide you with the basic understanding of Accountancy and to make use of your analytical ability to make you an excellent person in applying the accounting principles to real business situations through various activities given in the textbook. The book contains 10 units, within which the subdivisions and various student activities are given in an organised way to make learning easy, systematic and a pleasure.
Accountancy: Financial Accounting Part-1 class 11 - NCERT - 23
by National Council of Educational Research and TrainingThe NCERT class 11 Accountancy Part 1 textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to accounting principles and practices. It covers topics such as the theory base of accounting, recording business transactions, preparation of financial statements, and bank reconciliation. Students will gain a strong foundation in financial accounting, essential for understanding a company's financial health and reporting. The book aims to develop students' proficiency in recording and analyzing financial data, preparing financial statements, and comprehending the significance of accounting principles in business operations.
Accountancy: Financial Accounting Part-2 class 11 - NCERT - 23
by National Council of Educational Research and Training"Accountancy Financial Accounting Part II" is a Class XI NCERT textbook, building on the concepts covered in Part I. It covers crucial topics such as depreciation, provisions, and reserves, along with bills of exchange and rectification of errors. The book explains financial statements for sole proprietorship and not-for-profit organizations, as well as accounting with incomplete records. Students also learn about the application of computers in accounting. The material includes practical exercises and case studies to enhance understanding. With this book, students gain a strong foundation in financial accounting principles, preparing them for future challenges and potential careers in finance, accountancy, or business management.
Accountancy Part-1 class 11 - NCERT
by National Council of Educational Research and TrainingPublished by the NCERT, Accountancy Textbook for Financial Accounting Part - 1 for class 11 will help the students to enrich their knowledge of Financial Accounting. It is written in a simple, easy to understand format so that students are able to grasp the subject with ease. It covers all the topics based on the syllabus set by the Central Board of Secondary Education.