TDC is a company which runs gas-fired power stations in western Europe. The Risk Committee has just received a report that a power station built to the same design and specification in a developing country has recently collapsed. The causes of the collapse are unclear but the consequences for TDC would be catastrophic if something similar were to happen in Europe Which of the following actions being considered by the Risk Committee are ethical?
Select ALL that apply
YHJ is considering an investment in a project that will cost $20 million. Annual fixed costs will be $12 million per year, excluding depreciation. Annual sales are forecast at 5 million units, with a contribution per unit of
$8. After five years the equipment will be worn out and YHJ will have to spend $50 million on disposal costs.
The discount rate is 10%.
Calculate the sensitivity of the net present value of this project to a 20% increase in the disposal costs.
Which of the following statements concerning the role of the Audit Committee is correct?
B is a small retail bank that offers customers many on-the services B is keen to ensure sound security both to protect the bank's assets and also to safeguard customer privacy B's IT Security Manager has suggested that the bank should use two phase authentication for access to the on-line systems Which TWO of the following are examples of two phase authentication?
M plc is an IT company that bids for large contracts to sell computer systems and also to service existing systems. M plc's senior management has always set budgets which are hard to achieve and have made no allowances for the recession.
The economy has improved and M plc's senior managers have made the budget even more optimistic. The budgeted sales target has been increased by 40%.
In the past, sales staff have not tried to achieve the budget sales because it was generally believed that the targets were impossible to reach.
M plc has recently appointed a new Sales Director who has decided that sales staff will be dismissed if they fail to meet sales targets for three successive months. He is also looking for higher sales margins than were achieved before.
What are the likely consequences of the new Sales Director's policy?
