1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990006188430203316

Autore

MANDRIOLI, Crisanto

Titolo

3.: L' esecuzione forzata, i procedimenti speciali, i processi del lavoro, locatizio e societario [13. ed.] / Crisanto Mandrioli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : G. Giappichelli, 2003

ISBN

978-88-921-0393-1

Edizione

[13. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

342 p. ; 24 cm.

Disciplina

347.4505

Soggetti

Diritto processuale civile

Collocazione

XXVII.1.B. 547 3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461852303321

Titolo

Peirce and value theory [[electronic resource] ] : on Peircian ethics and aesthetics / / edited by Herman Parret

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994

ISBN

1-283-42436-3

9786613424365

90-272-7661-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Collana

Semiotic crossroads, , 0922-5072 ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

ParretHerman

Disciplina

111/.85/092

Soggetti

Ethics, Modern - 19th century

Aesthetics, Modern - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally presented at the Charles S. Peirce Sesquicentennial International Congress, Harvard University, Sept. 5-10, 1989.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-371) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

PEIRCE AND VALUE THEORY ON PEIRCEAN ETHICS AND AESTHETICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; NOTES; Introduction; I. Peirce on Ethics; Rendering the World more Reasonable: The Practical Significance of Peirce's Normative Science; 1. Introduction; 1. The Nature of Normative Science; 2. The Three Goods of the Normative Sciences; 3. Theoretical Presuppositions About Theory and Practice; 4. Practical Implications of the Normative Sciences; NOTE; Peirce and Royce on Person: New Directions for Ethical Theory; Introduction

1. Person as an Intersubjective, Relational, Developmental Mode of Being2. Person and Self-contribution; 3. Person as Relational, Developmental, Contextual - Some Implications; C.S. Peirceand Philosophical Ethics; 1. Peirce's Criticism of Philosophical Ethics; 2. The ""Normative Sciences""; 3. ""Sentiment"" and Communicative Ethics; 4. Conclusion; NOTES; A Peircean Account of Moral Judgments; NOTES; What Logic Can Learn From Ethics; Collaboration and Casuistry: A Peircean Pragmatic for the Clinical Setting; Introduction; 1. Collaboration; 2. Casuistry; 3. Key Peircean Concepts



4. Peirce's Concepts in the Clinical-Ethical Context5. Assessment; Peircean Triads in the Work of J. Lacan: Desire and the Ethics of the Sign; Introduction; Never Give Up Desiring; Do Not Block the Way of Inquiry (1.135-45); II. Peirce's Aesthetics in the Context of Philosophical Thought; The Primacy of the Aesthetic in Peirce and Classic American Philosophy; 1. The Valuational Matrix of Logic as Semeiotic; 2. Peirce's Responsiveness to Art; 3. Santayana, Mead, Dewey, and Buchler; NOTES; Art and Interpretation: Peirce and Buchler on Aesthetic Meaning; NOTES

Peirce and Husserl: Abduction, Apperception and AestheticsIntroduction; Apperception in Husserl's view; Peirce's Way of Understanding Abduction; The Meaning of Regression : Aesthetics and Phenomenology; Conclusion; Peirce, Saussure and Jakobson's Aesthetic Function: Towards a Synthetic View of the Aesthetic Function; Introduction; 1. Jakobson's Aesthetic Function in the Milieu of Saussurean and Peircean Perspectives; 1.1 The bipolar sign and the artifice; 1.2 Sound shape and immediate signification; 1.3 Jakobson's artifice and Peirce's human sign; 2. Peirce and the Aesthetic Function

2.1 Triadism and the human sign2.2 The degenerate sign - degrees of interpretation; NOTES; Some Reflections on Peirce's Aesthetics from a Structuralist Point of View; 0. Introduction; 1. Aesthetics Inside the Classification of Sciences; 2. Some more Remarks about Aesthetics and Art Criticism; 3. The Aesthetic Experience as a Form of Reasoning; 4. Aesthetics as a Form of Knowledge and as a Form of Experience; III. Peirce's Aesthetics in the Context of his Thought; The Place of Peirce's 'Esthetic' in his Thought and in the Tradition of Aesthetics; 1. The Original Aim of Aesthetics

2. The Appropriate Character of Feeling

Sommario/riassunto

Most of the essays collected in this book were presented at the Charles S. Peirce Sesquicentennial Congress (Harvard University, September 1989). The volume is devoted to themes within Peirce's value theory and offers a comprehensive view of less known aspects of his influential philosophy, in particular Peirce's work on ethics and aesthetics.The book is divided in four sections. Section I discusses the status of ethics as a normative science and its relation with logic; some applications are presented, e.g. in the field of bioethics. Section II investigates the specific position of Peircean a



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143561603321

Autore

Ruppel Warren

Titolo

Not-for-profit audit committee best practices [[electronic resource] /] / Warren Ruppell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2006 [2005]

ISBN

1-119-20119-5

1-280-34354-0

9786610343546

0-471-77016-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Wiley best practices

Disciplina

657.45

657/.45

Soggetti

Nonprofit organizations - Auditing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

NOT-FOR-PROFIT AUDIT COMMITTEE BEST PRACTICES; About the Author; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Background and Regulatory Issues; TYPES OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS COVERED BY THIS BOOK; UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; FINANCIAL REPORTING ENVIRONMENT OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; USERS OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; SUMMARY; Chapter 2: Establishing an Audit Committee and Determining Its Charter; CHARTER AND BYLAWS REVIEW; AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS; NUMBER OF AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS

MEETING ATTENDANCEMINUTES OF MEETINGS; DESIGNATION OF COMMITTEE CHAIR; DESIGNATION OF A COMMITTEE SECRETARY; TERMS OF AUDIT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS; STAGGERING AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER TERMS; ANNUAL REVIEW AND REPORTING OF AUDIT COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES; ABILITY TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND OTHER ADVISORS; CONFLICTS-OF-INTEREST STATEMENTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 3: Responsibilities of Internal Control over Financial



Reporting; INTERNAL CONTROL BASICS; RISKS OF MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS; RELATIONSHIP OF INTERNAL CONTROL TO FINANCIAL REPORTING

OPTIONS FOR REPORTING BY MANAGEMENT AND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS ON INTERNAL CONTROLSUMMARY; Chapter 4: Understanding and Addressing the Risks of Fraud; DEFINITION OF FRAUD; FRAUD IN RELATION TO FINANCIAL REPORTING; THE AUDIT COMMITTEE'S ROLE IN PREVENTING AND DETECTING FRAUD; FRAUD RISK FACTORS TO CONSIDER; SUMMARY; Chapter 5: Defining the Role of the Internal Audit Function; DEFINITION OF AN INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION; RELATIONSHIP OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION; INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION'S ROLE IN SUPPORTING MANAGEMENT ASSERTIONS ABOUT INTERNAL CONTROL; SUMMARY

Chapter 6: Establishing an Effective Whistleblower ProgramSARBANES-OXLEY REQUIREMENTS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES RELATIVE TO WHISTLEBLOWERS; PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERS FROM RETALIATION; SUMMARY; Chapter 7: Audit Committee's Relationship with the Independent Auditor; DEFINING THE BROAD RELATIONSHIP OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR; PROCURING THE SERVICES OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR; UNDERSTANDING THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; MONITORING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR; COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

OPTIONAL ATTESTATION ABOUT MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTIONS REGARDING INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTINGSUMMARY; Chapter 8: An Audit Committee Action Plan; HOLDING AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; REVIEWING THE AUDIT PLAN WITH THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR; REVIEWING THE AUDIT RESULTS AND DRAFT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; REVIEWING THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S MANAGEMENT LETTER AND ADDRESSING INTERNAL CONTROL ISSUES; HOLDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS; SUMMARY; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How can not-for-profit organizations be sure they play by the rules when the rules aren't clear?Due to recent, very public accounting scandals and the resulting Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulations, public companies have strict guidance on financial governance and accounting, including the functions and responsibilities of audit committee members. Though not-for-profit organizations are subject to increased scrutiny, there has been no detailed guidance for their audit committees. This book fills the void and helps not-for-profit organizations answer these questions:* In today's