Different Worlds of Black Girl Lost and Baby of the Family :: Black Girl Lost Essays

Different Worlds of Black Girl Lost and Baby of the Family  Ã‚     Ã‚   Although, African Americans are considered minorities in the United States, not all of them live in poverty. Many African Americans live in a middle class society along with the dominant culture. However, many African Americans do not live in a middle class society, but rather live in poverty and have to suffer along with this poverty. For instance, Donald Goines’s Black Girl Lost and Tina McElroy Ansa’s Baby of the Family, two narrative novels, that illustrate the difference in two young African American girls lives and the society in which they inhabit. Not only do these young African American girls represent the two sides of poverty, they also represent how children can also qualify in the minority category. For example, Sandra lives in a run down apartment with a drunk mother who could care less about her daughter. In addition, Sandra remains all on her own and has to find ways in which to survive each day. But on the other hand, Lena lives in a nice size h ome with her two parents, her two brothers, and her grandmother, all who love her very much. Moreover, Lena has many family members who look after her and take extra special care for her because she is the baby of the family. Although, both Sandra and Lena lead very different lives, both are faced with challenges as a minority and as a child which questions their view on life. The home in which a child lives in is suppose to be a place of warmth, love, and protection. A home also offers other important aspects into a child’s life, for instance, self-confidence, pride, and security. If a child does not reside in a home that offers warmth, love, and protection, that child will not feel good about herself or the home in which she lives in. A child wants a home that he or she can be proud of enough to bring home a friend or two. In addition, if a child does not feel safe and secure in his or her home, then she will not posses these qualities in the outside world. Moreover, their lack of security can cause major disruptions and distractions within their everyday routine, like with Sandra. For example, the homes that Lena and Sandra live in illustrate the exact opposite of each other.

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I.CURRENT SITUATION A.Past Corporate Performance Indexes i.Marvel Enterprise Incorporated Marvel Enterprises, Inc. is an industry-leading firm whose core business is character-based entertainment. Marvel’s foundation and success is built on their proprietary library of over 4,700 characters featured in a variety of media for nearly seventy years (1939-2004). Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing agreements, and publishing of comic books through the division of Marvel Comics. ii.How it was formally organized: First Management Marvel had its first taste of corporate culture when founder Martin Goodman sold the publishing outfit that began life as Timely Comics to Perfect Film and Chemical– a company known for film processing and mail order drug sales in 1968. Perfect grouped Marvel under the Magazine Management brand. 1972 saw Stan Lee stepping in for Goodman as publisher, while parent company Perfect rebranded itself as Cadence Corporation the following year. The wonky Magazine Management Co. now officially became known as Marvel Comics Group. iii.New World Pictures purchased Governance of Cadence Industries for Marvel Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. (Marvel or MEG), the parent company of Marvel Comics and Marvel Productions, was put up for sale as part of the liquidation of its then parent corporation, Cadence Industries. Marvel was sold to New World Pictures. Cadence Industries, formerly Perfect Film & Chemical Corporation, was an American conglomerate owned by Martin â€Å"Marty† S. Ackerman. In 1989, Ronald Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings group of companies bought Marvel Entertainment Group from New World for $82.5 million, not including Marvel Productions, which was folded into New World’s TV and movie business. â€Å"It is a mini-Disney in terms of intellectual property,† said Perelman. â€Å"Disney’s got much more highly recognized characters and softer characters, whereas our characters are termed action heroes. But at Marvel we are now in the business of the creation and marketing of characters. iv.Going Public, Bankruptcy and Acquisition: Perelman’s Governance Marvel made an initial public offer of 40% of the stock in July 1991, giving $40 million from the proceeds to Andrews Group, Marvel’s then direct parent corporation within MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings. Marvel purchased the trading card company Fleer within a year of going public. In April 1993, Marvel acquired 46% of ToyBiz, for the rights to make Marvel toys.] The Andrews Group named Avi Arad of ToyBiz as the president and CEO of the Marvel Films division and of New World Family Filmworks, Inc., a New World Entertainment subsidiary. New World later became a fellow subsidiary of the Andrews Group. In 1993 and 1994, Marvel’s holding companies — Marvel Holdings, Inc. and Marvel Parent Holdings, Inc. — were formed between Andrews Group and MEG and issued over half a billion dollars in bonds under the direction of Perelman, secured by Marvel’s rising stock, which was passed up in dividends to Perlman’s group of companies. Marvel continued acquisitions with Panini, an Italian sticker-maker, in August 1994, and SkyBox International in April 1995. Under the governance of Perelman, Marvel also purchased Heroes World Distribution, a regional distributor to comic-book shops. Marvel’s attempt to distribute its products directly led to a decrease in sales and aggravated the losses which Marvel suffered when the comic book bubble popped.While licensing revenue reached $50 million in 1995, MEG laid off 275 employees on January 4, 1996. Perelman offered to have the Andrews Group purchase additional shares with an issue for $350 million in November 19 96, which would have required ToyBiz to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Marvel. Meanwhile, Carl Icahn began buying Marvel’s bonds at 20% of their value and moved to block Perelman’s plan. The Marvel group of companies  filed for bankruptcy on December 27, 1996, but the note holders, led by Icahn, blocked this. v.Marvel as Disney Subsidiary On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced a deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion, with Marvel shareholders to receive $30 and about 0.745 Disney shares for each share of Marvel they own. The voting occurred on December 31, 2009 and the merger was approved. The acquisition of Marvel was finalized hours after the shareholder vote, therefore giving Disney full ownership of Marvel Entertainment. The company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange under its ticker symbol (MVL), due to the closing of the deal. On June 2, 2010 Marvel announced that it promoted Joe Quesada to Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment. In June 2010, Marvel set up a television division headed by Jeph Loeb as executive vice president. Three months later, Smith & Tinker licensed from Marvel the character rights for a superhero digital collectible game for Facebook and Apple’s mobile platform. On October 1, 2010, Marvel moved its offices to a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) suite at 135 W. 50th Street, New York City, New York, under a nine-year sublease contract. Stan Lee Media’s lawsuit against Marvel was dismissed again in February 2011. In July 2011, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Marvel characters co-created by Jack Kirby would remain the property of Marvel. In March 2013, Feld Entertainment agreed with Marvel to produce a Marvel Character based live arena show. Marvel was also launching a new pop culture and lifestyle web show, â€Å"Earth’s Mightiest Show†. Current Mission Marvel Enterprises Inc. aims to successfully meet the needs of its customers by continuing to design, develop, market and distribute character superheroes that made the Company’s name famous. It also aims at offering its customers fresh and different characters all the time. Not only that, but Marvel’s goal was also to secure the â€Å"best-in-class† licensing partners in all categories of its divisions in business. Current Objectives 1.To determine if Marvel can still increase the growth in their profit at a higher level. 2.To widen the range of their licensing activities. 3.To continue to maintain control over the quality of the product, from design to final engineering and execution. 4.To determine if Marvel could continue to capitalize on a limited set of prominent characters, most notably Spiderman or could decide to shift focus to a larger set of lesser- known characters that might have the potential of becoming blockbuster characters but were largely unknown to the wider public. 5.To determine if Marvel could venture beyond its current business model and take on more capital-intensive but also profitable activities. Current Strategies Marvel was acquired by Toy Biz and was named as Marvel Enterprises Inc. In line with the change of its name was the total change in its management. The start was a difficult one. Marvel’s new strategy was first aimed at monetizing the content library via licensing characters for use with media products (such as toys, apparel, collectibles, and food). Managing the library of characters to foster long-term value was the second key focus of Marvel’s new management. Retaining some form of control over the creative process- to ensure the quality of the content that featured Marvel characters was the third main strategic dimension. Marvel’s management team hired well-known artists and writers to lead its creative efforts in the publishing division, including popular writers from the film and television industry, and had started to sign exclusive contracts with key creative talent. Current Policies Some of the policies implemented by Marvel Enterprises Inc. to its management are: 1.Excluding its â€Å"Spider- Man† character from the deal with TBW (Hong Kong based independent Company) in creating the product design, marketing  and sales because Spider-Man has a separate deal with Sony Pictures. 2.Maintaining an incredible performance for its Toy division because competition was so intense at this industry. 3.Maintaining a wide channel of distribution of its products. 4.Pursuing a diversified base of studio partners, both to ensure their commitment to each project and to mitigate risks regarding Marvel’s motion picture division. 5.Widening the range of its licensing activities for its characters. 6.Investing in profitable investment-related activities. 7.Strictly implementing rules and regulations in its management. 8.Maintaining an effective internal control over its management. II.Corporate Governance A.Board of Directors i.Directors Marvel’s Board of Directors has three classes of directors with staggered three-year terms. Sid Ganis and James F. Halpin were elected at the 2008 annual meeting as Class I directors to serve a three-year term. Morton E. Handel, F. Peter Cuneo and Isaac Perlmutter were elected at the 2007 annual meeting as Class III directors to serve a three-year term. Richard L. Solar was elected, along with Avi Arad, who later resigned, at the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders as a Class II director to serve a three-year term. The Board of Directors elected James W. Breyer to replace Mr. Arad in June 2006, and Mr. Breyer is serving out the remainder of Mr. Arad’s term. In July 2007, the Board of Directors increased the size of the Board by one Board seat and elected Laurence N. Charney to serve as a Class II director until this annual meeting. Each of Mr. Solar, Mr. Breyer and Mr. Charney has been nominated for election to a new three-year term at this annual meeting. ii.Other Directors James W. Breyer (Class II), 47, has been a Marvel director since June 2006. Mr. Breyer has served as a partner of the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, Accel Partners, since 1995. Laurence N. Charney (Class II), 61, has been a Marvel director since July 2007. Mr. Charney retired from his position as a Partner of Ernst & Young LLP in 2007, having served that firm for over thirty-five years and engagement acceptance across all service lines. Mr. Charney served previously at Ernst & Young as an audit partner and was Marvel’s audit partner for its 1999 through 2003 audits. Mr. Charney is a senior advisor to Plainfield Asset Management LLC, a hedge fund based in Greenwich, CT that specializes in special and distressed situations. Richard L. Solar (Class II), 69, has been a Marvel director since December 2002. Since February 2003, Mr. Solar has been a management consultant and investor. From June 2002 to February 2003, Mr. Solar acted as a consultant for Gerber Childrenswear, Inc., a marketer of popular-priced licensed apparel sold under the Gerber name, as well as under licenses from Baby Looney Tunes, Wilson, Converse and Coca-Cola. iii.Directors Who’s Terms Are Continuing For each member of the Board of Directors whose term of office as a director continues after the annual meeting, set forth below is the director’s name, age as of March 9, 2009, principal occupation for at least the last five years, selected biographical information and period of service as a director. Sid Ganis (Class I), 69, has been a Marvel director since October 1999. Mr. Ganis is the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that awards the Oscars. Mr. Ganis has been President of Out of the Blue†¦Entertainment, a company that he founded, since September  1996. Out of the Blue†¦Entertainment is a provider of motion pictures, television and musical entertainment for Sony Pictures Entertainment and others. From January 1991 until September 1996, Mr. Ganis held various executive positions with Sony Pictures Entertainment, including Vice Chairman of Columbia Pictures and President of Worldwide Marketing for Columbia/TriStar Motion Picture Companies. James F. Halpin (Class I), 58, has been a Marvel director since March 1995. Mr. Halpin retired in March 2000 as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of CompUSA Inc., a retailer of computer hardware, software, accessories and related products, with which he had been employed since May 1993. Mr. Halpin was a director of Life Time Fitness, Inc. from February 2005 until August 2008. F. Peter Cuneo (Class III), 64, was Marvel’s President and Chief Executive Officer from July 1999 through December 2002 and served as the part-time Special Advisor to Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer from January 2003 through December 2004. Mr. Cuneo has been a Marvel director since July 1999, and since June 2003 he has served as a non-executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Cuneo is a senior advisor to Plainfield Asset Management LLC, a hedge fund based in Greenwich, CT that specializes in special and distressed situations. Mr. Cuneo is a also director of Iconix Brands, Inc. Morton E. Handel (Class III), 73, has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marvel since October 1998 and was first appointed as a director in June 1997. Mr. Handel served as a director of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. from June 2005 until November 2008 and as a director of Linens ‘N Things, Inc from 2000 until February 2006. Mr. Handel is also a Life Regent of the University of Hartford and is active on the boards of not-for-profit organizations in the Hartford, CT area. Isaac Perlmutter (Class III), 66, has been Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2005. Mr. Perlmutter has served as a senior executive of Marvel Characters B.V. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. that owns and licenses Marvel’s intellectual property library) and its predecessor-in-interest Marvel Characters, Inc. since January 2007 and has been employed by Marvel as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2001. Mr. Perlmutter has been a Marvel director since April 1993 and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors until March 1995. B.Management i.Board Meetings and Committees The Board of Directors held at least 10 meetings annually. Each incumbent director attended, during the year, at least 75% of the aggregate number of Board of Directors meetings and applicable committee meetings held during the period in which he served as a director. The Board of Directors’ committees include the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Film Slate Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. ii.Corporate Governance Committee The Corporate Governance Committee’s function is (i) to identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board of Directors; (ii) to recommend individuals for selection by the Board of Directors as nominees for election as directors at the next annual meeting of stockholders; and (iii) to develop and recommend to the Board of Directors a set of Corporate Governance Guidelines and the modification of those guidelines from time to time. The Corporate Governance Committee is comprised of Messrs. Halpin (chairman) and Ganis. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met three times annually. The Board of Directors has determined that each of Messrs, Halpin and Ganis is â€Å"independent† iii.Audit Committee The Audit Committee’s function is (i) to directly appoint, retain, compensate, evaluate and, where appropriate, terminate Marvel’s independent  registered public accounting firm; (ii) to assist the Board in its oversight of: the integrity of Marvel’s financial statements, Marvel’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, and the performance of Marvel’s internal audit function and the independent registered public accounting firm; and (iii) to prepare the report required to be included in Marvel’s annual proxy statement, which follows. The Audit Committee is ultimately responsible for pre-approving audit and non-audit services provided by its independent registered public accounting firm including the compensation to be paid for those services. The Audit Committee has established a policy regarding pre-approval of audit and non-audit services, and has delegated its authority to pre-approve audit and non-audit services to its chairman, who reports any such pre-approvals to the Audit Committee at its next meeting. In accordance with the Audit Committee’s pre-approval policy, the Audit Committee does not engage its independent registered public accounting firm to perform non-audit services that are precluded by law or regulation or any services that would impair the firm’s independence. iv.Compensation Committee Our chief executive officer is invited to attend meetings of the Compensation Committee and to offer recommendations on compensation of other executives or directors, but he does not vote in the committee’s final determinations, and decisions concerning his own compensation are made in his absence. The Compensation Committee has the authority to retain compensation consultants to assist it in making its decisions. During 2008, the members of Marvel’s Compensation Committee were Messrs. Halpin and Ganis. Neither of those individuals was an officer or employee of Marvel, or of any of its subsidiaries, during 2008 or formerly, nor did either of them have any relationship requiring disclosure in â€Å"Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons,† below. None of our executive officers served in 2008 on the compensation committee of any  other company that had an executive officer serving as a Marvel director. None of our executive officers served in 2008 as a director of any other company that had an executive officer serving on our Compensation Committee. . v.Executive Officers Below are the positions held with Marvel, and selected biographical information for our executive officers, other than Mr. Perlmutter, whose information is found under â€Å"About Our Directors,† above. 1.Alan Fine , 58, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Marvel Characters B.V. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. that owns and licenses Marvel’s intellectual property library) and its predecessor-in-interest Marvel Characters, Inc. since May 2007. Mr. Fine also has served as Chief Executive Officer of Marvel’s publishing division since September 2004. Mr. Fine served as Chief Executive Officer of Marvel’s toy division from August 2001 until that division was closed in early 2008. 2.David Maisel , 46, has served as Executive Vice President, Office of the Chief Executive since September 2006 and became Chairman of Marvel Studios in March 2007. From September 2005 until September 2006, Mr. Maisel served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and from September 2005 until March 2007, Mr. Maisel served as Vice Chairman of Marvel Studios. From January 2004 to September 2005, Mr. Maisel served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Marvel Studios. From October 2001 to November 2003, Mr. Maisel headed Corporate Strategy and Business Development for Endeavor Agency, a Hollywood literary and talent agency. 3.Simon Philips , 40, has served as President, Worldwide Consumer Products since October 2008 and as CEO of Marvel Animation since January 2008. Mr. Philips served as President, Marvel International from November 2006 to October 2008. From November 2003 to November 2006, Mr. Philips served as the Managing Director of 4Kids Entertainment International. Mr. Philips served as chief executive officer of LDI, a licensing and merchandising company, from 1996 to 2003. 4.John Turitzin , 53, has served as Executive Vice President, Office of the Chief Executive since September 2006. From February 2006 until September 2006, Mr. Turitzin served as Marvel’s Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Turitzin has also served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel since February 2004. 5.Kenneth P. West , 50, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since June 2002. vi.Code of Ethics Marvel has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller and persons performing similar functions. We have also adopted a code of business conduct and ethics which is applicable to all employees and directors. III. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS A.Social Environment Economic/Demographic Forces Entertainment industry is targeting segmented groups that have been long ignored including ethic cultures, language, religion and women and in case by case basis adult’s only products. Technological/Physical Forces Entertainment is available in variety of ways including online, cell phone, and on-demand video. Sales in traditional entertainment merchandise has dropped. Social/Cultural Forces Entertainment has reached out to the community conscious in educating it on events and beliefs in the community. Political/Legal Forces Entertainment outlets are facing parental lawsuits to prevent particular products from being place and/or sold in a market or setting. Producers must  keep vigilant on product content in order to deal with either self regulated or government regulation in order to guarantee an investment return. The threat of piracy and illegal licensing is at stake in the entertainment industry. The entertainment industry lobbies to protect copyrighted product. B.Task Environment Competitors The entertainment industry no matter how fragmented it appears much of what is produced. In terms of entertainment is held closely by three US based media conglomerates, Disney, Viacom, and Time Warner. These conglomerates direct the entertainment market and the direction of the media. The Licensing segment competes with a diverse range of entities that own intellectual property rights in characters. These include DC Comics (a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc.), The Walt Disney Company, NBC Universal, Inc. (a subsidiary of General Electric Company), DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and other entertainment-related entities. Many of these competitors have greater financial and other resources than we do. The Publishing segment competes with numerous publishers in the United States. Some of the Publishing segment’s competitors, such as DC Comics, are part of integrated entertainment companies and may have greater financial and other resources than we do. The Publishing segment also faces competition from other entertainment media, such as movies and video games. The Toy segment competes with many larger toy companies in the design and development of new toys, in the procurement of licenses and for adequate retail shelf space for its products. The larger toy companies include Hasbro, Mattel Inc., and Jakks Pacific, Inc. Many of these competitors have greater financial and other resources than the Company. The toy industry’s highly competitive environment continues to place cost pressures on manufacturers and distributors. Discretionary spending among potential toy consumers is limited and the toy industry competes for those dollars along with the makers of computers and video games. The Film Production segment competes with other film producers, including major studios such as Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Pictures (which also produce films licensed by our Licensing segment). Many of these producers are part of integrated ente rtainment  companies and have greater financial and other resources Threat of New Entrants There is always the possibility of new entrants in the entertainment industry. Producers and/or manufacturers may create a product to carve out a particular market or segment niche. The industry has a history of employees banding together to create a new product to compete in the already in the full field, but getting a local or national distribution is challenging smaller entertainment providers team with already established distribution unit have an excellent chance of breaking ground into the market. Threat of Substitute Products The threat of any type substitute in the entertainment industry is high. Most often than not, the threat comes in time of gift giving season when marketing dollars are spent more to sway people from one product to the other. This time of the year is also filled with hopes of new products entering the market to capture a hungry audience. Bargaining Power of Suppliers Suppliers are creating new outlets for the entertainment industry through technological advances. The winner for battle technological supremacy will lie solely on which technological outlet has the most partners. Bargaining Power of Buyers Consumers have the ability to patronize or not to patronize an entertainment outlet. However, the limited ownership prevents consumers from believing they will never deal with a company they have been dissatisfied with in the past. IV. INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES A.Corporate Structure Marvel is a multidivisional company that has three segments which are highly integrated and vertically differentiated. ï‚ §Licensing – The Licensing segment earns revenues from selling rights to movies, television production companies, video game publishers, and merchandise manufacturers to use its  character properties. The licensing business concentrates on a few large licensees, and attempts to manage and re-segment opportunities with its characters, creating â€Å"classic† editions, â€Å"youth† editions, and â€Å"movie† editions to take advantage of every revenue opportunity. ï‚ §Publication – The Publishing segment produces, markets, and sells comic books. This business publishes comic books and novels about the company’s characters, and licenses characters from other sources and turns them into graphic novels. ï‚ §Toys – The Toys segment collects royalties and service fees from Hasbro. The company has an exclusive to y merchandising agreement with Hasbro (HAS) until December 31, 2011, that began in 2007. Prior to this, most revenues in the Toy segment were made from toys produced by Marvel. ï‚ §Movie Production – The movie production arm of the company was set up to independently produce films and grow revenues. The new Films segment produces films featuring Marvel’s characters like Iron Man. B.Corporate Culture Honesty and integrity are the key organizational values of Marvel. The company gives importance in maintaining company reputation as well as fairness and awareness even with competitors. Marvel considers its almost 5000 character library as 5000 assets. The company looks forward to become even larger with the Disney merger. The company shares many shared values and maintains a constant renewing process. Marvel provides its people with Corporate Governance Guidelines, Corporate Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and Code of Ethics for CEO and Senior Financial Officers. These provides them with a brief description of their obligations and offer guidance concerning how to conduct their business in a manner consistent with their high ethical value. C.Corporate Resources 1.Marketing 2.Finance 3.Research and Development 4.Operations and Logistics 5.Human Resources 6.Information Systems

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Question: Discuss About The Theory Practice Revolt In Medieval England? Answer: Introducation Taxation is the term which denotes to the coercive or compulsory amount of money that is collected by any levying authority which basically encompasses the governmental authority. Taxation is the term which is applicable to all kinds of involuntary levies right from income to the gains in capital which further leads to the estate taxes. Taxation is very different in approach as compared to the other forms of payments like the market exchange and different other services. The governmental organizations are accountable regarding the collection of taxation through various implicit and explicit ways or threat of action (Aust, 2013). The taxation varies from the extortion and protection racket as the organization on which taxation is implemented is a governmental and not private agency. The system of tax varies with the variation on places and countries which basically denotes to the variations in location. Taxation is found to be imposed basically on the physical and tangible assets such as the events, transactions of sales and properties. The devising of tax is one of the most important aspect and issues in the political arena. Taxation can be further regarded as the principle on the basis of which the government raises the revenue. The government of any country will not be able to implement the laws in the states in a proper which would lead to many issues is the import and export of various products in the country without the imposition of taxation. Therefore, taxation has a very crucial role in the delivery of the public goods or products to different communities. There are many ways in which the government of any country can happen to raise the revenue such as: charging of fees can be devised by the governmental organizations for rendering services. The governmental organization can also implement the granting of the license regarding imposing amounts as fines in the case of breach of various laws and design new rules and laws regarding different investments and assets (Beatty, 2015). Taxation can be very well differentiated from different other forms of payments as it does not need any kind of consent and is not associated with any rendered services. Systems of taxation have varied in a considerable manner across time and jurisdiction. Taxes can be further stated as the special systems which are imposed on various communities. The laws of taxation are denoted as the frameworks of laws which assist in governing the liabilities of the individuals and the organization for paying the tax. Taxes economics all the rules and regulations along with the establishment of the base of the tax and the implementation of the taxes. It is observed as the Australia comprises of a vast structure of laws of taxation. The key source of Australia is based on regarding finding hundreds of pages consisting the legislation of taxes which are enacted by the territory parliaments , commonwealth and the federal state (Brigham, 2014). Calculation of the net gain or loss in the capital for the current year The laws of taxation are implemented and regulated by the commonwealth constitution along with the international treaties which encompass the Double Tax Agreements to associate with the foreign countries. Taxation is very important and useful regarding various challenges and studies associated with the society due to the vast and expanded nature along with the complexities in technologies (Brigham Ehrhardt, 2013). Right from the last years, it was observed that many steps and attempts were taken by Eric who involved many attempts for the solicitation of some of the assets. In accordance to the question, the assumption had been made that he had those specific assets since one year. The capitals taxability is found to increase when there is an increase in the selling price of the specific assets right from the base cost. The cost of indexation will not valid in the case of Eric as he had not made any reservations of the assets for more duration of time than just a year. Assets are the material and tangible things that are brought by the customers for their personal use and pleasures. This personal usage does not encompass the collectibles. These tangible assets are sold again to a different individual and the taxability does not play into the case in which the costs of acquisition of the considered assets are found to be less than $10000. The item that was acquired by Eric initially is the sound system for his home which was supposed to have the cost of acquisition as $ 12000. The asset which was bought by Eric secondly is the share of a company which had the cost of acquisition to be less than the previous one which is $15000 (Dafflon, 2015). Assets which were brought by Eric for personal pleasures and enjoyment do not involve the taxability of the gain in the capital as the costs of procurement of the assets is very much less than or equivalent to $500. On the basis of this information, Eric had taken over the collectibles. The asset which was taken over by Eric at first is the painting which has cost of acquisition as $90000 (Filatova, 2014). The asset that was secondly captured by Eric is the antique chair which has cost of acquisition as $30000. The last asset which was acquired by Eric is the antique vase. It had acquisition costs of $2000 correspondingly. Application On the basis of the entire discussion, the following table has been formulated which are used in the calculation of the corresponding assets. Estimation of Capital Particulars Cost Base of Assets Capital Proceeds of Assets Net Capital Gain/ (Net Capital Loss) Antique Vases 2,000 3000 1000 Gain Antique Chairs 3,000 1000 (2000) Loss Painting of the assert 9,000 1000 (8000) Loss Shares that are listed in the company 5,000 20000 15000 Gain Sound system ofr home 12,000 11000 (1000) Loss Net Capital Gain/Loss 5000n Assets that are taken over or acquired for a time period that is more than a year for any kind of personal use or pleasure, taxation of the capital is valid and applicable in such cases. Taxability is valid and applicable on the collectibles which are acquired with the costs more than $500. The losses in the capital for the entire year have been fixed with the required net worth of loss or gain. Loan sanctioned by Brain Brian has recommended a new and innovative system to the employees in which he was offering loan for time duration of three years with the rate of interest being one percent on a monthly basis. Because of this idea which involves $ 1 million, many individuals turned up to open a bank account and receive the benefits and advantages of the loans which were offered to the employees by Brian (Francks Francks, 2015). He was making the offer of the rate of interest that was less than the rate of interest that was offered in the market. Apart from this offer, in order to calculate the taxability of such kinds of benefits, the rate of the statutory interest need to be considered. In accordance to the question, the interest rate of statutory will be accounted as 5.56 percent as the loan was made to be offered on the date of 1st April, 2016. In the first step, the benefits of the loan will be computed after the eradication of the rule. The loan interests are determined on the basis of the actual interest rate that should be deducted from the loan which is determined due to the statutory rate of interest. The rate of interest which are based on the statutory interest = $ 1000000 * 5.65 percent = $ 56,500. The interest which are based in the actual interest = $ 1000000 * 1 percent= $10000. The taxation is varying in both the scenarios, which is $ 56, 500 - $ 10,000 = $ 46,500. In the second step, Brian needs to follow the next step. He must compute the rate of statutory interest after the acceptance of the amount to be payable and real. The interest rate is $1000000 * 5.65 percent = $56,500. In the third step, from the whole percent, only 40 percent was utilized in the implementation of the meeting for the upcoming events, where Brian has calculated the costs from which tax was deducted manually which is $ 56,500 * 40 perc ent = $ 22, 600. According to the fourth step, from the entire amount of the loan, 40 percent was utilized in the meeting for the near future by Brian which involves the real amount that amounts to as $10000 * 40 percent = $4,000. In the fourth step, apart from the above mentioned steps, the actual amount is then computed in this step from the manual amount so as to arrive at the desired conclusion. Hence, $22,600 - $4,000 = $ 18,600. The final amount, in the final step, needs to be calculated by subtracting the amount from the first step after calculating the amount till 5th step. Hence, $46,500 - $ 18,600 = $ 27,900. However, if there happens to be any kind of system if repayment of such loans right before the period of termination, in that case, instead of the conventional system of repayment, the period deemed of the loan will be considered from starting period of the interest or become payable (Leigh Blakely, 2016). Other than this, the obligation is on the section of the repaying mode of the interests, then in these kinds of scenarios, the calculation need to be conducted in a very similar way such as the actual rate of interest that is considered as 0. Regarding loan of Jack and Jill Both Jack and Jill have made an management for borrowing the money for the house which they have rented. In the agreement it has been structured that Jack was allotted to receive ten percent of the profits, on the other hand, Jill was eligible to receive ninety percent of the profit deriving out of the whole property. In accordance to the agreement made on between Jack and Jill, in any scenario which would involve any kind of loss in the property, the entire amount of loss, that is 100 percent, will be handled by Jack. Jack and Jill, in previous year, had sustained a loss of around $1000 that was completely paid by Jack with no obligation of any of the losses on Jill who is Jacks wife (Meese Oman, 2013). The loss resulted in a set off on the other different forms of incomes of Jack that would determine the net loss or profit for the whole year. Jack, apart from this specific option, has one more choice which is regarding carrying the whole loss in the forward direction for the upcoming year. In any scenario where Jack is confronting any kind of loss, and then he has the complete right to bear the complete amount and can take the amount forward in the future years so as to maintain the net loss in the amount or the net income. In the second scenario, is there is any amount of gain, and then the particular amount will be categorized between Jack and his wife Jill effectively in the ratio of 10:90. In such cases, Jack has the complete right for setting off the total loss of $1000 which resulted after the sale of the property. Hence, from the whole discussion, it was decided that Jack was able to handle the losses which had occurred in the last year and he is obtaining the amount in the current year after the sale of the property (Mumford, 2017). The conclusion was made which stated that if Jack happens to not have any gain in the recent year, he, in such case, has to be accountable to pay for the entire loss with no involvement of his wife Jill. Hence, this process has been a great assistance to Jill for staying away from the effects of taxation where as Jack is only accountable to bear the entire loss. Legal Plan In accordance to the law, every person has the power regarding the legal strategies and plans which assist them in decreasing the net amount of income at the end of each year, according to the case scenario study of the IRC versus Duke of Westminster [1936] AC 1 (Seyoum, 2013). After getting into the details of the case after analyzing the case properly, it was clarified that each individual obtains the right of utilizing the benefits and rights which are attached to the overall income. In the terms which are familiar, the rights which are valid only in the scenarios where they are used in a very fair manner and the appropriate methods which are applied to it , that is supposed for the reduction of the income costs and the values to a tax at the end of that particular year (Valente, 2017). The following principles are categorized from the above scenario of the case study: The entire authority has been awarded to the individual for using the strategic plans and methods for the reduction of the total income by regulating their own individual accounts. There will be no extra taxes levies or implemented if the process will be carried out in an appropriate manner without any methods or means that are illegal. When an individual follows the legal and fair way for reduction of the rate of tax and amount, then they will not be enforced for paying the extra rate of tax in the near future. The point number can be stated as valid unless any new kind of law is executed in the nation. The ideology is very different from each other and keeps varying from the previous year. The key objective of these rules has a prominent role and importance in the present circumstance in different manners (Vatn, 2015). Considering an instance, in the scenario in which a business is confronted with great deal of losses in a specific year that attends to its obligations, in such conditions, the business has the chance for the alterations in the amount and balance sheets. The business can make preparations regarding the new one with the assets that are fixed and the value of the assets. In certain cases, the business did not happen to provide the documents that are relevant but however, they can carry out the implementation further. However, specific restrictions are appropriate for them (Verdier Voeten, 2014). They must not follow any kind of illegal ways for achieving so. Summarizing the entire discussion, it is clearly evident that the business organization has to function in a very transparent and legal manner for achieving the business target and need to follow the rules and laws along with its procedures. Land issue of Bill In this case, Bill acquired a piece of land that he has considered for using it for the purpose of grazing by the sheep. So as to fulfill his wishes, the whole land requires to be cleared as much number of trees was planted over there. Hence, he had hired a company that provides logging services for clearing the entire land (Wagner, 2013). The logging company has charged Bill with $ 1000 for every 100 meters of the timber. However, the key question that arises in this case is that whether the tax is applicable on the company providing logging services for the whole amount. In accordance to the given situation, there are no presences of any fact on the receipts which are received from the logging company that is considered as the object of revenue or might not be assumed to be an object. The highest degree of uncertainty states that the rules that are associated to the gains in the capital are not suitable and applicable in the recent circumstances of Bill (Yan Luo, 2016). When the Bill is making an investment of the entire amount of $50000 to the company providing logging services for the removal of the trees for getting the timbers, the equal and entire amount is transferred to the hands of Bill in the form of the receipt of capital. This happens because of the reason in which the entire amount is considered as a lump sum and there is more recurring receipt for the reason. Again, the transaction which has occurred facilitates the provision of the right to the specific authority for the removal of the trees from the particular land. Hence, after the complete scenario, the case was assumed to be as the receipt of lump sum along with the net capital receipt. Hence, taxation of the capital is in the responsibility of Bill. Conclusion Therefore, in the above scenarios, the value of, money that was put into investment has played a great role and has a key significance in the laws of taxation. These two cases are very much different from each other. In the first case scenario, the receipt is in the accountability of Bill and is recurring. On the other hand, the receipt is in the accountability of Bill, however, it is not recurring which provides the right of receiving the payments from the logging of the tress in the upcoming situations. He will receive the same receipt in a bigger investment and that will be taken into consideration as the receipt in one- time (Verdier Voeten, 2014). These are the considerations as the receipt in the kind of one-time as when they are made to be removed from the land, it will consume more time for growing the trees again on the same section of land. Thus, in the next upcoming situation, Bill is getting sufficient amount of money from the other side. This act is regarded as a lump s um by making the assets getting sold. When one of the parties sells the product to the opposition party, then the same receipt has to be considered along with the taxation. When the observation was made regarding the first case, it did not attract any gain in the tax, and then it needs to be treated as a normal and conventional gain and no gain in capital. References Aust, A., 2013.Modern treaty law and practice. Cambridge University Press. Beatty, D.M., 2015.Constitutional law in theory and practice. University of Toronto Press. Brigham, E.F., 2014. Financial management theory and practice. Atlantic Publishers Distri. 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Opinions and Social Pressure When You Need to Go Outside the System

Introduction: Because They Say So. The Significance of the Authority Walking along the borderline that splits the world into a norm and the abnormal is one of the life’s most dangerous pleasures. Laws and rules are made for a reason, and breaking them means not only doing something unacceptable by the given society, in the given time and given circumstances, but also being separated from the rest of the world for a while and becoming an outcast.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Opinions and Social Pressure: When You Need to Go Outside the System specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Unless one has serious concerns for his/her well-being, (s)he is unlikely to go beyond the boundaries the authorities set, since it is the existing system of rules that helps people to feel safe; however, when there is something essential at stake, one will definitely disregard the existing rules and go against the established standa rds of conduct. What the Authorities Are Meant for: The League of Justice Is on the Watch However, the question is, what the authority figures are meant for. On the surface, these people help the rest of the humankind feel considerably safer and know for sure that nothing happens to people as long as the latter follow what the authorities say. Rather important function, it is yet not the most essential one; when digging a bit deeper into the issue, one must add that the function of the authorities also contains an element of guidance, i.e., serving people as the social weather vane pointing in the right direction and helping to figure out what is right and what is wrong and, which is the most important, to grant his/her approval. Even when there is no obvious authority in the sight, and, therefore, no way to check the ultimately right position, people are apt to follow with the decisions that the group makes, thus, admitting the authority of the many, since the latter are likely to accept their follower into their mini-society: â€Å"When we’re in a group, we tend to think as that group does: we may even have joined the group to find ‘like-minded’ people† (Lessing 724). Pushing the Rules to the Breaking Point: The Passion Rules the Game However, there comes the time when the social rules are no longer an option. However, as it has been mentioned previously, following the standards of the society is crucial for people and is actually a part of their nature; therefore, the question is, what exceptional factors can push one to cross the threshold of the social standards and willingly face the threat of becoming a social outcast. Analyzing some of the most obvious factors, one can possibly see that, at certain points, the boundaries of law can become way too restrictive. Plotting a rebellion. The stubborn individuals The first and the foremost idea that crosses peoples’ minds when they think of going against the opinion of the aut horities is the image of a tough rebel. In fact, this is pretty much the firs reason that makes people take a track which is different from the other alternatives.Advertising Looking for essay on social sciences? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More According to Lessing, the element that presupposes more freedom and allows people to feel that they actually do the things which they consider right, not the ones which are offered them by the obtrusive social norms, is a really strong factor in determining the ultimate choice. As Lessing explains, taking the example with the people who have been given the wrong instructions by an authority and the ones who are allowed to make a choice on their own, the aspect of a â€Å"stubborn individual† is pretty important: â€Å"the solitary individual, or the couple, who have not been so instructed will assert that the pieces of wood or whatever are different† (724). Depending on th e situation: under the spur of the moment Another factor which can shape people’s idea of the issue in question and enhance free thinking instead of following the voice of the authority blindly is the environment. Once the outer factors do not favor the choice accepted by the social standards, one is likely to act against the accepted norms. When something truly important is at stake, e.g., life, health, etc., the choice is made disregarding the social standards. Indeed, as McEwan explains, â€Å"The situations in which we act can powerfully influence our behavior – including out choice to obey or disobey a questionable order† (689). Against the decisions of the group mind: walking alone The last, but not the least, the aspect of â€Å"group mind† (Ross and Nisbett 746) is also extremely powerful, yet it lacks logics much. In contrast to the previous cases, when the opinion of a single person depended on the ones of the many simply because the society wou ld have never accepted any other manner of behavior, in the given case, one acts just because the others would do so in a given situation. Paradoxical and yet understandable, this is the case when the problem comes rather from the inside than from the outside – it is not the society that puts pressure on an individual, but an individual who is unable to think on his/her own. Conclusion: Disobeying In the Name of Law. Escape the Pressure Therefore, it is clear that going against the established norms is extremely untypical for a basic human being; on the contrary, these are only the extraordinary cases when one decides to break the rules and oppose the crowd. However, it turns out that, when it comes to the factors which make people make a decision to go against the established norms, these are mostly the factors threatening people’s well-being or social status that make one cross the boundaries of the established norms, morals or even laws.Advertising We will writ e a custom essay sample on Opinions and Social Pressure: When You Need to Go Outside the System specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Despite the fact that among the factors listed above, the aspect of preserving one’s individuality is mentioned as well, it can still be considered that people tend to break the rules in order to stay safer, no matter how weird that can sound. Sometimes allowing them to keep their social status intact, and sometimes made for the sake of staying original and following one’s own idea of what is right and what is wrong, going against the opinion of the many serves as both the means to enhance one’s status as a self-assured and self-sufficient personality and at the same time reassure oneself that the decision has been made despite the opinion of the authorities, which also raises one’s self-esteem. Therefore, it can be concluded that, disregarding the factors surrounding the situatio n, a decision made against the authorities is an attempt to enter another stage of one’s personal development. Works Cited Lessing, Doris. â€Å"Group Minds.† Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, 11th  Edition. Ed. Laurens Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. London, UK: Longman, 2010. 723-725. Print. McEwan, Ian. â€Å"From Atonement.† Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, 11th  Edition. Ed. Laurens Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. London, UK: Longman, 2010. 688-692. Print. Ross, Lee and Richard E. Nisbett. â€Å"The Power of Situations.† Writing and Reading  Across the Curriculum, 11th Edition. Ed. Laurens Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. London, UK: Longman, 2010. 745-750. Print. This essay on Opinions and Social Pressure: When You Need to Go Outside the System was written and submitted by user Jimmy E. to help you with your own studies. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. You can donate your paper here.