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- Estate Planning Strategies for Unmarried Couples
- I Never Wanted To Do Anything Else
- The Right Motivation to Offer Life Insurance
- Retirement Planning for Women
- The Importance of Mentoring - Part Two
- Gift Splitting and Estate Planning for Couples
- Applying the Right Marketing Techniques
- Loans & Withdrawals from Cash Value Life Insurance Policies
- September is Life Insurance Awareness Month
- Public Resources Available to Special Needs Families
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Why All the Fuss Over Fair Value Accounting?
Ronald F. Duska, Ph.D., the Charles Lamont Post Chair of Ethics and the Professions and Professor of Ethics at The American College and Anthony H. Catanach Jr., Ph.D., CPA, Cary M. Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics at The American College and Associate Professor at the Villanova School of Business discuss fair value accounting and why accounting standard FAS 157 became such a hot topic in the wake of the economic crisis.
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Peter Escher, leader of the MBA Oath movement, discusses how the MBA Oath focuses on long-term benefits.
Peter Escher, leader of the MBA Oath movement, discusses how the MBA Oath can affect the behavior of future business leaders.
Professor Julie Ragatz discusses overcoming the language barrier when marketing products and services.
Subjectivity associated with assigning asset classes and the accuracy of fair value disclosures are discussed by members of The American College Center for Ethics in Financial Services.
Drs. Ron Duska and Tony Catanach of The American College Center for Ethics continue discussing fair value accounting and its role in the economic crisis.
Drs. Ron Duska and Tony Catanach of The American College Center for Ethics in Financial Services discuss the recent buzz about fair value accounting.
Faculty from The American College Center for Ethics in Financial Services discuss the ethics of using credit scores to determine premiums.
Kirk Okumura, ChFC® and Dr. Ron Duska discuss the ethics of recruiting the terminally ill as part of a scheme to use variable annuity death benefits as a stock market hedge.