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Discussion with Prof. Heddy Ahimsa – Part 2

There were three main topics elaborated by Prof. Heddy during our second meeting. They were as explained below: 1. Abraham religion as the common ground of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism Abraham was known as the proto-monotheist. The story of Abraham and his descent said to be the initial story where Islam, Christianity, and Judaism emerged from. In order to obtain a further understanding on the emerging of those three religions, we should study the lineage of Abraham: "supposed there's a diagram, yet the format doesn't fit blogspot"    In Islam perspective, the story began when Sarah asked Abraham to marry Siti Hajar, her servant, after a long marriage in effort to give him a child. From Siti Hajar, Abraham had Ismail as his first son. But then, Allah asked Abraham to leave them (Siti Hajar and Ismail) in Mecca. Meanwhile, he stayed with Sarah in Palestine in order to obey his God’s will. Someday, an angel came to Sarah and said that she would have a child....

Internal Audit: Penerapan Prinsip- prinsip Good Corporate Governance di Citibank

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I.          Latar Belakang Tata kelola perusahaan yang baik (good corporate governance) menjadi salah satu isu penting dalam dunia bisnis saat ini. Terjadinya beberapa kasus fraud yang dilakukan oleh top manajemen perusahaan besar seperti Enron dan Worldcom telah mendorong perusahaan untuk menjamin pelaksanaan prinsip- prinsip good corporate governance yaitu transparency, accountability, responsibility, independency, dan fairness demi menjaga kepentingan dan kepercayaan stakeholders. Terwujudnya good corporate governance sendiri tidak dapat dipisahkan dengan sistem pengendalian internal yang efektif dan efisien. Dalam dunia perbankan dimana kepercayaan menjadi salah satu key success factor, pelaksanaan good corporate governance menjadi suatu kebutuhan. Namun, pada kenyataannya masih terdapat celah dalam sistem pengendalian internal bank yang memungkinkan terjadinya fraud seperti pada kasus Citibank Indonesia. Kasus pertama melibatkan S...

Cross Cultural Communication: Indonesian Slang, Bahasa Gaul and Alay

Introduction Young generation is dynamic. They are in the stage of searching for identity and recognition from community. They tend to differentiate themselves from others to create their own unique identity. In the other hand, peer group strongly influence their member’s behavior. They will try to meet up their peer-group expectation to gain a recognition. Therefore, young generation always identic with their own “world” or subculture. The emergence of pop culture (referred to popular culture) and the use of slang words are the example of this subcultures. According to Wikipedia, pop culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred through an informal consensus within the mainstream of any given society. Meanwhile slang word is the use of informal  words  and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker’s  dialect  or  language . This paper will be focused on slang words used...