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The need of an audio interface

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What is an Audio Interface? For beginners, audio interfaces might sound a little technical, but they really aren’t that scary. An audio interface is a device that will allow you to record any instrument or vocals into your computer, laptop or mobile device. You may be used to recording directly into your phone using the mic on your headphones. However, if you are looking for a more professional sound, purchasing an audio interface is the first necessary step. Shop Audio Interfaces Here is a quick rundown of some of the buzzwords you’ll come across when shopping around. Read more:  MIDI Controllers Under S$300 Latency Latency is a short period of delay in music production from when you play or record a signal, for the sound to process and record onto your computer/device. Although this is often milliseconds, it really can cause problems when producing. Imagine if you felt perfectly in time, but every time you recorded something in, it sounds slightly out of time. If this is happening to
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Business Ethics for a Finance Manager

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Business Ethics for a Finance Manager Financial managers must have the skills to handle large sums of other peoples' money, but skill alone isn't enough. The potential for financial managers to line their own pockets or ruin a client or company through bad judgment is immense. It's essential to have a code of ethics in finance and to live up to those principles every day. Ethics in Finance The role of ethics in financial management is to balance, protect and preserve stakeholders' interests. Eli Lilly and Company, for example, says its code of ethics in finance covers obligations to management, fellow employees, business partners, the public and shareholders. Conflicts of Interest Underlying the role of ethics in financial management is a fiduciary duty. Managers must act in the interests of their clients and employers, not their own. If there's a conflict of interest where you can enrich yourself while harming a client, you must side with t
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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company Business transformation programs and change management initiatives.  Companies can warp their own ethical climate by pushing too much change from the top, too quickly and too frequently. Leaders in the study reported having to implement staff reduction targets, dispose of big businesses in major markets, and lead mergers and acquisitions. Some of these activities included inherent conflicts of interest; others simply caused leaders to have to act counter to their values (loyalty, for example). Many leaders felt poorly prepared for the dilemmas they faced and felt compelled to take decisions they later regretted. Incentives and pressure to inflate achievement of targets.  People do what they are rewarded to do, and most leaders are rewarded for hitting targets. Take Wells Fargo as an example: Managers  were rewarded for the number of accounts they opened and managed . As a result, apparently, many felt driven to open accounts
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