A large company will have several vp's one of them may be the vp of finance and would, to some extent, be responsible for debt.
"To qualify for the vice president of a company, one has to have good overall knowledge of what goes on in the company. The vice president has to act in the president's absence on occasion."
the electoral college
One responsibility the Vice President has is casting tie breaking votes in the Senate. The Vice President is also responsible for the nation if something happens to the President.
He aids the president
President, Vice President, Senior Vice President, CEO, Managers in every Department, Supervisors, Secretaries and many to mention. It depends on what the company needs.
One responsibility the Vice President has is casting tie breaking votes in the Senate. The Vice President is also responsible for the nation if something happens to the President.
In a company as large as Apple, there are several Vice Presidents, each responsible for a different division of the company. Apple Inc. Officers (as of October 2007): ------- Steven P. Jobs - Chief Executive Officer and Director Peter Oppenheimer - Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Timothy D. Cook - Chief Operating Officer Daniel Cooperman - Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary Philip W. Schiller - Senior Vice President - Worldwide Product Marketing Anthony Fadell - Senior Vice President, iPod Division Ronald B. Johnson - Senior Vice President - Retail Bertrand Serlet - Senior Vice President - Software Engineering Sina Tamaddon - Senior Vice President - Applications ------- Source: http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=AAPL
The US Senate selects the vice-president if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote.
The vice president can serve as the president in this case. Amendment 25 specifies procedures to be followed if the president says he is unable to serve and voluntarily yields his power and if he does not think he is incapacitated and how he can get his power back if he recovers his capacities.
I'm guessing the Vice President?
If the office of the Vice President becomes vacant, the President is responsible for nominating a new Vice President. The nomination must be confirmed by a majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
A vice captain (as in a sports team) is in second command, ready to take over as captain should the captain be unable to play. It is the same with vice president of a country (USA, for instance), or a company director designated as vice president or vice chairperson of that company.