ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Presented by: Rojina Sapkota Abhilasha Thapa Pooja Shah Sandeep Gautam Mendhala Lama Gurung AND THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION What is ETHICS? -All about making right choices and producing good behavior What is ETHICS in ACCOUNTING? -Being responsible enough to behave as a TRUSTWORTHY accountant. ROLE/IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING To provide true knowledge of the financial transactions taking place. To ensure correct decision making . WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DILEMMA?
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93–118 Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis? Christian Laux and Christian Leuz I n its pure form‚ fair-value accounting involves reporting assets and liabilities on the balance sheet at fair value and recognizing changes in fair value as gains and losses in the income statement. When market prices are used to determine fair value‚ fair-value accounting is also called mark-to-market accounting. Some critics argue that fair-value accounting exacerbated the severity
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3101AFE Accounting Theory and Practice Tutorial Questions for Tutorials 1- 6: Semester 2 2014 TUTORIAL 1 - Semester 2 2014 Deegan Topic 1: Introduction to financial accounting theory QUESTION 1 - Question 1.8: What is the difference between developing a theory by induction and developing a theory by deduction? QUESTION 2 - Question 1.9: Is the study of financial accounting theory a waste of time for accounting students? Explain your answer. QUESTION 3 - Question 1.26: Would you
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Objective 1. Determine the total considerations transferred. 2. The land and buildings should be recorded on the premise of “in-use” or “in-exchange”. 3. Determine the fair value recorded for the intangible assets. Applicable accounting pronouncement ASC 805-20-25 Business Combinations-Identifiable assets and liabilities and any non controlling interest-Recognition Recognition Conditions 25-2 To qualify for recognition as part of applying the acquisition method‚ the
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Creative Accounting Creative accounting is a term that often implies illegal or fraudulent practices in the U.S. (Moneyterms‚ 2006). The objective of the following paragraphs is to explore some definitions of creative accounting from different perspectives‚ discuss some advantages and disadvantages of creative accounting‚ and explain a real life example of creative accounting. Through these paragraphs I hope to also touch upon some of the ethical issues involved in engaging in creative accounting practices
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TOPIC 3 – L E CT U R E S 5 & 6 Cash flow reporting and analysis REVISED BY DR SIMONA SCARPARO (FEBRUARY 2013). EARLIER R E V I S E D B Y D R G U S H O S S A R I ( J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 0 ) ‚ B A S E D O N O R I G I N A L M AT E R I A L P R E PA R E D BY GARRY CARNEGIE‚ GRAEME W INE‚ CHRISTINE JUBB AND JUDY NAGY Contents Lectures 5 & 6: Introduction 1 Objectives 1 Learning resources 1 Prescribed text Online readings Glossary CloudDeakin 1 2 2 2 Importance of
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES The primary aim of Financial Accounting is to provide students with an introduction to the process and function of financial reporting. Whilst a large proportion of the course is aimed at understanding accounting as a process‚ taking a preparers‟ perspective‚ we will also seek to develop an understanding of the importance of the role of accounting in today’s society. LEARNING OUTCOMES After studying this course the student will be able to understand:
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Introduction Ethics in accounting and financial decision making is important in today ’s business world. Many organizations put emphasis on ethics and the financial decision making process with the organization and expect that auditors‚ managers and accountants will behave in an ethical manner. There are many factors that inspire organizations to assure and push ethical policies. In the last seven years‚ the world has witnessed stunning financial collapse in many companies that were ranked among
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be difficult to deal with. This paper therefore should be of particular interest to our registered students preparing for both the manual and computerised tests of competence together with serving as a refresher for those of you as members in practice that need to deal with the practical application of this interesting concept. If you are waiting for the results of the October examinations‚ I do so hope that your journey was successful. Dr Philip E Dunn Editor Head of Education Trainee Certified
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1. Definition Personality: A Psychological Interpretation: Allport’s first book; devoted an entire chapter to a review of the many different notions of personality offered by theologians‚ philosophers‚ poets‚ sociologists‚ and psychologists‚ and concluded that an adequate synthesis of existing definitions might be expressed in the phrase "what a man really is" ? Allport defines personality as the “the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique
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