Research and Analysis Report An Analysis of the Financial Situation of BP P.L.C. Prepared by Yuehua Song Actual words: 4‚952words Date: September 2007 content 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Topic Chosen 2 1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic 2 1.3 Aims and Objectives 3 1.3.1 Aims 3 1.3.2 Objectives 3 1.4 Sources of Information 6 1.4.1 Annual Reports and Accounts of BP 2002-2006 6 1.4.2 Annual Reports of Shell 2002-2006 7 1.4.3 Analysts’ Reports 7 1.4.4
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ARE ZOOS UNETHICAL TO ANIMALS? Name: Tutor: Course: Date: University: ARE ZOOS UNETHICAL TO ANIMALS? Introduction In recent times‚ argumentative debates have been witnessed over the moral predicament that zoos brings concerning animals’ rights‚ liberties and ordinary behavior. Most of the people take zoo as unethical and cruel whereas others have the opinion that they are moral due to the fact that they support in study‚ safeguard‚ and proper treatment of wildlife. This profound topic has caused
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CURRENT SITUATION ANALYSIS Christopher Dobrinski Esra Arnaudova Evanzhelin Stoyanova Jora Cakuli Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company is widely recognized by its logo which is an apple that is bitten on the right side which symbolizes lust‚ knowledge‚ hope and anarchy. Apple’s most famous products include the iPad‚ the iPhone‚ the iPod‚ and the MacBook series of laptops
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Accounting Irregularity Analysis Issue: Zale Corporation is a jewelry retailer with headquarters in Irving‚ Texas. Zale’s common stock is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ZLC”. Zale misstated financial reports for the fiscal years ended July 31‚ 2004 through 2008‚ and for fiscal quarters ended October 31‚ 2008‚ January 31‚ 2009 and April 30‚ 2009. The misstatement resulted from recording television advertising
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Phoenix Material Risky Situations Identify three types of sensitive information involved with each situation. Then‚ describe three ways in which each information item could be misused or harmed. For each of these‚ note at least one likely finding that you would include in a risk analysis report of the organization. Finally‚ answer the questions at the end. Situation 1 – Online Banking System Information Affected Potential Harm (Risk) Likely Finding in Risk Analysis Report Bank Account Numbers
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Case 5: Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices April 28‚ 2012 Case 5: Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties. Arthur Andersen LLP (Andersen) was involved with several legal and ethical issues regarding several of their clients being accused of accounting improprieties. Andersen may not have been directly involved with most of these improprieties;
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Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices 1. Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen ’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties. The legal issues that surrounded Andersen ’s audition were that there was conflict of interest and there was lack of independence on the part of Andersen. In this context‚ Andersen took up lucrative management consultancy projects for the clients of whom it was the auditor. From the deontological ethical perspective
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Article Critique Costanza‚ Robert‚ et al. “A True Cost Accounting Approach to Nuclear.” Triple Pundit: People‚ Planet‚ Profit. 5 Apr 2011. 6 Aug 2011. In his article‚ “A True Cost Accounting Approach to Nuclear‚” Robert Costanza first presents the example of hidden clean up costs of the nuclear disaster in the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan. The cost of which are paid in large part by the national government and taxpayers rather than the industry. Costanza explains
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HOMEWORK 3: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. A finance student states‚ “I don’t understand why anyone pays any attention to accounting earnings numbers‚ given that a ‘clean’ number like cash from operations is readily available.” Do you agree? Why or why not? I disagree with the finance student‚ because net income forecasts future cash flow and is informative. a. Net income forecasts future cash flow better than current cash flow‚ and does so by recording transactions associated with cash consequences
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Milton Babbitt in his article “Who Cares If You Listen” famously argued that “serious”‚ “advanced” contemporary music has little commodity value because the general public is not able to decipher and appreciate it. He suggests that it is potentially advantageous for a contemporary composer and his music to withdraw into the isolated walls of academia so that‚ under institutional support‚ the musicians will be able to focus on their own creative art‚ pushing forward the evolution of music. While I
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