Assignment # 3 WorldCom Accounting Fraud By Mark A. Cowan Strayer University ACC 499- Accounting Capstone May 15‚ 2011 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the aspects of the WorldCom accounting scandal and the effects that this scandal had on the accounting world as we know it. We will discuss the corporate culture at WorldCom and how it contributed to the accounting fraud‚ how the CEO’s desire to be the #1 stock on Wall Street contributed to the fraud‚ pressures on accountants to book
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Cited: Gibson‚ James L. "Leadership: Emerging Perspectives." Organizations: Behavior‚ Structure‚ Processes. Irwin: McGraw-Hill‚ 2012. N. pag. Print. Capstone Publishing (2003). The Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business. Oxford‚ U.K.: Capstone Publishing. pp. 79–80. ISBN 1-84112-053-7. Associated Press. "Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in Surprise Move." Fox News. FOX News Network‚ 20 Nov. 2012. Web. 16 Feb. 2013.
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PROJ410 Midterm Exam Study Guide YOU MAY WANT TO PRINT THIS GUIDE. 1. The Midterm Exam is open book‚ open notes. The maximum time that you can spend in the exam is two hours. If you have not clicked the Submit for Grade button by then‚ you will be automatically exited from the exam. In the Midterm Exam environment‚ the Windows clipboard is disabled‚ and so you still will not be able to copy exam questions or answers to or from other applications. 2. You should click the Save Answers button in
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Name of the Proponnts Jezen J. Jualo Michael Adam E. Trinidad John Paul S. Cachero Vincent Joseph E. Dumaliang Proposed Capstone Project Title “TSU Information Hub” Project Context / Background of the Problem Information Hub is used as a platform for collecting‚ storing‚ analyzing large-scale information and providing advanced communication services. The current system being used to announce the information is “Paging System” and the researchers found out that broadcasting of message
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Capstone Turbine Corporation Capstone Turbine announced the results for its third quarter (ended 31st December 2015) of fiscal 2016 on 3rd February. The company’s revenue has increased 20 % sequentially from $ 17.9 million in the second quarter to $ 21.5 million in the third quarter. The company was also able to improve its gross margin sequentially from 11 % to 19 % and reduce the net loss from $ 7.9 million to $ 6.0 million‚ an improvement of 24 %. A more representative metric than the net income
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Data Collection Method/Research Design-Capstone Project The research design utilized will be a guide for data collection. In this instance‚ the project outline will aid in selecting the types of data to collect‚ analyze and review. Additionally‚ the outline will assist in keeping the research focused‚ and lessen the chances of becoming overwhelmed by the sheer volume of data that is available for review. In collecting data for this Capstone Project‚ secondary data review and analysis is the
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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Reviewing for Board Examinations is one of the most concerns of Criminology students and also with the other course. Spending too much time and effort in reading different books related to their subjects‚ attending review centers just to make sure they will pass. Reviewing has many alternative ways to students. With our present technology now we can use Internet Online as a kind of review for students that will help them understand more
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Chapter 1 How unified communication connect people and business Aligning business processes and mapping each one to software applications and IT solutions is called Business process management (BPM) Unified Communication (UC) refers to combining multiple technologies to provide the most effective real-time and non-real time communication with the correct individual Real-time communication and non-real-time communications Real time communications methods Telephony Presence/availability
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made some mistakes that may have cost his company money. I will also be discussing things that the classmate is doing right that have his company moving in the right direction. Introduction Throughout the process of the Capstone Courier each person in the class has been running a company and making changes to their company bases on previous performances. Each person must analyze each round that they complete and see where they may have done something wrong and try to correct
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Case: Zimbra Zooms ahead With One View 2. List And Describe Zimbra S Requirements For A New Market Software. If you are preparing the RFP for Zimbra’s new system‚ what questions would you ask? ANS: Zimbra needed a marketing software package which was highly effective and costefficient. Their new software had to be more streamlined than the old one from Eloqua. Itneeded to focus on lead generation‚ e-mail marketing‚ and Web analytics. Providing acomprehensive sales and marketing automation solution
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