Nikki Utt August 26‚ 2013 Case Study 1-6: Accounting in Crisis A) Reliable financial reporting is important to businesses and investors especially when a financial crisis forms and a company’s fundamentals are put to the test. In the early 2000’s the U.S and Canada were affected by the recession that had spread to other countries including Russia‚ Europe and Japan (Wikipedia‚ 2013). Many believe that the recession was caused by the economic boom of the late 1990s with minimal inflation
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Misty Thompson Lisa Kwasniewski HCC 130/ #11902 Code of Ethics Given the following scenario “During lunch in the hospital cafeteria‚ a fellow worker tells a group of individuals that a friend of hers is in the hospital having cosmetic surgery. She continues to describe the extent and nature of the surgery.” This statement is wrong in many ways but I do not think that she broke a code of ethics. First it never states what the person telling her coworkers does at the hospital. She could work in
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CHAPTER 2 Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Conceptual framework– general. Objectives of financial reporting. Qualitative characteristics of accounting. Elements of financial statements. Basic assumptions. Basic principles: a. Measurement. b. Revenue recognition. c. Expense recognition. d. Full disclosure. Accounting principles– comprehensive. Constraints. Assumptions‚ principles‚ and constraints. 28‚ 29‚ 30 10 11 Questions
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Accounting Theory – Seminar 2 Presentation Briefly describe the accounting profession/What is the role of accountants? Accountants analyse costs of operations‚ products‚ and special projects. Compute taxes owed‚ prepare tax returns. Organize and maintain financial records. Suggest ways to reduce costs‚ enhance revenues and improve profits‚ Improve businesses efficiency. Critically discuss the role of the CFO Andy Fastow in the ENRON scandal Fastow created hundreds/ of "special-purpose entities"–off
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Assignment 1—Due Wednesday 28rd September‚ 2012 Please Note: There are three (3) questions in this assignment. Question 1: Plagiarism and referencing Although this question is not awarded marks‚ students MUST complete this entire question to get any marks for assignment 1. An understanding of plagiarism and “in text” referencing is essential to success in tertiary studies. Background information for Question 1 In an academic setting it is important to acknowledge the ideas of others that you
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MONASH UNIVERSITY SEMSTER 1 – YEAR 2011 AFW 3040 – ACCOUNTING THEORY BY: SARAH WONG Assignment 2 – 1500-word Essay Topic: How social and environmental reporting practices undertaken by companies highlight the limitations of the conceptual framework. Introduction: Accountancy has always been concerned with mainly the accountability of directors to shareholders and companies to creditors. As companies grow larger and become more integrated with the society‚ this call for a focus towards sustainability
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Why Are Ethics Important In The Accounting Profession? Sheree Fletcher CE CAPSTONE COURSE FOR THE ASSOCIATES DEGREE IDS399 September 10‚ 2006 What does ethics have to do with accounting? Everything‚ since there have been some recent financial accounting scandals; a few examples being Xerox‚ WorldCom‚ Enron‚ which have generated much unwanted and unfavorable publicity for CPA’s‚ including those working as controllers or chief financial officers for organizations. When you hear the
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Question 2 Ethics Case you will find right answers on the following task: "Harris Fell‚ CPA and member of the AICPA‚ was engaged to audit the financial statements of Wilson Corporation. Fell had half-completed the audit when he had a dispute with the management of Wilson Corporation and was discharged. Hal Compton‚ CPA‚ was promptly engaged to replace Fell. Wilson Corporation did not compensate Fell for his work to date; therefore‚ Fell refused to allow Wilson Corporation Business - Accounting Week
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Business Ethics (BUS 560) Module 2 Check Your Understanding: 1. Consider the functional departments reviewed in chapter 3. Which department do you think faces the greatest number of ethical challenges? Why? I think human resource department faces the maximum number of ethical challenges. The human resources function within an organization should ideally be directly involved in the relationship between the company and the employee throughout that employee’s contract with the company.
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can the Kantians look at making a false promise? Do you think that utilitarianism is better than Kantian ethics? Introduction: A False promise means “a promise that is made with no intention of carrying it out and esp. that is made with intent to deceive or defraud”. Nowadays‚ making false promises has become ubiquitous in our daily life. Is it a right action or not? Based on Kantian ethic and Utilitarianism‚ there are different views in making a false promise. Utilitarians’ view in making
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