Review of Accounting Fundamentals The Accounting Equation Assets = Liabilities + Equity Equity = Contributed Capital + Retained Earnings Retained Earnings = Beginning Retained Earnings + Net Income for the Period – Dividends Net Income = Revenues – Expenses + Gains – Losses Assets ( Probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular accounting entity as a result of past transactions or events Liabilities ( Probably future sacrifices of economic benefits
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ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING PROFESSION RESEARCH METHOD Despite of significant learning on ethics especially for future accounting profession‚ 50 respondents were randomly selected from Bachelor of Accounting students‚ International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The student sample was equal to 50 (N= 50) consists of accounting students from the first to fourth year of study between the ages of 20-25 years old. Students from IIUM had been exposed to some general ethic values in class. This
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New York State Accounting Code of Ethics Contemporary Business Law 1 Monica G. Bradshaw June 1‚ 2004 New York State Accounting Code of Ethics Introduction The accounting system is constantly changing. During these changes‚ it is important for accountants to adhere to the high ethical standards that they have always lived by. Adhering to the high ethical standards is an accountant?s obligation to the public‚ the profession‚ and themselves. An accountant?s ethical conduct usually
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reform and delayed the process all to the benefit of the businesses it should be regulating. “Fraud has never been legal‚ so why has it not been prosecuted?” (Prasch) Renewed interest of ethical issues in the accounting profession is due to scandals involving accounting fraud‚ i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco. “Client pressure to present a favorable financial picture of a corporation’s health may lead to ethical breaches” (Adkins & Radke) “New calls for regulations…are specifically concerned
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Acquisition of legal subsidiary in bankruptcy According to the fact of this case‚ Parent Co. (Parent) wholly owns Poor Son Co. (Poor Son) as a legal subsidiary‚ and both of them all nonpublic companies. However‚ in January 2007 Poor Son filed a voluntary bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code because of its inability of meet obligations as they became due. Then‚ Parent claimed the loss of control of Poor Son and deconsolidated Poor Son from its financial statement. Through the
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Importance of accounting ethics Ethics is a branch of philosophy that judge human beings on wrongs and rights concerned with the nature of value and the standards by which human actions can be judged .The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles. Accounting is the mechanism that offers information regarding the financial position of the organization or business. This type of information is critical to investors as it provides them with important and detailed
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Good Works‚ Bad Accounting? Ethics Project Part II Section 55- Article IV: Objectivity and Independence:A member should maintain objectivity and be free of conflicts of interest in discharging professional responsibilities. A member in public practice should be indpeending in fact and appearance when providing auditing and other attestation services. .01 Objectivity is a state of mind‚ a quality that lends value to a member’s services. It is a distinguishing feature of the profession. The principle
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Accounting Principles and Ethics A health care organization is believed to be a place where there is care‚ organization‚ consistency‚ and support; a place where patients need to feel and see the unity and harmony within the organization. Health care organizations necessitate this consistency‚ unity‚ and organization within because of its dependency on its’ patients and to provide the proper care for such a diverse group of individuals. A health care organization also needs consistency and organization
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Week 2 Case Study Case 9: Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse 1. How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? Effective leaders are good at attaining common goals and objectives in effective and efficient ways; unfortunately for Enron‚ this was not the case. In the beginnings of the company‚ Chairman Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling were efficient in growing their company from a small oil and gas pipeline firm into one of the largest entities in its industry
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between a cash basis and accrual basis measure of performance. Why‚ in most cases‚ does accrual basis net income provide a better measure of performance than net operating cash flow? Explain the purpose of adjusting entries as they relate to the difference between cash and accrual accounting. Requirement 1 From the Liberty University on-line library I was able to obtain an article called “Cash vs. Accrual Accounting” (Cantu‚ October 2012). This articles gives examples of cash method and accrual
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