SCHOOL OF LAW Year 2013-14 Term 1 LAW001 ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Instructor: David N. Smith Practice Professor‚ School of Law Tel: Email: Office: 6828 0788 davidsmith@smu.edu.sg School of Law‚ Room 4044‚ Level 4 COURSE DESCRIPTION Issues of ethics and social responsibility arise in all professions and all aspects of life. The failure to anticipate‚ recognize and deal effectively with these issues can have serious implications for individuals‚ companies‚ governments
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Accrual Accounting: Income is recorded as you invoice customers‚ and expenses are recorded when you receive bills from vendors‚ regardless of when cash is actually exchanged. This presents a truer picture of income and expenses. Most companies use this method. Cash-Basis Accounting: Income is recorded when cash (checks‚ money orders‚ or currency) is received‚ and expenses are recorded when paid. However‚ unpaid credit sales and purchases do not show on ledgers‚ which can present a misleading
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Tiffany and Co Case study Case Agenda Is blue box packing a great strategy? Given that spending in the luxury retail market has demonstrated resilience during and post recessionary times‚ how can Tiffany continue to grow? Will it be able to maintain a prominent brand in future? Company History Timeline 1837: Founded in New York by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John F. Young: The Blue Box introduced 1910-1940’s: 57th street and Fifth Avenue Flagship store 2000: Tiffany and Co. foundation established
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foremost‚ financial management is a decision science. Whereas accounting provides decision makers with a rational means by which to budget for and measure a business’s financial performance‚ financial management provides the theory‚ concepts‚ and tools necessary to make better decisions” (Gapenski‚ 2007). For leaders to manage finances successfully‚ they employ four key managerial elements. The four elements include: (1) planning‚ (2) controlling‚ (3) organizing and directing‚ and (4) decision
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Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting ISSN 1946-052X 2009‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 2: E7 www.macrothink.org/ajfa 146 Business Ethics and Accounting Students: Australia‚ South Asia and East Asia Soheila Mirskehary Deakin Business School‚ Faculty of Business & Law‚ Deakin University‚ Australia Tel: 613- 9244 5537 E-mail: soheilam@deakin.edu.au Ali Yaftian (Corresponding author) School of Accounting‚ Victoria University PO Box 14428‚ Melbourne‚ Victoria 8001‚ Australia Tel: 613 9919 5305 E-mail ali
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Mystic Monk Coffee 1. Has father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the monks? 2. Does it appear the Father Daniel Mary has set definite objective and performance targets for achieving that vision? 3. What is father prior’s strategy for achieving his vision? What competitive advantage might Mystic Monk Coffee’s strategy produce? 4. Is Mystic Monk
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Ethics in Accounting Mistakes Julia Brewer Acct-530-61365 March 9‚ 2014 The following report will discuss Case 1-8 A Faulty budget included in chapter one of the text book Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting: Text and Cases‚ 2nd Edition. In this case‚ Jackson Daniels is an accountant for Lynchberg Manufacturing and had been employed there since graduating college a couple years back. Daniels was responsible for creating the sales budget for sales of machines manufactured by
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Jason Peters MGMT 1125 Case 2 Questions 1. Social Responsibility is such an important concept in today’s world. If you do not practice it or worse‚ do the opposite‚ you will most likely find your company failing. I believe that every time a tree is cut down‚ a new one should be planted. If industrials are not conscious of their effect on different habitats and ecosystems‚ Earth will surely fail. Starbucks launched the Shared Planet website with three main goals: to achieve ethical sourcing‚ environmental
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WorldCom and Accounting Ethics ACC557 Assignment #1 April 29‚ 2013 Dr. Mohammad Rahman Deanna Williams Current business and regulatory environments are more conducive to ethical behavior due to many new laws that have been put into effect in recent years. For many companies‚ especially small ones‚ the checks and balances are not put into place as well as they should be. With new laws in effect and more and more accountants paying attention to their clients’ accounts‚ ethical behavior is on
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The Bible and Accounting Ethics The Bible and accounting have numerous similarities when it comes to ethics. First‚ let us take a look at the definition of ethics; “ethics are the beliefs that distinguish right from wrong. They are accepted standards of good and bad behavior” (Wild‚ p.8). Therefore when comparing the two we are able to distinguish certain verses in the bible‚ with the code of ethics in accounting that are recognized in the accounting industry or any industry at that. There are
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