Policy and Governance Module: Public Budgeting and Good Governance QUESTION: Budgeting process is a waste of time and valuable resources. Evaluate this statement. A budget is a plan for financing an enterprise or government during a definite period‚ which is prepared and submitted by a responsible executive to a representative body (or other duly constituted agent) whose approval and authorization are necessary before the plan may be executed. In the case of Uganda‚ it is a financing plan for
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The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility Dr. Karnani shows in this article from the Wall Street Journal‚ the pros and cons on whether businesses should be required to implement social welfare initiatives. For some companies‚ this idea is a win-win situation but there are other businesses that in order to promote these initiatives‚ they would have to lose profits. The idea of people helping people sounds very good but we have to be realistic‚ we are living in a capitalist country
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Case 5-60 1. The solution Doug proposes is not ethical. Although maintaining the current plant-wide rate is probably not illegal‚ its continuation has one purpose: to extract profits from government business. Doug knows the plant-wide rate is not accurately assigning overhead costs to various jobs and is willing to alter the assignments on an “unofficial basis” for purposes of bidding on private-sector jobs. Fundamentally‚ ethical behavior is concerned with choosing right over wrong. To knowingly
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that meets both the current and future needs of an organization Accounting System • Before 2001‚ relied on a customized single-user system • The academy’s desktop computers (PCs) used to enter accounting entries and; • System had not been functioned to produce financial reports • Thus‚ ATLAM want to replace the current with ACCPAC‚ an accounting package or PETRA’s Group-wide SAP system Main problem ATLAM Upgrade its accounting system ; either ACCPAC or SAP system? a) Economic Crisis b) Time
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technologies implemented in the market Advanced technology grinding down the quality-based competitive advantage. High competition from large national chains and small stand-alones Price pressures and loss of high margins‚ i.e. rent Management Accounting The Original Allocation: The company faced inaccuracy issues in identifying customer profitability‚ using of the Activity Based Costing (ABC) Calculating “rent” of Assembly Sq. ft.: We took the total amount of rent and divided it by the
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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Financial Accounting 30000 Financial Statement Analysis Case Exxon vs. Shell: Understanding the effect of inventory valuation on Financial Statements Designed by: Valeri Nikolaev Objective: Understanding the effect of inventory valuation assumptions on financial statements. Assignment summary: You are taking the role of a security analyst who recently started following the Oil and Gas industry. The analyst has a task to draw a comparison
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Situation Import Distributors ‚Inc ( IDI ) imported and distributed appliances to retail stores in the Rocky Mountain states. IDI has three board lines of merchandise: 1. Television Equipment 2. Audio Equipment 3. Kitchen Appliances Each line accounted for about one-third of total sales IDI sales revenue; In late 1993 : Company started to set up departmental income statements in obtain to see if each department is carrying its fair share of the load. In early April of 1994‚ the first
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JR: EXEC ADVISER AUG 10 The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility The idea that companies have a duty to address social ills is not just flawed‚ argues Aneel Karnani. It also makes it more likely that we’ll ignore the real solutions to these problems. By ANEEL KARNANI August 23‚ 2010 Can companies do well by doing good? Yes—sometimes. Journal Report Read the complete WSJ Executive Adviser report . But the idea that companies have a responsibility to act in the public interest
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THE CASE AGAINST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY According to my point of view‚ the writer of this article makes a controversial argument against Corporate Social Responsibility. He defines Corporate Social Responsibility as the increasing popular idea. His basic argument against this idea is twofold. First he argued that if profits and public interests are aligned‚ Corporate Social Responsibility is irrelevant. But I think that Corporate Social Responsibility is not irrelevant. The fact that
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Abstract The observance of international accounting standards is playing an increasingly significant role in dynamic regulatory developments and presents several challenges‚ which may necessitate a variety of procedural and technical data processing changes. Regulatory consolidation under the influence of international accounting standards The observance of international accounting standards is playing an increasingly significant role in dynamic regulatory developments. On the one hand‚ publicly
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