Accounting for Decision Making Study Notes Introduction to Accounting (Week One) Accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating economic information (transactions) of a business to a variety of users for decision making purposes. Business transactions are an external exchange of something of value between 2 or more entities. They can reliably be measured and recorded and can affect the assets‚ liabilities and equity of a business/ organisation. Accounting information is
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Woldcom’s Whitleblower: 1-which of Kohlberg’s six stages of moral development would you say that Cynthia cooper had reached? Explain. She has reached the universal ethical orientation in which the meaning of right is explained by the decision of conscience in accord with self-chosen ethical principles appealing the logical comprehensiveness and universality. This stage is also concerned of universal principal of justice‚ equality of human rights will respect for the dignity of human beings as
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Case Study #2 Ethical Decision Making Model In my opinion‚ I would not take that changes of serving children from my good friends. Even though‚ it under supervision it would still put my job on the line. I would polite say‚ ?no thank you‚? no matter how good it sound‚ it is all about doing the right things. This would be a breach of confidence. Nevertheless‚ these are children with a parent sign consent. Therefore‚ without discussion this with the parent of the children would be an act of confidentiality
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Chen Tao Hsu Ethic decision making 09.21.2014 Dr. Kevin V. Daley Chapter 1 Question 10 10. Every year‚ Ethisphere Magazine publishes a list of the world’s most ethical companies. Go to its website ; find and evaluate their rating methodology and criteria‚ and engage in an assessment. According to the website ethisphere.com‚ the EQ framework consists of five core categories. The 5 categories and associated weighting for each is defined as ethics and compliance program‚ corporate citizenship and
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E2-1‚ 2‚5‚7; P2-2A‚ 4A E2-1. The following are the major balance sheet classifications: Current assets (CA Long-term investments (LTI) Property‚ plant and equipment (PPE) Intangible assets (IA) Current liabilities (CL) Long-term liabilities (LTL) Stockholders’ equity (SE) Classify each of the following financial statement items taken from Mordica Corporation’s balance sheet. CL Accounts payable CA Accounts receivable PPE Accounts depreciation-equipment PPE Buildings CA Cash CL Interest
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footing” which caused them and‚ in turn‚ others to slip down the proverbial “ethical slippery slope” and on the path to committing fraud. Cynthia Cooper‚ the Vice President of Internal Audit‚ was among the people who were pushed to compromise. When pushed‚ however‚ her instinct and ethical values could not be overrun by her personal desire to see Mississippi’s pride continue on in its deceptive success. Cynthia Cooper loved her company. She loved it because she too had been born and raised in
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Case 2-1 Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom Cynthia Cooper details her trials and tribulations about her experiences at WorldCom in the book Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower. The following excerpts from the book describe the actions she took to uncover the fraud at WorldCom and reactions of key players in the accounting department‚ top management‚ the audit committee and the external auditors. Cooper was first alerted to the fact that there may have been a problem
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International Accounting Case 1-2 1. An individual investor might want to invest in an international growth fund so that they can diversify their assets into mutual funds that invest in the stock of foreign companies instead of companies that are only in one country. 2. Risks common to both domestic and international funds: a. Investment style risk - the chance that returns from non-U.S. growth stocks and small- and mid-cap stocks‚ will trail returns from the overall domestic stock
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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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“right” answers. What are your reactions to the three ethical dilemmas? What other information would be helpful to know about these situations to make a decision? CHAPTER FOCUS Virtue or Character Ethics Principle-Based Ethics: Developing Moral Rules Utilitarian Theories: Doing the Most Good for the Most People Deontological Theories: Balancing Rights and Obligations Justice in Health Care Values and Health Policy Ethics of Care Ethical Problems Faced by Community Nurses: The Research
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