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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According to Trochim (2006)‚ evaluation is the systematic assessment of the worth or merit of some object. And as defined by Hall (2012)‚ evaluation is the process of systematically assessing the design‚ implementation and impact of programs‚ policies or projects. With these definitions‚ the proponents have defined evaluation as a process of criticizing and assessing the functions and performance of a particular event or object to provide a beneficial feedback. Evaluation process is indeed a help
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CHAPTER 7 CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 7.1 Answer the following questions about the audit of Springer’s Lumber & Supply a. What deficiencies existed in the internal environment at Springer’s? The "internal environment" refers to the tone or culture of a company and helps determine how risk consciousness employees are. It is the foundation for all other ERM components‚ providing discipline and structure. It is essentially the same
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between principles-based accounting and rules-based accounting? Almost all companies are required to prepare their financial statements as set out by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ whose standards are generally principles-based. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether principle-based accounting would be more efficient than the popular rules-based accounting - especially in response to accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and Worldcom‚ the current way of accounting has been under
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Manual versus Computerized Accounting Ever since Lucas Pacioli wrote about and spread the knowledge of double entry accounting in his “Summa di Arithemetica” in 1494‚ modern manual accounting was born (Hendrickson‚ 2007)‚ though manual accounting has existed in many forms since ancient times. In contrast‚ computerized accounting systems are a more modern invention‚ as the first computer was invented between 1943 and 1946 (“Great Events in Accounting & Business History”‚ (n.d.)) and Arthur
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Accounting information – Coursework Some academics believe that there is a direct relationship between accounting information systems and organisations. It is thought there is a two-way system whereby organisations shape their accounting information systems but are also shaped by them. This report will look at the highlighted relationship and in the context of the information literacy and management skills that are needed by an accountancy graduate in the 21st Century. The report will also cover
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One common method is via student evaluations. At the University of Batangas‚ most especially in the College of Engineering Department‚ a student evaluation is needed especially by the graduating students. Currently‚ students from different courses find it very difficult in getting their evaluation because they are going to get through a very long line of students and after that they will wait for their turn on the registrars’ office. The results from such evaluations are important to students for them
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Object-oriented Analysis and Design Requirements Analysis 2 As Sales ordered it. Software Engineering 3 Object-oriented Analysis and Design Requirements Analysis 3 As Engineering designed it. Software Engineering 4 Object-oriented Analysis and Design Requirements Analysis 4 As Production manufactured it. Software Engineering 5 Object-oriented Analysis and Design Requirements Analysis 5 As Maintenance installed it. Software Engineering 6 Object-oriented
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Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics‚ Hong Kong‚ 19-22 August 2007 A MONEY LAUNDERING RISK EVALUATION METHOD BASED ON DECISION TREE SU-NAN WANG1‚ 2‚ JIAN-GANG YANG1 1 College of Computer Science and Engineering‚ Zhejiang University‚ Hangzhou 310027‚ China 2 Shanghai Pudong Development Bank‚ Shanghai 200002‚ China E-MAIL: wangsn@spdb.com.cn‚ yangjg@cs.zju.edu.cn Abstract: Money laundering (ML) involves moving illicit funds‚ which may be
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Question 1: Sassu is online based accounting software which enables users to remotely access their business transactions from anyplace they want. All one is in need to be wired to the internet and login to their sassu account and start inputting or manipulating their business transactions (“What is Cloud Accounting‚” n.d.‚ parra. 1). Sassu is a market leader in the Asia Pacific software as a Service Accounting industry‚ thriving with millions of transaction worth billions of dollars with a reach
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