CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The original need for corporate governance stems from the separation of ownership and control in publicly held companies in the 19th century‚ it is pertinent at this point to note that this separation has brought about overzealous managers and passive owners. Investors seek to invest their capital in profit-making firms so that they can enjoy these profits in the future. Yet many investors lack the time and expertise necessary to operate a firm and ensure
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? One of the factors that explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity is the lack of effectiveness to record certain intangible assets such as stock of knowledge (i.e.‚ human capital) customer loyalty‚ and brand value. These former intangible assets mentioned
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America’s most prominent and problematic issue. Population growth‚ the U.S. population is growing by over 2‚000‚000 people per year‚ 240 people per hour‚ about half from new births and half from immigration. An issue that not only devastatingly impacts our economy‚ but is rapidly depleting our environment. Such as‚ the Central Valley Aquifer which loses the water equivalent of 1 Lake Mead each year. The underlying factor catalyzing the rapid growth in population was the swift progression in technology
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Phase 1: DB 2—Financial Reporting Model Colorado technical University ACCT300-1202B-01: Intermediate Accounting I I am a coworker and friend to Mr. Ethics. This morning at break‚ he appeared to look worried and under a lot of stress. Being his friend‚ I ask if he needed to talk. He told me that Mr. Fraud‚ the CEO of the company for which we work‚ called him into his office and asked him to adjust the books so that a spot of land purchased is recorded at book value of $50‚000 rather than the price
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Immigration is a concept as old as the creation of United States of America‚ in fact‚ immigration is the concept that the United States of America was founded on. Immigration is when someone from one country changes their permanent residence to another country and obtains‚ or tries to obtain‚ citizenship in that country. The original settlers of America emigrated here from European countries. Technically‚ they were considered foreign immigrants‚ because Indians had already inhabited America for centuries
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Chapter 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards Intermediate Accounting‚ 15th Edition Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ and Warfield 1 Financial Statements and Financial Reporting • Goals or purpose of (financial) accounting – Identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about – An economic entity to – Interested Parties (internal and external) • Creditors‚ managers‚ unions‚ government agencies Financial reports (statements) & notes 2 Financial Statements
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Future Commission in Hong Kong as it was involved in accounting fraud. It exaggerated accounts for loan‚ land and its warehouse receipts in its public offering financial statements for 2009. Also‚ its main subsidiary’s revenue was deliberately inflated according to powerful evidence. As a result‚ the CEO‚ Jacky Chun‚ was arrested because of irresponsibility of proper records on purpose‚ and some auditors related violated Professional Accounting Ordinance due to publicizing the annual reports with
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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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asset or renew the lease contract. The three major types of leases are the operating lease‚ financial/capital lease and the direct financing lease. The operating lease is a short-term lease contract where the lessor bears all operating and repairing costs of the asset and the lessee pays periodic rental payments to the lessor‚ and where the lease is cancelable‚ and there is no bargain purchase option. Financial/capital lease is a long-term lease contract where the lessee bears all operating‚ repairing
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1. Business United Small Business Telecom (USB Telecom) is a telecom company that offers mobile services to medium businesses. This company develops products to help small business owners in their day to day activities; the applications will enable them to do their business efficiently with speed‚ and reliability. Mobile consumers have grown enormously and most of the business is done via mobile and its going to expand heavily in future. USBT customers will be able to report any service outage issues
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