Running head: ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES Generally Accepted Accounting Principles P G HCS 571 June 5‚ 2013 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ are standards and guidelines for financial accounting‚ and reporting‚ (Office of Financial Management‚ 2012). There are guidelines in effect for most organizations; GAAP ensures that the finances of an organization are correct. According to Cleverly‚ Song‚ and Cleverly (2011)‚ GAAP describes the “body
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The Smurfette Principle The Smurfette principle is a controversy on how TV shows and movies have all men/boys as characters with zero to one girl. A writer by the name Katha Pollitt writes an article in the New York Times talking about this principle. She defines her principle as‚ “…a group of male buddies will be accented by a lone female‚ stereotypically defined” (Pollitt). She uses her daughter to explain to us that there is just not enough shows for little girls to watch. She mentions how
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Neighbor Principle The claim on tort of negligence is based on three elements‚ which are duty of care‚ breach of duty and the breach resulted in Damage. The case of Donoghue v Stevenson‚ regarding the snail in the bottle of ginger beer‚ reached the House of Lord in 1932. Lord Atkin formulated a general principle from it to govern the existence of a duty of care and this was the neighbor principle. In order for a duty of care owed there must be reasonable foresight of harm to persons whom‚ it is
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* Bernoulli’s Principle * Vacuum- A space entirely devoid of matter. * Vacuums don’t exist in the Earth’s atmosphere as air molecules are constantly bouncing off each-other. If a vacuum ever existed in the atmosphere it would be filled very quickly because there would be no resistance against the excited air molecules. * This phenomenon is the driving principle behind airplane wings. As wind blows over the wing (see picture below) there is a pressure differential between the
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of the lower-of-cost-or-net realizable value (LCNRV) rule is based on both the expense recognition principle and the concept of conservatism. The expense recognition principle applies because the application of the LCNRV rule allows for the recognition of a decline in the utility (value) of inventory as a loss in the period in which the decline takes place. The departure from the cost principle for inventory valuation is permitted on the basis of
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1)The Principle of Utility is the belief that when a person has a number of options in a moral situation he should chose the one that results in the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. However‚ the definition of happiness is up to interpretation. I feel as though people should follow this principle in certain situations. For example‚ if you are faced with the choice of playing videogames by yourself at home or going out to dinner with your family you should chose the
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providing that the legislature "lay down by legislative act an intelligible principle to which the person or body authorized to fix such rates is directed to conform". Whitman v. Am. Trucking Ass’Ns‚ 531 U.S. 457 (U.S. 2001)‚ Loving v. United States‚ 517 U.S. 748 (U.S. 1996)‚ citing Chief Justice Taft in J. W. Hampton‚ Jr.‚ & Co. v. United States‚ 276 U.S. 394‚ 409 (U.S. 1928). The question becomes what is the "intelligible principle" and whether it exists in the Emergency Bubblegum Price Control Act
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The Verification Principle The Verification Principle Throughout the years‚ science has been a very productive practice. From explaining why and how things happen to sending people to the moon. Not only do we see its benefits every day‚ but also new discoveries are being made constantly. Science has proven its success. By using the scientific method and critical thinking‚ a wide range of things have been discovered. One cannot say the same for philosophy. Many of the questions that
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The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance What are the Principles and what issues do they address? How to strengthen the ownership role of shareholders? How do the Principles deal with conflicts of interest? How do the Principles help strengthen company oversight by boards? How can governments use the Principles? How was the review of the Principles carried out? What happens next? For further information For further reading Where to contact us? Introduction The integrity of businesses and
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General Principles As the written sources of EU law cannot always provide a solution for every question which comes before CJEU‚ there is what has become known as general principles of law. These principles originate from the laws of individual member states‚ such as equality and from interpretations of treaty articles. The legal basis for the incorporation of these principles can be found under Article 263 TFEU‚ which states infringement of rule of law‚ and in Article 340 TFEU there is a direct
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