Creative accounting refers to accounting practices that seem to follow the letter of the applicable accounting standards but deviate from the spirit of those standards. It is the use of accounting methods to hide aspects of a company’s financial dealings in order to make the company appear more or less successful than it is in reality. In other words‚ Creative accounting is the transformation of financial accounting figures from what they actually are to what preparers desire by taking advantage
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In 1998‚ Betty Vinson was promoted to a senior manager in the firm’s corporate accounting division. Two years later in her position she experienced a major ethical dilemma. The company WorldCom was a very successful company up until the middle of 2000 when the telecommunication industry entered a protracted slump. The company’s earnings were not Wall Street expectations‚ and it was saddled with unpaid bills. Vinson’s job was to repair the problem by doing some wrong accounting practices. The ethical
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I have outlived my penis’ Carolyn Cooper Publication Information In the article‚ “I have outlived my penis”‚ written by Carolyn Cooper contributor of the Jamaica Observer‚ published June 3‚ 2012. Author Topic and purpose It is presumed that the topic of the article was the Calabash International Literary Festival though this is almost lost as the author rambles on about one idea after another‚ barely making sound associations. A statement could be made that the article’s purpose is to
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Wan-Ting Shao * Ananya Chandra * Niteesh Chinta * Shraddha Rane * Swathi Punreddy The Rise and fall of WorldCom This case study WorldCom is a telecommunications company which was led by CEO‚ Bernard Ebbers‚ and CFO‚ Scott Sullivan. In 1999‚ WorldCom was not meeting Wall Street’s revenue and earnings expectations‚ and it appeared that the coming year would produce more bad news. The CFO argued for setting realistic targets.
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Auditing Case 6.3 Question 1 Recent Developments in WorldCom Case * March 26‚ 2010: Third Distribution of Settlement Fund Made in Accordance with Court Order of September 18‚ 2009. * September 18‚ 2009: Judge Cote Grants Approval of the Final Distribution Plan * February 15‚ 2008: Second Distribution of Settlement Fund Made in Accordance with Court Order of January 23‚ 2008. * January 23‚ 2008: Judge Cote Grants Approval of Second Distribution of Net Settlement Fund. Question
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Case Study Coopers Creek and the New Zealand wine industry Heather Wilson and Maureen Benson-Rea This case describes the growth of a medium-sized New Zealand winery – Coopers Creek. It is concerned with the changing collaborative arrangements employed by Coopers Creek to service domestic and international markets since its inception. These changes are set against the background of a small‚ rapidly internationalising industry within a global market environment. Readers are encouraged to analyse
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CASE 3: COOPERS BREWERY Analyze the Australian brewing industry. What characterizes this industry? To analyze the competitive structure of this industry‚ we can apply Porter’s Five Forces. This model of industry analysis uncovers the following aspects of the Australian brewing industry: Threat of new entrants: The Trade Practice Act of 1974 lead to national consolidation and a focus on economy of scale. This created an advantage for high volume firms already competing in the industry
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What are the concerns and what are the bargaining positions of each group of Nicholson stockholders? What must Cooper offer each group in order to acquire its shares? Introduction : Nicholson File Company was faced with poor sales and low profit performances conservative accounting policies and a very low percent of outstanding stick which was held by the Nicholson family. the management was also functioning badly .The family had no interest in joining forces with people from outside and the
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Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan HSA 599 Dr. Hunter April 28‚ 2013 Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan 1 The following paper will explore and discuss six (6) unique problems associated with delivering health care to an indigent population. This paper will discuss the five (5) ways that the Community Care Plan will improve the health status of the community. This paper will
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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