Assignment #3 - Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices February 11‚ 2013 Ethics And Advocacy For Hr Pro- HRM 522 Assignment #3 - Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices 1. Discuss how the issues with the Arthur Anderson case may have played out differently if the Sarbanes-Oxley Act had been enacted in 1999. The provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act help minimize the likelihood of auditor failing to identify accounting irregularities by the following requirements:
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"Financial accounting produces information for external parties such as stockholders‚ suppliers‚ banks‚ and government regulatory agencies" (Horngren‚ Sundem‚ & Stratton‚ 2005‚ p. 5). "Financial accountants prepare financial statements based on general ledgers and participate in important financial decisions involving mergers & acquisitions‚ benefits/ERISA planning and long-term financial projections"(Accounting: Job Options‚ 2000). These reports are used by owners of a business‚ or by people who
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pertinent information from customers before selling the product sends the message of untrustworthiness and dismay to the customer. Most people search for a brokerage firm with the intent of building a strategic partnership to assist in making good financial decisions. Whether they need advice for investing towards retirement‚ building their children’s education fund‚ or just seeking options to grow their nest egg‚ people have urgency for assurance that their best interest is truly at the forefront
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Does Fair Value Accounting for Non-Financial Assets Pass the Market Test? Hans B. Christensen and Valeri V. Nikolaev The University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago‚ IL 60637 Abstract: The choice between fair value and historical cost accounting is the subject of longstanding controversy among accounting academics and regulators. Nevertheless‚ the market based evidence on this subject is very limited. We study the choice of fair value versus historical
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CHAPTER 1 Accounting in Action ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Brief Exercises A Problems B Problems 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 11 1A‚ 2A‚ 4A 1B‚ 2B‚ 4B 3 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 10‚ 11 1A‚ 2A‚ 4A‚ 5A 1B‚ 2B‚ 4B‚ 5B 4 8‚ 9‚ 12‚ 13‚ 2A‚ 3A‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17 4A‚ 5A 2B‚ 3B‚ 4B‚ 5B Learning Objectives Questions Do It! Exercises 1. Explain what accounting is. 1‚ 2‚ 5 1 1 2. Identify the users and uses of accounting. 3‚ 4 1 2 3. Understand why ethics is a fundamental business concept. 4. Explain accounting standards
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President‚ and the others that argued. This is because each one of these people and groups are affected by the outcome of the decision that is made. B) What are the ethical issues involved in this situation? Some of the ethical issues in this case are to be honest and have integrity on how they go about the situation. They need to make sure that whatever decision is made it has to be fair and the best choice for the company. They need to make sure to not take side roads and lie about what the
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Accounting‚ or accountancy‚ is the measurement‚ processing and communication of financial information about economic entities. Accounting‚ which has been called the "language of business"‚ measures the results of an organization ’s economic activities and conveys this information to a variety of users including investors‚ creditors‚ management‚ and regulators. Practitioners of accounting are known as accountants. Accounting can be divided into several fields including financial accounting‚ management
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According to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Litigation Release No. 21819 and Accounting and Auditing Release No. 3234 dated January 20‚ 2011‚ on January 13th‚ 2011‚ SEC charged NutraCea‚ three former executives‚ and two former accounting personnel for overstatement of NutraCea’s product sales revenues by employing deceptive accounting schemes. NutraCea is an Arizona-based company that manufactures and sells health food products. For the second and third quarters of its fiscal year 2007
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MBA 520: Managerial Accounting Performance Measurement at Lipton: Evaluation and Recommendations ------------------------------------------------- Nick Arens Chris Lance Ryan Moore Rob Sloan Summary We at ALMS Consulting Co. have been hired to analyze the way product lines and product managers are being evaluated at the Thomas J. Lipton‚ Incorporated (“Lipton” or the “Company”) entity. We will review the performance metrics utilized at the corporate level of Lipton‚ explain
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper Mary Kaiser HCS/405 Health Care Financial Accounting July 7‚ 2014 David Albalat Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper Introduction In this paper‚ we will discuss the financial reporting aspects of accounting and what ethical standards are being met by the health care industry. Our discussion leads us to the four fundaments accounting principles‚ the generally accepted accounting principles‚ and the financial ethics of accounting and the code of ethical
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