Ethics in Accounting and Financial Decision Making Fin 324 February 5‚ 2007 Ethics in Accounting and Financial Decision Making In his article‚ "Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley. Three best practices to adopt in your organization‚" the author‚ Neil S. Lebovits‚ suggests that organizations can do several things in order to ensure their ethical health. The top three practices suggested by Lebovits are to cultivate ethical role models‚ demonstrate ethical decision-making‚ and to encourage pushback. This
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> Capex? Is CFO > Capex + Dividends? If CFO < Capex + Dividends‚ how did the company finance Capex + Dividends? Trend in Net Income Trend in CFO Trend in Capex Trend in major working capital accounts Overall assessment of the financial strength of the company CFO = Cash flow from operating activities; NI = Net Income; Capex = Capital expenditures‚ i.e. investments into long-lived assets Major working capital accounts: Accounts Receivable‚ Inventory‚ Accounts Payable Beta
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Classify each of the following financial statement items taken from Mordica Corporation’s balance sheet. CL Accounts payable CA Accounts receivable PPE Accounts depreciation-equipment PPE Buildings CA Cash CL Interest payable IA Goodwill CL Income taxes payable CL Inventory CA Stock investments (to be sold in 7 months) PPE Land (in use) LTL Mortgage payable CA Supplies PPE Equipment CA Prepaid rent E2-2. Classify each of the following financial statement items based upon the
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Note for current students using this exam for practice purposes: exam is formatted for LEGAL SIZE paper. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY John Molson School of Business Department of Accountancy Course: Introduction to Financial Accounting Number: ACCO 230.2 Sections: Sections A and B (S. Mroz); Section AA (S. Tamas) Examination: FINAL (3 hours) Date: December 19‚ 2009 No. of Pages: Ten (10)‚ including this page. Ensure your copy is complete. Materials Allowed:
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Financial Reporting Google is a publicly traded company which means that customer and stakeholders have access to the company’s financial information. The balance sheet and income statements are the two financial statements which gives a brief summary of a company’s overall financial condition. The balance sheet focuses and report figures of assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity of the business. Assets are anything that a business has with a value such as furniture‚ liabilities are monies owe to
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Complete the following Practical Practice Problems in Chapter 3 of your textbook: * 3-1A‚ 3-8A‚ 3-9A * 3-12A‚ 3-15A‚ 3-16A 3-1A The biweekly taxable wages for the employees of Rite-Shop follow. FICA Taxes Employee No. | Employee Name | Biweekly taxable wages | OASSDI | HI | 711 | Castro‚ Manny | $493.28 | 30.58 | 7.15 | 512 | Corrales‚ Pat | 870.00 | 53.94 | 12.62 | 624 | Guitar‚ Joseph | 419.80 | 26.03 | 6.09 | 325 | Moore‚ Connie | 523.20 | 32.44 | 7
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as is Case 1-4 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles At the completion of the Darby Department Store audit‚ the president asks about the meaning of the phrase “in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles‚” which appears in your audit report on the management’s financial statements. He observes that the meaning of the phrase must include more than what he thinks of as “principles.” Required: a. Explain the meaning of the term accounting principles as used in the audit report
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investments or capital of the firm and not only in relation to sales. Return on capital employed ratio measures the efficiency with which the investment made by shareholders and creditors is used in the business. Managers use this ratio for various financial decisions. It is a ratio of overall profitability and a higher ratio is‚ therefor‚ better. To see whether the business has improved its profitability or not‚ the ratio can be calculated for a number of years. Return on equity (ROE) is widely
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INC) | |[pic] | |Financial analysis statement for the year ended | |December in 2011
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view the knowledge we learnt from accounting theory and practice‚ the main thing I can conclude that is the tendency of accounting will shift away from technical way to people’s behaviour way. By understanding what should do‚ we should ask why and how we could improve and change it into a better way. This essay aims to explain how the theoretical material that we learn in lectures can be developed under a real practical manner. When talking about accounting‚ the first thing we should know is
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