------------------------------------------------- Introduction Chartered Accountants of Canada‚ also known as CICA‚ is a non-profit organization for accounting professionals in Canada. CICA has developed GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) for Canadian accounting‚ and publishes guidance and educational materials on a number of accounting-related topics. It is one of the founding members of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and the Global Accounting Alliance (GAA). Parent location
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CORPORATE ACCOUNTING SCANDAL AT SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED BACKGROUND Ironically‚ Satyam means “truth” in the ancient Indian language “Sanskrit” (Basilico et al.‚ 2012). Satyam won the “Golden Peacock Award” for the best-governed company in 2007 and in 2009. From being India’s IT “crown jewel” and the country’s “fourth largest” company with high- profile customers‚ the outsourcing firm Satyam Computers has become embroiled in the nation’s biggest corporate scam in living memory (Ahmad
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8.07 What physical evidence did you find at the victim’s home? A box of matches‚ a space heater‚ beer bottles‚ Natalie’s wallet‚ a V-shaped burn pattern‚ burned outlet‚ a protected surface on the ground‚ crazed glass‚ and a puddle-shaped burn pattern. Describe the process that you used to take a sample of the puddle-shaped burn pattern on the floor. Why did you also take samples from the portion of the floor that was not burned? First thing i did was I took the chisel to loosen up some of the wood
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challenge.? I have never given up on the what-ifs because often what did not happen can be more engaging than what actually happened. Take for example‚ the debate over the cause of Napoleon?s death that textbooks set down as stomach cancer. There were forensic doctors who examined strands of Napoleon?s hair and found traces of arsenic‚ suggesting that the emperor of France did not die of natural causes and could have been murdered with regular doses of arsenic. This debate always makes me wonder if it
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Response to organizations in art or entertainment (Enron‚ the Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005) Introduction There is a proverb “too good‚ to be true”‚ and it means the same‚ that some things are too great‚ to be real. In business world‚ it is often used to describe market conditions or companies under unbelievable success. Although‚ there were not too many companies that would fit the saying Enron was one of them. In a period of sixteen years‚ Enron’s value grew from 10 to 70 billion dollars
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Career Opportunities for Accountants Shirley Scott XACC/280 August 17‚ 2013 Toral Kapur The two business sectors I would want to work in is manufacturing and sales and services. Manufacturing as an audit accountant because‚ first auditing is an important aspect of any business‚ also an audit accountant check accounting ledgers and financial statements. It gives an accountant some great experience in the business world and I would want to do internal audit accounting because it is important
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Forensic entomology is using insect biology to determine specific aspects of a crime. It can be used to determine time of death‚ whether or not a body has been moved‚ and also if the victim had been intoxicated with any substances. Insects are also prime examples of Locard’s principle when solving a crime. The history of forensic entomology dates back to as early as the thirteenth century‚ and is still been developed today. There have been many cases involving forensic entomology to help solve
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1 Auditing issues in Enron case Independent Needed for the Houston office of Andersen‚ an audit partner that understands the role of being a "public watchdog" with "ultimate allegiance to the creditors and shareholders" . Arthur Anderson abandoned its roles as independent auditor by turning a blind eye to improper accounting‚ including the failure to consolidate‚ failure of Enron to make $51million in proposed adjustments in 1997‚ and failure to adequately disclose the nature of transactions with
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Generally speaking‚ forensic anthropology is the examination of human skeletal remains for law enforcement agencies to help recover human remains‚ determine the identity of unidentified human remains‚ interpret trauma‚ and estimate time since death. Anthropology is the study of man. Anthropologists are interested in many fields like culture (cultural anthropologists)‚ language (linguistic anthropologists)‚ the physical remains or artifacts left behind by human occupation (archaeologists)‚ and human
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What happened in Enron and Arthur Andersen? United States ’ seventh largest company Enron‚ with the slogan "Ask Why" was admired for its innovation‚ but it all ended up in bankruptcy and criminal matters. The company filed for bankruptcy in December 2001. This was one of the world ’s biggest corporate scandals in history. USA ’s seventh largest firm had in over sixteen years increased its assets from 10 billion to 70 billion U.S. dollars‚ and was by the stock market analysts from Wall Street
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