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    Understanding the context of an article‚ or particular situation‚ and the language used to describe events is important when it comes to considering how the reader will interpret the text. In The Sunday Telegraph article ‘Swim Scandal: Aussies See Red Over Chinese’ written by Halloran‚ J and Harris‚ A it is important to break down the important components of language used by the authors. Breaking down the article into field‚ tenor and mode will help the reader convey and understand the journalists’

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    becoming President. On June 17‚ 1972 a group of men from Nixon’s party were arrested because they were caught trespassing into the Democratic National headquarters in the Watergate (a hotel). The names of the men who were caught in the Watergate Scandal were James W. McCord‚ Virgilio R. Gonzalez‚ Frank A. Sturgis‚ and

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    issues – scandals in auditing Introduction • For this assignment‚ you are required to research and report back on one of four well known scandals that involve auditors in some way. • It can be commenced after week 1 lectures are completed‚ so gives you a chance to get part of your semester’s work done early. It is due in week 3 (Thursday at 4 pm). • You will also be required to very briefly report to your tutorial group on one interesting point you have found. Research into Scandals Choose

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    History Of Accounting Marion Clarisse Bonoan Ms. Champion BAF 3M According to the dictionary the word accounting means‚ the process or work of keeping financial accounts. However‚ how did accounting started? Was it just by a simple merchant or entrepreneur who needed a good and stable way to keep track of all his earnings? Or was it by an old mathematician studying ways to calculate how a business would be successful and just so happen to come across such a process? The history of

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    BACKGROUND In the mid-1990s‚ scandal rocked Mitsubishi‚ a conglomerate which consists of many autonomous companies‚ who manufacture myriad products. One of the largest of these corporations under the Mitsubishi name is Mitsubishi Motors‚ makers of many well-known automobiles‚ such as the Galant or Eclipse. Its North American branch‚ Mitsubishi Motors North America‚ was involved in one of the most significant sexual harassment cases in history. In 1994‚ 24 women who worked at Mitsubishi’s Normal

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    Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime The CEO and CFO of a Swiss security systems company named Tyco‚ stole 150 million dollars from their company before being caught in 2002. At the height of the scandal‚ the CEO threw a 2 million dollar birthday party for his wife on a private island with guest performer Jimmy Buffet. After being caught‚ the CEO and CFO were sentenced to 8-25 years in prison and Tyco had to repay its investors 2.92 billion dollars (The

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    between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The variation between accrual basis accounting and cash basis accounting‚ is how cash is documented. Cash basis is an accounting basis that is used when expenses and revenue are paid out or received. This is when the transaction will be recorded. In accrual-basis accounting‚ transactions are recorded when they actually happen. Payment does not need to be made for the transaction to be recognized in accrual-basis accounting unlike cash-basis

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    staggering. Only 10 billion tons of waste are disposed of properly every year in the US. The Love Canal scandal is a prime example of a company producing toxic waste and disposing of it in an unsafe manner. This paper will give an overview of the Love Canal scandal‚ the cost‚ and the governments’ response. The Hooker Chemical Corporation was one of the major players in the Love Canal scandal‚ and their role was the polluter. Following is some background information on the Hooker Chemical Corporation

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    used creative accounting to portray that the company’s profit were increasing when it fact it was making losses during the period 2000 – 2002 Creative accounting can be refers to accounting practices that seem to follow the applicable accounting standards but differ from the essence of those standards. It use the accounting methods to hide some elements of company’s financial dealings in order to make the company appears more successful that it is in reality. Creative accounting also can be describe

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    Nature of Accounting and the Accounting Standard Background Accounting is an important part for business and it is dubbed “language” of business activities conducted by firms. People think it is used to communicate business transactions per se to all stakeholders. However‚ some people argue that the functions of accounting are not that easy. Except the communication tool‚ accounting acts as many other difference roles in business. When doing accounting‚ different standard may be used. There are

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