The internal environment: * Strategic competitiveness and above – Average returns result when Internal organization (What a firm can do : function of resources‚ capabilities‚ and core competencies) matches External environment ( What a firm might do : function of opportunities in the firm’s external environment → Competitive Advantage * Competitive advantage key points: * No competitive advantage lasts forever. * Over time‚ rival use their own unique resources‚ capabilities‚ and
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Running head: INTERAL CONTROL AND RISK EVALUATION Internal Control and Risk Evaluation Patricia Coleman ACC/542 April 7‚ 2014 Maryln Fisher In today’s society‚ internal controls are applied to support an organization ’s managers to become more successfully to release the responsibilities by applying and understanding internal control concepts. Internal controls are most frequently saw as "a lot of red tape"; however‚ internal controls have different circumstances
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Internal Cash Control Iasia Goodson ACC/220 June 27‚ 2010 Jaclyn Strauss Internal Cash Control The weaknesses in the scenario E4-5 are huge. The first one is the fact that the company checks are not prenumbered‚ how will you keep track of what check was written and what it was written for. Another weakness would be that the purchasing agent and the treasurer are authorized to issue checks that are kept in an unlocked file cabinet. There is so much room for theft here; as well
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act Relates to Internal Control” Accounting 1 November 2011 Writing Assignment-How The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Relates to Internal Control. In attempting to explain the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and how it relates to the accounting concepts of control‚ some brief information is necessary to provide background on why it was enacted in 2002. Questions answered are why SOX was enacted‚ who passed this Act and why was it needed‚ what is internal control‚ how SOX Provisions and Requirements
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xx/xx/xxxx xacc/280 week 8 Checkpoint The collapse of Enron back in 2001 shows a number of unethical practice. This company shows unethical practice in accounting as well as business. This company is a perfect example on how unethical behavior of a few people can affect millions of individuals. This also affected these individuals for many years after. Enron was the first business to have nationwide gas pipeline networks. On November 8‚ 2001 Enron made an announcement in a SEC filing that
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Information Technology‚ Internal Control‚and Financial Statement Audits By Thomas A. Ratcliffe and Paul Munter In Brief ASB Tackles IT System Control Risk Modern data processing systems pose new‚ risk-laden challenges to the traditional audit process. Whereas it was once possible to conduct a financial statement audit by assessing and monitoring the controls over paper-based transaction and accounting systems‚ businesses have increasingly turned to electronic transaction and accounting
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What were the strengths and weaknesses of Sunshine’s current internal control system? “Internal control is broadly defined as a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of effectiveness and efficiency of operations‚ reliability of financial reporting and compliance with applicable laws and regulations”(COSO.org‚ 2012). Internal control can help an entity achieve its performance and profitability targets‚ and prevent loss of resources. The Committee of Sponsoring
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1. How an auditor evaluates the efficacy of internal control system? Ans: The auditor has to decide whether he can place reliance on the internal control. If internal control is adequate‚ he can restrict nature‚ timing and extent of his checking accordingly. If not‚ he is left with no alternative but to resort to detailed checking. The manner of evaluation of internal control may be in the following lines: 1. Making preliminary evaluation of the system 2. Compliance procedures to evaluate
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explores many social and internal issues. The story is told by an unnamed‚ self-loathing narrator living in Harlem during the middle of the 20th century. He is an everyday family man and school teacher who does not like to expose his emotions and the pain that he’s dealt with in his life. Much of this pain has come from his brother Sonny‚ the main character in the story. Sonny is a long-time heroin addict that has just recently been released from prison‚ and his brother feels as though he has
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B1 – Ethics‚ fraud and internal control at Bern Fly Company The main purpose that a good internal control must fulfil is to protect the firm’s assets from fraud and theft. As we can see from the description of Bern Fly Company’s case‚ the internal control within the company leaves much to be desired. As it can be read in the case the salespersons get commission promptly after each order taken by their customers without any control to check if that order is real or only a fictitious one. This
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