unethical practices. The code of conduct clearly states that all staff members are required to adhere to the laws‚ and act on good judgment. Kickbacks are illegal and deemed unethical in the United States. Kickbacks‚ sometimes referred to as bribery‚ are payments given or received with the intention of influencing another to gain from a situation and/or transaction. In the medical industry‚ doctors are often given samples from pharmaceutical companies to give to patients. This practice is common
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Q: Things that I would like to improve about my physical health and how I’m going to do it. Maintaining a physically healthy life style is very beneficial although‚ something so easy to do is often seen as a struggle for many. I personally would consider my physical health to be satisfactory. It is believed when an individual is able to recognize their defaults change is able to arise. By identifying with the negative factors that hinder me from obtaining my optimal physical health I will
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Accounting Regulation and Conceptual Frameworks‚ Traditional Arguments for Accounting Regulation – 1) Prevention of fraud – Enron 2) Comparability 3) Asymmetrical information – big institutional investors have more information than small retail investors. Beaver (1981)‚ strongly believes in pro market lobby‚ market solutions are always the best‚ we should never regulate. – Very influential academic – Highly reputable Traditional Arguments against accounting regulation 1) Capture theory – person
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principles-based accounting and rules-based accounting? Almost all companies are required to prepare their financial statements as set out by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ whose standards are generally principles-based. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether principle-based accounting would be more efficient than the popular rules-based accounting - especially in response to accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and Worldcom‚ the current way of accounting has been under a
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According to Accounting Theory: Contemporary Accounting Issues by Evans‚ accountants have developed two alternative approaches to accounting for income taxes‚ which are the cash method and the allocation method. The cash method is described as a simple and direct approach. The amount of income taxes actually paid for the year is reported on the Income Statement. The amount comes from the firm ’s income tax return and fit is not adjusted in any way. Therefore‚ the firm ’s actual transaction to
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Accounting Standards Boards Increased globalization in the business world has brought to fore some of the issues and challenges that multinational businesses face in financial recording and reporting of foreign based operations. With operations based in different countries that operate under different accounting principles and with varying currencies‚ there has been a need for the accounting principles and standards to be converged. This has in the past nine years seen the accounting policy
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International Journal of Trade‚ Economics and Finance‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 6‚ December 2011 Use or Abuse of Creative Accounting Techniques Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah‚ Safdar Butt‚ and Yasir Bin Tariq India who are always short of this product. It takes three years for a cement plant to start production. By the time the new plants came into production in late nineties‚ the country’s economic scenario had changed. The government had no money for development‚ the economy was generally in recession‚ and
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Competition Improves Us All In his book No Contest: The Case against Competition (1986)‚ Alfie Kohn poses the question‚ “Is competition more enjoyable?” (277). He proceeds to argue in favor of noncompetitive activities by eliminating competition completely in his No Contest article. Based on research‚ a student interview and a study by the NYU child center‚ we will look at the advantages of competition and the effects it has on each of us. Since the Ancient Mesopotamian Era and Gilgamesh‚ sports
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JB Accounting Fraud‚ the Investor and the Sarbanes Oxley Act Throughout the past several years major corporate scandals have rocked the economy and hurt investor confidence. The largest bankruptcies in history have resulted from greedy executives that “cook the books” to gain the numbers they want. These scandals typically involve complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds‚ overstating revenues‚ understating expenses‚ overstating the value of assets or underreporting of liabilities
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* Write an essay in 250 to 300 words‚ Include the following: * The basic assumption of accounting * The constraints of accounting * A conclusion stating how you think sound financial reporting depends on principles‚ assumptions‚ and constraints. Refer to the U.S. GAAP in your response. The basic assumptions of accounting = separate entity assumption- finances from the company finance so that they don’t get intertwined with the owner or shareholders finance. Going concern assumption=
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