Accounting has a long history of being an ethical profession. In recent years‚ however‚ some companies have asked their accountants to help "manage earnings." What does it mean to manage earnings? Who is more likely to be involved in such a situation‚ the financial accountant or the management accountant? Why? Do you believe that managing earnings is ethical? Discuss the rationale for your answer. The major role of financial reporting is to effectively communicate financial information
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note that all the answers are not included in the article; you should also use your own knowledge to answer them: * In what ways is the iPhone innovative? * Why is this innovation so important to the market place? * What are Apple’s competitors doing to try to obtain some of the market share? * What risks are there to the success of this product? * What can Apple do to avoid these risks? Apple faithful smitten to the core with iPhone Long-awaited entry into the mobile handset
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Accounting Research Vol. 49 No. 3 June 2011 Printed in U.S.A. Earnings Quality Based on Corporate Investment Decisions FENG LI∗ Received 25 July 2007; accepted 20 September 2010 ABSTRACT In this paper‚ I examine a new approach for measuring earnings quality‚ defined as the closeness of reported earnings to “permanent earnings‚” based on firm decisions with regard to capital and labor investments. Specifically‚ I measure earnings quality as the contemporaneous association between changes in
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CFA Institute What Determines Price-Earnings Ratios? Author(s): William Beaver and Dale Morse Source: Financial Analysts Journal‚ Vol. 34‚ No. 4 (Jul. - Aug.‚ 1978)‚ pp. 65-76 Published by: CFA Institute Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4478160 Accessed: 12/06/2010 17:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part
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When should rebellion be acceptable America is famous for its political system under which all men are equal. It improves and develops each time people rebel. Rebellion can be morally acceptable or unacceptable depending on the circumstance. Rebellion is acceptable when government is running unjust laws or the people are not treated equally. In the mid 18th century‚ the United States was still a colony of Great Britain. Under the control of the British government‚ people suffered from unjust
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Determinants of Earnings Improving someone’s success in the labour market is a main objective of both family and policy makers‚ especially those with low earning in recent years. In the classic view of labour earning‚ we assume that the skills of individuals are the dominant factor to determine the earnings’ level. However‚ the recent year study manifests multiple factors have been weighed more than before. To illustrate this new situation‚ it believes that individuals’ successes in labour
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Information Technology Policies and Procedures Acceptable Use Policy Overview This policy is intended to protect the University’s faculty‚ employees‚ Students and employees as well as the University from the consequences of illegal or damaging actions by individuals using the University Information Technology Network. The University Information Technology Network includes: Internet/Intranet/Extranetrelated systems‚ including but not limited to computer/Networking equipment‚ Software‚ Operating Systems
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Session 3: Basic Cost Terms and Concepts Article: Earnings management through real activities manipulation‚ Sugata Roychowdhury (2006) Due date: Oct 1‚ 2013 The research paper “Earnings management through real activities manipulation” by Sugata Roychowdhury analyses evidence on real activities manipulation in corporate earnings management to meet operational targets. Roychowdhury presents “abnormal real activities” in operations management by examine cash flows from operation (CFO)‚ production
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RETAINED EARNINGS OF LUPIN v/s WYETH INTRODUCTION Managing a company’s operations‚ marketing and sales activities and expense management are but a few of the decisions that management has to deal with. After it has made a profit the company will then need to decide what to do with those profits. Among the options for using profits are: operations‚ returning cash to shareholders‚ or keeping cash in reserve for future use Retained earnings represent the amount a company
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Earnings Management During Import Relief Investigations “Earnings Management During Import Relief Investigations” was written by Jennifer J. Jones. It illustrates her study and examination of the effects of managing reported earnings to alleviate the costs of tariffs and quota increases on import businesses. The ITC or (United States International Trade Commission) conducts relief investigations on companies that import goods so they can make a determination on the import relief rate. The ITC sets
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