SORCERY AND CONCEPTS OF DEVIANCE AMONG THE KABANA‚ WEST NEW BRITAIN * In the Trobriands‚ sorcery was both a criminal practice and a method of administering justice. * Sorcery may be either deviance per se‚ or it may be the control of deviance. * The Kabana have multiple levels of political negotiation that go into a decision about whether an act of sorcery is deviant. * KABANA MORALITY * Among the Kabana‚ the framework of ideal social values and morals is grounded in concepts
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Intermediate Accounting Paper The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private‚ not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within the United States in the public ’s interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designated the FASB as the organization responsible for setting accounting standards for public companies in the U.S. It was created in 1973‚ replacing the Accounting Principles Board and the Committee
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Eighth Edition Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts Thomas P. Edmonds University of Alabama–Birmingham Frances M. McNair Mississippi State University Philip R. Olds Virginia Commonwealth University Edward E. Milam Mississippi State University (Contributing Author) FUNDAMENTAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 1221 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York‚ NY‚ 10020. Copyright © 2013‚ 2011‚ 2008‚ 2006
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Chapter 1 Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making Key Concepts 1 Describe the way managers use accounting information to create value in organizations. ♦ Cost accounting helps manages achieve the maximum value for their organizations by providing information for decision making and by measuring the effects of decisions on the value creation of the organizations. ♦ Value chain is the set of activities that transforms raw resources into the goods and services end users purchase
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Chapter 19 - Vertical Integration And Outsourcing CHAPTER 19 VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND OUTSOURCING CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter analyzes the vertical boundaries of the firm. It begins by defining the vertical chain of production. The benefits of acquiring inputs through competitive markets (when they exist) is stressed. Reasons for nonmarket transactions (vertical integration and long-term contracting) are introduced. The choice between long-term contracts and vertical integration is analyzed
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Managerial Accounting Vs Financial Accounting Resources carbon.cudenver.edu/~gcolbert/6550.ch12.pdf MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND COST-VOLUME-PROFIT Managerial Accounting Contrasted to Financial Accounting. Managerial accounting supports Managerial Accounting vs. Financial Accounting cob.ohio-state.edu/~bentz_1/525/problems/Finvsmgrl.doc Bentz Financial vs. Managerial Accounting in which financial accounting and managerial accounting are alike in which managerial accounting seems to differ from
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Cost Management I. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING VERSUS COST MANAGEMENT: A SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK A system is a set of interrelated parts that performs one or more processes to accomplish specific objectives. An accounting information system consists of: objectives‚ interrelated parts‚ processes‚ and outputs. Inputs are generally economic events and the operational model of an accounting system is critically involved with the user of information. There are two basic accounting
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Informative Speech Outline Dusti Goertz COMS 101 Date Due: 9/30/2013 Organization: For this speech I will be utilizing the topical pattern. Audience analysis: Provide a description of your audience (e.g.‚ its demographics like age‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ etc. as well as any other information about them that impacts the way you plan and present the speech (see the textbook‚ pp. 618–628). Topic: In this speech‚ I am going to describe why accountants have a bad reputation as being both boring and
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Chapter Outline Chapter 2 I. Developmental theories and the issues they raise A. The Importance of Theories 1. Guides the collection of new information a. what is most important to study b. what can be hypothesized or predicted c. how it should be studied B. Qualities of a Good Theory 1. Internally consistent-- its different parts are not contradictory 2. Falsifiable-- generates testable hypotheses 3. Supported by data-- describes‚ predicts‚ and explains human development C. Four Major
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There is more to Financial Accounting than meets the Eye ACCT 201 The Impact of Financial Accounting The current economy reinforces the necessity for businesses and organizations to maintain a strict watch over their assets. “Two-thirds of new establishments survive two years and 44 percent survive at least four years” (Knaup‚ 2005‚ p. 50). These survival rates are based across the spectrum of all industries. Despite the views that other industries survive more frequently‚ research shows that
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