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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Journal of Business & Economics Research – June 2012 Volume 10‚ Number 6 The Effect Of Internal Control On The Operating Activities Of Small Restaurants Linval Frazer‚ College at Old Westbury‚ State University of New York‚ USA ABSTRACT Researchers have found that more than 67% of restaurants fail within the first 3 years of their operation. These findings underscore the restaurant industry’s current crisis of profitability and survivability. The industry’s average profit is generally
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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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Under internal control‚ there are three issues arises in the chicken run case study. 1st issue is the credit control system is weak. The lack in credit control system can be seen when the marketing department continued to supply product to Cold Gold Sdn. Bhd even though Cold Gold Sdn. Bhd credit is gone beyond its limit. Besides‚ Ms Choy as a credit controller did not take proper action about this issue. The recommendations are Ms Choy as a credit controller should know her duties and responsibility
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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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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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Life Time Fitness & Wellness Nutrition Plan The amount of food that I intake throughout the day the amount or portions of vitamins and minerals that I intake is not sufficient enough for my weight and height. Furthermore‚ being an athlete I do intense and vigorous workouts for more than 60 minutes daily. In result‚ the amount of time that it takes for my body to burn all of them‚ is much quicker than normal time due to the vigorous activity. The amount of vitamins and minerals that I intake needs
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stealing cash. Accounts should also be reconciled daily. Rosemary should install cameras in the facility and a safe. Lastly‚ I think she should evaluate the salary of her manager and instructors to make certain that she is competitive with other fitness facilities. If she is not‚ then may she should offer a performance motivator such as a
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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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Durand 1 Bryce Durand Andrea Ropko English 111 1 December 2014 Fitness in the Workplace Today‚ more than ever‚ employers face the challenge of controlling rising health care costs in a competitive marketplace. Evidence indicates that a corporate wellness program is a strategic investment in the employees’ social‚ mental‚ and physical health‚ improving the corporation’s bottom line profitability. In other words‚ “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure‚” and employers are discovering the payoff
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