1. 4–3. Business Torts. Medtronic‚ Inc.‚ is a medical technology company that competes for customers with St. Jude Medical S.C.‚ Inc. James Hughes worked for Medtronic as a sales manager. His contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving Medtronic. Hughes sought a position as a sales director for St. Jude. St. Jude told Hughes that his contract with Medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. Hughes accepted. Medtronic filed a suit‚ alleging wrongful interference
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The ethical dilemma in this case is one that Daniel Potter is faced with. Daniel is a staff accountant at a Big Eight accounting firm‚ Baker Greenleaf. He was given the duty of performing an audit on a wholly-owned real estate subsidiary (Sub) of a long-standing and important client of his firm. Oliver Freeman is Daniel’s project manager. Oliver is the one that gave Daniel the task of performing the audit‚ and he is expecting a clean opinion from Daniel on the analysis of the Sub in
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Jones and Shephard Accountants (Chapter 3‚ pp 138 - 140) This week ’s assignment consists of a case study from the text. Read the case study and prepare answers to the essay questions listed here. If the question is asking your opinion‚ you must provide a rationale or evidence from the case to justify your position. When you are ready‚ Click the Begin Checkpoint button below‚ where you will enter your answers. Please make sure to prepare your answers before you enter the Checkpoint assignment
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Recommendation for an Internal Accountant Recommendation for an Internal Accountant Internal Auditing is an independent‚ objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations (What is internal auditing?‚ 2010). Internal accounting control is a series of procedures designed to promote and protect sound management practices‚ both general and financial that will increase the likelihood that: * Financial information is reliable‚ so that managers
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Subject: Negligence Liability of Accountants ______________________________________________________________________ Facts By law‚ accountants may be responsible for customers that hire them in various legal theories‚ including contract‚ fraud and negligence. Accountant malpractice happened when he or she violates the duty of reasonable care‚ knowledge‚ skills and judgment that he or she is due to a client or to the laws to provide auditing and other services. South Asset Management Co hired
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Internal Accountant’s Report to Management The company is thinking about performing a full financial status review prior the release of an upcoming government contract bid. This report will provide supporting information for a full financial status review prior to bid. This supporting information will include the impact of occupational fraud and abuse on the company and how the governmental oversight of accounting and fraud affects the company. The report will also provide potential corruption
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Week 3 Homework 16-26 Weaknesses in Jameson Company ’s Internal control procedures: INGREDIENTS INVENTORY 1. The raw materials are received by one of the employees of the batching department and it is only at the end of the day that tallies are given to the inventory control department. Reason: There is no control to ensure that the actual raw material signed in is actually received and used. 2. The inventory control department uses weekly reports of production and standard formula to
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Financial management L. Fung AC3059‚ 2790059 2012 Undergraduate study in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences This is an extract from a subject guide for an undergraduate course offered as part of the University of London International Programmes in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences. Materials for these programmes are developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For more information‚ see: www.londoninternational
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*********************** Definitions as per Section 2 of the Motor Vehicle Act‚ 1988: (40) "Stage carriage” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six passengers for hire or reward at separate fares paid by or for individual passengers for whole journey or for stages of journey . (7) “Contract carriage” means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract‚ whether express or implied for the use of such vehicle
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Accountant Career Project: Report Business 101 Career Overview Accountants carry the primary responsibility for bookkeeping services such as payroll‚ bank reconciliations‚ general ledger posting‚ along with managing financial statement compilations and oversee efficient use of funds and related tasks. Correspondingly‚ they provide some Human Resource functions such as Employee Handbook compilation‚ and benefits management. Another responsibility of accountant’s is taxes:
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