Table of Contents Introduction 2 How it happened? 2 Financial Reporting Issues 3 Trading Business and Mark to Marketing 3 Reporting Issues for Special Purpose Entities 3 Other Accounting Problems 4 Governance and Intermediation Failures at Enron 4 Role of Top Management Compensation 4 Role of Audit Committees 4 Role of External Auditors 4 Role of Fund Managers 5 Role of Accounting Regulations 5 The Sarbanes Oxley Act 5 Did it help? 5 Bibliography 6 Introduction Kenneth
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Homosexuality. Should Christians Accept Homosexuality? “ In Romans 1:26-27‚ God is seen to have given men and women “up” to disgraceful passions. This act was in reprisal for idolatry and failure to recognize God as who He is. So we have god as the causal connection to acts‚ which they condemn! This does not make sense. Why would god cause men and women to engage in acts that were not of their nature as a punishment for ignoring his goodness?” (Simpson‚ Bruce J.) Homosexuals are created in the
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Analyzing Financial Statements Elizabeth Black HSM/260 October 16‚ 2011 Denise Lindley University of Phoenix Analyzing Financial Statements XYZ Corporation Years 2003/2004/2002 (Respectively Listed One Page after Another) 2003 Current Ratio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current Ratio = | Current Assets | | $82‚058.00 | | | 0.87 | | | Current Liabilities | | $93‚975.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Long-Term Solvency
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ACCOUNTING REVIEW Vol. 77 Supplement 2002 pp. 175–202 Evidence from Auditors about Managers’ and Auditors’ Earnings Management Decisions Mark W. Nelson John A. Elliott Cornell University Robin L. Tarpley The George Washington University ABSTRACT: This paper reports analyses of data obtained using a field-based questionnaire in which 253 auditors from one Big 5 firm recalled and described 515 specific experiences they had with clients who they believe were attempting to manage earnings. This approach
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MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. Corporate Information Manila Electric Company or MERALCO‚ holds a congressional franchise under Republic Act or RA No. 9209 effective June 28‚ 2003. RA No. 9209 grants MERALCO a 25-year franchise valid through June 28‚ 2028 to construct‚ operate‚ and maintain the electric distribution system in the cities and municipalities‚ and barangays in the provinces of Batangas‚ Laguna‚ Pampanga‚ and Quezon. On October
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EXPLAIN THE RESPECTIVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND AUDITORS IN THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD. The primary responsibility for fraud detection lies with management. This arises due to a contractual duty of care. Directors are able to discharge their duty toward prevention and detection of fraud and error in many ways‚ for example: * Complying with the Combined Code on Corporate Governance * Developing a code of conduct‚ monitoring compliance and taking action against
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9:3‚ 371 385 Auditor liability rules under imperfect information and costly litigation: the welfare-increasing eŒ of liability ect insurance Ralf Ewert‚ Eberhard Feess and Martin Nell University of Frankfurt‚ Frankfurt am Main ABSTRACT This paper examines auditor liability rules under imperfect information‚ costly litigation and risk-averse auditors. A negligence rule fails in such a setting‚ because in equilibrium auditors will deviate with positive probability from any given standard. It is
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Objective of financial statements[edit] Financial statements are a structured representation of the financial position and financial performance of an entity. The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position‚ financial performance and cash flows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions. Financial statements also show the results of the management’s stewardship of the resources entrusted to it.[1] To meet this objective
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Chapter 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-1 Financial Statement Analysis • Investors often use accounting statements to: – Compare the firm with itself by analyzing how the firm has changed over time – Compare the firm to other similar firms using a common set of financial ratios Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-2 Why are ratios useful? • Ratios standardize numbers and facilitate
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judge the truth of entries appearing in the books of accounts. • All accounting entries must be supported by a document. • A technique to verify the authenticity and authority of transactions recorded in the books on the basis of which the auditor submits a report‚ indicating that accounts are correct‚ free from errors or fraud and complete. • It is not only examining the documentary evidence but sometimes auditor has to go behind recorded evidence to eliminate any possibility of fraud
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