Management Accounting and the Modern Business Environment Part-I Over the years global business environment has gone through some massive changes. These changes are due to changes in socio-economic situations‚ changes in consumers’ demands‚ changes in technological environment‚ changes in political scenario etc. Today’s business environment is referred to as the modern business environment which is characterized by globalization‚ advanced technology‚ intense competition‚ powerful customers and consumers
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efficient. The primary goal and motivating force for business organizations is to maximize profits and maintain efficiency. “Business is said to be a game in which the aim is to gain as much profit as possible‚ while staying within ‘the rules of the game’“(Boatright John‚ 2012)‚ which is the law. On these grounds business justifies their legitimacy‚ their conduct‚ and their decision making process. But‚ society is standing up and saying‚ ‘no‚ business has several responsibilities… not only to shareholders
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Discuss the role of financial markets in a modern market economy. Explain the role and function of the share market and its effect on the economy. The financial market is the most influential sector in a modern market economy. The financial markets provide products to consumers and financial intermediaries allow for the mobilization of money between savers and borrowers. The share market is the financial market in which investors buy and sells shares. The share market’s main function in the
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The Body Shop: Ethical Issues in Business It is nearly impossible to pick up any newspaper and avoid reading a section that deals with the unethical or even illegal conduct of the people who run our companies. Whether it’s stock manipulation‚ dubious accounting practices‚ or discarding of environmental waste‚ the stories keep on emerging. Ethical standards mostly relate to performance or behavior that is not covered by law‚ and the rule of law covers behaviors that may not necessarily be covered
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The role of traditional institutions in political change and development Richard Crook Why traditional institutions? Among development practitioners‚ there is growing interest in the search for more ‘authentic’ and socially embedded civil society actors. Renewed interest is being shown in whether locally-based traditional institutions match this description‚ given their continuing importance in respect to local justice‚ land and community development activities. This paper looks at the role of traditional
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A role of the Environmental Ethics in the modern society The inspiration for environmental ethics was the first Earth Day in 1970 when environmentalists started urging philosophers who were involved with environmental groups to do something about environmental ethics. An intellectual climate had developed in the last few years of the 1960s in large part because of the publication of two papers in Science: Lynn White`s “The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis” (March 1967) and Garett Hardin`s
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Ethical Practice within the financial services industry Why is ethical practice important? Firms that operate within the financial services try to be as open and honest with their consumers with all types of business in order to create confidence among customers. Not all banks/services have profit as their primary goal‚ there are several financial services which focus on creating social and environmental benefits. So why are ethical policies important? Well it comes down to the customer and their
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Accounting | | | | | |Role and Practices in Management Accounting Today | | | | |
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organisation like Tesco PLC‚ people work together in functional areas. Each functional area has a specific purpose. Below are the main functional areas: Finance The main activities of the finance department are: * To record all the business transactions This means that they record in their schedule all the expenses that have been paid and all incomings. They also make sure that each department does not spend more than it has been allocated. * Measure the financial performance
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