Shari Bratcher Week 7 – CheckPoint - Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework Anne Distagne‚ the CEO of Linkage Construction‚ Inc. is the involved stakeholder in this case. She was the person involved in the decision-making process of falsifying information to keep from displaying the significant increase in profit. There are several ethical issues involved. The first issue is Anne’s demeanor toward the accountant Sue. Anne used her superiority with Sue as a threat so that Sue can revise
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Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework 1. Who are the stakeholders involved in this decision? The stakeholders that will be affected by this decision are Linkage Construction Inc.‚ the companies that Linkage Construction Inc. contracts for‚ the investors‚ employees‚ and the community but Linkage Construction Inc. is the only one taking part in the main decision making. 2. What are the ethical issues involved? The ethical issues involved are whether to manipulate the financial
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1. Who are the stakeholders involved in this decision? Although Anne‚ the CEO‚ and Sue‚ the accountant are involved in this decision it is the banks‚ Linkage Construction Inc. employees and investors‚ and subcontractors if any are used are the affected stakeholders involved in this decision. 2. What are the ethical issues involved? The ethical issue involved is changing the expense report to show lower expected profits for the current year just to manipulate the growth trend of the company which
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ACC/260 Week 8 Individual The situation in “Locker Room Talk”‚ centers on Albert Gable‚ a partner in a CPA firm. Mr. Gable took on a married couple‚ Larry and Susan Wilson‚ as clients for financial planning‚ and as he worked their case he became their personal friends. Albert knew that their marriage had some problems‚ and as he was auditing a bank‚ which he did annual audits for‚ he discovered some discrepancies in the information that the Wilson’s gave him and the information that the bank had
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do the board members use to base off from‚ when making decisions? This question is very important. The board members are on top f an organizations chain. It is important to know that those on the board are reliable and know what they are there for. As a whole‚ you need to be aware that the decisions made by the board will ensure that everyone is taken care of. Board members can’t just make a decision without using references. Otherwise‚ the decisions being made wont effect anything. Staff members
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From looking at the ratio calculations Luna has a few things they could work on to help their profitability problems. I’ll start with looking at their operating profit margin which is steadily declining while gross profit is consistent indicating a large increase in operating expenses that have grown more than the percentage increase in sales‚ which in turn affects overall profit. Luna’s net profit margin return on assets is suffering consistently as well‚ but this is part of the decline in operating
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Checkpoint Week 8 John McManamon IRN: 9048277815 IT/205 4/16/2014 John Gosney 1. How important is the reservation system at airlines such as WestJet and JetBlue? How does it impact operational activities and decision making? As an employee of an oil company‚ I am keenly aware that the price of gulf coast kerosene (jet fuel) is almost $3.00 per gallon. With an estimated 30‚000 flights per day in the US alone‚ there is a tremendous amount of money spent by planes idling at the gate‚ or on
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Running Head: APPLYING DECISION-MAKING SKILLS Applying Decision-Making Skills Wayne Lambeth ACC 260 December 2‚ 2012 Ms. Donna Adams The following assignment is designed to evaluate an ethical dilemma in this particular case. This case involves Mr. Albert Gable who is a CPA and there are several factors that need to be evaluated. This evaluation will include the description of the dilemma‚ the events that led to the dilemma‚ and the possible solution to the dilemma. The stakeholders
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Why People Travel Robert Johnson HTT/200 Israel Johnson 8/2/13 Why People Travel People travel to many different places for many different reasons every day. One of the reasons why most people travel is to sight see. For many people seeing new places and things can be very exciting and entertaining. Very often people tend to sight see while doing of the things that almost every single one of us does and that’s going on vacation. Taking a vacation is one of the most common reasons that I think
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Week 2 Checkpoint- Unethical Practices of Arthur Andersen 1.What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen contributed to the Enron disaster by failing to have Enron establish and enforce internal controls. Also by destroying Enron audit papers which covered deficiencies contributed to the Enron disaster. The formal charges and jail sentence were a result of the obstruction of justice caused by the destruction of the audit papers. 3. What was the prime motivation
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