Impacts of Unethical Behavior In 2005 former Tyco CEO Denise Kozlowski and ex-CFO Mark Swartz where convicted of taking more than $120 million in unauthorized bonuses‚ abusing an employee loan program‚ misrepresenting the company’s financial condition to investors to boost the stock price while selling $575 million in stock (Crawford‚ 2005). Kozlowski and Swartz’s defense was they did not steal from the company. The defendants maintained the board of directors approved all bonus money. Unfortunately
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Ratio‚ Vertical‚ and Horizontal Analyses Regina Stewart XACC/280 February 3‚ 2012 Jose Rodriguez Ratio‚ Vertical‚ and Horizontal Analyses A detailed examination of the tools used in financial analysis‚ in addition to their various functions‚ is provided within this paper. The current ratio and calculations on the questions are provided herein. A variety of tools are used to assess the importance of financial data. Frequently used tools of financial statement analysis consist of horizontal
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Financial Analysis Coca-Cola and PepsiCo XACC/280 Financial Analysis An official financial analysis for a specific company needs two years of financial data from the company and from a competitor in the same industry. This financial analysis is between PepsiCo‚ Inc. and Coca-Cola. Pepsi and Coca-Cola dominate the beverage market worldwide. In addition to sodas‚ they also distribute a variety of water and energy drinks. Based
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Internal Controls Your Name XACC/280 Date Instructor Name Internal Controls Internal controls are an essential asset to any company that wishes to maintain their company’s security and accuracy. These controls help to protect the assets belonging to a company from unforeseen events such as employee theft‚ robbery‚ or any sort of unauthorized use (Weygandt‚ Kimmel‚ & Kieso‚ 2008). They also create the opportunity for accounting records to be more accurate and reliable by limiting the possibility
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Financial Analysis XACC/280 February 05‚ 2012 The two major companies that manufacture beverages are PepsiCo and the Cocoa-Cola Co. These two companies have been in competition for many years and both companies have a variety of choices when purchasing one of their beverages. These companies can be identified through their products such as; if a person were to buy a Pepsi the person
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Financial Analysis Coca-Cola and PepsiCo 1/28/2013 University of Phoenix Alexander Jackson We will be comparing two companies; both are strong and have great credibility. Ideally with a solid competitor we want to show differentials and make a solid contrast. In this case we want to compare at least two years of financial data. A great way to exemplify this is to compare Coke to Pepsi. To say which one is better to drink is debatable‚ but what we are looking at is which is better to invest
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Internal Controls Xacc/280 Connie Hardgrove Axia College By: Billie Grimes
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to value the company’s stock‚ the company’s stock was highly overpriced. If I had been an accountant for WorldCom‚ I would have treated such disbursements as normal operating costs. If I had been forced by management to indulge in such an unethical behavior‚ I would see myself enforced to have reported the company to the authorities as this is a serious violation of accounting ethics‚ and I would not want to be part of such violations. WorldCom’s reaffirmation of earnings had put the company
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Nine Steps of Accounting Cycle William Watkins XACC/280 March 6‚ 2012 Donna Adams Nine Steps of the Accounting Cycle Screen Shot 08 March 2012 [pic] The nine steps of the accounting cycle ae generally described as follows. These steps are designed to follow a logical sequence to record transactions and prepare financial statements‚ and begins with transaction analysis and ends with closing of the books. Step 1. Collect and analyze the transactions
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