...Assignment 1: Review of accounting ethics 1 Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics By February 1, 2013 ACC 557: Financial Accounting Oleksii Morgun Strayer University at Arlington Campus School of Business Administration (M.S. Accounting Program) Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics 2 Abstract This research writing is to describe the following: 1. Given the corporate ethical breaches in recent times, assess whether or not you believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more conductive to ethical behavior. 2. Based on research, describe organization, the accounting ethical breach and the impact to the organization related to ethical breach. 3. Determine how the organizational ethical issue was detected and how management failed to create ethical environment. 4. Analyze the accounts impacted and/or accounting guidelines violated and the resulting impact to the business operation. 5. As a CFO, recommend which measures could have been taken to prevent this ethical breach and how each measure should be implemented in future. Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics 3 Before the Enron and Andersen scandals, relatively little public attention was paid to the truthfulness of financial reporting. Of course, no one believed every...
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...Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics ACC 557 April 27, 2014 Conductive Ethical Behavior I believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more conductive to ethical behavior. In current times a company’s reputation can determine its success or failure. This has made more company’s own up to their ethical mistakes and behaviors. They are more likely to admit a mistake or failure when an ethical breach has surface in order to save face and keep its reputation. This is evident in the ethical breach I will be writing my paper on. Organization Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It is widely known for its web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including Yahoo Directory and Yahoo mail (Staff, 2012). Ethical Breach and Detection Yahoo hired Thompson as CEO in January 2012. On May 3, 2012 investor Dan Loeb, CEO of Third Point LLC, sent a letter to Yahoo’s Board of Directors (Prnewswire.com). The letter names a Yahoo SEC filing declaring that Thompson holds a Bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science from Stonehill College and that Loeb had reason to believe that the degree was in accounting only. Loeb questioned if Thompson had embellished his academic credentials and also questioned if the Board had failed to exercise appropriate diligence and oversight in one of its most fundamental tasks – identifying and hiring the Chief Executive Officer. Loeb suggests...
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...Accounting 557 Entire Course (STR) To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/Accounting557EntireCourseSTR/2804 contact us at: help@mindblows.us Accounting 557 Entire Course (STR) ACC 557 Week 3 Assignment 1 - Review of Accounting Ethics ACC 557 Week 6 Assignment 1 - You Are an Entrepreneur! ACC 557 Week 10 Assignment 2 - You Are an Investment Analyst Including All Weeks Quizzes and Homework Accounting 557 Entire Course (STR) To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/Accounting557EntireCourseSTR/2804 contact us at: help@mindblows.us Accounting 557 Entire Course (STR) ACC 557 Week 3 Assignment 1 - Review of Accounting Ethics ACC 557 Week 6 Assignment 1 - You Are an Entrepreneur! ACC 557 Week 10 Assignment 2 - You Are an Investment Analyst Including All Weeks Quizzes and Homework Accounting 557 Entire Course (STR) To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/Accounting557EntireCourseSTR/2804 contact us at: help@mindblows.us Accounting 557 Entire Course (STR) ACC 557 Week 3 Assignment 1 - Review of Accounting Ethics ACC 557 Week 6 Assignment 1 - You Are an Entrepreneur! ACC 557 Week 10 Assignment 2 - You Are an Investment Analyst Including All Weeks Quizzes and Homework Accounting 557 Entire Course (STR) To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/Accounting557EntireCourseSTR/2804 contact us at: help@mindblows.us Accounting...
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...SECTION B Semester II Weekly Class Schedule FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 30 TO April 03, 2015 Auditorium 104 DG Class 1 DG Class 2 DG Class 3 0830-0900 0905-1035 1105-1135 1140-1310 1435-1505 1510-1640 IE 1 ME 15 OM 16 MACS 15 * FMG 15 * FMG 16 BII 1 OM 17 BII 2 30-Mar Mon 31-Mar Tue 1-Apr Wed 2-Apr Thu 3-Apr Fri 4-Apr Sat ME 16 MACS 16 IE 2 * FMG-17 Joint 1. The soft copy of the weekly schedule is available on the main page of the LUMS website www.lums.edu.pk - Information For: Students\Schedules\MBA Schedule 2. Class timings may sometimes differ from the usual timetable. Please follow the timings given on the inner pages. 3. 4. * For course titles and instructors, please turn overleaf. FMG WAC is due on Sunday, April 05. Follow the timings given on the inner pages for FMG 15 & 16 and Friday, April 03. MBA CLASS OF 2016 SEMESTER II (S II) LIST OF COURSES BEING OFFERED Code Units Course Title Instructor BII FMG IE MACS ME OM 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 1 Business Integration and Innovation Financial Management Islamic Ethics Managerial Accounting and Control Systems Managerial Economics Operations Management Jamshed H Khan Syed Mubashir Ali Kamran Rashid Ayesha Bhatti / M Junaid Ashraf Tanveer Shehzad Hassan Rauf / Syed Zahoor Hassan SULEMAN DAWOOD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MBA PROGRAMME CLASS OF 2016, SECTION B AUDITORIUM A-104 SEMESTER II 2014-2015 (SII) Assignments for the week of March 30 to April 03, 2015 ***************************************************************************...
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...Financial Accounting Spring 2009 Tuesdays 6:15 – 9:00 Shaffer 2 Instructor: Lynn Kingsley, CPA, MS Rm. 104, Whitehead Hall e-mail:lynnkingsley@comcast.net Office Hours: 5:15 – 6:00 Tuesdays, or by appointment Teaching Asst: Shane Betman e-mail: sbetman@jhu.edu cell: 732-757-5927 Office Hours: 1:00 – 2:00 Thursdays Course Description: In this course we will study how accountants analyze and report business transactions using financial accounting. No prior accounting knowledge or skill is required for successful completion of this course. Required Text: Libby, Robert, Libby, Patricia A. and Short, Daniel G., Financial Accounting, 6th Edition, 2009, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc,. New York, NY. Companion website: www.mhhe.com/libby6e Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to: * Understand basic financial accounting terms and concepts * Understand, prepare, and analyze basic financial statements * Identify and properly treat basic accounting transactions * Analyze and communicate basic accounting data * Use basic accounting data to make effective financial decisions Class Communications This class will utilize WebCT which can be accessed at www.webct.jhu.edu using your JHED user id and password. All handouts and communications will be posted on this site. It is expected that you monitor this site regularly. Class Topics and Homework Assignments: Date...
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...Assessment Cover Sheet (Print all details and attach to front of assessment task/assignment before submitting) Name | ------------------------------------------------- Fatih Budak | Student ID | ------------------------------------------------- s1421411 | Phone number | ------------------------------------------------- 0412156758 | Email | ------------------------------------------------- s1421411@nmitstudent.vic.edu.au | Course code & name | ------------------------------------------------- Associate Degree of Accounting | Unit code & name | BACC202 - Risk management corporate governance and ethics - S1, 2015 | Name of assessment | ------------------------------------------------- Assignment 1 | Due Date | 27/03/2015 (Submission after the due date is subject to penalty) | Teacher name | ------------------------------------------------- Shirley Wong | Instructions | ------------------------------------------------- | Declaration: Read, tick and sign below * I declare that the attached assessment I have submitted is my own original work and any contributions from and references to other authors are clearly acknowledged and noted. * This document has been created for the purpose of this assessment only and has not been submitted as another form of assessment at Melbourne Polytechnic or any other tertiary institute. * I have retained a copy of this work for my reference in the event that this application is lost or damaged...
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...William Phillips |Date Completed 11/30/2014 | Purpose and Overview The purpose of this assignment is to help you prepare for successful, enjoyable participation in a positive team experience for Units 8–10. In this assignment, you will research and compose descriptions of a fictitious anonymous company's five functional areas. Further, you will explore organization’s code of ethics and executive summaries of reports to understand what they are and how to compose them. Your main task is to develop a broad overview of the mission and purpose to be prepared to participate in the team activity for Unit 8. Note: Your assigned role for the team is not needed or related to this assignment. As you complete this assignment on this template, refer to information provided in the unit 7 studies. Specifically, utilize these provided resources and perform research to satisfactorily complete this assignment. • Teamwork Activity Challenge. • Organizational Structure reading. • Functional Areas Managers reading. Important: This assignment is due Sunday of week 7. Learners completing it on time will be performing Unit 8 as part of a team. Learners without a successful, timely assignment cannot be on a team. Important: Utilize paragraph structure in your document, not outline format, and support your ideas with references. References can include those identified...
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... | | |Principles of Accounting | Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course covers the fundamentals of financial accounting as well as the identification, measurement, and reporting of the financial effects of economic events on the enterprise. Financial information is examined from the perspective of effective management decision making with special emphasis on the planning and controlling responsibilities of practicing managers. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Weygandt, J. J. (2008). Financial accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. All electronic materials are available on your student website....
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...ACC 557 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics Due Week 3 and worth 200 points Many organizations have been in the news over the past few years due to accounting ethical breaches that have affected their customers, employees, or the general public. Search the Internet or the Strayer Library to locate a story in the news that depicts an accounting ethical breach. You may select from any type of organization about which you have information or a curiosity. Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: 1. Given the corporate ethical breaches in recent times, assess whether or not you believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more conducive to ethical behavior. Provide support for your answer. 2. Based on your research, describe the organization, the accounting ethical breach and the impact to the organization related to ethical breach. 3. Determine how the organizational ethical issue was detected and how management failed to create an ethical environment. 4. Analyze the accounts impacted and / or accounting guidelines violated and the resulting impact to the business operation. 5. As a CFO, recommend which measures could have been taken to prevent this ethical breach and how each measure should be implemented in the future. 6. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. The specific course...
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...Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics Kelvin Darden Strayer University ACC 557 Darren Tennyuk May 5, 2013 Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accounts (NZICA) represents over 33,000 members in New Zealand and overseas. The organization audits private companies and public companies that are members of the organization (Graham, 1960). In October 2012, the organization was found to be practicing breaches of accounting with its members when an employee of the organization was found investing in different companies using client’s money. The loans were supposed to be short-term loans but it turned out they were not, this was discovered after complaints from clients. 1. Given the corporate ethical breaches in recent times, assess whether or not you believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more conducive to ethical behavior. Provide support for your answer. In recent times the NZICA has faced several cases of accounting ethical breaches. There were unpredictable increases and collapses of chartered accountants. From every corner, voices rose demanding accountability, demanding tighter regulation and unethical practices to be brought to justice. Clearly, those at fault should have been punished. However, in order for ethical principles to apply it must be shown that the institution is inherently moral or ethically responsible (Graham, 1960). Secondly, an adequate discussion of what...
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... Course Design Guide ACC/280 Principles of Accounting Copyright Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Final exams contain third-party copyrighted materials. Portions are: Copyright © 2010 University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2010 Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. |Course Prefix and Number: |ACC 280 | |Credits: |3 | |Course Title: |Principles of Accounting | |Course Schedule: |2/17/11 through...
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...Fundamentals of Accounting The Accounting Environment http://homeworkfy.com/downloads/bus-3061-fundamentals-of-accounting-the-accounting-environment/ To Get this Tutorial Copy & Paste above URL Into Your Browser Hit Us Email for Any Inquiry at: Homeworkfy@gmail.com Visit our Site for More Tutorials: (http://homeworkfy.com/ ) BUS3061- Fundamentals of AccountingThe Accounting EnvironmentResources • The Accounting Environment Scoring Guide. • APA Style and Formatting. • Writing Feedback Tool. • Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective, Financial Accounting. This assignment will familiarize you with the very beginnings of the accounting function in an organization. After completing this assignment, you will understand: • The functions performed by accounting in a business organization. • Available career options in the accounting field. • How the field of accounting is subdivided into categories. • The organizations involved in setting generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). • The role ethics plays in the accounting function. Instructions Respond to the following questions using grammatically correct language and appropriate APA citations. To achieve a proficient grade in this assignment, answer the proficient-level queries for each question. To achieve a distinguished grade, answer both sets of queries for each question. 1. Question 1: o Proficient-level: There are several important functions performed in an organization, among which accounting is one...
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...CASE STUDY – LETTER FROM PRISON ETHICS 1. In an interview with the New Zealand Herald, Stephen Richards commented “World Com bankrupt, Enron bankrupt, Adelphia bankrupt. Computer Associates is a radically different environment to those.” Do you agree/disagree with Richards’ comment? Why/Why not? Discuss the ethical implications of the fraud committed at Computer Associates. In your response you should refer to Part A of the Code of Ethics of the Australian Accounting Profession discussed in Chapter 29 of the text. (25 marks) EARNINGS MANAGEMENT 2. “Numerous pieces of evidence suggested that earnings management – the managerial use of discretion to influence reported earnings – was a widespread corporate practice at Computer Associates.” Distinguish between accrual-based earnings management and real activities manipulation. Explain what is meant by a trade-off between the two. Which type of earnings management was practised at Computer Associates? Academic support should be provided (see the attached reference list) from at least two articles. (25 marks) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3. Corporate governance is defined as the system by which companies are directed and controlled" (Cadbury Committee, 1992). Discuss the role of specific corporate governance mechanisms that may have alleviated earnings management at Computer Associates. Academic support should be provided (see the attached reference list) from at least two articles. (25 marks) LOBBYING 4. The fraudulent...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Tanya M Johnson THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | MGT-7019 | Jo Ann Davis | | | Ethics in Business | Assignment 7 – Case Study: A Primer on Sarbanes-Oxley | | | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Assignment1: Ethical Dilemma (10 points)[1] Before reading this assignment, review pages 8-9 in your text about evaluating ethical dilemmas (or search for ethical dilemmas in the online text). Remember that an ethical dilemma, by its nature, has at least two alternatives – maybe more. GAMESTOP’S Chief Accounting Officer is Robert Lloyd. He is responsible for overseeing the books and records of the company and preparing the company’s financial statements. Lloyd reports to David Carlson, who is the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Carlson reports to Daniel DeMatteo, the company’s Chief Executive Office (CEO). The day is April 5, 2009 and the company has just finished closing its books and records for the first quarter of 2009 (March 31, 2009) and preparing to release its first quarter’s earnings to the marketplace. Matteo places a call to Lloyd at 10:30am on the morning of April 5. DeMATTEO: “Hi Robert. How is it going? Do you have a minute to talk about something important?” LLOYD: “Oh hi Dan. Everything is on track for the quarter. We’re wrapping up the final details for the earnings release next week. I’ll be getting together with David in tomorrow as a matter of fact to review everything. What can I do for you?” DeMATTEO: “We have a little problem with the first quarter earnings that I wanted to talk about.” LLOYD: “Oh really? What’s the problem? We’ve reviewed all of the numbers and the accounting issues. I know the earnings are a bit lower...
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