CHAPTER 1 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING IN THE INFORMATION AGE CHAPTER Introduction FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STRESSES ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES THAT RELATE TO PREPARING REPORTS FOR EXTERNAL USERS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION. IN COMPARISON, MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING STRESSES ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO PREPARING REPORTS FOR INTERNAL USERS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION. THIS CHAPTER PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING IN PLANNING, CONTROL, AND DECISION
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PA2 EXAMINATION BLUEPRINT 2011/2012 Effective Date: December 2011 This document is the property of: CGA-Canada 100-4200 North Fraser Way Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5J 5K7 Phone: 604 669-3555 Fax: 604 689-5845 www.cga.org/canada Updated: April 18, 2011 CGA-Canada PA2 Examination Blueprint 2011/2012 Table of Contents About the Examination Blueprint ......................................................................................................................... 2 PA2 Examination
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Analysis of the WorldCom Internal Control Using the COSO Model The control environment 1. Integrity and ethical values Integrity and ethical values are the product of the entity’s ethical and behavioral standards, as well as how they are communicated and reinforced in practice. They include management’s actions to remove or reduce incentives and temptations that might prompt personnel to engage in dishonest, illegal, or unethical acts. They also include the communication of entity values and
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Proposal to Board of Directors [Team’s chosen name for the corporation – TBD in Unit 10] By Terra Allen, Accounting/Finance Manager, Michael Argentino, Marketing/Sales Manager, George Dickson, Operations/Production Manager, Doris Toliver, HR Assistant Manager, Felicia Parris, IT Assistant Manager March 14, 2014 Introduction to the Proposal’s Purpose and Content [Team’s chosen name] Corporation is a medium-sized manufacturing company with 250 employees. It directly markets one
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Thompson | MNGT-5990 | Over 3,000 workers polled in 2009 National Business Ethic Survey in the findings there was 49% observed ethical misconduct. The issues ranged from company resources abuse to bribes and illegal political contributions. The ethical misconducts/issues can fall within Employee Mistreatment, Customer Mistreatment, Unethical Employee Behavior, Corporate Intelligence Issues, and Accounting Practices. Employee Mistreatment can also be workplace abuse which is a behavior that causes workers emotional
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ultimately the rest of the world economy. Speculation was rife that accounting standards, in particular, fair value accounting was the prime reason for this significant meltdown. “This sparked a fierce debate with some experts believing that fair value accounting was primary cause of the crisis whilst others considered that it exacerbated it. On the other side of the debate were those commentators that believed that fair value accounting was successful in acting as an early warning system and effectively
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Q1) What is Ethical analysis and discuss its Application: in Corporate Decision making? Ethics is unique among disciplines in that practitioners often cannot agree on a common definition of their topic. Ethics Scoreboard can't solve that problem, which is many centuries old. Here it attempts to put forth definitions that explain what words mean when they are used on this website.] Values: Those qualities of behavior, thought, and character that society regards as being intrinsically good, having
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TONE at the Issue 55 / April 2012 TOP Exclusively for Senior Management, Boards of Directors, and Audit Committees Ethical Dilemmas What rationalization does a company make to justify a corporate culture where ethics are ignored? In recent years, greed, fraud, and a lack of ethical conduct have led to the collapse of many organizations. A variety of internal and external pressures can lead companies down the wrong path. And once the first misstep is taken, it’s a slippery slope to hurting
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Accounting 1370 Accounting Ethics Session 6 Governance, Accounting, and Auditing, Post-Enron Group 1: Student Name__Seven Autrey_____________________________________ Student Name__Duc Nguyen_____________________________________ Telling the Enron Story Name five ethical problems and the existing conditions that caused the Enron fiasco. Explain each. 1. Fiduciary Failure – the board of directors failed to safeguard the companies from many inappropriate practices. 2. High Risk
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Global Business Challenge 2015 Destination: Poland!! Role of a consultant in a company Access to information: - Case: Background - Scenario: Current issues Prepare a report that: - Prioritizes - Analyzes - Discusses - Advises on the issues The Role: - You are the “expert” - The company has “hired” you - There is a NEED for advice on STRATEGIC matters Are you ready? - Do you have the time? PLAN IT - Do you have the tools? MAKE A LIST - Read the case study -
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