Module outline Management Accounting & Applied Finance (MAAF) 12 September 2013 Chartered Accountants Program Overview Management accounting is about making better business decisions; the practical understanding of key drivers for adding value to a business; and how these are tied to the decision-making process. It’s about helping people run their businesses more efficiently and effectively in order to achieve the desired outcomes such as increasing returns or delivering improved services
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Ethics and Compliance: Amazon.com FIN/370 May 31, 2013 John Wetherington Ethics and Compliance: Amazon.com To assess the role of ethics and compliance in Amazon’s financial environment we examine the procedures that ensure ethical behavior and that business is conducted following ethical standards. Compliance with SEC regulations and the last two years overall financial performance of Amazon will be examined and discussed. . Assess the role of ethics and compliance in your organization’s
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REPORTING IN THE ORGANIZATIONS Author: Mohamed Anas (2015) INTRODUCTION There has been an increase in demand for environmental and social reporting as well as other non-financial information by shareholders and users of financial statements. In early 2000’s the stakeholders and shareholders are only concerned with the financial performance but now the trend has changed as that the shareholders and stakeholders who believed that the organization should be responsible to the environment and society
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deals with Sarah Jones independence of conducting the audit of FNB because her parents are dependent on the dividends from their significant investment in the bank. Gather all the facts Sarah Jones serves as an auditor in charge at a reputable accounting firm Trout & Cod CPA firm. She supports her family financially while her husband is a stay-at-home dad taking care of their two kids. During the audit of First National Bank (FNB), Sarah discovered that several significant commercial loans had
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UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ______________________________________________________________________________ COURSE CODE : BKAF3083 COURSE : ACCOUNTING THEORY AND PRACTICE PRE-REQUISITE : BKAF3073 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING IV |Lecturer |Group |Room |Ext. |e-mail | |DR. DHIAA SHAMKI |C & F
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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
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The Role of Power in Financial Statement Fraud Schemes Chad Albrecht • Daniel Holland • Ricardo Malaguen˜o • Simon Dolan • Shay Tzafrir Received: 24 June 2011 / Accepted: 12 December 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 Abstract In this paper, we investigate a large-scale financial statement fraud to better understand the process by which individuals are recruited to participate in financial statement fraud schemes. The case reveals that perpetrators often use power to recruit
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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 MAKING. IT ALSO
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suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Licensed to: CengageBrain User Business Ethics, Ninth Edition O.C. Ferrell, John Fraedrich, and Linda Ferrell Vice President of Editorial/Business: Jack W. Calhoun Publisher: Erin Joyner Senior Acquisition Editor: Michele Rhoades Managing Developmental Editor: Joanne Dauksewicz Editorial Assistant:
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Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative University of New Mexico http://danielsethics.mgt.unm.edu WorldCom’s Bankruptcy Crisis INTRODUCTION The story of WorldCom began in 1983 when businessmen Murray Waldron and William Rector sketched out a plan to create a long-distance telephone service provider on a napkin in a coffee shop in Hattiesburg, Miss. Their new company, Long Distance Discount Service (LDDS), began operating as a long distance reseller in 1984. Early investor Bernard Ebbers was named CEO
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