Accounting Fraud at WorldCom WorldCom grew rapidly in the 1980-90s through its various inorganic acquisitions – the resultant was a corporation with a hotchpotch of diverse and unaligned cultures. Exacerbating the situation, the Management (including the Board of Directors and CEO Ebbers) did little,if anything, to address the multiplicity of deontological and consequential ethics coexisting at WorldCom. CEO Ebbers in fact called an internal effort to create a corporate code of conduct a “colossal
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To: ALLTEL Pavilion From: Huirui Liu Subject: Individual Memo Date: 11/13/2014 The ALLTEL Pavilion is an outdoor amphitheater that provides live concerts to the public. The mission of the company is “a concert…it’s better live†and the job of the staff during a concert is to make sure every customer of the ALLTEL Pavilion has a pleasure experience. So the strategy of ALLTEL Pavilion is differentiation. The critical success factor for Pavilion to achieve its goal of continuous annual growth
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Case Study: (for the whole exercise we suppose that the rental for the space costs $200.00) After reviewing the website of Sam’s club, we noticed that we could buy a snack vending machine starting from $898.00. Now, let’s suppose that we will have only one type of snack bars, which is Lay’s chips. If we purchase 50 packets, the supplier will charge us $35.50 ($25 for the product and $10.50 for the shipping), which makes the cost to be $0.71 per packet. So, $1.50 may be an ideal price that we charge
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Question 1 Introduction This report aims to compare the differences between Traditional costing system and Activities Based Costing (ABC) system. The advantages and disadvantages of both concepts determine which method is more superior for the business. Traditional costing concepts Traditional costing is to consider how much will cost to produce a product. It plays an important role in the business to predicting the profitability of a product. Traditional costing is also well known as the conversional
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Risks in the System There will always be a numerable amount of risks associated with all aspects of accounting. For example, common risks displayed in a system would be security breaches, errors in manual input, and cases of fraud. These risks put leaders and managers in pressure to keep the operation organized and ethical. It also increases the risk of inappropriate accounting and unethical decisions regarding disclosure methods. Other risks that are associated with the system are the
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CASE 3 : Accounting Fraud at WolrdCom Table of Contents Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1 Question 1 .......................................................................................................................... 2 Question 2 .......................................................................................................................... 4 Question 3 .......................
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1.) Michael Porter a management strategy expert developed a strategic framework in which a firm has ways to develop a competitive advantage. Which of the following is one of the ways Porter suggested a firm use to develop a competitive advantage? A.) Supply chain management B.) Low cost production C.) Just in time management D.) None of the answers are correct 2.) Which of the following is not a tool for monitoring strategic performance A.) The balanced scorecard B.)
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Managing Business Operations Case Analysis: Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co. Inc. (HBS Case 9 - 673 - 033) Submitted by: Tushar Kothavale (130) NMIMS, FT MBA 2009-2011 1) Correct the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and Reorder point (ROP) quantities for each of the five items mentioned in the case. We first predict the annual demand for the year 1972 based on trend for 4 months of 1972 based on corresponding months of 1971. Calculations for Annual demand (R): The assumption made
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Face Any Problem E- Mail Us At JOHNMATE1122@Gmail.Com Application Problems 1 1.(a) “Managerial Accounting is a field of accounting that provides economic information for all interested parties.” Do you agree? Explain. (b) Joe Delong believes that managerial accounting serves only manufacturing firms. Is Joe correct? Explain. 2.Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting as to (a) primary users of reports, (b) types and frequency of reports, and (c) purpose of reports. 3
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1. Prepare a table that classifies the costs identified in the case as either fixed or variable. | Set-up cost | Fencing cost | Shepherd and dog | Transportation | Fixed cost | X | X | | | Variable cost | | | X | X | Since we are using calendar days as cost driver. Shepherd and transportation costs are varying with the days the project lasts, so these two are variable costs. Set-up and fencing costs do not change with days, therefore they are fixed cost. 2. Prepare a spreadsheet model
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