491 Search Results for Conflicts of Interest in Corporate Accounting
Strategic Perspectives in Management Accounting and Finance
The main reason for differentiation in the accounting studies seemed to occur due to the functionalist perceptions in the expertise of social studies. According to Dellaportas and Davenport Continue Reading...
Tesco’s Fraud in the Accounting Information System
The Accounting Information Systems (AIS) plays a central part in the business computing structure of any organization. AIS deals with the classification, collection, storage, monitoring, and c Continue Reading...
Business Ethics
Every company has corporate governance initiatives in place. Consider that corporate governance simply refers to how the company is run and controlled. The current usage of the buzzword derives from the issues that a few companies ha Continue Reading...
stock options and benefits and flexible benefits. It determines that stock options and benefits, tied directly to organizational performance, are good for the organization, however, they may have been a contributing factor to recent corporate scanda Continue Reading...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is will probably be known as one of the most significant change to federal securities laws in the United States since the New Deal. The act was passed after a series of corporate financial scandals made the national news, w Continue Reading...
In contrast, within the firm, the entrepreneur directs production and coordinates without intervention of a price mechanism; but, if production is regulated by price movements, production could be carried on without any organization at all, well mig Continue Reading...
Pro-Corporate Media Bias
Pro-Corporate Bias in the Media
"I believe democracy requires a 'sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we can about how the world really works" (Moyers, 2004). This essay Continue Reading...
Dick and Mac McDonald opened their first restaurant in 1940 in San Bernadino, California. These men were among the first to introduce the concept of "fast food," and made dining fun for children. McDonald's went on to enjoy over 60 years of growth, w Continue Reading...
ethics in the business and accounting communities has been a topic of broad discussion. From the collapse of Enron to the mishaps of Andersen the country has seen the most tumultuous ethical behavior in the history of our nation. The purpose of this Continue Reading...
Accounting Profession: New Scrutiny and Responsibilities
While many people treat the accounting profession as something which lacks glamour and prestige, ordinary civilians often don't realize how crucial the accounting profession is to the world a Continue Reading...
Corporate Compliance Plan:
Riordan Manufacturing
Our company, Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune Continue Reading...
corporate and public shortcomings that arguably resulted in the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spill marked the U.S.'s worst environmental disaster. Whilst identifying the corporate and state cover-ups the triggered the disaster, this s Continue Reading...
R.3763.ENR 2002). Washington's valuation of companies for XYZ could potentially be argued as not compromising Big 4's integrity in the audit according to the standards set forth by Sarbanes-Oxley, but the performance of background checks on prospecti Continue Reading...
SOX provides explicit legislative directives for SEC regulation, altering this authority division, of what was once perceived as the states' exclusive jurisdiction.
Rule 404 of the SEC
The following Executive Summary reflects the Rule 404 of the S Continue Reading...
Disregarding its Ethical Code. Enron had its own set of Ethical Code, but it became redundant because the top managers at the company hardly paid any heed to it. The corporate culture at the company was focused on making "deals" and increasing Enro Continue Reading...
The law standardized internal control and auditing procedures. It mandated auditing committees use stricter standards when vetting accounting firms and raised standards for corporate responsibility for fraudulent accounting. It provided more stringe Continue Reading...
Introduction
Enron was one of the biggest business collapses, and one of the most egregious incidents during a period in the early 2000s when investor faith in the securities system was shaken by a series of scandals. The scandals varied in terms of Continue Reading...
Rise and Fall of Enron
The meteoric rise and fall of Enron is one of the most notorious tales in the history of corporate America. Enron was the seventh-largest company in the United States in 2000 and 'Fortune' magazine had declared it as America's Continue Reading...
Therefore, 'on balance, much empirical evidence supports the view of dividends as a signaling device'. There have been reported instances when the management has deliberately reduced the expected worth of the dividend, considered to be a strategic d Continue Reading...
Accounting and Corporate Governance
How can managers fraudulently manipulate financial statements?
Managers can manipulate financial statements in a variety of ways. One approach involves inflating earnings on the income statement for the current r Continue Reading...
roles of forensic accountants in preventing and detecting fraud within a business community. The paper highlights the requisites and basic responsibilities of a forensic accountant. The paper also makes references on the special cases where forensic Continue Reading...
" (Camfferman & Zeff, 2) Indeed, the purpose which seems to stand above many others as specific Standards are examined is the improvement of financial reports as informative documents inbuilt with the capacity to educate users as to the financial Continue Reading...
Olympus Accounting Scandal
In economic boom that occurred in 1980s, a lot of Japanese enterprises struggled to sustain sales in international market because of the strong yen. Akin to several other businesses, Olympus offset its decreasing sales by Continue Reading...
2. Research the answers to management tax or auditing questions- once an accountant understands their job, they must be prepared to answer very specific questions concerning the accounting information that is provided (Johnstone & Biggs, 1998). Continue Reading...
Social Accounting
Socio-economic accounting as a term and as a subdiscipline of accounting is a relatively new phenomenon. It is sometimes confused with social accounting, which is an established field of accounting and economics. Social accounting Continue Reading...
Regulatory and Compliance
Auditors, consultants and security professional owe to their clients stakeholders a duty of care in the performance of their duties. The duty of care requires these professionals to observe prudence in all circumstances reg Continue Reading...
Question Berk and DeMarzo (2020) exemplify the variances between the three key approaches companies utilize for capital budgeting with leverage and within imperfect markets. These approaches comprise the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) method Continue Reading...
Regardless of the actual operation being run at a time or the other, Riordan Manufacturing respects the regulations instated for all types of activities. We respect the right of our staff members; we respect the rights of the communities in which w Continue Reading...
For example, Shu-Acquaye (2007) cites the basic differences in the legal systems in various parts of the world as contributing to the different approaches to corporate governance. Likewise, Shu-Acquaye cites these differences and adds, "The American Continue Reading...
They will also examine the importance of ethics classes in college. They will pave the way for future research into actions that can be taken to address the problems that currently exist within the accounting profession. They will play an important Continue Reading...
social corporate responsibility?
The source of conflict
CSR with profitability
Opposing Friedman: The view of others
In the article "the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits" by Milton Friedman, he takes the position that Continue Reading...
Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Responsibility
This essay examines the question of whether adopting a stakeholder approach is a sufficient means of assuring that corporations meet their moral responsibilities due society. The essay includes a surv Continue Reading...
Corporate Governance at Samsung Group
'Corporate governance' refers to a corporation's control, supervision methods and processes, and management accountability. Corporate Governance, worldwide, doesn't merely cover legal controls set by local compa Continue Reading...
SOX
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed in 2002 as a response to a wave of corporate accounting scandals. To measure the effectiveness of SOX over the past ten years, the objectives of the Act must be understood. The text of the Act states that Continue Reading...