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    References: Abowd‚ J.‚ Milkovich‚ G. and Hannon‚ J. (1990). ‘The effects of human resource management decisions on shareholder value’. Industrial and Labor Relations Review‚ 43‚ 203–36. Aupperle‚ K.‚ Carroll‚ A. and Hatfield‚ J. (1985). ‘An empirical examination of the relationship between corporate social responsibility and profitability’ Bagnoli‚ M. and Watts‚ S. (2003). ‘Selling

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    St Joseph Campus Capitol Hill‚ Monrovia Liberia Accounting 401 Section 01 Accounting Theory Assignment #2 To: Mr. Oye Williams By: Fatima E. Manyeh 07436 March 6‚ 2014 1) BDO Seidman’s attorney pointed out correctly that professional standards do not prohibit auditors and client personnel from being ‘friends’. At what point does such relationship result in violation of the auditor independence rules and guidelines? Provide hypothetical examples to strengthen your answers. Health

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    Current Value Accounting and Its Influences on Accounting Environment Wei Cui Abstract Current Value Accounting is one of the hot spots of accounting researches. Three prevailing current value accounting methods are present value method‚ current entry price method and current exit price method. All these methods aim at adjusting the book value of assets and liabilities so that the information will not be distorted by the changing prices

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    earnings quality since net income does not representatively portray the economic performance of the business entity for the period. Income smoothing relies not on falsehoods and distortions but on the wide leeway existing in alternatively accepted accounting principles and their interpretations. It is conducted within the structure of gaap. In effect‚ it redistributes income statement credits and charges among periods. The prime objective is to moderate income variability over the years by shifting

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    the society. In this report‚ it will use Legitimacy theory to explain BP’s response to this event. Legitimacy theory can be treated as a explanation for voluntary corporate disclosures in annual report. As (Dowling&Pfeffer‚ 1975) says a corporation must act in congruence with norms and society value. First of all‚ Legitimacy theory is based on the concept of substantive rationality and replies upon the notion of a social contract. This theory asserts that organizations seek to ensure that they

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    53 FAIR PRESENTATION---AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING PURSUANT TO THE SEC STUDY ON MARK-TO-MARKET ACCOUNTING Sharon S. Seay‚ Macon State College Wilhelmina H. Ford‚ Macon State College ABSTRACT Fair value accounting has received a significant amount of blame as the cause of the current financial crisis. Fair value accounting does not cause illiquidity or volatility in financial markets. Banks‚ rather than accounting‚ caused the existing crisis‚ ultimately through bad lending

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    The Importance of Accounting Theory to the Field Of Accounting The objective of theory is to explain and predict. One of the basic goals of the theory of a particular discipline is to have a well-defined body of knowledge that has been systematically accumulated‚ organized‚ and verified well enough to provide a frame of reference for future actions. The Webster’s definition of theory is the systematically organized knowledge‚ applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances‚ a system

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    `Accounting 6135‚ Advanced Accounting Theory Arthur G. Hendricks‚ Ph.D.‚ CPA professor BU 410 Thursday 7:10 PM to 10:00 PM Required Texts 1. Scott‚ W.R.‚ Financial Accounting Theory‚ 5th edition‚ Prentice Hall (Pearson Education Canada‚ Ltd) 2009 (ISBN 978-0-13-207286-1) 2 Concepts Statement #7‚ Using Cash Flow Information and Present Value in Accounting Measurements‚ FASB‚ February 2000. 3. Optional; The Wall Street Journal. You are expected to read the financial pages of the news media

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    (ABC) and Activitybased Management (ABM) Implementation – Is This the Solution for Organizations to Gain Profitability? Authors*: Ildikó Réka CARDOŞ‚ Ştefan PETE A bstract. Adherents of ABC/ABM systems claimed traditional management accounting systems generated misleading costs in a contemporary‚ tumultuous‚ often changing business environment and implementing ABC/ABM would remedy this. That is why activity-based costing (ABC) and activity-based management (ABM) represents the symbol

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    IN THE SESSIONS COURT OF KUALA LUMPUR CASE NO. 62A-160-2007‚ 62A-159-2007‚ 62A-208-2007 & 62A-209-2007 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR V 1. TAN SIOK WAN 2. LEE SIN TECK 3. LIM KIM MING 4. LIM KIM HAI WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF THE PROSECUTION AT THE END OF PROSECUTION CASE May it please Your Honour‚ The Prosecution submits that it has respectively proven its case beyond reasonable doubt on the following charges and therefore prays that the defence be called on all the charges

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