Ethical and Legal Obligations in Accounting Background Accounting is the “process of identifying‚ measuring‚ and communicating economic information about an organization for the purpose of making decisions and informed judgments.” (Marshall et al‚ 2003) The use of this information has widespread application to company managers‚ investors‚ creditors‚ employees and government agencies. For sound decisions to be made based on this information‚ the profession of accounting has created several
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Humphreys Essay title: Discuss the issue Ethical Business and how it relates to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). With reference to sources‚ provide examples of companies or organisations which demonstrate ethical behaviour and evaluate their motivation. Student Signature: Date: 27th March 2013 Discuss the issue Ethical Business and how it relates to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). With reference to sources
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Financial Reporting in an International Approach (1) Answer: Conceptual Framework: The Conceptual Framework is a report of generally recognized theoretical values which is very important form the period of reference for business reporting. Moreover‚ it is a coherent structure of related purposes and a major idea which is recommends the environment‚ purpose and boundaries of business accounting that is predictable to lead to reliable guidance. Also‚ it is planned to assist the community interest
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The Regulation of Financial Reporting Contents Part 1 Financial Statement Analysis of JD Wetherspoon plc Executive summary.............................................................................4 1.1 Company profile................................................................................4 1.2 History and development...................................................................4 Introduction....................................
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revenue sources on financial reporting at the hospital? o How are the hospital’s revenues and expenses grouped for planning and control? (one section) dennis HOW IS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURED? Measuring hospital financial performance is commonly performed by analyzing margins (I.e.‚ the difference in revenue vs. expenses). Margins can be expressed by using financial ratios and as dollar amounts. OSHPD uses two financial ratios to measure a hospital’s financial performance. Both
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As information technology systems is rapidly improving‚ the ethical issues of a organization as big as AT&T can no longer be ignored. This is mainly because with improving technology trends‚ growing benifits concerning the company will affect both existing and former executives. Since AT&T gathers incredibily massive amount of data from customers‚ how this information is used can be a major concern. For example‚ the personal information of a customer can be traded or sold to other information technology
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or profit/(loss) from the investments belong to entity Y. Elements of financial statementsThe elements of financial statements 53 Entity X should not recognise the listed shares as its asset even though it is in posses- sion of the shares. Entity X does not control the investment’s future economic benefits. Benefits from the investments flow to entity Y and entity X earns a trustee fee for holding the shares regardless of how the shares perform. The listed shares‚ therefore‚ do not meet the criteria
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Discuss the effect of the Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting on current UK financial reporting practice. The ASC was set up in the 1970’s‚ where at the time there was no clear statement of accounting principles‚ accept that the accounts should be prudent; consistent; follow the accrual accounting procedures and be based on the assumption that the entity would remain a going concern. Up until 1990 standards were set by the ASC; a body made up of six professional accounting bodies
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What is financial reporting? The traditional function of financial reporting was to provide business owners with information about the companies that they owned and operated. Once the delegation of managerial responsibilities to hired personnel became a common practice‚ financial reporting began to focus on stewardship—that is‚ on the managers’ accountability to the owners. Its purpose then was to document how effectively the owners’ assets were managed‚ in terms of both capital preservation and
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ACCOUNTING AND FINACIAL REPORTING Group Project FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Due January 30‚ 2013 1. Focused on parts: 2 Balance Sheet and 3 Income Statement 2. Focused on parts: 1 General Information 3. Focused on parts: 4 Evaluation of the Corporation’s Disclosures 4. Focused on parts: ……………… (Although each member may focus on some specific parts for report preparation
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