advised to develop their stock markets. It was suggested that these investments would help the stock markets directly through widening investor base and indirectly by compelling local authorities to improve the trading systems. While the volatility associated with portfolio capital flows is well known‚ there is also a concern that foreign institutional investors might introduce distortions in the host country markets due to the pressure on them to secure capital gains. In this context‚ this paper
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Donna Sanders Financial Statement Fraud Week 12 There are many things that can motivate financial statement fraud. Taking a look at Donald Cressey’s hypotheses which is now known as the fraud triangle depicts the certain criteria for the mind frame of the fraudster. The fraud triangle is a theory that consists of perceived pressures‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. It gives us the different pressures placed on individuals that would make them consider “cooking the books.” It also
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Determinants of Earnings Improving someone’s success in the labour market is a main objective of both family and policy makers‚ especially those with low earning in recent years. In the classic view of labour earning‚ we assume that the skills of individuals are the dominant factor to determine the earnings’ level. However‚ the recent year study manifests multiple factors have been weighed more than before. To illustrate this new situation‚ it believes that individuals’ successes in labour
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Session 3: Basic Cost Terms and Concepts Article: Earnings management through real activities manipulation‚ Sugata Roychowdhury (2006) Due date: Oct 1‚ 2013 The research paper “Earnings management through real activities manipulation” by Sugata Roychowdhury analyses evidence on real activities manipulation in corporate earnings management to meet operational targets. Roychowdhury presents “abnormal real activities” in operations management by examine cash flows from operation (CFO)‚ production
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the COSO framework‚ there are five elements can be applied to analyze companies’ internal control systems. They are control environment‚ risk assessment‚ control activities‚ information and communication and monitoring. Here is my research of what went wrong in internal controls during the 2008 financial crisis using exhibit 6-6 with Lehman Brothers. Control Environment Lehman Brothers has a long history. Fuld led the company tide over the difficulties several times and achieve remarkable results
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ORGANIZATIONAL FRAUD [pic] Submitted by: Amit Goel(amigoel@gmail.com) Mohit Goel Executive Summary For many organizations‚ “getting it right” or “getting it wrong” is a matter of survival. This study talks about the issues like‚ ‘organisational fraud’‚ ‘ethics’ & ‘empowerment’ in an organisation and their relation to standards of good behaviour in order to explore various ways in which occurrences of ever increasing frauds can be checked. Organisational Fraud can be perpetrated by those
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Abstract A quality of earning assessment is a tool used by analyst to determine the correlation between accounting income and economic income. The techniques to analyze accounting income and economic income include: comparing accounting principles‚ reviewing changes in accounting principles‚ analyzing discretionary and warranty expenditures‚ understanding replacement cost of assets and managements and auditors opinion of the company. A quality of earnings assessment of PepsiCo is applied to
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benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. The tradeoff between assured‚ limited coverage and lack of recourse outside the worker compensation system is known as "the compensation bargain". While plans differ among jurisdictions‚ provision can be made for weekly payments in place of wages (functioning in this case as a form ofdisability insurance)‚ compensation for economic
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The purpose of this report is discussing the case of Wilkerson Company that confronting tough competition in price cutting in pumps which caused to a big drop of pre-tax operating income from 10% to 3%. After observing the existing costing allocation‚ we found out there is an issue on the existing costing report that the manager could not be able to see the real situation. In light of this‚ there will be brought to the discussion on the feasibility of using an alternative costing method – Activity
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The case I found was called “Gupta Gets Two Years for Leaking Insider Tips”‚ and I found it in the Wall Street Journal. Rajat Gupta was the director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is a full service investment bank and security firm. Rajat Gupta was found guilty of leaking inside information to the outside‚ and was sentenced to two years in prison‚ and some pretty hefty fines. Rajat Gupta was not the average fraud perpetrator he was total opposite at least from the articles
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