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    REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE PRACTICE PROBLEMS and CASES Title of the Case REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE PRACTICE PROBLEMS and CASES Sales Agents and Commission Time Context Current RESA GM E.g. If Percentage

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    Statements on Management Accounting PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING TITLE Definition and Measurement of Direct Material Cost TABLE OF CONTENTS Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Material Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Material Lost in the Production Process . . . . Samples‚ Prototypes‚ and Initial Production Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2 2 3 Unit Price of Direct Material

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    Unethical Credit Card Practices The ethics of credit card companies has to be in question. They are one of the few businesses that can change the rules on you and there is currently nothing you can do about. The credit industry is not your friend. They want to get you to borrow money from them and to keep you in debt for as long as possible. This way they have a constant flow of revenue through the interest payments‚ late charge fees and over the limit fees. They have many practices and charges

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    Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ passed in congress in 2002 is designed to protect investors from the potential of fraudulent corporate accounting activities. This act strictly mandates reform‚ aimed directly to prevent fraud and improve corporate financial disclosures (INVESTOPEDIA‚ 2012). As a result of several confidence shaking investor accounting scandals that occurred during the late 90s which

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    Impacts of Unethical Behavior In 2005 former Tyco CEO Denise Kozlowski and ex-CFO Mark Swartz where convicted of taking more than $120 million in unauthorized bonuses‚ abusing an employee loan program‚ misrepresenting the company’s financial condition to investors to boost the stock price while selling $575 million in stock (Crawford‚ 2005). Kozlowski and Swartz’s defense was they did not steal from the company. The defendants maintained the board of directors approved all bonus money. Unfortunately

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    and Avandia and included a criminal fine of $1 billion. The remaining $2 billion involves fines in connection with a civil settlement over the sales and marketing practices of the blockbuster asthma drug Advair and several other drugs (NY Times). GSK have not only violated the rules made by the FDA but also committed basic unethical behavior. Even though the $3 billion may seem like a large amount‚ it represent only a small portion of what Glaxo made on the drugs. According to IMS Health‚ Glaxo’s diabetes

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    seeing a story centered on unethical business practices in the workplace. With that being said‚ an individual might ask the following questions: “Why are so many organizations resorting to unethical business practices and what is fueling these new behaviors”? More importantly‚ is human resources aware of what is transpiring within their own company?” Additionally‚ what level of involvement does human resources have in these often highly public but sensitive situations? During my research‚ pertaining

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    Unethical Behavior in the Workplace: Causes and Corrections Lisa Witzel University of Central Oklahoma Ethics and Organizations Ethics As the lines between what is moral and ethical and what is not becomes more blurred‚ it is important more than ever to desire and maintain an ethical work culture. In the past few decades‚ the fast pace of technology‚ the moral disintegration of values in the general population and the blatant disregard for ethical

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    objectives and the roles of financial accountingAccounting is an information system that identifies‚ records‚ and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users.”1. The basic objective of accounting is to provide information to the interested users to enable them to make business decisions and “Financial statements are the primary means of communicating financial information to parties outside the business organization.”2. Moreover‚ accounting can give the essential information

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    but it really encourages products made outside the USA. As a result‚ Wal-Mart has forced many manufacturers out of business. As a matter of fact‚ this big giant is facing a significant amount of controversy for unethical business practices. In fact‚ some of these unethical business practices include the following. Labor Union Opposition: Wal-Mart is a non union organization that feels it does not need third party intervention. So‚ instead of unions‚ Wal-Mart has an open door policy that encourages

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