Week 2: Topic 1: Financial Accounting Theory & the Reporting Environment GHTHH Chapter 2 5. Researchers who develop positive theories and researchers who develop normative theories often do not share the same views about the roles of their respective approaches to theory construction. (a) How do positive and normative theories differ? (b) Can positive theories assist normative theories‚ or vice versa? If yes‚ give an example. If not‚ why not? Normative accounting research makes policy recommendations
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Learning Log Week -2 Lecture: In this lecture I had the understanding‚ why accounting bodies are so heavily regulated by the government. After the corporate collapse‚ accounting body lost the trust of public. Our work was not transparent and therefore‚ was no longer reliable. Regulator body such as ASIC‚ AASB‚ FRC and ASX are formed after the corporate collapse. ASIC is the corporate ‘watch dog’ who monitors FRC‚ AASB and office of AASB. Why we need regulation? Because it is human nature to
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Faculty of Commerce Faculty of Commerce - Accounting & Finance Working Papers University of Wollongong Year Accounting Theory and Practice: the Ethical Dimension M. Gaffikin University of Wollongong‚ michael gaffikin@uow.edu.au This working paper was originally published as Gaffikin‚ M‚ Accounting theory and practice: the ethical dimension‚ Accounting Finance Working Paper 07/04‚ School of Accounting Finance‚ University of Wollongong‚ 2007. This paper is posted at Research Online. http://ro
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the principle of legitimacy in international relations? ASSIGNMENT TYPE: Short Essay How ‘global’ is the principle of legitimacy in international relations? There is an increase debate among sovereign states‚ NGOs‚ INGOs‚ CSO‚ UN and other international organization on the legitimacy of the use of office in the international relations for self-defense‚ pre-emptive attack and humanitarian intervention. This essay will investigate the globality of the principle of legitimacy in the international
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Not-for-profit organizations also provide financial information to external users such as citizen groups and donors. As an individual‚ you provide financial information to the internal revenue service and to creditors when you seek a loan. 2. Accounting is often thought of as the “language” used to communicate financial information about a business. The primary method that profit-oriented companies use to provide financial information to investors‚ creditors‚ and other external parties is through
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Chapter 1 Case 1-6 During the early 2000s‚ the roles of accounting and the auditing profession changed and several accounting scandals were uncovered. A. What conditions caused accounting and the auditing profession role to change during this time? In the mid 80s‚ the AICPA lift on the ban on advertising caused revenue generation to become more critical to partner’s compensation. The profit structure of CPA firms changed‚ and in 1999‚ revenues for management consulting accounted for more
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state that the aims of disclosed discontinued operations and non-current asset disposal is to helped group of users of the financial statement to assess the financial effects. The definition of discontinued operation in IFRS may differ from other accounting standard‚ IFRS has defined discontinued operation is an asset or component of a company that either has been disposed or is regarded as held-for-sale‚ and also have any of the following conditions: 1) It represents a separate key business or an
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What is a theory? In this book we consider various theories of financial accounting. Perhaps‚ there¬fore‚ we should start by considering what we mean by a ’theory’. There are various perspectives of what constitutes a theory. The Oxford English Dictionary provides various definitions‚ including: A scheme or system of ideas or statements held as an explanation or account (description) of a group of facts or phenomena. Explanation or Account (description) of a group
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THE EFFECT OF BONUS SCHEMES ON ACCOUNTING DECISIONS A study by Paul M. Healy (1984) PRESENTERS Bonuses have been a type of compensation for corporate executives for decades. In fact‚ stock options‚ stock appreciation rights‚ and performance plans are other forms of remuneration in today’s world for executives. In 1984‚ a man by the name of Paul M. Healy conducted a research paper on the association between managers’ accrual and accounting procedures and income reporting.
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Overview The current financial crisis has raised questions about the legitimacy of capitalism. Ethi cal failures certainly played a role. While it remains to be seen whether and how many people blatantly broke the law‚ there are abundant signs of various forms of potentially unethical behavior. These include greed‚ unreasonable amounts of le verage‚ subtle forms of corruption (such as ratings agencies that appear to have had a conflict of interest)‚ comple x financial instruments that
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