The Role of an Accountant American InterContinental University Accounting Abstract Recently I was asked to give a speech at a high school career fair. The main focus of my speech is discussing my role as an account and what students should know. In this presentation I will present the students with the main objectives of accounting. I will also inform them of the terminology of the accounting process or financial reporting. Then I want to talk about how accounting
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Ethical Issues in Management April Brumfield XMGT 216 November 24‚ 2012 Karen Heyse Ethical Issues in Management This essay will explain the ethical issues that managers must abide by when hiring new employees. Many issues must be reviewed and contemplated before a final decision is made. Managers should not discriminate against race‚ religion‚ sex‚ disabilities‚ marital status‚ or sexual orientation. There have been several companies that have had legal charges brought against them because
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Chartered Accountants were the first accountants to form a professional body‚ initially established in Britain in 1854. The Edinburgh Society of Accountants (formed 1854)‚ the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries (1854) and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants (1867) were each granted a royal charter almost from their inception.[1] The title is an internationally recognised professional designation. Chartered Accountants work in all fields of business and finance‚ including audit‚ taxation
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Ethical Standards in Health Care Accounting Ethical Standards in Health Care Accounting As a health care manager‚ there is a need to understand the basic accounting principles and the need to be able to look at a financial report and understand what it says. Without these keys and a good ethical compass‚ there could be serious consequences and could result in loss of revenue‚ funds‚ termination‚ or even prison time. Now this may seem like an extreme statement‚ but without using the four elements
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What is the role of an accountant? The role of an accountant is generally described as someone who handles the financial records of the business and prepares the financial statements for them. There are different types of accountants though‚ and this essay looks at what roles these are in particular‚ looking at how they are similar and how they differ from each other. This essay will look at the role of the accountant in smaller businesses‚ like family businesses‚ and the wider business environment
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The ethical dilemma in this case is one that Daniel Potter is faced with. Daniel is a staff accountant at a Big Eight accounting firm‚ Baker Greenleaf. He was given the duty of performing an audit on a wholly-owned real estate subsidiary (Sub) of a long-standing and important client of his firm. Oliver Freeman is Daniel’s project manager. Oliver is the one that gave Daniel the task of performing the audit‚ and he is expecting a clean opinion from Daniel on the analysis of the Sub in
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As an Assistant accountant in the Organisation the value I have added is to a greater extent in my first 3 weeks of placement. When doing the General administration things such as filling‚ customer service and customer handling I have been able to reduce the workload from my senior accountant. He is able to use this time for the completion of some other task instead. I have been managing the internal needs of the company‚ which has resulted in a smoother operation of the organisation as a whole
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Personal Values and Ethical Standards 2 Counseling in the substance abuse/mental health business is not an easy job. Working in the Women’s with children population‚ as a counselor I am charged with assisting women to learn how to develop the ability and strength to learn what addiction mean‚ learn better coping skills‚ how to become a better mother and most important how to recover. Counselors deal with putting people’s lives back together so that they may begin being a productive member of society
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Negligence Liability of Accountants ______________________________________________________________________ Facts By law‚ accountants may be responsible for customers that hire them in various legal theories‚ including contract‚ fraud and negligence. Accountant malpractice happened when he or she violates the duty of reasonable care‚ knowledge‚ skills and judgment that he or she is due to a client or to the laws to provide auditing and other services. South Asset Management Co hired TWD‚ an accounting
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In my opinion when reading the Code of Ethical Conduct from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) website‚ early childhood educators need a code of conduct to give individuals such as educators recommendations‚ principles‚ advice and behaviors demeanors on when and how to conduct themselves when having an encounter with early childhood students. This guidance will improve the skills that an educators have and it will increase the knowledge that educators have and
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