The financial health of an organization is crucial and needs to be monitored on a regular basis. As a consultant, I’ve observed that some company leaders and managers fail to pay attention to the details. I once heard a manager mention that “sweeping the corners” is an important strategy. The point here is that dust accumulates in the corners, and eventually it will build to the point where the room is dirty. From an accounting and finance perspective, what type of “dust” can accumulate? What are the potential problems that lie hidden until the surface and become an issue for the managers? Please discuss.
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4. The financial health of an organization is crucial and needs to be monitored on a regular basis. As a consultant, I’ve observed that some company leaders and managers fail to pay attention to the details. I once heard a manager mention that “sweeping the corners” is an important strategy. The point here is that dust accumulates in the corners, and eventually it will build to the point where the room is dirty. From an accounting and finance perspective, what type of “dust” can accumulate? What are the potential problems that lie hidden until the surface and become an issue for the managers? Please discuss.
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- Which one of the following would be considered a financial cost of organizational control? The cost of failing to recognize opportunities to increase sales due to data loss. The cost of having financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm. The cost of an upset customer who leaves the store because it took too long for a manager to approve a price adjustment for a customer farther up in the line.The CEO of the Baker Inc, wants to implement a new accounting system, to improve work flow through the company’s sales, cash receipts, accounts payable, and cash disbursement procedures. The CEO is, however, concerned about the potential disruption that the implementation will have on operations. In an announcement letter to Baker’s employees, the CEO stated that: “I have contracted Flybynight Consulting Group to do the needs analysis, system selection, and design work. The programming and implementation will be performed in-house using existing IT department staff. The development process will be unobtrusive to user departments because Flybynight knows what needs to be done. They will work independently, in the background, and will not disrupt departmental and internal audit work flow with time consuming interviews, surveys, and questionnaires. This promises to be an efficient process that will produce a system that will be appreciated by all users.” Required: Draft a memo from George…Consider the following conversation between Gary Means, manager of a division that produces industrial machinery, and his controller, Donna Simpson, a certified management accountant and certified public accountant: Gary: Donna, we have a real problem. Our operating cash is too low, and we are in desperate need of a loan. As you know, our financial position is marginal, and we need to show as much income as possibleand our assets need bolstering as well. Donna: I understand the problem, but I dont see what can be done at this point. This is the last week of the fiscal year, and it looks like well report income just slightly above breakeven. Gary: I know all this. What we need is some creative accounting. I have an idea that might help us, and I wanted to see if you would go along with it. We have 200 partially finished machines in process, about 20% complete. That compares with the 1,000 units that we completed and sold during the year. When you computed the per-unit cost, you used 1,040 equivalent units, giving us a manufacturing cost of 1,500 per unit. That per-unit cost gives us cost of goods sold equal to 1.5 million and ending work in process worth 60,000. The presence of the work in process gives us a chance to improve our financial position. If we report the units in work in process as 80% complete, this will increase our equivalent units to 1,160. This, in turn, will decrease our unit cost to about 1,345 and cost of goods sold to 1.345 million. The value of our work in process will increase to 215,200. With those financial stats, the loan would be a cinch. Donna: Gary, I dont know. What youre suggesting is risky. It wouldnt take much auditing skill to catch this one. Gary: You dont have to worry about that. The auditors wont be here for at least 6 to 8 more weeks. By that time, we can have those partially completed units completed and sold. I can bury the labor cost by having some of our more loyal workers work overtime for some bonuses. The overtime will never be reported. And, as you know, bonuses come out of the corporate budget and are assigned to overheadnext years overhead. Donna, this will work. If we look good and get the loan to boot, corporate headquarters will treat us well. If we dont do this, we could lose our jobs. Required: 1. Should Donna agree to Garys proposal? Why or why not? To assist in deciding, review the corporate code of ethics standards described in Chapter 1. Do any apply? 2. Assume that Donna refuses to cooperate and that Gary accepts this decision and drops the matter. Does Donna have any obligation to report the divisional managers behavior to a superior? Explain. 3. Assume that Donna refuses to cooperate; however, Gary insists that the changes be made. Now what should she do? What would you do? 4. Suppose that Donna is 63 and that the prospects for employment elsewhere are bleak. Assume again that Gary insists that the changes be made. Donna also knows that his supervisor, the owner of the company, is his father-in-law. Under these circumstances, would your recommendations for Donna differ?
- (This is about Accounting Information System.) 1. Distinguish between ethical issues and legal issues. 2. When a company has a strong internal control structure, stockholders can expect the elimination of fraud. Comment on the soundness of this statement. 3. Distinguish between employee fraud and management fraud. 4. Discuss the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Please provide me a correct answer and PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS NOT JUST ONE QUESTION. Thank you!Why does financial accounting have a positive impact on our society? a. It entails a detailed transaction record necessary for filing taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).b. It allows investors and creditors to redirect their resources to successful companies and away from unsuccessful companies.c. It prevents competitors from being able to steal the company’s customers.d. It provides a system of useful internal reports for management decision making.In the scenario, where employer has been putting more emphasis on controlling costs for the various businesses. With the slowing of overall spending in one sector, while ordering managers to closely monitor expenses, selling several companies and giving vice presidents greater responsibility for statements of financial positions. Whatpositive and negative consequences might this pose to the company in future fraud prevention? Outline at least three of each type.
- Identify the fraud triangle risk factor (Opportunity, Pressure, or Rationalization) in each situation. 1. The business has no cameras or security devices at its warehouse. 2. A worker sees other employees regularly take inventory for personal use. 3. Payroll manager feels she is greatly underpaid. 4. No one matches the cash in the register to receipts when shifts end. 5. Managers are expected to grow business or be fired. 6. Managers are told to make extreme cuts in expenses. Opportunity Rationalization Pressure Opportunity Pressure PressureWhen we work in any organization, we must be aware of issues that can lead to fraudulent behavior which can impact the financial reporting process in both managerial accounting and financial accounting reports. Distinguish between financial accounting and managerial accounting as to user groups and time horizons. Why should the chief accountant of an organization have a clear understanding of both financial and managerial accounting?Suppose that a company called Futuristics, Inc hires you to work in Supply Cha Management. Your new manager sets up a meeting to discuss the Surfers, Inc. account. The meeting opens with the manager stating, "I just reviewed the financial report on Surfers, Inc. It really doesn't cost much to serve them, does i Which of the following would be an appropriate response to the manager's statement? Traditional accounting methods are perfect to help us make decisions about serving the Surfers, Inc. account Activity-based costing would be better to report the Surfers, Inc. results to the financial community Traditional cost accounting gives us a good measure for comparing by customer Activity-based costing could better show us how much it really costs to serve Surfers, Inc. Activity-based costing takes depreciation into account to enable us to know when to replace machinery
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