Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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To identify: Three ways of how DV could have deceived JB, and find how JB could validate that DV actions are ethical
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Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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