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Case 11.1: Accounting/Finance Ethics Scenarios Main Ethical Issue(s) Financial professionals are often confronted with fiduciary issues which challenge their integrity, honesty, and ability to be transparent with stockholders and customers. They may be pressured to make decisions or participate in accounting practices that are clearly against company policy, financial or accounting rules, regulations, and code of ethics. In all three scenarios, employees are asked to make such decisions.…

Introduction The financial analysis of a company is important to determine its success and progression into new business endeavors. In this analysis, I will discuss the financials of The Hershey company, as well as how the company derived. Milton S. Hershey, founder of The Hershey Company, established remarkable endeavors for the company that still proves success. Milton S. Hershey, established early on it was the best maker of chocolate. He relayed this in their mission and vision statements.…

1. This week we are comparing and contrasting two pyramids. The first of the two pyramids is the Step Pyramid in the funerary complex of Djoser. The Step Pyramid is dated to 2630 to 2575 B.C.E. It is roughly 204 feet tall and made out limestone. The Step Pyramid is located in Saqqara Necropolis in Egypt. The second of the two pyramids is the pyramid known as El Castillo. El Castillo is dated to the 9th to 12th Century C.E. it is roughly 98 feet tall and made out of limestone. El Castillo…

reformed; the auditing and accounting procedure which included internal controls and checks and balances, brought into focus oversight responsibility of corporate director and officers making it mandatory to disclose bonuses and special considerations, addressed conflicts of interest and required the chief executives to certify tax documents and financial statements. Where SOX created standard checks and balances with strong auditing/accounting procedures as well as made penalties for fraudulent…

Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard provide four perspectives that assist in creating vision and strategy as follows: Finance – Observes high level financial objectives and measures and asks how does a company look to its shareholders? Customer – Focuses on customer satisfaction and asks how do customers view a company? Internal Processes – Focuses on how well the company is run and if a company is providing what the customers want, or answers the question, what should a company be best at…

Introduction Our team was hired by upper management to manage the supply chain “Ticking Time Foam”. Our objective was to maximize the cash generated by sales in five regions, Calopeia, Sorange, Tyran, Fardo and Entworpe. Originally, Ticking Time Foam was responsible for managing the market solely in and from Calopeia. Our supply chain was then given the opportunity to expand into four additional regions by building new factories and warehouses. Our team took over management of the supply chain…

My practice negotiation was with Andrew Powelson. I was the employer and Andrew was the employee. The negotiation took place on Wednesday August, 30th 2017 in the evening through email. My BATNA was for Andrew to counteroffer with a middle tier package; that included $175k salary, 7% commission and 30 holidays. My best guess at what his BATNA was were to receive an offer including all benefits and nothing less than 7% commission. As the employer, I was prepared to send out the first offer.…

Analysis of Seven Staircases to Growth 1. Relying on the Staircases to growth paper, analyze each of the seven staircases. Which of the seven staircases is your organization using to grow? Which ones would you recommend, why? Does your organization have enough market power so that such growth strategies may help to create value? The distinctive seven staircases of growth strategies have been adopted by many successful companies, such as Walt Disney, Gillette, Johnson & Johnson, Home Depot, and…

Commercial management is the non-technical business disciplines within an organization, specifically the administration of revenue and expenses to generate a financial return.” It is the management of contractual and commercial matters connecting to the projects, from project beginning to completion (Lowe & Leiringer 2005, 2006). Commercial Management of Projects was very crucial module as a project manager point of view. It is important for a project manager to understand about the commercial…

This report provides an analysis of the distribution expansion for Tom Ford brand. The research draws attention to the fact how Tom Ford brand became global brand, growth of its retail network and distribution methods it uses on COO market and the Global market. In introduction, you will be able to read overview of the brand, and the recent successes, developments and some issues that brand has during last three years, and three-year change of the retail network. Second part is, Analysis, I’m…