There are six (six) different discussion section that needed to be address separately. Each section topic show which PowerPoint that is need to be used.
Module 1 Discussion Forum
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You are the lead accountant for a major corporation and have been asked to research and present to upper level management on the difference in various financial statements. Your main focus is on the financial statements of a corporation. Provide a proposal that describes the following:
- What kind of information would be found on corporate financial statements?
- Explain how the users of these statements (i.e., investors, creditors, or government agencies) could use the information to help make better informed decisions.
- What are the differences between corporate financial statements and noncorporate financial statements?
- Include 1-3 cited references to support the information that you plan to provide.
Module 2 Discussion Forum (PT CHAPTER 2)
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Discussion Question:
What is managerial accounting? Describe the connection between planning, feedback, and controlling. What is ethical behavior? Is it possible to teach ethical behavior in a managerial accounting course? Briefly describe some of the common themes or pressures faced by executives who commit corporate fraud.
Ethics Case: College Admission Scandal
After reading the scandal below (Case “01”), share your thoughts about the scandal and what you think the ethical issues in this case are from the perspective of an accountant. Primeaux, E. (2020). Fraud Magazine. https://www.fraud-magazine.com/recap-article19.aspx?id=4295009428 (Links to an external site.)
Module 3 Discussion Forum (PT CHAPTER 4)
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Discussion Question:
What are job-order costing and process costing? What types of firms use job-order costing? Process costing? Explain how overhead is assigned to production when a predetermined overhead rate is used. Assume that a company has decided not to allocate any support department costs to producing departments. Describe the likely behavior of the managers of the producing departments. Would this be good or bad? Explain why allocation would correct this type of behavior.
Ethics Case: Credit Card Accounts Compromised
After reading the scandal below (Case “02”), share your thoughts about the scandal and what you think the ethical issues in this case are from the perspective of an accountant. Primeaux, E. (2020). Fraud Magazine. https://www.fraud-magazine.com/recap-article19.aspx?id=4295009428 (Links to an external site.)
Module 4 Discussion Forum (PT CHAPTER 6)
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Discussion Question:
What are equivalent units? Why are they needed in a process-costing system? What is a production report? How does the operations manager use the production report to make business decisions?
Ethics Case: Accounting Fraud at Firm
After reading the scandal below (Case “03”), share your thoughts about the scandal and what you think the ethical issues in this case are from the perspective of an accountant. Primeaux, E. (2020). Fraud Magazine. https://www.fraud-magazine.com/recap-article19.aspx?id=4295009428 (Links to an external site.)
Module 5 Discussion Forum (PT CHAPTER 7)
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Discussion Question: “Break-even analysis is of limited use to management because a company cannot survive by just breaking even.” Do you agree with this statement? Please explain.
Ethics Case: Fraud with Trade Secrets
After reading the scandal below, share your thoughts about the scandal and what you think the ethical issues in this case are from the perspective of an accountant. Primeaux, E. (2020). Fraud Magazine. https://www.fraud-magazine.com/recap-article19.aspx?id=4295009428 (Links to an external site.)
Module 6 Discussion Forum (PT CHAPTER 3)
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Discussion Question: What is the difference between the unit cost of a product under absorption costing and variable costing? Which method do you find most valuable to the the operations managers and why?
Ethics Case: Medicare Fraud
After reading the scandal below (Case “05”), share your thoughts about the scandal and what you think the ethical issues in this case are from the perspective of an accountant. Primeaux, E. (2020). Fraud Magazine. https://www.fraud-magazine.com/recap-article19.aspx?id=4295009428 (Links to an external site.)
