Litigation, Censures, and Fines

Research the Internet for recent litigation, censures, and fines involving national public accounting firms.  Examples of litigation cases against national public accounting firms include fines by regulatory authorities and censures by professional societies.

Write a three pages paper in which you:

1. Analyze the primary accounting issues which form the crux of the litigation or fine for the firm, and indicate the impact to the firm as a result of litigation or fine. Provide support for your rationale.
2. Examine the key inferences of corporate ethics related to internal controls and accounting principles which lead to the litigation or fine for the accounting firm.
3. Evaluate the primary ethical standards of the accounting organization’s leadership and values which contributed to approval of the accounting issues and thus created the litigation or fines in question.
4. Identify specific conduct violations committed by the organization and accounting firm in question. Next, create an argument supporting the actions against the organization and accounting firm, based on the current professional code of conduct for independent auditors and management accountants.
5. Make a recommendation as to how regulators and professional societies may prevent this type of behavior in question for the future. Provide support for your rationale.
6. Use two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze business situations to determine the appropriateness of decision making in terms of professional standards and ethics.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in accounting.
• Write clearly and concisely about accounting using proper writing mechanics.

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Instructions:

1)   Log on to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ which is the website for PBS Frontline.  You will need JAVA and/or Flash Player in order to stream the video from your computer.

2)   If the above link is broken then google PBS Frontline Archives.  Click on the link and there you will find the list of videos available to view.  Type in the title of the video in the search box or scroll through the videos to find it.

3)   Select and view the video listed below.

4)   Answer the questions found in the template below.  You must type the questions and answers in the forum. Please note I will not accept any analyses that are submitted as attachments.  Make sure you post your response in the forum. 

5)   Remember you are required to read and provide brief critical reactions to at least one of your classmate's analysis.   

6)   Once you post your analysis in the forum and respond to your classmate(s), you are done with this assignment.

Title – President Trump – January 3, 2017

 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/president-trump/

Template for Analyzing the Video

1)      State as accurately as possible the video’s purpose for presenting this information.  Explain your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

2)      What is the video attempting to convey and from what perspective is it presenting the information?  Provide your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

3)      What key question can you develop from the content presented in the article?  Provide your question and then your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

4)      What are the most important ideas you would have to understand in order to understand the video’s line of reasoning?  Provide your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

5)      What is the video failing to address (what might be questioned)?  Provide your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

6)      What consequences are likely to follow if people take the video’s line of reasoning seriously? Provide your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

7)      What consequences are likely to follow if people ignore the video’s reasoning?  Provide your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

8)      Identify the key conclusions the video comes to and presents?  Provide your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

9)      What facts, experiences, or data is the video using to support its conclusions?  Provide your analysis/answer in five (5) or more sentences.

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Accessing Password Protected and/or Encrypted Mobile Data

Abstract- This research paper examines the potential solution to a problem faced by law enforcement; wherein the inability to decrypt a number of encrypted communications that they have been given appropriate legal permission to intercept or examine, loom large. This research paper utilizes a theoretical approach to explore the ‘going dark’ concern. This paper will also provide an overview of an encryption workaround, which will address the widely used “Signal Messaging Protocol” which is used to encrypt messages transmitted via applications such as Whatsapp, Telegram, Facebook, among others.

Keywords—Signal Messaging Protocol, Encrypted Messaging, Privacy, Law Enforcement, Mobile Phones, WhatsApp

The house you can afford.

a) Using the link https://www.fool.com/mortgages/how-much-house-can-i-afford.aspx and calculate how big of a mortgage you can afford based on the income you expect to earn once you graduate. The bottom two ratios on the page need a little explanation. In general, lenders like to cap the maximum monthly housing allowance (including taxes and insurance) by the lesser of these two ratios: 28% and 36%. According to the Gurus, your monthly housing allowance may not exceed 28% of your total monthly income and your total monthly obligations (monthly housing allowance plus any other long-term obligations) may not exceed 36% of your monthly income. So, leave those numbers as they appear. Use $5,500 for property tax, $3,000 for home insurance, and $25,000 for down payment.

a. Calculate the numbers you get for a 1.5%, 15 year mortgage

b. Calculate the numbers you get for a 2.5%, 30 year mortgage

ONCE YOU ENTER YOUR INFORMATION, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO SAVE THE INFORMATION BY CLICKING ON “PDF REPORT”. YOU WILL NEED TO SUBMIT THIS PDF DOCUMENT WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

b) Using the “Mortgage amount” that you obtained for the 2.5%, 30 year mortgage, calculate your monthly payment for the loan? You will need to use the following link: http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/mortgages/mortgage-calculator.aspx?ic_id=home_smart-spending_mortgages_globalnav. YOU WILL NEED TO COPY AND PASTE THIS PAGE IN A WORD DOCUMENT, OR COVERT TO A PDF. THIS NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

c) If you have five years to save $10,000 for down payment for your future house, what steps would you take to save the amount?

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Home and car purchasing:

1) The car you can afford.

Using the link below and decide how expensive of a car you can afford given the monthly payments and down payment you can make. Input your information, and write a brief summary of the results and your observation on the results that you get if you finance an automobile at 4.5% over:

1) Three years

2) Four years

3) Five years

Link: https://www.timevalue.com/tcalc-financial-calculators

Select: Personal

Select: How much car can I afford

If the above link does not work, use the following link:

 https://www.moneyunder30.com/car-affordability-calculator

Based on the result that you got for the three year loan, using the internet, look for a car that fits your budget and tell me why you would chose that particular car. Use the knowledge you have gathered from the chapters in answering the question.

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Explorations and Ideas Portfolio 

It’s a Social Entrepreneurship class.

Please follow the Introduction. Each part writes about at least half page. Don’t combine them together, each part on them on page. Please be clear and step-by-step. It nees be any social issue and you need come out the solution that also combine with business. Professor is asking to make a real product or work with some company to do the Business. And fill out this business model canvas.

Last time I already done part 1 to 9 Now need complete all parts10 to 16.

It's due on Monday morning 11:00 am.

 One more thing 

Pitch for Funding 

1. Three to five minute pitch for your idea/enterprise. We went over it in class, you can organize it anyway you want to but it must be well organized, well prepared, and delivered in a professional manner. There are multiple resources online to get ideas/inspiration in addition to what was discussed in class. Make sure it is engaging and that you show passion or personal connection.  Be ready to answer questions and ask questions. 

What your pitch should address:

– Social problem you are addressing (demonstrate knowledge of the issue and passion for it)

-How will your enterprise will solve and mitigate this social problem? What is the social impact?

-Who are your customers?

-What is the product or services that you are offering 

-Who is behind the social initiative or whom you will need to get on board? 

-What is you advantage or what you will do differently (demonstrate knowledge of existing solutions) 

-How will you generate revenues?

-How will your enterprise be sustainable?

-Consider potential collaborators from other sectors?

-What do you need from the investor/resources in the room?

-If funded what are the next steps?

– Why you will succeed?

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Value Stream Map
The value stream map below shows a process of customer interaction with a teller in a bank. The time indicated shows the average time taken per customer for the 100 customers who were surveyed. The arrow indicates the direction of flow from one step to another, and the approximate time taken to finish each step is also shown.

Confirm Inquiry

0.5 min

Ask for Verification Doc.

0.5 min

Customer Inquiry

1 min

Inform the Customer

of the Issue

1 min

Resolve the Issue or

Ask for Assistance

1 min

Thank the Customer (End)

0.5 min

Understand Request

0.5 min

Conduct Verification Process

0.5 min

0.5 min

Key Metrics
The key metric in this value stream is time taken at each step and the efficiency of each bank teller. The bank usually wants employee with a quick understanding of issues, who can handle a customer’s issue within a short period of time. It would be exhaustive and annoying to the customer if the teller inquires too much before serving. Therefore, the aim is just to simply ask what is relevant and sufficient to understand the issue at hand.

· Lead Time = 1 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 1 + 1 + 0.5 = 5.5 minutes.

The entire process takes 5.5 minutes to start and finish. There is a 2 percent lag period, therefore we can say the process is 98 percent efficient.

· Process Time = 5.5 minutes / 8 = 0.6875 minutes

One teller serves one customer, from the time of arrival at the teller till the end. However, the teller may be required to seek external assistance that serves to cause more delay. They would still try to ensure they are well equipped to address almost all issues at once.

Current State Summary Metrics
· Total Lead Time = 1 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 +0.5 + 1 + 1 + 0.5 + 0.5 = 6 minutes

· Total Process Time = 6 minute / 8 = 0.75 minutes

· Activity Ratio = 0.75 minutes / 6 = 0.125

· Rolled Percent Complete and Accurate = 100% – (0.125* 100%) = 87.5%

Current State of Value Stream
The value stream is quite efficient, though it needs multiple lines of operation based on the average demand at a given time. For a bank with an average 500 daily customers, they will need an average of six tellers to serve that many customers per day. However, that will depend on the efficiency of each operator. Any daily issue at any given time means serving fewer customers and raising the probability of not serving everyone at the branch. In return, that will affect the work in progress and, as a result, impact the bank’s efficiency.

However, there is a 0.5 minutes delay before a customer is served and released. This time would increase in the event that the teller needs to obtain information that is not readily available to him/her and the customer. At that instance, the delay time would undoubtedly increase which can undermine quality and efficiency. On the other hand, in the event they both have sufficient information, then the whole process is smooth and no bottlenecks would exist to negatively impact performance.

References
Tupa, J. (2014). Performance measurement for efficient lean management: theory and case study. International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research, 1(2), 116.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijler.2014.066831

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 Submit Milestone Three of your final project. 
For Milestone  Three, you will continue to build off of your previous work toward your  final project and evaluate the methodology of the five articles you  included in your annotated bibliography, such as their validity and  ethical considerations. Your research here will help your supervisor  ensure his or her future research is both ethical and valid. 
Refer to the Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric document for more information on submission requirements and how the assignment will be graded. 

Week 5 exposes students to subjects that are intended to whet their appetites for further study in economics. Students will use the theory of consumer choice and the impact of the concepts of asymmetric information, political economy, and behavior economics, to describe how consumers make economic decisions. 

Assignment Steps 

Scenario: You have been asked to assist your organization's marketing department to better understand how consumers make economic decisions. 

Write a 1,050-word analysis including the following: 

• The impact the theory of consumer choice has on:         
  • Demand curves
  • Higher wages
  • Higher interest rates
• The role asymmetric information has in many economic transactions.
• The Condorcet Paradox and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem in the political economy.
• People are not rational in behavior economics. 

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook. 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

Part One:   should be a 1 page paper in proper A PA format.

Part Two:  should be a 2 to 4 page paper in proper A PA  format.

Part 1.  Identify the Client

Step One this week is to identify a client for whom you will act as a consultant.  The client can be your own work group or company, a family business you are involved with, a business you worked for previously, a volunteer organization you work for or have worked with, or a public company.  The client you choose should be a small group or organization in which you can influence change in your role as a consultant.  Please do not select “the military” or “the U.S. government” or “Giant XYZ Corporation.”  However you may choose a small entity, such as a work group, within any of the larger organizations. For example, if you are in the military, focus on your group.  If you select a Giant XYZ Corporation, select the department. 

Part 2.  Identify the Problem

Step two is to identify a problem or issue that is impacting performance in the organization.  With your knowledge of the client you have identified and the learning you have acquired to this point, identify a management problem you will investigate and for which you will provide recommended solutions.  If you are working with a supervisor or manager, you may want to consult with them to complete this step.  

Read the material at the sites listed in the Week 1 Lessons folder (look for the Lessons tab on the l.h. side in this classroom) to help guide you in identifying a management problem in your work environment. 

Complete a 2-4 page paper discussing the client and the management problem you will explore during this course.