The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings
After reading case 2-2 in your text, “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings,” write an essay that includes the following elements:
- A formal introduction.
- Discussion of the five generalizations from the findings in this study relating to managing earnings. Note: Do not simply restate the generalizations. You are being asked to discuss each in the context of professional experiences or examples given in the case itself.
- Discussion of management’s ability to manage earnings in the long term given the operational manipulations discussed in the case.
Your submitted paper should be 650 wordss long and written according to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements, following APA style, and properly referenced.
Note that the textbook author is citing a source in this case, which must be considered when forming your references and citations.
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Ethical and moral decisions are critical to proper accounting methods. Therefore, as an accountant, it is important that one reports the truth as indicated in the financial records. However, the work of accounting, especially with regards to short-term earnings may spill to the docket of the manager in several ways. One of the ways is that the manager chooses the methods of accounting that may be used in the firm. Another method is by deciding when nonoperational activities happen as well as decide about the company resources that the firm may use at the …
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