Summarize the differences between accounting and book-keeping

Accounting plays a vital role in running a business as it is the language of business. It is the system of recording, summarizing, and analyzing an economic entity’s financial transactions. As a result of economic, industrial, and technological developments, different specialized fields in accounting have emerged.

a) Discuss any FOUR (4) specialized fields in accounting. You should engage an appropriate level of research and related examples.
b) Summarize the differences between accounting and book-keeping. You should engage an appropriate level of research and related examples

Discussion – Principles of Finance

Professional Topic Research Paper Assignment Research Topics in Accounting

Professional Research paper
1. Professional Topic Research Paper Assignment: The purpose of this assignment is for students to
research and learn about current topics in managerial accounting. Students will identify topics in
managerial accounting, research the topic, write a paper on their findings.
2. Research topic selection my be emailed to teaching faculty by the end of the first Module.
The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals. While Blogs,
Wikipedia, encyclopedias, textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are
helpful for providing background information, these resources are NOT suitable resources for this
research assignment.
Please Note: The Library staffs are very helpful with assisting students in using the Online Library journal
database. Please contact them if you have issues.
Assignment Requirements:
1. Choose a research topic from the list provided by your professor or from your own selection.
2. Research/find a minimum of at least 5, preferably 10 different peer-reviewed journal articles on
your topic from the University Library online business database.
3. The article(s) must be current/published within the last five (5) years. (The one exception is for
the History of Managerial Accounting topic – hard to find current articles on the history)
4. Write a 4 to 5 pages double spaced paper in APA format discussing the findings on your specific
topic in your own words. Note – paper length does not include cover page or References page.
5. Structure your paper as follows:
a. Cover page
b. Introduction section:
c. Title of paper
d. Overview describing the importance of the research topic in your own words
e. Purpose of Research of the article in your own words
f. Review of the Literature summarized in your own words.
g. Conclusion in your own words.
h. Personal Thoughts
i. References
6. Please review the course syllabus for deadline of each section. Lastly, upload your paper by the
Sunday of week 7th (100 points).

Biologist have demonstrated that everyone has the same skin hair and eye pigment It is melanin

Business Ethics Assignment

The Final is comprehensive, but will focus on chapters 5-8. You will need your textbook for the exam. The exam consists True/False, Fill-in-the-blank, Multiple Choice,

QUESTION 1

Symbols used in society are neutral with respect to ethical value and intensity. True/False,

QUESTION 2

Lewin’s Force Field Analysis (FFA) can be used to help direct change. What feature of FFA is useful in changing an Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 3

According to the textbook, teleology has its clearest articulation in utilitarianism. True/False,

QUESTION 4

How can DNA ethnicity estimates (e.g., 23andMe) help in breaking racist “like me” barriers? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 6

According to the utilitarian ethical paradigm, who should first get the Covid 19 vaccine, workers or retired? Explain your reasoning. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 10

Haptics are always ethically neutral. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 11

The first phase of an ethics risk and opportunity identification and assessment is to compare activities to expectation to identify ethics risks and opportunities. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 12

COSO released an Exposure Draft, Enterprise Risk Management: Aligning Risk with Strategy and Performance, putting forward a significant revision of the ERM framework for comment. What is the purpose of the proposed ERM framework? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 13

Cognitive dissonance can occur when two different paradigms are held by an individual. Provide an example of cognitive dissonance that could exist between two ethical paradigms. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 14

What is the relationship of stakeholder impact analysis and ethical norms? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 15

Adaptation or assimilation. Which involves most change in ethical norms when acculturating? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 16

Was the primary ethical issue leading to the subprime lending fiasco government policy or something else? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 18

Provide an example of how Hofstede’s cultural dimensions relate to normative ethics. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 19

Animal Rights activists freeing lab animals from their cages at a research facility, is an example of which ethics paradigm? Multiple Choice,

Deontological

Utilitarianism

Ethical Egoism

Emotivism

QUESTION 20

Provide an example where culture can affect business ethics. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 21

In July 2019, Google agreed to pay $11 million to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged it discriminated against hundreds of job seekers over 40. Was this a failure in ethical awareness or ethical issue intensity? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 22

Identify ONE ethical dilemma arising from the Open Borders – Secure Borders dispute. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 23

Ted takes other people’s snacks from the staff breakroom frig. Is Ted being immoral or unethical? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 24

Provide an example of the Rawlsian Difference Principle. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 30

Which ethical paradigm, teleological or deontological, best describes Merck’s action in providing Mectizan to cure River Blindness? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 33

Provide an example of a “sniff test or common heuristic” when making an ethical decision. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 34

According to the textbook, executives justify unethical actions by misinterpreting public expectations. Provide an example. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 36

According to the textbook, under procedural justice, there are three main criteria for determining the just distribution: need, equality, and merit. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 38

According to the textbook, why should Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide recall of Tylenol an example of a weakness Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 41

What makes the “glass ceiling” unethical? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 42

What is the underlying ethical paradigm for LEED? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 43

Provide an example of a qui tam relator. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 50

“Propaganda is always racists.” Explain why you disagree or agree with this statement. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 51

Biologist have demonstrated that everyone has the same skin, hair, and eye pigment. It is melanin. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 52

In the case “Brent Spar Decommissioning Disaster (page 586), what would you have done if you were calling the shots at Shell UK? When would you have acted? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 53

Many societies throughout history have exhibited “class” privilege in separating out groups of people considered inferior, for example, the caste system in India. Provide an argument why “white privilege” should, or should not, be considered equivalent to the Indian caste system. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 56

Several of the staff the reported to the CFO of RDAG plead guilty to fraud and money laundering. When confronted by the CFO to participate in his plan, describe the ethical dilemma they faced. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

Also, what ethical paradigm did the decision to commit fraud arise from?

QUESTION 61

On the midterm exam you were asked what your primary ethical paradigm was. At the end of this course has your go-to paradigm changed? Explain why or why not. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 59

“Civilization will end in 12 years if we do not pass the Green New Deal and stop Global Warming. “The statement is guiding you to support the Green New Deal based on which paradigm. Multiple Choice,

Virtue Theory

Deontological Paradigm

Risk Analysis

Emotivism Paradigm

Business Ethics Assignment

The Final is comprehensive, but will focus on chapters 5-8. You will need your textbook for the exam. The exam consists True/False, Fill-in-the-blank, Multiple Choice,

QUESTION 1

Symbols used in society are neutral with respect to ethical value and intensity. True/False,

QUESTION 2

Lewin’s Force Field Analysis (FFA) can be used to help direct change. What feature of FFA is useful in changing an Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 3

According to the textbook, teleology has its clearest articulation in utilitarianism. True/False,

QUESTION 4

How can DNA ethnicity estimates (e.g., 23andMe) help in breaking racist “like me” barriers? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 6

According to the utilitarian ethical paradigm, who should first get the Covid 19 vaccine, workers or retired? Explain your reasoning. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 10

Haptics are always ethically neutral. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 11

The first phase of an ethics risk and opportunity identification and assessment is to compare activities to expectation to identify ethics risks and opportunities. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 12

COSO released an Exposure Draft, Enterprise Risk Management: Aligning Risk with Strategy and Performance, putting forward a significant revision of the ERM framework for comment. What is the purpose of the proposed ERM framework? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 13

Cognitive dissonance can occur when two different paradigms are held by an individual. Provide an example of cognitive dissonance that could exist between two ethical paradigms. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 14

What is the relationship of stakeholder impact analysis and ethical norms? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 15

Adaptation or assimilation. Which involves most change in ethical norms when acculturating? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 16

Was the primary ethical issue leading to the subprime lending fiasco government policy or something else? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 18

Provide an example of how Hofstede’s cultural dimensions relate to normative ethics. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 19

Animal Rights activists freeing lab animals from their cages at a research facility, is an example of which ethics paradigm? Multiple Choice,

Deontological

Utilitarianism

Ethical Egoism

Emotivism

QUESTION 20

Provide an example where culture can affect business ethics. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 21

In July 2019, Google agreed to pay $11 million to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged it discriminated against hundreds of job seekers over 40. Was this a failure in ethical awareness or ethical issue intensity? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 22

Identify ONE ethical dilemma arising from the Open Borders – Secure Borders dispute. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 23

Ted takes other people’s snacks from the staff breakroom frig. Is Ted being immoral or unethical? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 24

Provide an example of the Rawlsian Difference Principle. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 30

Which ethical paradigm, teleological or deontological, best describes Merck’s action in providing Mectizan to cure River Blindness? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 33

Provide an example of a “sniff test or common heuristic” when making an ethical decision. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 34

According to the textbook, executives justify unethical actions by misinterpreting public expectations. Provide an example. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 36

According to the textbook, under procedural justice, there are three main criteria for determining the just distribution: need, equality, and merit. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 38

According to the textbook, why should Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide recall of Tylenol an example of a weakness Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 41

What makes the “glass ceiling” unethical? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 42

What is the underlying ethical paradigm for LEED? Explain. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 43

Provide an example of a qui tam relator. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 50

“Propaganda is always racists.” Explain why you disagree or agree with this statement. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 51

Biologist have demonstrated that everyone has the same skin, hair, and eye pigment. It is melanin. True/False,

True

False

QUESTION 52

In the case “Brent Spar Decommissioning Disaster (page 586), what would you have done if you were calling the shots at Shell UK? When would you have acted? Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 53

Many societies throughout history have exhibited “class” privilege in separating out groups of people considered inferior, for example, the caste system in India. Provide an argument why “white privilege” should, or should not, be considered equivalent to the Indian caste system. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 56

Several of the staff the reported to the CFO of RDAG plead guilty to fraud and money laundering. When confronted by the CFO to participate in his plan, describe the ethical dilemma they faced. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

Also, what ethical paradigm did the decision to commit fraud arise from?

QUESTION 61

On the midterm exam you were asked what your primary ethical paradigm was. At the end of this course has your go-to paradigm changed? Explain why or why not. Fill-in-the-blank, brief description

QUESTION 59

“Civilization will end in 12 years if we do not pass the Green New Deal and stop Global Warming. “The statement is guiding you to support the Green New Deal based on which paradigm. Multiple Choice,

Virtue Theory

Deontological Paradigm

Risk Analysis

Emotivism Paradigm