GUIDANCE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS Career planning is a process which helps someone to make a well informed realistic decision (WIRD) about a career. It is a step by step process to help make a transition and can help to measure the progress made (route map) by first establishing which way is forward. Step One: Engagement / Motivation. The first step is the most crucial one. There could be a number of reasons why someone is not engaging‚ such as fear or attitude. A person first of all needs
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Accounting has a long history of being an ethical profession. In recent years‚ however‚ some companies have asked their accountants to help "manage earnings." What does it mean to manage earnings? Who is more likely to be involved in such a situation‚ the financial accountant or the management accountant? Why? Do you believe that managing earnings is ethical? Discuss the rationale for your answer. The major role of financial reporting is to effectively communicate financial information
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Teaching Note on How the Earnings Management Teaching Module Can Be Taught Teaching Aims of the Module The Earnings Management Teaching Module is designed to help faculty teach how companies might manipulate earnings to maximize revenues‚ minimize expenses‚ and/or create reserves by setting aside some earnings in the current period that can be released into income at a later period. The result is to overstate earnings and mislead shareholders and creditors about the success of the company
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CHAPTER 11 Earnings Management 11.1 Overview 11.2 Patterns of Earnings Management 11.3 Evidence of Earnings Management for Bonus Purposes 11.4 Other Motivations for Earnings Management 11.4.1 Other Contracting Motivations 11.4.2 To Meet Investors’ Earnings Expectations and Maintain Reputation 11.4.3 Initial Public Offerings 11.5 The Good Side of Earnings Management 11.5.1 Blocked Communication 11.5.2 Theory and Empirical Evidence of Good Earnings Management
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Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) is often used for assessing the company’s stock price. P/E is determined by first calculating the earnings per shares (EPS)‚ which is the post-tax profits divides by the number of shares (Figure 1). Trailing P/E is equal to current market share price divided by trailing earnings per share for the past 12 months‚ whereas forward P/E is equal to current share price divided by expected earnings per shares for the next 12 months or next full-year fiscal period (http://www
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European Journal of Business and Management ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol 4‚ No.1‚ 2012 www.iiste.org Earning Management and Dividend Policy: Empirical evidence from Pakistani listed companies Jahanzaib Haider (Corresponding author) Bahaudin Zakariya University‚ Multan Sub-Campus‚ Dera Ghazi Khan‚ Pakistan. Tel: 92-331-3312626‚ E-mail: haider_jahanzeb@yahoo.com Akbar Ali Bahaudin Zakariya University‚ Multan‚ Sub-Campus‚ Dera Ghazi Khan‚ Pakistan. Tel: 92-331-7304678‚ E-mail:
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Accounting Research Vol. 49 No. 3 June 2011 Printed in U.S.A. Earnings Quality Based on Corporate Investment Decisions FENG LI∗ Received 25 July 2007; accepted 20 September 2010 ABSTRACT In this paper‚ I examine a new approach for measuring earnings quality‚ defined as the closeness of reported earnings to “permanent earnings‚” based on firm decisions with regard to capital and labor investments. Specifically‚ I measure earnings quality as the contemporaneous association between changes in
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Is earnings management good or bad? Who (or which part of corporate governance mechanisms) is responsible to constrain earnings management? To what extent can the auditor constrain earnings management? Propose some methods for the auditors to detect and constrain earnings management. Does market react to firm’s earnings management behavior? In order to discuss earnings management and what its affects are on business and whether or not it’s a good thing‚ one must first understand what earnings management
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Recently‚ These mandatory guidelines are provided for preparation of short article or essay accepted for submission of assignment. These guidelines are issued to ensure standard and uniformity. To assure timely and efficient assessment of your submission‚ you must present your work in strict conformance with these guidelines. Any submission that does not conform to the specified requirements will be omitted. Your work will be accepted and marked provided they arrive by the due date and
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Banking Industry of UAE Practice Earnings Management Dr. Mohammed Obeidat Introduction It is the right of external users of accounting information to be provided with more adequate information to protect their interests. Many questionable issues concerning the term of earnings management are still available. Auditors‚ accountants‚ financial analysts‚ and other concerned parties may hold the responsibility of detecting external users from the practices of earnings management. Many questionable
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