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1. Identify a famous (or not-so-famous) whistleblower from the 1990s or later.
2. Do some research on the company that the person blew the whistle on, the events that led to them blowing the whistle, and the outcome of the whistleblowing. Cite at least 5 sources.
3. In written paragraph format, address the following:
A. Briefly describe the company the whistleblower blew the whistle on what is the name of the company, what business are they in, etc.
B. Describe the issues that motivated the whistleblower to act.
C. Describe the results of the whistleblowing.
D. Discuss what personal attributes you believe a person must possess in order to take action and blow the whistle when something is not right.
4. Your paper should be between 5-7 pages
5. Please use a Word document that has the following:
A. Title Page that conforms to APA Formatting
B. Times New Roman 12-point font
C. Double spaced
D. Reference Page with at least 5 sources please do not use websites like Wikipedia that are not known to be fully reliable
E. APA Formatting, including when citing sources see the Purdue OWL APA Style GuideLinks to an external site. for instructions and sample papers
F. The use of AI is not permitted for this paper.
How does Accounting helps the business grow?
I need a high-quality, step-by-step solution for an advanced business accounting problem.
Case Study:
A company provides the following financial information:
Net Sales Revenue = $18,000
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) = $7,500
Operating Expenses = $3,200
Depreciation Expense = $800
Interest Expense = $500
Tax Rate = 15%
Required:
Calculate Gross Profit
Calculate Operating Profit (EBIT)
Calculate Net Profit after tax
Show full step-by-step working for each calculation
Clearly explain formulas used
Provide a short interpretation of financial results (profitability insight)
Important Instructions:
Please do NOT only give final answers
Show full working steps clearly
Explain in a simple but professional way
Highlight final answers clearly
This is for learning and academic understanding
You are an operational accountant for Put It Together, an organization that manufactures arts and crafts supplies. You are responsible for distributing the monthly budgeting reports, which show the actual results versus the budgeted projections. The vice president (VP) of the western division of Put It Together, one of the stakeholders who relies on the accuracy of the master budget, has requested information about favorable direct material and unfavorable direct labor variances. The VP has asked you to write a memo that describes cost structures and types of costs. The skills practiced in this activity will help to support you in your project.
Write a memo that describes cost structures the organization can use and the types of costs within the organization. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Submit your activity as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow . You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in .
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (90%) | Partially Meets Expectations (70%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stakeholders | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Describes the stakeholders who might interact with and rely on the master budget to make decisions | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to describing the stakeholders who might interact with and rely on the master budget to make decisions | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Information | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains how stakeholders use the information in the master budget to make decisions | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining how stakeholders use the information in the master budget to make decisions | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Accuracy | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains why the accuracy of the master budget is critical to the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining why the accuracy of the master budget is critical to the organization | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Ethical Implications | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains the ethical implications of the budgeting process in the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining the ethical implications of the budgeting process in the organization | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Function | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Evaluates the function of cost data in variance analysis in operational performance measurement | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to evaluating the function of cost data in variance analysis in operational performance measurement | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Variance Analyses | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Determines the variance analyses associated with direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to determining the variance analyses associated with direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Factors | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Determines factors that impact the accuracy of the master budget | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to determining factors that impact the accuracy of the master budget | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Results | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Assesses how the variance analysis results can help improve strategic decisions and the accuracy of results in subsequent years | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to assessing how the variance analysis results can help improve strategic decisions and the accuracy of results in subsequent years | Does not attempt criterion | 11.25 |
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 5 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||
You are the management accountant for an auto dealership. Your supervisor, the corporate controller, asks you to attend a seminar on the order-to-cash process. Based on what you learned in the seminar, you tell your supervisor that master budgeting correlates to the operating cycle of a business. Your supervisor asks you to create a presentation describing the components of the master budget and the operating cycle and the connection between them. Your organization will use this information to analyze its cost data and the impact of the organizations strategic decisions.
The skills practiced in this assignment will help to support you in your project.
Using the template provided in the What to Submit section, create a PowerPoint presentation about the components of the master budget and the connection between the master budget and the operating cycle.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Submit your 8-slide PowerPoint presentation with all the required sections by completing the . Sources should be cited according to APA style.
If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow . You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in .
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (90%) | Partially Meets Expectations (70%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Describes the purpose of the master budget | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to describing the purpose of the master budget | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Components | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Compares the components of the master budget and the operating cycle | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to comparing the components of the master budget and the operating cycle | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Relationship | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains the relationship between the operating cycle and the master budget | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining the relationship between the operating cycle and the master budget | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Business Activities | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Determines the business activities that are involved in the operating cycle | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to determining the business activities that are involved in the operating cycle | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Assesses how the cash conversion cycle relates to the operating cycle | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to assessing how the cash conversion cycle relates to the operating cycle | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Operating Cycle | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Analyzes how the operating cycle differs among manufacturing, merchandising, and service entities | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to analyzing how the operating cycle differs among manufacturing, merchandising, and service entities | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 5 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||
As an accountant, you will need to become familiar with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as they standardize procedures used in accounting industries. At its core, GAAPs goal is to provide consistent information on organizations financial statements. In financial reporting, understanding the historical cost and consistency principles allows for cohesiveness among financial statements.
This journal will support your work on your project as you consider how GAAP standards impact reporting.
Write a journal reflecting on the historical cost and consistency GAAP standards.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Submit your journal as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow . You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in .
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (90%) | Partially Meets Expectations (70%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose of the Historical Cost Principle in GAAP | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Describes the purpose of the historical cost principle in GAAP within financial reporting | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to describing the purpose of the historical cost principle in GAAP within financial reporting | Does not attempt criterion | 30 |
| Purpose of the Consistency Principle in GAAP | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Describes the purpose of the consistency principle in GAAP within financial reporting | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to describing the purpose of the consistency principle in GAAP within financial reporting | Does not attempt criterion | 30 |
| Explain | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains how the historical cost and consistency principles allow stakeholders to make decisions when reading financial statements | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining how the historical cost and consistency principles allow stakeholders to make decisions when reading financial statements | Does not attempt criterion | 30 |
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 5 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||
As an accountant, you may need to complete a financial analysis to understand a companys financial position. A key component to a financial analysis is to understand financial ratios. After the ratios have been calculated, you will use this information to analyze short-term obligations. To properly advise stakeholders on business decisions, you must be able to complete a thorough ratio analysis that allows you to analyze a companys performance level based on its obligations.
This milestone will support your analysis of ratios and their impact on short-term obligations, which will support your work in the project.
Use the same company you chose for Milestone One to conduct a financial analysis from the Milestone List of Publicly Traded Companies document in the Supporting Materials section. From the EDGAR website, navigate to Selected Filings and click on 10-K (annual reports) and 10-Q (quarterly reports). Choose the most recent annual report. Use the consolidated financial statements, which are located throughout the report. Identify information regarding current ratios, current assets, and current liabilities. Determine if this company can meet its short-term obligations.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Submit your financial analysis as a 4- to 6-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
The following resource supports your work on this assignment:
Resource:
This resource provides you with a list of publicly traded companies to choose from. Use the same company you chose for Milestone One.
If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow . You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in .
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations | Meets Expectations | Partially Meets Expectations | Does Not Meet Expectations | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Assets and Current Liabilities | N/A | Describes the current assets and current liabilities of the chosen company (100%) | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to describing the current assets and current liabilities of the chosen company (70%) | Does not attempt criterion (0%) | 20 |
| Current Ratios | Calculates the current ratios from the financial statements of the chosen company with no errors (100%) | Calculates the current ratios from the financial statements of the chosen company with minimal errors (90%) | Calculates the current ratios from the financial statements of the chosen company with significant errors (70%) | Does not attempt criterion (0%) | 20 |
| Performance Level | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner (100%) | Analyzes the companys performance level based on current ratios (90%) | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to analyzing the companys performance level based on current ratios (70%) | Does not attempt criterion (0%) | 20 |
| Compare the Companys Performance Level | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner (100%) | Compares the companys performance level to the industry average using the current ratios (90%) | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to comparing the companys performance level to the industry average using the current ratios (70%) | Does not attempt criterion (0%) | 20 |
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding (100%) | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience (90%) | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding(70%) | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication(0%) | 10 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors (100%) | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors (90%) | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors (70%) | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution (0%) | 10 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||