ACCT 405 Accounting Worksheet
Q1) Fair Value Accounting is argued to be conceptually and practically preferable to Amortized Cost Accounting for most financial instruments. But there are some arguments that are against fair value accounting. Understanding these arguments are important because they speak directly to the strength and weakness of fair value accounting. You are required to discuss these arguments in detail. Q2) Mortgage banks are exposed to interest rate risk on their mortgage-related asset through prepayment and discounting effects that are not entirely distinct. Discuss the Prepayment and Discounting Effects of Mortgage Banks in detail.Q.3) Accounting for Securitization under SFAS No. 140 (2000) is a limited attempt to describe complex transactions that are structured to yield desired economic and accounting outcomes. This accounting raises three issues for users of financial reports. State these three issues.
SEU Cognitive Ability Discussion
Week6Which component of ethical decision-making do you believe best explains student cheating: moral awareness, moral judgment, or moral intent? Why do you feel that way?Week 77.2 Action Required: (Knowledge Application)Cognitive ability refers to capabilities related to acquiring and applying knowledge in problem solving. Types of cognitive ability include verbal, quantitative, reasoning, spatial, and perceptual. Research indicates that genes and the environment play equal roles in how we acquire these abilities. Consider the facets of cognitive ability and cognitive employment testing in your future career: how important will they be?Case Analysis (Sorry, Youre Too Smart)Have you ever been turned down for a job because you were overqualified?Although this may sound like a compliment, it can be disappointing when you are job hunting. Consider applicants who are turned down for jobs because they are too smart. This could be determined by pre-employment testing or the interviewer may assume applicants cognitive ability based on education level, GPA, or certifications. You dont often hear someone say that an applicant is too emotionally intelligent or too physically coordinated. So why does it matter if you are overqualified in cognitive ability?Employers may argue that cognitively overqualified employees will not perform well in their jobs. The lack of challenge they feel in the job tasks could make them bored and unmotivated and then lead to low performance. In fact, research shows that cognitively overqualified employees perform just as well as other employees, but not necessarily better. If the employees are in leadership positions and are cognitively overqualified, they perform better than other leaders. So if someone tries to tell you that you wont perform well if you are cognitively overqualified, thats not a fact.Employers may also argue that employees who are cognitively overqualified for their jobs will have higher job dissatisfaction. Specifically, they may be dissatisfied with the wages, challenges, and potential for career advancement. In short, these employees see the gap between their current and potential situations and that makes them unhappy at work.We all dont have intelligence tests when we are employed, so what about when you perceive you are overqualified in your cognitive skills, but dont have actual test scores to support your assumption? Employees who perceive they are cognitively overqualified tend to actually be correct. They also tend to have higher levels of openness to experience personality trait from the Big Five model.7.3 Test your knowledge:(Questions)1. An interviewer who assumes you have a certain average cognitive ability level because she knows your level of education would be correct according to what test?2. According to the case, what might a company do to raise job satisfaction and retain employees who are cognitively overqualified?
SU De Extinction Discussion
We learn in chapter 15 about conservation efforts to protect endangered species. There are some groups that are trying to approach this issue from a different angle, they are working to bring species back from extinction (this is called de-extinction). One well known example of this is the research group working to bring the Woolly Mammoth back. There are several TedTalks that explain what is happening and how they’re doing it. My favorite is from 2013 and I’ve linked it here. Colossal is the name of a company that is actively working to achieve de-extinction. For the discussion board this week I’d like you to visit their website and explore the “de-extinction” page. I hoping we can get a lively discussion going this week about this concept. Questions to think about as you write your post:Is de-extinction a good idea? or a bad idea?If we bring an animal back from the dead what are some of the potential positive outcomes?If we bring an animal back from the dead what are some of the potential negative outcomes?How do you think bringing back something like the Woolly Mammoth would impact people, planet, and profit?
Case analysis #2 (bus6750 international business management)
Case Analysis #2
Due Sunday by 11:59pm
Points 75
Submitting a file upload
Reread the Country Focus Turkey, Its Religion, and Politics in chapter 4 and address this question:
Are the concerns of those opposing Turkeys admittance to the European Union well-founded? Can Islam, capitalism, and globalization co-exist?
Reread the Country Focus Estimating the Gains from Trade for America in Chapter 7 and address these two questions:
What does the Institute for International Economics suggest about the benefits of free trade?
According to the Institute for International Economics study, a move toward free trade would cause disruption in employment. Is it still worth pursuing free trade if it means that some people lose their jobs?
Reread the opening case NAFTA 2.0: The USMCA in Chapter 9 and address these three questions:
Discuss NAFTA in the Trump era. What changes to trade based on the new USMCA agreement would he like to see?
As an American consumer looking for a new car, what does NAFTA mean to you? Does your response change if you are a consumer from Mexico or Canada? What about under the new USMCA?
As CEO of an auto company with manufacturing facilities in Mexico, what does the new USMCA deal mean to you?
Case Analyses must follow the following guidelines:
You must give a quality analysis of the cases based on the key terms showing mastery, using clear logic, and supporting facts. Also, the analysis must directly address the case using chapter readings and research.
Case Analyses test the understanding of key elements of International Business, therefore, they must be thoroughly addressed.
You must use citations with references to document information obtained from sources. The key elements and concepts of International Business are found in the sources listed in the syllabus (it is your duty to search for them, read, analyze, evaluate, summarize, paraphrase in your answers, and cite the authors who wrote the articles, books, term papers, memoirs, studies, etc. What it means is that you will have not less than 5 references from the listed sources.
Grammatically correct paper, no typos, and must have obviously been proofread for logic.
Avoid direct quotes, you must paraphrase and cite. If you direct quote (two words or three words, mission statements, phrases, etc.) you must include in your citation parenthesis page number or paragraph number. When you direct quote Brand taglines or Mission Statements, you must include the Brand name or Company name in the citation parenthesis.
Key terms or Questions must be typed out as headings, with follow up analysis or answers in paragraph format, and a summary or conclusion to contextualize your analyses at the end of the paper.
The Cases Analyses must be in APA format
San Diego Mesa College Google LLC v Oracle America Inc Analysis
research and develop a paper that addresses a significant Supreme Court case that has or may have a significant impact on business. There are so many cases each and every day that shape the legal future of the country and in some cases the world at large.What is a case analysis format?Your draft should contain at least 4 sections: an introduction; a body where you should include background information, an explanation of why you decided to do this case study, and a presentation of your main findings; a conclusion where you present data; and references.COURT: CASE STUDY WORKSHEETWHAT ARE THE FACTS OF THE CASE?What happened in this case?Who were the people/organizations involved?How did the lower courts rule on this case? (Note: This would be if the case was on appellate review)CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION:What is the constitutional question?What specific part of the Constitution/statute is involved?COURT’S DECISION AND REASONSThis is the court’s answer the constitution/legal question.Majority Opinion (a summary of the important points)Dissenting Opinion, if given (a summary of the important points)EVALUATING THE DECISION AND PREDICTING THE IMPACTWhat, if any, impact does this case have today?Name of the case(Petitioner/Respondent) and yearFacts of the caseWhat happened in this case? Where? When?Who are the parties involved?How did the lower courts rule in this case?Other relevant/precedent case(s), if applicableConstitutional or Legal Question(provided in the court case summary document)Who was the acting party?Who was the recipient of the action?What is the action that caused the controversy?What is the specific part of the Constitution/statute involved?Once the students have answered these questions, they should then develop the question (or issue) the court had to address in the case. The question should include all of the components. The question should bephrased in such a way as to elicit a yes or no response. See bottom of next page for an example.Formulate Arguments for Both Sides of the Issue Students will identify the arguments of the petitioner and of the respondent. One way to begin this step is to have students identify the values/goals of each side. Rarely is a case strictly between good versus evil. More often, cases involve significant conflict between competing, equally important values (for example, freedom of speech versus the right of privacy or order)Court decision and reasoningThe Courts answer to the constitutional/legal issue stated in part two above is the focus here. Students will identify the courts reasons and rationale for its decisions. Significance Statement: In addition, students will have to evaluate and argue how their court case has had a significanteffect on American society. Students will be assessed on their accuracy and detail of the five elements of their brief and their significancestatement.
Miami University The Hunger Games Saga Essay
One contemporary work of fiction that tackles ethics on a massive scale is Susan Collins’ The Hunger Games. This trilogy of novels and the movies based on them deal with a variety of moral issues, some of which have relevance for all times of human history, some of which have particular contemporary relevancethey deal with problems that we are facing within human society today, whether or not we are fully aware of them as moral problems.(200 points) Write a paper (4-5 pages). Select some of the moral issues presented in The Hunger Games saga (three to four issues would be a good range, depending on how fully you intend to talk about them). You may use any of the installments in the trilogy of novels by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay) or the movies based on them. Begin your paper with a statement about which book(s)/film(s) you are working with (some moral issues change over the course of the saga). Make direct references to situations or dialogue within these stories.aAnalyze the moral issues you have chosen, using your own logic and feelings along with references to philosophers covered in the class (this can include material from the student summaries about contemporary moral problems). Ask what kind of moral theory best helps you answer the moral dilemmas in this story? Virtue theory? Kant’s categorical imperative? Utilitarianism? Something else, or some combination?Here are some examples of moral issues that are obvious in these stories, though you certainly do not need to limit yourself to the examples listed here:Killing: When is it justified, if ever?Civil disobedience (when is it right to resist authority, and by what meansnonviolent? Violent?)Altruism and self-sacrifice. Why do people do good? Why do they sacrifice themselves for others or for a greater purpose than themselves?How should children be treated, including using them as means to an end? (The Capitol uses children as a means of punishing the districts for rebelling, and as a way to keep them afraid of ever rebelling again.)Povertythe hoarding of resources by a privileged few, while the many work to make that possible.The use of torture.Lyingthe protagonists lie frequently. Is this justified? (Peeta, the hands-down best person in the story, lies skillfully to protect others, especially Katniss. Katniss also becomes adept at lying, and sometimes struggles more with being dishonest than with the rather obvious issue of killing.)Genetic engineeringthe Capitol’s muttations (mutts), genetically enhanced animals used as weapons.Finally, answer this basic question: If you were put in the same position as the tributes, what would you do? (Peeta struggles with this before their first time in the arena: If I have to die, I want to find a way of showing them that I’m more than just a piece in their games.)
Three discussion question | Education homework help
QUESTION ONE
Choose one of your favorite products. Analyze the companys marketing strategies, referring to the eleven-point checklist. To what extent did their strategy contribute to your purchasing the product? Discuss ways in which you might improve the strategy without resorting to fallacies or misleading advertising. Upload an image of your product so your peers can see it too.
Favorite product is monster energy drinks
250 words
QUESTION TWO
Politicians have adopted many modern marketing strategies with advertising, polling, telemarketing, and demographic targeting. Identify specific examples of marketing strategies used in recent political campaign. Looking back at the section on Critical Thinking and Democracy in Chapter 1, discuss ways in which marketing in politics might violate the democratic process.
250 words
QUESTION THREE
In preparing for this discussion, take some time to view this weeks required videos again. Next, read the following quotes from Nersesian (2016):
Climate change is the mantra of those who blame carbon dioxide buildup in the atmosphere as a sole source of problems that at times include volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Climate change has been part of Earths repertoire for as long as it has existed. There may be other contributors to climate change besides anthropomorphic gases. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge the ultimate unpredictability of climate rather than bet all the chips on a seemingly predictable, but often wrong, oversimplified, deterministic, single variable climate model. Ironically, this book, in looking at fossil fuels as a finite resource and what might be left in a century, concludes along with the global alarmists that reducing carbon dioxide fuels is a desirable course of actionbut motivations are far different. (p. 495)
Climate change is continual with warming and cooling cycles, and within these cycles weather patterns change significantly. Treating climate change strictly as a twentieth and twenty-first-century phenomenon that started with burning fossil fuels is absurd. (p. 506)
Carbon dioxide rising simultaneously with temperature is not a persuasive argument that carbon dioxide is a cause of global warming. To the degree that carbon dioxide lags temperature, then the inference is that carbon dioxide does not cause global warming, but is a consequence of higher temperatures. The mechanism that would cause carbon dioxide to lag a rise in temperatures would be warming oceans giving up some of their carbon dioxide content. Methane seemed to follow temperatures better than carbon dioxide throughout
[the most recent] 160,000-year climate history. (p. 511)
Simply put, Nersesian (2016) claims that climate change is not a product of mankinds use of fossil fuels.
Use the LibraryLinks to an external site. and any evidence presented by Nersesian (2016) to either validate or refute his claim. Remember to take into account the credibility of your sources (including Nersesian). Post a thread that is no less than 350 words and no more than 500 words (not including the References list), stating and defending your conclusion. Title your thread either I Agree with Nersesian or I Disagree with Nersesian. Whichever position you present, you must fully commit. For purposes of the initial thread, there is NO middle ground!
Make sure to support your work using reputable sources.
Texas government writing assignment 2
Select ONE of the following topics to answer for Writing Assignment 2. The writing assignment should be a minimum of 750 words.
During the 2020 COVID pandemic, Governor Greg Abbott was criticized by members of both parties — by the Democrats for inadequate restrictions and by the Republicans (his own party) for having too many restrictions. In response, a constitutional amendment was proposed in the 2021 Texas legislative session that would limit the powers of the governor in a pandemic or other crisis. What restrictions on the governors powers were proposed? What were the arguments for and against these restrictions? What happened to this proposal during the regular session? Do you believe that the governor exceeded his authority during the pandemic or do you believe the governors actions did not go far enough? Be sure to explain your position in detail.
How are state judges selected in Texas? Discuss two different methods used in other states for selecting judges. What are the arguments for each of the selection methods you discussed? How do you think that Texas judges should be selected? Explain your reasoning. How does being appointed or elected affect the accountability and independence of judges? How informed do you think the public is about judicial elections and judicial candidates?
Read Chapter 11 in the textbook. Texas is considered to have one of the most regressive tax structures in the nation. Define regressive and progressive taxes. What makes the Texas tax system regressive? How might Texas make its tax system more progressive? What would prevent Texas from having a more progressive tax system? Is it the job of the tax system to promote equality of taxation across all income groups?
Read about Welfare Policy and Medicaid and Health Care Policy in Chapter 12 of your textbook. Also, review Sections 2 and 5 of the Poverty in Texas content by the Texas Politics Project and the Texas Tribune article Poverty in Texas drops to lowest level in a decade. Why does Texas have such a high poverty rate (when compared to other states in the U.S.), and what steps might the state government take to reduce the poverty level? How does the political culture of Texas (refer back to Chapter 1) influence the governments response to poverty? What are the conservative vs. liberal explanations for poverty (see section 5 in the Poverty in Texas content)? What role do you believe the state and federal governments should play, if any, to reduce the poverty rate?
Discuss how the racial/ethnic makeup of the overall prison population and the death row population in Texas compares to the racial/ethnic breakdown of the general population in Texas. (Review Who are Texans? Chapter 13) What might explain the racial/ethnic makeup of the prison population in Texas? Which regions of the country have higher incarceration rates and death penalty usage? (Review Texas and the Nation Chapter 13) What do you think explains the differences in the regional patterns of incarceration and death penalty usage? After reading Chapter 13, how do you feel about the fairness of the Texas criminal justice system? To respond to crime in Texas, should the state decriminalize certain behavior, reduce sentence lengths, invest in crime prevention (such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation), or build more prisons?
Biology assignment organ systems website recommendation blog
Part 1: Initial Blog Post on an Organ System
Now that you have had a chance to study the organ systems of the body, choose one system and research it further. Find a credible and reliable, scientific website that augments what you have already learned about that particular organ system. No duplicate websites are permitted.
[NOTE: Neither open resources nor open blogs can be used as sources of information; see Researching Information within the class for more information on appropriate credible/reliable sources of information].
[Not citing a specific reliable academic/scientific resource is an automatic 10 point deduction].
Share the website with the class by writing a full paragraph summary (150 words minimum) of what you have learned or have found particularly helpful when reviewing the website. Do not copy and paste directly from the website. This blog should be written in your own words. Also required within the initial blog post is sharing the website (specific URL) and what you have learned from this resource and/or have found particularly helpful when reviewing the website. Do not copy and paste directly from the website. This blog should be written in your own words.Any content and paraphrased information from the resource (URL) must be properly cited per APA including the specific URL (website) you are recommending. The blog post must be directly posted in the classroom; please do not upload a Word document only.
The initial blog post is strongly suggested to be posted by 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday of Week 3.
Part 2: Response Blog PostPeruse some of the Blog entries made by your fellow classmates. Choose at least one that you found useful and comment on how the website helped you with this weeks content. The comment should be 100 words minimum.For Part 2 posting the Blog Response Post to a fellow classmate, click the Week 3 Assignment Organ Systems Website Recommendation Blog to enter the assignment. The screen will refresh and on the right side will be a black bar with Blog details on it and below that will be your name and a down arrow. Click the arrow and all the people who have posted blog posts will be listed. Read through the post by selecting the fellow students name and the screen will refresh scroll to bottom and on the bottom left will be the students blog post. When ready to respond, click Comment at the end of the blog post and then a space will open below the blog post you are responding to. When done with the response blog post, click Add. Then the response blog post is posted.
The Week 3 Assignment Organ Systems [Website Recommendation] Blog is worth a potential total maximum of 100 points and there are two components: (1) Part 1: your initial blog post, 150 words minimum, discussing a credible and reliable, scientific website (10 points maximum) that augments what you have already learned about that particular Organ System. The initial blog post will be scored on topic (10 points), grammar and spelling (10 points), content and discussion of the organ system (30 points maximum), usefulness of the website (10 points maximum), submitted on a different day than Part 2 (5 points) and meeting the minimum blog post length of 150 words (5 points) (2) Part 2: response blog post to a fellow classmate and it will be scored on grammar and spelling (2.5 points), content and discussion of what was learned about the organ system from the blog post and/or visiting the website and resource (15 points maximum) and meeting the minimum blog post length of 100 words (2.5 points maximum).
CCC Long Term Debt for Apple Inc Questions
Instructions Refer to the most recent 10-Ks (Year Ended in 2022) for Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.NOTE: Some answers are numerical, fill-in the blanks. Please adjust all answers for the units, and include the ‘,’ separators (e.g., 11 million or 11,000 thousand should be entered as 11,000,000), if required.Refer to Note 7, in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for Apple.For the year ended 2022, how much was the total (both current long-term) Term Debt owed by Apple (do not include any adjustments)?1 – Search for “Note 7” to go directly to this note.2 – Look under the column titles. What units do the numbers represent? Since the amounts are in “In millions,” add six zeros to your answer._______________Q2) Refer to Note 7, in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for Apple.For the year ended 2022, how much was the “Unamortized premium/(discount) and issuance costs, net” for Apple?1 – Look under the title. What units do the numbers represent? Since the amounts are in “In millions,” add six zeros to your answer.Refer to Note 7, in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for Apple.The amount from the previous question regarding Apple’s “Unamortized premium/(discount)” represents a premium.FalseQ4) Refer to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Apple.For the year ended 2022, how much did Apple receive for the Issuance of Term Debt?1 – Search for “Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows” to go directly to Apple’s Balance Sheet.2 – Look under the title. What units do the numbers represent? Since the amounts are in “In millions,” add six zeros to your answer.Q5) Refer to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Apple.For the year ended 2022, how much did Apple pay on the repayment of Term Debt?1 – Search for “Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows” to go directly to Apple’s Statements of Cash Flows.2 – Look under the title. What units do the numbers represent? Since the amounts are in “In millions,” add six zeros to your answerQ6) Refer to Note 6, in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for Alphabet.For the year ended 2021, how much was the total debt (include both Notes Future Lease payments) owed by Alphabet (do not include any adjustments)?1 – Search for “Note 6” to go directly to this note.2 – Look at the last sentence before the table. What units do the numbers represent? Since the amounts are in “In millions,” add six zeros to your answer.Q7) Refer to Note 6, in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for Alphabet.For the year ended 2021, how much was the “Unamortized premium/(discount) and issuance costs, net” for Alphabet?1 – Search for “Note 6” to go directly to this note.2 – Look at the last sentence before the table. What units do the numbers represent? Since the amounts are in “In millions,” add six zeros to your answer._________________Q8) Refer to Note 6, in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for Alphabet.The amount from the previous question regarding Alphabet’s “Unamortized premium/(discount)” represents a discount.FalseQ9) Refer to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Alphabet.For the year ended 2021, how much did Alphabet receive for the Issuance of Debt (net of costs)?1 – Search for “Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows” to go directly to Alphabet’s Statement of Cash Flows.2 – Look under the title. What units do the numbers represent? Since the amounts are in “In millions,” add six zeros to your answer.Q10) Refer to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Alphabet.For the year ended 2021, what was Alphabet’s cash outflow for Alphabet related to the repayment of Debt?you might need this link
