What ethical and legal liability relating to accountants and auditors might relate to your SEC 10-K company
Task 1: 300 words answering below based on the SEC-10k report below for ULTA
ULTA Beauty, INC: NASDAQ: ULTA
https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022004330/ulta-20220129x10k.htm
- What ethical and legal liability relating to accountants and auditors might relate to your SEC 10-K company ( above, ULTA)? (100words)
- What trends in sales, cost of goods sold, and gross profit do you see? Create a small table for your records and refer to percentages in terms of year to year change for dollar values and the gross profit percentage. ( 50 words and table)
- Review net income and post comments using the techniques you used for gross profit. (50 words)
- International Issues: comment on foreign currency issues and the global picture for your SEC 10-K company. (100 words)
Write a one to two-page single-spaced paper (525-600 words) that discusses the impact that regulations, accounting, and auditing standards have on the ethics of accountants and auditors and how these regulations, accounting, and auditing standards impact how they perform their work.
Task 1: 525-600 words
Instructions
Ethics and Professionalism Project Assignment
You are to perform research on the subject of ethics and professionalism in accounting and auditing.
Write a one to two-page single-spaced paper (525-600 words) that discusses the impact that regulations, accounting, and auditing standards have on the ethics of accountants and auditors and how these regulations, accounting, and auditing standards impact how they perform their work. You are to select either one of the following: (1) specific regulation, (2) specific accounting standard (3) specific auditing standard (4) specific professional standard. An example of a specific professional standard is the AICPA has a Code of Ethics that provides information on ethics.
The paper must have an introduction, body, and conclusion. Cite your sources in APA format. The paper must have at least three citations. The citations page does not count towards the one to two-page count.
Write in your own words. A paper with excessive quotations is not in your own words. Consider the academic integrity assignment for our course. Write to show your mastery of concepts and topics for our course.
Ensure that your name is included in the file name. For example, the file name should be yourlastnameWeek#assignmentname.doc.
Submit only your work in our class – do not risk policy violations
Why/How Do Slave Narratives Matter?
Why/How Do Slave Narratives Matter?
Watch Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (HBO 2003). 300+ word post in response to the prompt before the deadline.
While you’re watching (and you don’t have to watch all 75-minutes in one sitting), take note of the difference between the individual narratives (delivered by Black actors) and Goldberg’s narration.
Once you’ve viewed the documentary, you need to do a bit of research before. Zora Neale Hurston, a Black novelist and anthropologist, called research “formalized curiosity.”
Go to the website for The 1619 Project and browse its contents–be curious. Notice that in addition to photographs and researched essays, the site includes creative works, such as poems and vignettes. Black writers, including Jacqueline Woodson, were asked to participate in The 1619 Project by choosing a historical event and responding to it as an artist. In her case, she responded not with paint on a canvas but with words on a page.
The curators of The 1619 Project know that reading a poem about Emmett Till’s murder in 1955 is a different experience than reading a newspaper account–just as listening to the oral narratives in Unchained Memories is a different experience than reading about slavery in a textbook. For your discussion post, I want you to write about that difference, which is another way of saying I want you to write about the ways that literature matters and in this particular case, slave narratives.
If your first impulse is to say that literature doesn’t matter–that photographs, mixed media, commentary, poems, stories–all of it is just information, then you aren’t paying enough attention to your experiences as a viewer/listener.
For your discussion post, focus on the difference listening to the oral narratives made to you. How was that experience different than listening to Goldberg’s narration? Goldberg’s narration is the equivalent of a chapter in a history textbook or a lecture a professor might give to a history class. The oral narratives, however, are literature. So, what’s the difference? Is the difference important? How so? And why, 403 years after the first slave ships arrived in what would become the United States of America, do these slave narratives still matter? What is the point of listening to them in the year 2022? (Hint: How would the curators of The 1619 Project answer that question?)
Tip #1: The most common mistake students make is neglecting to link their response to the questions posed above to specifics from the documentary. Whatever points you want to make about why and how the slave narratives matter to 21st century readers/listeners should be connected to (illustrated by) the slave narratives you yourself listened to for this activity.
Tip #2: The more you think about your response, the better it will be. The more you discuss your response with others (friends, family, co-workers), the better it will be. Which means … the earlier you start on this assignment, the more you will get out of it. Value your education in order to increase the longterm value of your college degree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oiZAH-X5_8
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
Identify several promising practices and emerging trends in applying information technology in healthcare.
Week Four: Discussion – Innovate/Invest in a Digital Health Future
*** YOU MUST USE THE REFERENCES FROM THE READINGS ATTACHED AND THE WEBSITE LINKS WITHIN THE INSTRUCTIONS. YOU MAKE INCLUDE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES. *** REFERENCES ARE LISTED BELOW AND WILL BE ATTACHED.
High Tech meets Human Health – Many venture capital and other tech investors say – move fast and break things. In contrast, healthcare culture says – first, do no harm. It is up to you as a healthcare leader to find the balance.
Where would you invest and advocate for accelerated adoption?
Identify several promising practices and emerging trends in applying information technology in healthcare.
Base your selections on the ideas shared in course readings, videos, and the www.healthtechdiscovey.com resources,
Consider the following list and prioritize among these stakeholder/application/focus areas – (or select a priority project not on this list and justify it.)
Review and consider and reference the laws, regulations,s and policy sections on ONC’s website.https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy
Budget less for all or invest more in a few.
Choose your top 3 priorities and rank all 12 on a list –
Public health – Connecting healthcare delivery and public health information systems, including social determinants of health
Care teams – Voice-enabling systems for the front-line care team
Patients/Access/Marketing – Digital front door to enrich telehealth/patient engagement
R&D/Insights/Data Science and more – AI/Analytics for research and management and more – find more insights
Personalized health – including a focus on genomic systems
Finance – Upgraded financial management suite and advanced consulting engagement to support it
Operations – Supply Chain operational system
Surgeons – Surgical Suite robots
Radiology/Imaging – Diagnostic imaging upgrade
Risks/Threats – Cybersecurity upgrade
Infrastructure – Move to Cloud/networking infrastructure upgrade
C-suite – Tech strategy consulting firm fees for strategic planning
REFERENCES:
LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICY
https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy
HEALTH TECH DISCOVERY
https://health-it-sim-lab.weebly.com/
WEEK FOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (SEE ATTACHMENT)
Discuss the different types of indirect costs associated with a contracted project that can show up on the income statement for a company.
Cost and Price Analysis (5-7 sentences per question only)
Discuss both direct and indirect labor costs. Provide a minimum of three examples for each cost and explain how companies can estimate them using the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Justify your response with real examples in the business industry.
Discuss the different types of nonlabor costs for a project like direct materials. Develop a list that includes common direct costs associated with a business that are not labor related. Explain how these costs could be estimated when submitting a bid for future work. Discuss the different types of nonlabor costs for a project like direct materials.
For more information, view the LinkedIn Learning video: Product Costing Materials and Labor.
Discuss the different types of indirect costs associated with a contracted project that can show up on the income statement for a company. From your text and research, what are some methods that can be used to allocate these costs? Justify your comments
Do advancements in technology pose any direct and/or indirect threats to the global environment?
Solutions to Global Studies (5-7 sentences per question only)
Besides biotechnology, identify one technology that seems to have the greatest potential positive effect on food security. Discuss any potential negative uses of that technology. Do the benefits of these technologies outweigh the potential negative consequences they have on food security? Why or why not?
As addressed in the readings, technology has the potential to both solve global social problems and make them worse. For example, technological devices that can interact with the environment have the potential to reduce world hunger by helping to increase food production in developing countries. However, some technological advancements—such as weapons of war and automated assembly lines—can threaten life through armed conflict, pollution of the environment, and increased poverty through eliminated jobs.
Do advancements in technology pose any direct and/or indirect threats to the global environment? Choose one advancement and provide two examples of direct or indirect threats in your explanation.
What is Covid-19 and why is the effectiveness of “herd immunity” so hotly debated within the scientific community? Explain your response.
What is the expected value of your gain?
Expected Value
Imagine there is a raffle for a single item: a brand-new Corolla to the value of $30,000. You have no belief in winning this raffle but because your friend put his heart into it, you want to prove they’re wrong. You buy only one 10$ ticket, but your friend buys two 10$ tickets. Three thousand tickets are sold. What is the expected value of your gain? What is the expected value of your friend’s gain? What would be the expected value of your friend’s gain if he/she purchased one 20$ ticket instead?
What if you purchase a 10$ ticket and you are entered into a chance of winning the car, a Yamaha motorcycle, and a Samsung S22 ultra. What is the expected value of your gain?
In this project, you will need to evaluate the loss and gain in each situation, following the format below.
Methodology
Tools/Analytics
Mention the techniques used to analyze the data
Mention the assumptions you make to complete the calculations
Tabulate the calculations for each scenario
2.0 Analysis statement
Mention the ideas that might increase your chance of winning
Write a 6-8-page essay comparing two U.S. states’ approaches to issues of same-sex marriage or immigration policy.
Assessment 5 Instructions: Comparing Politics, Law, Policy, and Power
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Write a 6-8-page essay comparing two U.S. states’ approaches to issues of same-sex marriage or immigration policy.
Introduction
Note: You must complete Assessment 4 before beginning this assessment.
How can sociological research help us understand how laws and policies are made and how they change over time? How might we use the sociological perspective to develop more effective solutions to political and social issues or create policies that are effective and based on sound research? These are questions to consider as you explore the connection between political and economic power and legislative decision making.
In this final assessment, you study how our culture’s beliefs about diversity are reflected in the law-making and policy-making process, including laws and policies that pertain to immigration and same-sex marriage. As you compare and contrast how two specific states have approached immigration or same-sex marriage, reflect on which sociological theories (such as power elite theory, state autonomy theory, or pluralism) best apply to the policy decisions that have been made in your states. Something to think about, too, is whether the policies and positions maintained by those in power actually reflect the research and data on the topic or issue they address. The research you do for this final assessment should show you how power and politics, as well as population demographics, influence policy making.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Describe theoretical ideas of power in relation to policy.
Discuss contrasts in how states approach a diversity issue, using theoretical ideas of power.
Competency 2: Identify historical and contemporary influences of discrimination in U.S. culture.
Discuss law, policy, or politics in states with varying approaches to a diversity issue.
Competency 3: Analyze the effects of social policy using aggregated data.
Analyze data to project how state policies might affect population migration.
Competency 4: Analyze how laws are applied or created based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and social class.
Discuss contrasts between two states in areas of law, politics, or policy as they apply to a diversity issue.
Competency 5: Apply diversity strategies in professional, educational, and personal contexts.
Apply historical solutions to an issue where there are discrepancies between state and federal diversity law.
Competency 6: Communicate effectively.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format and with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Instructions
Building on your research and analysis of the immigration policy or same-sex marriage debates, this assessment asks you to more closely examine the connection between power, policy, and law making by comparing and contrasting how two states have handled these issues.
In order to understand the link between power and political and legal decision making, you will place this process in each state in the appropriate context. That means that you need to assess the historical, demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic factors that have influenced each state’s different approach to immigration policy or same-sex marriage. You will also reflect on the consequences of state-to-state discrepancies in policies and laws regarding controversial social and political issues like these.
This assessment combines the key components of studying cultural diversity from a sociological perspective—placing current social issues in historical context, understanding how demographic and cultural trends influence public opinion, and applying sociological theories to determine the role of power in shaping policy-making decisions.
Write an essay addressing each of the following three parts:
Part 1 – Complete the following:
Discuss one of the following for each of the two states you have chosen as it relates to your chosen topic:
Law (rules and standards enforced by a particular institution).
Politics (the key political players in the policy-making and law-making processes).
Policy (principles or methods used to achieve a particular goal or make decisions about political or social issues).
Discuss theories of power that might explain the differences between how each state has handled your issue.
Examples of theories of power include power elite theory, the four networks theory of power, pluralism, Marxist theory, and state autonomy theory.
Discuss other possible explanations for the differences in how each state’s government has approached your topic. Address at least three of the following potential factors, and come up with another of your own that might explain the divergent approaches you have identified:
Demographics of the state population, including age, race/ethnicity, gender, and percentage of the population in urban versus rural areas.
Geography.
Religion.
History.
Socioeconomic standing, including median or average income and education levels of the population, as well as the overall economic well-being of each state.
Part 2 – Answer the following, incorporating data to support your answers:
To what extent have these states’ existing policies and laws affected past or recent migration patterns of the groups affected (immigrants or those seeking same-sex marriage rights)?
How might future migration patterns be affected?
Part 3 – Complete the following:
Reflect on a historical precedent in which a state has had to alter its laws as a result of inconsistencies with federal law.
Why and how did the state change its laws?
What lessons might be learned from this precedent, and how can those lessons be applied to your topic?
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Length: 6–8 pages, not including the title and reference pages.
Format: Include a title page and reference page, and format the essay and your citations according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
Identify historical and contemporary influences of discrimination in U.S. culture.
Assessment 4 Instructions: Framing an Issue From the Sociological Perspective
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⦁ Create a 15-20-slide presentation or a 15-20-minute speech on either same-sex marriage or immigration policy.
Introduction
Note: You must complete this assessment before starting on Assessment 5.
Many of the current political, legal, and social debates in U.S. society concern diversity and its related issues. Two of those debates have centered on immigration policy and same-sex marriage. These debates involve not only arguments regarding discriminatory treatment of particular ethnic groups or sexual minorities but also legal, economic, and religious questions and concerns.
In this assessment, you apply the sociological perspective to one of these debates. You research the political players and key arguments on the different sides of your chosen controversy, and you place them in historical and contemporary context to gain a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of the debate, and current and proposed policy solutions. Understanding the key developments and policy changes that pertain to your debate puts you in a position in which you can more accurately evaluate the merits of arguments made by politicians, leaders, and others with a stake in shaping future policy decisions.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
⦁ Competency 1: Describe theoretical ideas of power in relation to policy.
⦁ Discuss how sociological theory can be used to understand disparities in political power.
⦁ Competency 2: Identify historical and contemporary influences of discrimination in U.S. culture.
⦁ Describe the evolution of the social movements that have emerged as a result of a diversity issue.
⦁ Competency 3: Analyze the effects of social policy using aggregated data.
⦁ Address questions that reflect public perception using supporting data or research.
⦁ Competency 4: Analyze how laws are applied or created based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and social class.
⦁ Analyze the evolution of antidiscrimination law to give context to current law or policy.
⦁ Competency 5: Apply diversity strategies in professional, educational, and personal contexts.
⦁ Discuss tactics employed by activists to promote a cause.
⦁ Competency 6: Communicate effectively.
⦁ Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format and with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Instructions
Your task in this assessment is to choose one of two debates—same-sex marriage or immigration policy—and create a presentation that would be delivered at a symposium on a college campus. You will need to place the debate in historical context, which will involve researching the history of policy as it pertains to your chosen topic and the social movements that developed as a result—for example, the gay rights movement. You will also be asked to address potential questions audience members might ask in this kind of situation.
Your presentation should demonstrate your understanding of the debate you have chosen, as well as your ability to apply the sociological perspective to a complex and controversial social issue.
Focusing on either same-sex marriage or immigration policy, create a PowerPoint presentation for the hypothetical audience you are addressing that addresses each of the items below. Include graphics with supporting data in the form of charts, tables, or graphs when appropriate, and include any other information that supports your message. Be sure to include extensive speaker’s notes (using the Notes feature in PowerPoint, which allows you to add notes to each slide) to provide detailed descriptions of each of the topics covered in the presentation
Complete the following:
⦁ Provide an overview and description of the central issue you have chosen to address.
⦁ Describe the evolution of the social movements (the gay rights movement or immigration rights movements, for example) that are a precursor for or have emerged as a result of your chosen issue.
⦁ Include a time line with key events to provide historical context.
⦁ Describe any milestones that have characterized the development of the social movement involving your issue.
⦁ Briefly analyze the following for your selected topic:
⦁ The evolution of federal legislation on the topic over the past 10 years.
⦁ The current political landscape, including key political debates related to your central issue.
⦁ Introduce the important political players in the national debate.
⦁ Explain how at least one specific sociological theory can be used to understand why some players have more power than others in this debate. Examples of theories include conflict theory, power elite theory, and human capital theory.
⦁ Discuss how the continued uncertainty in political and legal environments affects stakeholders who are seeking to expand their rights or challenge existing policies.
⦁ Describe tactics activists on either side of the debate have used to further the cause.
⦁ The symposium coordinator has sent you the questions below in anticipation of your visit. Draft answers for each, typing your answers in the Notes box below the Questions slide you have created, if you are doing a PowerPoint presentation. If you are writing a speech, include the questions and answers at the end. Support your answers with research and data from scholarly sources. Choose the set of questions that is appropriate for your chosen topic.
⦁ Immigration:
⦁ “Ninety percent of illegal immigrants are on the public dole. Why are we giving welfare benefits to people who aren’t citizens?”
⦁ “Mexicans are taking away our jobs. What is the best way to stop them?”
⦁ Same-sex marriage:
⦁ “I heard 75 percent of people are against gay marriage. Who are they?”
⦁ “If we allow gays to marry, won’t it destroy our social fabric?”
Additional Requirements
⦁ Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
⦁ Length: If you chose to do a PowerPoint presentation, it should contain 15–20 slides. Slides should contain no more than a few bulleted points and/or a graphic. Rather than cramming slides with text, use the Notes box below each slide to explain and expand on your bulleted points in each slide. If a written speech is chosen, it should be 15–20 minutes long when read aloud, aloud or at least 1500 words.
⦁ Format: Include a title and reference slides or pages. Cite any sources used in current APA style and format.
⦁ Sources: Cite at least six credible scholarly sources to support your presentation.
Discuss personal characteristics or experiences that might account for feelings or reactions involving a diversity issue.
Assessment 1 Instructions: Cultural Diversity and You
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Write a 5-page essay describing, examining, and reflecting upon a personal cultural diversity encounter.
Introduction
Understanding cultural diversity from a sociological perspective first requires understanding the concepts and theoretical frameworks that guide sociological thinking. Cultural diversity encompasses a variety of social categories, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, social class, age, and physical or mental disability. Sociologists examine these categories at both the micro level (how they affect or are affected by individuals) and at the macro level (how they impact society as a whole).
In this assessment, you practice making connections between the micro and macro levels by examining how your personal experiences or observations connect to broader issues related to diversity in American culture. For example, if you have observed or experienced firsthand a situation involving prejudice, stereotypes, or discrimination in the workplace, consider not only how that situation relates to broader patterns or trends in the workplace but also to specific theories of diversity within the field of sociology. By placing your personal observations and experience in the context of the society in which you live, you will be thinking like a sociologist and practicing your sociological imagination.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Describe theoretical ideas of power in relation to policy.
Connect a personal experience to sociological concepts of power.
Competency 3: Analyze the effects of social policy using aggregated data.
Analyze data to make valid sociological inferences.
Competency 4: Analyze how laws are applied or created based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and social class.
Analyze how laws or policies are applied to a diversity issue.
Competency 5: Apply diversity strategies in professional, educational, and personal contexts.
Apply strategies for addressing a cultural diversity issue.
Discuss personal characteristics or experiences that might account for feelings or reactions involving a diversity issue.
Competency 6: Communicate effectively.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format and with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Instructions
Reflect on an instance when you or someone else were unfairly excluded, discriminated against, or otherwise neglected or treated inappropriately due to race, ethnicity, age, gender, social class, sexuality, disability, or other category related to diversity. Depending on the setting in which the incident occurred, consider whether any laws or policies were violated, either those established by an organization, such as a business or school, or state or federal antidiscrimination policies.
Write an essay in which you complete each of the following:
Part 1 – Describe your experience:
Describe the event and the underlying diversity issues at play.
Describe your opinions, feelings, actions, and what you learned from the event.
Part 2 – Examine your experience:
Discuss experiences from your personal background that might account for your feelings or reactions. Consider areas such as your ethnicity, history, upbringing, local mores, recent events, et cetera.
Connect your experience to at least three sociological concepts and/or issues. For example, if you are writing about what if feels like to be an outsider, you could connect your discussion to the concept of power or social structure, or the broader issue of relationships between dominant and minority groups.
Examples of other concepts you could include are prejudice, discrimination, stereotypes, cultural pluralism, assimilation, structural mobility, social distance, and modern racism.
Examples of theories include functional or conflict theory, Marx’s and Weber’s theories of inequality, Park’s race relations cycle, Gordon’s theory of assimilation, human capital theory, scapegoat hypothesis, and the theory of authoritarian personality.
Incorporate research on the broader issue that your experience illustrates. For example, if the incident you describe involves discrimination in the workplace, research workplace discrimination and find data on the prevalence or nature of this problem. If the incident involves bullying at school, locate data on how extensive this issue is. Questions to consider include:
Is the type of incident you describe commonplace?
Where might this be most prevalent?
Among what groups is it most likely to occur?
What trends did you notice in your research? For example, does the kind of incident you experienced or observed seem to be an increasing problem, or is it declining over time?
Analyze how relevant laws or policies might be applied to this situation. These may be civil or criminal laws or, perhaps, policies established in the workplace or schools.
Consider whether any laws or policies were violated and how those laws or policies might be changed or better enforced to address the situation you describe.
Part 3 – Reflect on your experience:
Based on your reflections of the event and the research you have now done, share personal strategies that are useful for informing the interactions or relationships between the involved parties, as well as your own understanding or perspectives.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Length: 5 pages, not including title and reference pages.
Format: Include a title page and reference page, and format the paper and your citations according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
Sources: Cite at least two scholarly sources.
