ACCT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Legal Personality, Sole Proprietorship, Promissory Note

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Users and uses of financial information: internal users- managers who plan, organize, and run a business. Ex: marketing managers, production supervisors, finance directors: external users- investors/ owners, creditors, customers, labor unions, regulatory agencies, internal users vs external users. Internal: is there enough $ to pay dividends to stockholders, what price, what wages, what product line is most profitable. External: is the company gaining $, will the company be able to pay its debt, compare company size and profitability: ethics in financial reporting. Sarbanes-oxley act (sox)- was put into place to reduce unethical corporate behavior and decrease the likelihood of future corporate scandals. Increased the oversight roles of board of directors. Solving an ethical dilemma: recognize an ethical situation and the ethical issues involved. Identify and analyze the principal elements in the situation. Identify the alternatives and weigh the impact of each alternative on various stakeholders.

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