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Accounting:
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Environment, 13th Edition by Hilton
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aa EnvironmentaChapter aa2: aaBasic aaCost aaManagement aaConcepts
Chapter aa3: aaProduct aaCosting aaand aaCost aaAccumulation aain aaa aaBatch aaProduction aaEnvironment
Chapter aa4: aaProcess aaCosting aaand aa Hybrid aaProduct-Costing aa Systems
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Chapter aa5: aaActivity-Based aaCosting aaand aaManagement
Chapter aa6: aaActivity aaAnalysis, aaCost aaBehavior, aaand aaCost
aa EstimationaChapter aa7: aaCost-Volume-Profit aaAnalysis
Chapter aa8: aaVariable aaCosting aaand aathe aaMeasurement aaof aaESG aaand aaQuality
aa CostsaChapter aa9: aaFinancial aaPlanning aaand aaAnalysis: aaThe aaMaster aaBudget
Chapter aa10: aaStandard aaCosting aaand aaAnalysis aaof aaDirect aaCosts
Chapter aa11: aaFlexible aaBudgeting aaand aathe aaManagement aaof aaOverhead aaand aaSupport aaActivity
aa CostsaChapter aa12: aaResponsibility aaAccounting aaand aathe aaBalanced aaScorecard
Chapter aa13: aaInvestment aaCenters aaand aaTransfer aaPricing
aa Chapter aa14: aaDecision aaMaking: aaRelevant aaCosts aaand
aa Benefits
Chapter aa15: aaTarget aaCosting aaand aaCost aaAnalysis aafor aaPricing
aa DecisionsaChapter aa16: aaCapital aaExpenditure aaDecisions
Chapter aa17: aaAllocation aaof aaSupport aaActivity aaCosts aaand aaJoint aaCosts
Appendix aaI: aaThe aaSarbanes-Oxley aaAct, aaInternal aaControls, aaand aaManagement aaAccounting
Appendix aaII: aaCompound aaInterest aaand aa the aaConcept aaof aaPresent aaValue
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The Crucial Role of Managerial Accounting in a
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Dynamic Business Environment
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FOCUS ON ETHICS (Located before the Chapter Summary in the text.)
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The focus-on-ethics inset for Chapter 1 is the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice.
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Instructors can use this list of ethical principles
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discussion. The discussion can also range to consideration of how these standards
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may have been violated by accountants and managers involved in the various ethical
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scandals uncovered over the past several years. It is also useful to discuss the pros and
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cons of the procedures that IMA suggests for its members when they believe they know
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about ethical lapses in their organizations.
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1-1 The explosion in e-commerce will affect managers in significant ways.
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aaOne effect will be a drastic reduction in paper
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aatransactions between businesses are now being conducted electronically with
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no hard-copy documentation. Along with this method of communicating for
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business transactions comes the very significant issue of information security.
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Businesses need to find ways to protect confidential information in their own
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computers, in cloud computing data centers, and while moving across the
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aainternet, while at the same time sharing the information necessary to
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complete transactions. Another effect of e-commerce is the dramatically increased
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speed with which business transactions can be conducted. In addition, there will
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be dramatic changes in the way managerial accounting procedures are carried out,
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one example being cloud-based budgeting, which is the enterprise-wide and
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electronic completion of a company’s budgeting process using cloud-based software
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and data storage.
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, 1-2 Plausible a a goals a a for a a the a a organizations a a listed a a are a a as a a follows:
(a) Amazon.com: (1) To achieve and maintain profitability, and (2) to grow
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on-line sales of their many products. Amazon is also famous (infamous) for
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wanting to have every product in the world on its site.
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(b) American Red Cross: (1) To raise funds from the general public sufficient to
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have resources available to meet any disaster that may occur, and (2) to
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provide assistance to people who are victims of a disaster anywhere in the world
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on short notice.
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(c) General Motors: (1) To earn income sufficient to provide a good return on
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the investment of the company's stockholders, and (2) to provide the highest-
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quality product possible. aa aa
(d) Wal-Mart: (1) To penetrate the retail market in virtually every location in the
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United States, and (2) to grow over time in terms of number of retail locations,
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total assets, and earnings. Also, to be competitive with Amazon in the e-
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retail space. aa
(e) City of Seattle: (1) To maintain an urban environment as free of pollution
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as possible, and (2) to provide public safety, police, and fire protection to the
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city's citizens.
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(f) Hertz: (1) To be a recognizable household name associated with rental car
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services, and (2) to provide reliable and economical transportation services to the
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company's customers.
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1-3 The a a four a a basic a a management a a activities a a are a a listed a a and a a defined a a as a a follows:
(a) Decision a a making: a a Choosing a a among a a the a a available a a alternatives.
(b) Planning: Developing a detailed financial and operational
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description ofanticipated operations.
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(c) Directing a a operations: a a Running a a the a a organization a a on a a a a a day-to-day a a basis.
(d) Controlling: Ensuring that the organization operates in the intended
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manner andachieves its goals.
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