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2. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ASHFORD ACC 281 Entire Course ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 1 DQ 1 Basic Accounting Equation • Basic Accounting Equation. What are the implications of the basic accounting equation? You must respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings to receive full credit • Post your response to the following: Is an accounting professional guaranteed to act ethically just because he or she has completed a course in ethics? Explain your answer. Having nearly reached the end of this course, what do you think you have learned that will help you to act ethically in your future profession?

3. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 1 DQ 3 Health Care Spending ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 1 DQ 2 Why is accounting needed • CheckPoint: Ethics in the Accounting Profession • · Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • · Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] • · Answer questions 13 and 14 on p. 25 of the text. · Post your response to the following: Read the Where Were the Accountants? Ethics Case on pp. 36-37 (Ch. 1) of the text. Answer the question as if you were Sam. · Respond to your classmates as if you were Norm. How helpful are their responses?

4. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 2 DQ Debit Credit ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 2 Understanding Real World Financial Reports CheckPoint: Unethical Practices of Arthur Andersen · Resource: Business & Professional Ethics · Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] · Read the Arthur Andersen’s Troubles Ethics Case on pp. 107-113 (Ch. 2) of the text. · Answer questions 1, 3, and 4 on p. 113 in 200 to 300 words. When responding to question 3, focus solely on the Enron case. · Resource: Business & Professional Ethics · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] · Review the accounts of the Enron and WorldCom scandals in Ch. 2 of the text: o Enron’s Questionable Transactions on pp. 96-107 o WorldCom: The Final Catalyst on pp. 114-118

5. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 3 DQ 1 Enron ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 3 DQ 2 Corporations and Partnerships • · Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • · Post your response to the following: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is a major piece of legislation that affects a tremendous number of corporations. Do you think SOX is really necessary? Explain your answer. • Discussion Question 2 • · Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] • · Post your response to the following: Answer question 4 on p. 95 (Ch. 2) of the text. Explain your choices. CheckPoint: Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making · Resource: Appendix B · Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] · Complete the matrix in Appendix B. · Post your completed matrix as an attachment.

6. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 3 Methods of Analysis ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 4 DQ 1 Value added principle • Although there are many different methods by which to determine an appropriate ethical course of action in a situation, not every method is effective in all situations. Not all ethical frameworks are equally useful. Beyond knowing how to use a particular ethical framework, the ability to evaluate a framework for appropriateness is also beneficial. CheckPoint: Approaches to Stakeholder Impact Analysis · Resources: Appendix B · Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] · Describe how you might conduct a stakeholder impact analysis of Scenario 1 of Appendix B using each of the stakeholder impact analysis approaches: moral standards, 5-question, and Pastin’s approach.

7. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 4 Final Paper Preparation ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 4 DQ 2 Product costing • · Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • · Post your response to the following: Answer question 5 on p. 354 (Ch. 5) of the text. Explain your answer. • Resource: Appendix C • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Review the anonymous stakeholder presentations your instructor has posted. There is likely to be repetition among the presentations from the same group, so mentally synthesize the presentations into four positions, one for each group. You might find it helpful to take notes.

8. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 5 Final Paper ASHFORD ACC 281 Week 5 DQ 2 Master Budget • Master Budget. From Chapter 14 complete question 2, page 516, on the master budget process. Your post should address how this would work in a health care setting. You must respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings to receive full credit.  Write an 8 to 10 page Case Analysis of the following article (which can be found in the Ashford Online ProQuest database): Souza, M. & McCarty, B. (2007). From bottom to top: How one provider retooled its collections [electronic version]. Healthcare Financial Management, 61(9), 67-73.

9. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 8 Checkpoint Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework(UOP) ACC 260 Week 8 Assignment Fully Applying a Decision-Making Framework(UOP) • • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • • Read the Locker Room Talk Ethics Case on p. 284 (Ch. 4) of the text. • • Analyze the case using stakeholder impact analysis and the philosophical approaches to ethical decision making. CheckPoint: Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Answer the three questions following the Management Choice Ethics Case on p. 288 (Ch. 4) of the text.

10. ACC 281 ASH Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 9 Final Project Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession(UOP) • Final Project: Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession • • Resources: Appendix A, Appendix C, and Business & Professional Ethics • • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • • Read the Dilemma of an Accountant Ethics Case on pp. 285-287 (Ch. 4) of your text. • • Analyze the case using stakeholder impact analysis and the philosophical approaches to ethical decision making.

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