Many organizations have been in the news over the past few years due to accounting ethical breaches that have affected their customers, employees, or the general public. Search the Internet or the Strayer Library to locate a story in the news that depicts an accounting ethical breach. You may select from any type of organization about which you have information or a curiosity.  

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: 

1. Given the corporate ethical breaches in recent times, assess whether or not you believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more conducive to ethical behavior. Provide support for your answer.  
2. Based on your research, describe the organization, the accounting ethical breach and the impact to the organization related to ethical breach. 
3. Determine how the organizational ethical issue was detected and how management failed to create an ethical environment.
4. Analyze the accounts impacted and / or accounting guidelines violated and the resulting impact to the business operation.  
5. As a CFO, recommend which measures could have been taken to prevent this ethical breach and how each measure should be implemented in the future. 
6. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: 

• Examine accounting principles and concepts used in businesses.
• Prepare and record financial transactions in the accounting cycle according to GAAP and IFRS accounting methodology.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial accounting.
• Write clearly and concisely about financial accounting using proper writing mechanics. 

This week, we’ll be examining how our legal system protects persons who are injured by the purposeful act of another.  These types of injuries are called intentional torts.  The legal claims of assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and defamation are examples of intentional torts.

For this discussion, choose one of the scenarios listed below and determine the intentional tort that you think applies. Make sure to explain your answer, including the elements of the claim, why you think those elements are or are not present, and what other information you would need to make this determination.

• A group of people protesting a company’s employment practices in the lobby of a building is surrounded by private security guards hired by the company.
• A teenager sends a joking message to his best friend telling him that there is a bomb in his basement.
• You accidentally leave your personal journal at the local coffee shop.  Another customer finds it and shares your innermost secrets on his blog, but never identifies you as being the writer of the journal.
• At a family reunion at your parents’ home, you see Dave, a second cousin, place a very expensive bottle of wine in a duffle bag and quickly walk out of the backdoor.  You quickly go to your father and tell him that Dave stole wine from the family wine cellar and your father calls the police.  In reality, your mother told Dave to pick any bottle of wine as a belated birthday present.

Reply 

Please provide the warehouse manager a summative report of the main points of focus you wish to communicate regarding the module experiences you just encountered. What realizations did you come to and when? Please respond with 200–300 words to the following questions:

• When scheduling production of your products, what were the key factors considered?
• Why is the reputation of an organization so important?
• How do your customers differ from one another?
• What are holding costs and why is it important to manage them?
• Based on your overall performance, what are your thoughts on your overall experience of the simulation program? Did application of the skills you have learned help you to maximize your ability to meet your customer needs?

To help you to better understand why case mix is important to managed care and reimbursement methods; here are some fictional heart attack mortality rates for three different hospitals. Consider the national average for heart attack death rates to be 16%.

Hospital

Mortality Rate

National Mortality Rate

Hospital A

16.1%

16%

Hospital B

18.6%

Hospital C

15.7%

Part I

Write a 3-4 page report in which you answer the following questions:

1. Explain case mix and why it is important in evaluating different health care providers.
2. Refer to the table of heart attack mortality rates for Hospitals A, B, and C. From your reading this week, what variables might be impacting the rates in the table? Please explain and discuss the use of data analysis for evaluating this kind of information.

Part II

You are a staff member at Hospital B, which has the worst mortality rate from heart attacks as seen in the table. Imagine that the administrator for Hospital B has asked you to appear at a Press Conference to share your knowledge about case mix.

Hospital

Mortality Rate

National Mortality Rate

Hospital A

16.1%

16%

Hospital B

18.6%

Hospital C

15.7%

After participating in the Press Conference, write a 2-page summary to explain the use of date for decision-making purposes, and how the technology department performs critical core business processes essential to the managed care organization.

1. Which example demonstrates the correct use of APA 7th edition format for a webpage with an author?
              Dimock, L. (n.d.). Definitions of household electrical terms. The Circuit Detective. http://thecircuitdetective.com/glossary.php            Dimock, L. Definitions of household electrical terms. The Circuit Detective. (n.d.). http://thecircuitdetective.com/glossary.php            Dimock, L. (n.d.). http://thecircuitdetective.com/glossary.php. Definitions of household electrical terms. The Circuit Detective.            Dimock, L. (n.d.). Definitions of household electrical terms.        

            Question 2       

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   Which example demonstrates the correct use of APA 7th edition format for a book reference?
              Hull, R., Tzotzos, G. T., & Head, G. (2009).  Genetically modified plants: Assessing safety and managing risk. Elsevier.             Hull, R., Tzotzos, G. T., & Head, G. (2009).  Genetically modified plants: Assessing safety and managing risk. Boston, MA: Elsevier.             Hull, R., Tzotzos, G. T., & Head, G. (2009, 6th edition).  Genetically modified plants: Assessing safety and managing risk. Elsevier.             Hull, Robert., Tzotzos, Greg. T., & Head, George. (2009).  Genetically modified plants: Assessing safety and managing risk. Elsevier.         

            Question 3       

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   Which example demonstrates the correct use of APA 7th edition format for a video from the CSU Online Library?
              Juneteenth Productions  (Producer). (1995). Political institutions conspire to keep blacks from  congressional representation (Segment 14 of 18) [Video].  https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=39531&loid=59356            Juneteenth Productions  (Producer). (1995). Political institutions conspire to keep blacks from  congressional representation (Segment 14 of 18) [Video]. In Mississippi, America: Legal battles of the Freedom Summer. Films on Demand.            Juneteenth Productions  (Producer). (1995). Political institutions conspire to keep blacks from  congressional representation (Segment 14 of 18) [Video]. In Mississippi, America: Legal battles of the Freedom Summer.  Films on Demand.  https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=39531&loid=59356            1995. Juneteenth Productions.  Political institutions conspire to keep blacks from congressional  representation (Segment 14 of 18) [Video]. In Mississippi, America: Legal battles of the Freedom Summer.  Films on Demand.  https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?auth=CAS&url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=39531&loid=59356        

            Question 4       

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   Which example demonstrates the correct use of APA 7th edition format for a journal article?
              Berninger,  V. W., Vaughan, K., Abbott, R. D., Begay, K., Coleman, K. B., Curtin,  G., Hawkins, J. M., & Graham, S. Teaching spelling and composition  alone and together: Implications for the simple view of writing.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(2),  291–304. (2002).  https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2002-13338-006&site=ehost-live&scope=site              Berninger,  V. W., Vaughan, K., Abbott, R. D., Begay, K., Coleman, K. B., Curtin,  G., Hawkins, J. M., & Graham, S. (2002). Teaching spelling and  composition alone and together: Implications for the simple view of  writing.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(2),  291–304. Retrieved from  https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2002-13338-006&site=ehost-live&scope=site              Teaching spelling and composition alone and together: Implications for the simple view of writing.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(2),  291–304. Berninger, V. W., Vaughan, K., Abbott, R. D., Begay, K.,  Coleman, K. B., Curtin, G., Hawkins, J. M., & Graham, S. (2002).  https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2002-13338-006&site=ehost-live&scope=site              Berninger,  V. W., Vaughan, K., Abbott, R. D., Begay, K., Coleman, K. B., Curtin,  G., Hawkins, J. M., & Graham, S. (2002). Teaching spelling and  composition alone and together: Implications for the simple view of  writing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(2), 291–304.  https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2002-13338-006&site=ehost-live&scope=site          

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            Question 5       

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   Which example demonstrates the correct use of APA 7th edition format for a webpage without an author?
              (n.d.). Discogs. Jeru The Damaja. https://www.discogs.com/artist/3081-Jeru-The-Damaja            Discogs. (n.d.). Jeru The Damaja.            Discogs. Jeru The Damaja. (n.d.).            Discogs. (n.d.). Jeru The Damaja. https://www.discogs.com/artist/3081-Jeru-The-Damaja