Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134728520
Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Discuss whether S, being denied promotion and so undercompensated, provide justification to his unethical actions; whether S’s actions could be caught; whether the company bears any responsibility for his actions; whether S’s fraud could be prevented if company deposited the checks directly into the employee account; provide few suggestions to improve the internal control weakness and prevent S’s fraud.
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Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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