identify and address the current problems with inventory shrinkage.

identify and address the current problems with inventory shrinkage.

According to a recent article from Forbes, retail operations in the United States are experiencing over $60 billion a year in losses primarily due to employee theft. Imagine you have been hired as a loss prevention specialist for a large retail chain and your first assignment is to identify and address the current problems with inventory shrinkage. Select and discuss one of the following internal controls below you would implement to help prevent future employee fraud/theft? Be sure to provide your rationale.

PICK ONE

  • Option A: More stringent background screenings for new hires (i.e. reference checks, criminal record checks, credit record checks)
  • Option B: Tighter security controls (i.e. video surveillance, random inventory/break cash audits, computer system audits, segregation of duties)

LINK BELOW

https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/xid-143479346_4

WALMART Financial statement Case Study

WALMART Financial statement Case Study

For the Company selected(WALMART), please identify the 10 elements of the financial statement and answer the following questions (including a copy of the financial statements in PDF format and page references):

  • What are total assets for the current and prior period?
  • What are total liabilities for the current and prior period?
  • What is total net equity for the current and prior period?
  • What are total contributions from owners in the current and prior period?
  • What are total distributions to owners in the current and prior period?
  • What are total revenue in the current and prior period?
  • What are total operating expenses in the current and prior period?
  • What are total non-operating gains in the current and prior period?
  • What are total non-operating losses in the current and prior period?
  • What is total comprehensive income in the current and prior period?

Cookie Business Presentation 

Cookie Business Presentation

Now that you have completed running some calculations for the cookie business, you will present your findings.

The learning objectives of this project allow you to apply accounting concepts and standards to the creation of accounting information and reports. Using your final project from Unit VII as a guide, create an eight- to ten-slide PowerPoint presentation.

In this presentation, you want to summarize what you found and discuss how you think these findings will help you make better business decisions. In addition, provide future recommendations for the cookie business based on your report findings.

Your presentation slides should be somewhat simple (incomplete sentences, bullets, etc.) with appropriate graphics or images. You must add content to your presentation (completed sentences) through the notes feature in PowerPoint.

The following resources will help you with your presentation: PowerPoint Basics (This will show you how to add notes to your presentation. See link below

https://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/_a1174888831/powerpointbasics

Stakeholders and Crisis Management

Unit 3 Assignment: Stakeholders and Crisis Management

Attached Files:

Organizations and businesses today are more complex and networked than in any previous historical period.  Because of the numerous transactions of corporations, methods are required to understand an organization’s moral obligations and relationships to its constituencies. Refer to the attached document for assignment details and grading rubric.

Exploring Environmental Issues

Unit 3 DB: Warriors in Environmental Activism (ENV110 – Exploring Environmental Issues)

Research and find an example of an environmental activist and how they worked toward conservation or preservation of a natural resource.  Discuss how you feel about this type of activism, and if you believe it is a valid environmental concern today.  Explain your reasoning.

Unit 3 DB: The Stakeholder Approach (BUS340 – Business Ethics)

What are the reasons for encouraging leaders to use the stakeholder approach in their thinking?  What might be some of the ethical difficulties if the stakeholder thinking was not used?  How might personal interest and the interests of others enter into the decision-making process?

Unit 3 DB: Does viewing violence lead to violent behavior? (PSY101 – Fundamentals of Psychology)

After viewing Bandura’s original video from his 1961 study above, complete the following for this discussion:

  • Explain the basic concepts demonstrated in this study in regard to observational learning.
  • Based on the video and your reading, do you believe that violence in television, media, or video games likely promote violent behaviors according to the principles of observational learning?  Please share your thoughts and examples.
  • Additionally, discuss your own real-life example of the concept of observational learning by sharing an incident either witnessed personally or through the media.
  • Discuss how observational learning differs from theories of learning that emphasize “conditioning” (classical conditioning and operant conditioning).  Use the example of how aggressive behavior may result from conditioning.

Be sure to provide the URL link(s) and/or title(s) to any resource used as reference in your post.

Unit 3 Discussion: Combining Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication (COM107 – Introduction to Communication)

Unit 3 Discussion: Combining Verbal and Non-Verbal CommunicationAfter reviewing the Free Hugs resources provided, first ask yourself what you liked about the verbal and non-verbal messages you saw and heard.  Then consider how your interpretation of the video changed after reading about it.  For this discussion, describe two situations in your own life (one verbal and one non-verbal) where you feel that you have communicated poorly.

Refer to specific information given in the text, videos, and web pages to discuss how you could have enhanced your communication in the situations you described.

Freehugscampaign.org (n.d.). Sometimes, a hug is all what we need.

Free Hugs Campaign – Official Page (music by Sick Puppies)

Mattel and Toy Safety

BUS 250 WEEK 5 

The Final Case Analysis Paper should demonstrate understanding of the reading as well as the implications of new knowledge.  The eight-page paper should integrate readings and class discussions into work and life experiences.  It may include explanation and examples from previous experiences as well as implications for future applications.

The purpose of the Final Case Analysis Paper is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field.

Focus of the Final Case Analysis Paper:

The Final Case Analysis Paper should focus on real life, real time application of topics covered in this course; the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision.  The paper must be submitted to your instructor no later than 11:59 pm of the time zone in which you reside on the last day of class.
Read Mattel and Toy Safety, which is Case Eight in the Cases in Business and Society section at the end of the book. This case describes the 2007 Mattel toy recalls, which were in response to findings that several children’s toys were coated in lead-based paint.

Write an eight to ten page paper that addresses the following questions. Support your opinions with scholarly research.

  1. Do you believe that Mattel acted in a socially      responsible and ethical manner with regard to the safety of its toys? Why      or why not? What should or could Mattel have done differently, if      anything? Be sure to support your answer using your research findings.
  2. Who or what do you believe was responsible for the      fact that children were exposed to potentially dangerous toys? Why do you      think so? Be sure to support your answer using your research findings.
  3. What is the best way to ensure the safety of      children’s toys? In responding, please consider how the following groups      would answer this question: government regulators (in the U.S. and China);      consumer advocates, the toy industry, children’s product retailers; and      standard-setting organizations. What might explain the differences in      their point of view? Be sure to support your answer using your research      findings.
  4. What do you think is the best way for society to      protect children from harmful toys? Specifically, what are the appropriate      roles for various stakeholders in this process? Be sure to support your      answer using your research findings.

concepts  of Employee Relations, Alternative  Dispute  Resolution

The Final  Paper consists  of a discussion,  analysis,  and  application  of the concepts  of Employee Relations, Alternative  Dispute  Resolution ,and  choosing  the appropriate  type of  Business  Entity, with a specific  focus of  each of these areas of the law to the  role  of Christian  leadership  in  the workplace.  Biblical  passages should  be cited  in  support  of each of the legal  concepts. The paper is  due Saturday  (Day 7) of Unit  7. It will  be evaluated  using  the Unit  Assignments  and Final Paper Rubric  (Appendix  A). Use the text and  at least four  academic articles  as the general guideline  for preparing  your  analysis  and  approach. Research the Internet for  articles  and ideas (Wikipedia  is NOT considered  a source) to  tie specific  verses to specific  laws. Include  a discussion  of  biblical  law,  U.S. law,  a comparison  and  contrasting  of each, and  the historical development  and  basis of  U.S. law

Prepare the Term Paper using  the following  guidelines

:•3,500 –4,000 words

•APA-compliant  formatting,  including  title  and reference pages

•Include  Biblical  Foundations  application  section  (500  words minimum)  that  addresses the following: Christian  worldview  regarding  the course Biblical  passages related  to the  course Comparison  of Secular  and Christian  perspectives  related  to the course •Minimum  of five  scholarly references

stakeholders in cash flow planning

stakeholders in cash flow planning

  • Analyze the differences among accounting profit, operating cash flow, net cash flow, and free cash flow.
  • Identify the key stakeholders in cash flow planning and profit estimation processes in the organization, and explain how they are involved in the processes.
  • Analyze the impact of accounting profit, operating cash flow, net cash flow, and free cash flow concepts on decisions in the organization for which you currently work, one that you would like to work for in the future, or a small business you hope to start one day.

Evaluate the findings Fordham and Hamilton

Overview

Fordham and Hamilton evaluated a broad range of small businesses and found that a large majority are still using accounting practices that do not constitute true integrated computerized accounting systems.

Read this article before you begin this assignment:

Instructions

Write a 2–3-page paper in which you:

  1. Evaluate the findings Fordham and Hamilton presented in their paper.
  2. Propose additional reasons why small business owners are not using AIS in their businesses. Provide support to your arguments and proposals using additional materials.

Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

How do they handle the start-up costs?

Please respond to the following:

  • Avery has always wanted to own their own business. Last year, they took the leap and opened a pet store in a nearby city. They lease the store. They incurred start-up costs and large inventory costs for buying food in bulk. They had to purchase three large tables and a machine that moves the food to higher shelves for storage. They even hired five people: a groomer, two clerks, a stock person, and a bookkeeper. Unfortunately, the bookkeeper has accounting experience but no tax experience. Now, they are lost.
  • How do they handle the start-up costs? What kinds of assets can they depreciate?
  • What kinds of records should they keep?