TOPIC: Importance of ethical behavior for senior management

Objectives : To recognize the role of chair, CEO, executive directors and non-executive directors.

ASSIGNMENT DIRECTION & REQUIREMENT/S (Identify the ILOs to be assessed at the end of each requirement. Include the rubric or marking scheme for each item/requirement.) :

You are the Company Secretary of a large UK multinational company operating in the energy sector. Your company has operations in 25 different countries, some of which are developing economies, and it has raised debt finance, as well as equity finance, in 15 of these countries. You are aware that there have been protests from environmental lobby groups in several areas regarding oil pipelines. There have also been demonstrations about the impact of operations on local communities. Your company has an internal audit committee, an audit committee, and a reasonably well-developed system of internal control loosely structured around the Turnbull Report's recommendations. However, the board has decided that perhaps it should form a new committee, a 'risk committee', which will deal with risk management and internal control specifically. Accordingly, the board has asked you to prepare a briefing paper which summarizes the main risks facing the business at present,

1. Examine the faults which were not considered while arranging the pipelines?

2. Analyze the internal and external risk as those are important to the business, and highlight where the primary exposures are likely to be?

This is all information available

THREE FINANCE for BUSINESS QUESTIONS, ~all unrelated to each other

1. Alpha Company invests $15,600 at an interest rate of 14% for five years. What is the difference between simple and compound interests? Assume that in case the interest rate compounds semiannually.

2. Let’s assume there is a firm that wants to invest $34,000 in a project with an interest rate of 9% annually, and that the project will last for twelve years. What will be the interests coming from the project if the firm chooses not to reinvest any of its earnings? Assume the interest rate compounds annually.

3. Let us assume there is a project that will bring in $38,509.42 six years from now, assuming the interest rate of 9.6% that will compound monthly. What is the project’s present value?

1-Assume that a currency’s spot and futures price are the same, and the currency’s interest rate is higher than the U.S. rate. If US investors wish to lock in the higher foreign return (and limit risk), what effect will the actions of U.S. investors have on the currency’s spot rate? the currency’s futures price?

2- Your company expects to receive 5,000,000 Japanese yen 60 days from now. You decide to hedge your position by selling Japanese yen forward. The current spot rate of the yen is $.0089, while the forward rate is $.0095. You expect the spot rate in 60 days to be $.0090. How many dollars will you receive for the 5,000,000 yen 60 days from now?

Modify your program from Learning Journal Unit 7 to read dictionary items from
a file and write the inverted dictionary to a file. You will need to decide on
the following:

    * How to format each dictionary item as a text string in the input file.
    * How to convert each input string into a dictionary item.
    * How to format each item of your inverted dictionary as a text string in
      the output file.

Create an input file with your original three-or-more items and add at least
three new items, for a total of at least six items.

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The Unit 7 program:

Dr_Appointments = {'Mom':[2, 'April', 2020], 'Brother':[6, 'July', 2020], 'Sister':[6, 'January', 2021], }

def invert_dict(d):
inverse = dict()
for key in d:
    val = d[key]
    for val in val:
      if val not in inverse:
        inverse[val] = [key]
      else:
        inverse[val].append(key)
return inverse

print('Dr. Appointments:', Dr_Appointments)

print('Inverted Dr. Appointments:')
Invert_Appointments = invert_dict(Dr_Appointments)
print(Invert_Appointments)

This is the expanded dictionary: the Unit 7 plus three more:

Mom: 2, April, 2020,
Brother: 6, July, 2020,
Sister: 6, January, 2021,
Aunt: 2, December, 2021,
Uncle: 6, November, 2021,
Niece: 2, December, 2020

Accounts receivable transactions are provided below for J Pharoah Co.

Dec. 31, 2020 The company estimated that 4% of its accounts receivable would become uncollectible. The balances in the Accounts Receivable account and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts were $661,000 and $2,700 (debit), respectively.

Mar. 5, 2021 The company determined that R. Mirza’s $3,500 account and D. Wight’s $6,900 account were uncollectible. The company’s accounts receivable were $691,400 before the accounts were written off.

June 6, 2021 Wight paid the amount that had been written off on March 5. The company’s accounts receivable were $650,600 prior to recording the cash receipt for Wight.

1) Post the journal entries to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and calculate the new balance after each entry. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Date Explanation Ref. Debit Credit Balance Dec. 31, 2020 Balance unadjusted Debit Dec. 31, 2020 AJE Mar. 5, 2021 Write off Mirza Mar. 5, 2021 Write off Wight June 6, 2021 Reverse write off

Vargas Company has 35 employees who work 8-hour days and are paid hourly. On January 1, 2019, the company began a program of granting its employees 10 days of paid vacation each   year. Vacation days earned in 2019 may first be taken on January 1, 2020. Any days not taken in one year can be carried forward for up to two years. Information relative to these employees is as follows: (5 points)

                   Hourly              Vacation Days Earned    Vacation Days Used

Year            Wages               by Each Employee         by Each Employee

2019           $11.50                             10                                       0

2020             12.50                             10                                       8

Vargas has chosen to accrue the liability for compensated absences at the current rates of pay in effect when the compensated time is earned.  

a. What is the amount of expense relative to compensated absences that should be reported on Vargas’s income statement for 2019?  (To receive credit for your answer, you must show all supporting computations.)

b. What is the amount of the accrued liability for compensated absences that should be reported at December 31, 2020? (To receive credit for your answer, you must show all supporting computations.)

Indigo Company sponsors a defined benefit plan for its 100 employees. On January 1, 2020, the company’s actuary provided the following information. Accumulated other comprehensive loss (PSC) $151,900 Pension plan assets (fair value and market-related asset value) 198,500 Accumulated benefit obligation 256,900 Projected benefit obligation 379,200 The average remaining service period for the participating employees is 10 years. All employees are expected to receive benefits under the plan. On December 31, 2020, the actuary calculated that the present value of future benefits earned for employee services rendered in the current year amounted to $47,200; the projected benefit obligation was $499,500; fair value of pension assets was $271,500; the accumulated benefit obligation amounted to $362,700. The expected return on plan assets and the discount rate on the projected benefit obligation were both 10%. The actual return on plan assets is $10,000. The company’s current year’s contribution to the pension plan amounted to $63,000. No benefits were paid during the year.

Determine the components of pension expense that the company would recognize in 2020. (With only one year involved, you need not prepare a worksheet.)

Whispering Company began operations on January 2, 2019. It employs 12 individuals who work 8-hour days and are paid hourly. Each employee earns 11 paid vacation days and 7 paid sick days annually. Vacation days may be taken after January 15 of the year following the year in which they are earned. Sick days may be taken as soon as they are earned; unused sick days accumulate. Additional information is as follows. Actual Hourly Wage Rate Vacation Days Used by Each Employee Sick Days Used by Each Employee 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 $7 $8 0 10 5 6 Whispering Company has chosen to accrue the cost of compensated absences at rates of pay in effect during the period when earned and to accrue sick pay when earned.

I need help recording sick leave paid. The entries are

Debit: Salaries and wages expense

Debit: Salaries and wages payable

Credit: cash

I do not know how to calculate the numbers.

Please show work on calculations

Suppose that

The Elasticity of Imports in the USA in the short Run is 0.5

The Elasticity of Imports in Japan in the short Run is -0.3

The Elasticity of Imports in the USA in the long Run is 1.2

According to the Elasticities approach to the Current Account Balance, if the Exchange Rate goes from Yen=$1/100 to Yen=$1/50 ...

Lock & Key Inc. began operations on January 1, 2019. Its post-closing trial balance at December 31, 2019 and 2020, is shown below along with some other information. Lock & Key Inc. Income Statement For Year Ended December 31, 2020 (000s) Revenues: Sales $ 3,260 Cost of goods sold 2,890 Gross Profit 370 Expenses: Other expenses $ 720 Depreciation expense 240 Total expenses 960 Loss $ 590 Lock & Key Inc. Post-Closing Trial Balance (000s) December 31 Account 2020 2019 Cash $ 1,560 $ 1,200 Receivables 2,040 1,380 Merchandise inventory 1,980 2,220 Property, plant and equipment 3,660 3,900 Accumulated depreciation 1,380 1,320 Accounts payable 1,380 1,020 Accrued liabilities 240 360 Bonds payable 1,140 1,740 Common shares 3,024 1,570 Retained earnings 2,076 2,690 Other information regarding Lock & Key Inc. and its activities during 2020: Assume all accounts have normal balances. Cash dividends were declared and paid during the year. Equipment was sold for cash equal to its book value. Other information: All accounts payable balances result from merchandise purchases. All sales are credit sales. All credits to accounts receivable are receipts from customers. All debits to accounts payable result from payments for merchandise. All other expenses are cash expenses. Required: Prepare a statement of cash flows for 2020 using the direct method to report cash inflows and outflows from operating activities. cash flow statement with direct method.