Answer:
Increased responsibility for corporate officers
Explanation:
A review of eight thousand public companies, on the study of the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 revealed that <u>SOX increased directors' workload and risk, and increased demand by mandating that firms have more outside directors. </u>
It was also revealed that both broad-based changes and cross-sectional changes (by firm size) occurred <u>because Board committees meet more often post-SOX</u> and Director and Officer insurance premiums have doubled.
Answer:
Uncertainty.
Explanation:
Uncertainty is defined as a state of decision making in which the nature of things are unknown, the extent and magnitude of circumstances are unpredictable and reasonable probabilities cannot be used to determine outcomes.
Uncertainty is a challenge when there is too much uncertainty and business cannot determine outcomes.
However manageable uncertainty can help a business come up with creative decisions that will benefit the business.
Answer:
Business environment refers to those aspects of the surroundings business enterprise, which affect or influence its operations and determine its effectiveness. According to Keith Davis, “Business environment is the aggregate of all conditions, events and influence that surrounds and affect it”.
Explanation:
Answer:
Spending variance $100 unfavorable
Explanation:
The spending variance is the difference between the standard cost allowed for the actual activity and the actual cost of the activity
$
Standard cost allowed for the actual activity
=7,850 + (402×203) + (952×112)= 196,080
Actual cost <u>196,180</u>
Spending variance <u> 100</u> unfavorable
Answer and Explanation:
The preparation of the operating activities section is presented below
Cash Flows from operating activities
Net Income $88,000
Adjustment made for non cash items:
Depreciation Expense $19,000
Add: Decrease in Account Receivable $15000 ($70,000 - $85,000)
Less: Increase in Inventory $(5000) ($40,000 - $35,000)
Less: Decrease in accounts payable $(8000) ($54,000 - $62,000)
Net cash flows from operating activities $109,000
