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***Please only use 2 files I uploaded for information. No outside sources ***This paper is for Accounting class so please make it accounting related ***No introduction and conclusion needed. Just answer the question Access the 2017 Annual Report of Honda Motor Company in the attachments. This includes the Corporate Governance Report (p23-28). Please prepare a paper discussing the way in which Honda attempted to establish a high level of cooperate governance. Make sure to explain the possible link between corporate governance and audit.

Full Strategic Case Analysis  Your Case Analysis should be thorough and may include tables, graphs, and/or charts. Your analysis must cover each of the following three areas: 1) Problem Identification: Identify the strategic issues and key problems with the company’s current situation. Key points to include: a. The firm’s current situation and strategy b. The problems/issues with the strategy  c. The problems/issues with the strategy implementation 2) Analysis and Evaluation: Analyze and evaluate the financial performance of the firm. Analyze and evaluate any other factors affecting the company’s strategic success and failure, such as marketing, production, management, etc. Key points to include: a. Appropriate/relevant financial ratios. b. References to the strategic concepts and analytical tools from the course (e.g. Porter’s five forces, Value Chain Analysis, etc.) c. Sound evidence for your evaluation (not merely your opinion). 3) Recommendation: Provide a recommendation on what the company should do; how they will do it; and when. Your recommendation should: a. Address the strategic issues you identified b. Include a plan for how to implement your recommendations. Length limit: Five pages (11 point font, single-spaced, 1” margins). LENGTH IS NOT MANDATORY. UP TO 5 PAGES. NO LONGER. AS LONG AS CONTENT IS GOOD.  THE IMAGES I UPLOADED GO IN ORDER OF THE 4 DIGIT NUMBERS IN THE FILE NAMES.  Grading Rubric Clearly identifies the strategic issues with references to key course terms 10 Provides thoughtful analysis of the firm’s situation using appropriate analytical tools 10 Cites sound evidence for evaluation 10 Provides clear recommendations on what the company should do; how they will do it; and when 10 Writing is clear and direct 5

What quality costs will Mars incur from its recall of Snickers candy bars? The US chocolate maker Mars, one of the world’s largest privately-held companies, issued a voluntary recall in 55 countries for Snickers bars, Milky Way minis, and some other candy bar varieties that were manufactured in a Dutch factory between December 2015 and January 2016. A red piece of plastic was found in one Snickers bar by a customer in Germany; that piece of plastic was traced back to a protective cover used in the manufacturing process at a Mars production facility in the Netherlands. This recall potentially covers millions of candy bars; the recall does not affect Mars’ products made in the US.  In an interview with the Financial Times, a financial analyst estimated that the recall would cost the company tens of millions of dollars.     Questions 1. Prior to the recall, what specific costs of quality could Mars incur in the design, production, and distribution of its candy bars? Again, use your imagination. 2. What specific costs were the analysts referring to when estimating that this recall could cost Mars “tens of millions of dollars?” List as many costs as you can imagine might be incurred related to the recall. 3. Classify the costs you listed for Mars (both pre-recall and post-recall) by type of quality cost: prevention, appraisal, internal failure, or external failure.

Companies must consider how accounting standards, within the current accounting framework, can have a variety of economic consequences on the company. Consider the article “Sears: Accounting for Uncollectible Accounts” (Hoyt & Nelson, 2000). Next, using outside sources that you may seek and your professional experience, develop and write a 3- to 4-page paper concisely answering the following questions: (A2.1) What is Sears’ management trying to achieve through decisions with respect to financial reporting for uncollectible accounts? (A2.2) What accounting standards must Sears consider when making its decisions? (A2.3) Did Sears management meet its financial reporting objectives? (A2.4) What did Sears’ accountants (and management) use in making decisions: knowledge, estimates, or assumptions? Is there any difference between these things? Your paper should reflect the application of the resources presented this week, as well as knowledge gained from previous weeks’ required or optional readings. Refer to The Research Process page in the left navigation bar to guide your research for this Assignment. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and any additional resources.

12.1: If a partner is distributed encumbered property, what is the ordering in time of the following for tax purposes: (1) the assumption of the debt by the distributee partner, (2) the reduction in the distributee partner’s share of the partnership debt, and (3) the distribution of the property? 12.2: Partner A received the following in a nonliquidating distribution:   Basis FMV Cash $20,000 $20,000 Inventory Item 1 $15,000 $18,000 Inventory Item 2 $10,000 $6,000 Capital Asset 1 $20,000 $7,000 Capital Asset 2 $10,000 $20,000   $75,000 $71,000 Assume A’s basis in the partnership before the distribution was $40,000. What would the bases of the assets be to A? Assume A’s basis in the partnership before the distribution was $60,000. What would the bases of the assets be to A? 12.3: The DEF partnership has the following balance sheet:   Basis FMV Cash $48,000 $48,000 Inventory $24,000 $60,000   $72,000 $108,000       Capital, D $24,000 $36,000 Capital, E $24,000 $36,000 Capital, F $24,000 $36,000   $72,000 $108,000 If partner D gets a cash distribution in liquidation of $36,000, what will be the tax effects to D and the partnership? 12.4: The GHI partnership has the following balance sheet:   Basis FMV Inventory $48,000 $72,000 Land $24,000 $36,000   $72,000 $108,000       Capital, G $24,000 $36,000 Capital, H $24,000 $36,000 Capital, I $24,000 $36,000   $72,000 $108,000 If partner G receives a distribution consisting of ¼ of the inventory, reducing her interest in the partnership from 1/3 to 1/5, what will be the tax effects to G and the partnership?

Persuasive Request: Asking for a Raise You know that you are doing a good job at work. You think you deserve a raise or a reclassification. The best way to achieve your goal is with a persuasive message. Making your appeal in writing is more powerful than doing so in person, and your boss can’t ignore a written document. What appeals can you make that will sway your boss to grant your request? Your Task. Write a persuasive memo asking for a raise or a reclassification of your job. This memo will be addressed to your boss (use a fictitious name if you wish). Write a second memo to your instructor explaining your thinking in regard to the request. Describe your workplace and the rationale behind your wording, tone, choice of medium, and appeals. Submit both memos in one paper.You know that you are doing a good job at work. You think you deserve a raise or a reclassification. The best way to achieve your goal is with a persuasive message. Making your appeal in writing is more powerful than doing so in person, and your boss can’t ignore a written document. What appeals can you make that will sway your boss to grant your request?

Instructions ACCT 326 Writing Assignment #4 When global firms like Home Depot, Office of Personnel Management, and Target become prime targets for hackers, the attack themselves become front-page news. Financial and personal data have been compromised despite firms having measures in place. You will review three firms (only one firm being the Home Depot, OPM, or Target breach) where a successful attack was made on their systems by hackers. In terms of the second & third firms, you are free to select a breach/attack that occurred within the last three years. Paper Layout • Part I (Facts of Case #1): You will describe what happened and how did the firm respond to the breach/attack. Also, you will identify and discuss how consumers reacted to the breach/attack. Finally, assess how much responsibility should lie with the firm per this breach/attack. • Part II (Facts of Case #2): You will describe what happened and how did the firm respond to the breach/attack. Also, you will identify and discuss how consumers reacted to the breach/attack. Finally, assess how much responsibility should lie with the firm per this breach/attack. • Part III (Facts of Case #3): You will describe what happened and how did the firm respond to the breach/attack. Also, you will identify and discuss how consumers reacted to the breach/attack. Finally, assess how much responsibility should lie with the firm per this breach/attack. • Part IV (Prevention): Identify and discuss at least three measures firms must take to limit/prevent breaches and attacks from happening. One of your preventive measures must be a technology-based measure, such as robotic processing automation (RPA), blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), or data analytics would have prevented/limited the impact of data breaches. • Part V (Role of the Government & Others): In this section, discuss the role that the Federal Government and large associations (e.g., ISACA, AICAP, IIA) should play regarding preventing/limiting breaches. Be sure to speak about the Government first and then pick an association to discuss. • Part VI (Awareness): Explain how this assignment will make you more aware of data breaches. Identify and discuss a set of recommendations you can take to protect yourself and your firm if you are working. Paper Guidelines • Page Length: Your response should not exceed eight pages (double-spaced) or four pages (single-spaced). Note that the cover page, reference page, and appendix, if provided are excluded from the page count. • References: You will need to include at least four literary references and at least four in-text citations to support your paper. These references must be related directly to the topics covered in the paper. References & citations must be properly formatted as noted below. • Headings: You will need to use headings (short, brief, and centered) to separate each area of your paper. Your headings should have an appropriate title such as Prevention instead of Part IV. • Margins & Font Sizes: Use standard margins (minimum .5″; maximum 1.5″) and standard font size (minimum 10 point; maximum 12 point) in your paper. • Writing Style: APA is the preferred writing style, but you can choose any appropriate writing style (e.g. MLA), except that all references are to be formatted via APA. Please consult the UMGC Effective Writing Center (http://www.umgc.edu/writingcenter/index.cfm) for assistance regarding the choice of styles and formatting of references via APA.

Please go through the assignment topic and question uploaded, and check all requirements such as Assignment Structure, assignent specifications, questions to be answered, companies mentioned in the topic, submission guidelines, etc. Please make sure to deliver everything demanded in the question. This should be a complete paper ready-to-submit. 

Smitheford Pharmaceuticals Smitheford Pharmaceuticals was founded by a former officer in the Civil War, General Robert Smitheford, in 1878. He moved his family to Colorado Springs to aid in his wife’s tuberculosis condition. At the time, it was believed that the sunshine and high altitude had curative effects. The company quickly grew and expanded. To improve the economies of several growing towns in Colorado, General Smitheford built additional manufacturing facilities in Pueblo, Grand Junction, Fort Collins, and Durango, Colorado. Smitheford was an excellent leader, as demonstrated by his rapid rise in the Union Army. He used management incentives and was an early follower of Frederick Taylor on methods improvement and employee satisfaction. The company has since adopted total quality management (TQM) philosophies but has done a poor job of implementing these principles in manufacturing. By the 1950s, Smitheford Pharmaceuticals grew to become the 6th-largest pharmaceutical firm in the United States. Expansion in manufacturing occurred in the 1970s and 1980s with operations in Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil. Many challenges are facing the industry today. NAFTA impacted some advantages that Canadian manufacturing might have had. Stricter FDA guidelines have made transportation of partially manufactured products more complicated; drug interactions, especially for the elderly, can seriously affect whether or not to release a new product, and manufacturing equipment has become more sophisticated, and with the advanced technology comes increase fixed costs. You are a midlevel manager of production operations at Smitheford. You will need to look at several methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness for its area of responsibility. You will use quantitative and qualitative methods to make recommendations for the improvements. Assignment Details Smitheford Pharmaceuticals wants to reduce its inventory costs. As a quality manager to Smitheford Pharmaceuticals, explain the meaning of lowering the water level to expose the rocks, on the diagram on this figure, as you would to your management team. How would you keep Smitheford Pharmaceuticals from immediately raising the inventory as soon as an outage occurs? Explain how each rock can cause problems in the production process and how you would help pharmaceuticals to improve processes and reduce inventory.

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