I’m working on a accounting discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Additional Information: Eddison Electronic Company (EEC) provides electricity for several states in the United States. You have been employed as a cost accountant at this organization. You have recently hired Susan Thompson, who has experience with financial accounting. Financial accounting includes preparing journal entries that provide a record of the day-to-day activities of the company and preparing financial statements, such as an income statement, a statement of owners’ equity balance sheet, and a cash flow statement. Although Susan has experience with and fully understands financial accounting, she has no experience with managerial accounting.

With your fellow classmates, please discuss what Susan should know about managerial accounting.

Explain the similarities and differences between financial and managerial accounting.

Provide examples of the reports used for financial reporting and how those reports differ from managerial accounting reports.

Determine how managers might use accounting information for planning and controlling purposes.

Develop the strategies used to execute the project.

Include the following within the project plan alongwith incorporating feedback from prior weeks assignments:

· Strategiesfor management of human, physical, and financial resources, including thefollowing: (update StaffingManagement Plan Section of Template) List the Resource roles needed foryour project and whether they are:

· Temporaryresources

· Permanentresources

· Workplan management (deliverables management) (Update Work Management section ofTemplate)

· Qualityassurance strategies (Update Quality Management Plan section of Template

· Communicationstrategies (Update Communication Management Plan section ofTemplate)

· Documentationmanagement strategies (Update Work Management section ofTemplate)

· Changerequest management strategies (Update Change Management Plan section ofTemplate)

· Contingencyplans (Update Work Management section of Template

Determine the strategies used to monitor the project.

Address the following when determining yourmonitoring strategy: (Update theProject Monitoring Strategies section of the PM Plan Template) Youmust include a subcategory for each of the below

· Schedule

· Budget

· Criticalpath

· Resourcelevels

· Changerequests

· Scopecreep

Submit your Project Management Plan Template Worddocument. (Template Iprovided in Week 1 with all other sections intact).

This week we will look at international trade and some of its ethical implications. For this discussion we will look at companies dumping merchandise that is illegal to sell in the U.S., in other countries.  The article America’s Deadly Exports — Trade Of Toxic Products Abroad Is A Windfall For U.S. Companies states that many U.S. companies sell merchandise in 3rd world countries that are banned in the U.S. 

Use the question or any part there of as subheadings.

After reading the attached article respond to the following:

1. Why would a company “dump” their products overseas when they have been proven to be harmful? What company or companies have been found dumping?

2. Would the stockholders of these companies (by in large) agree with this practice?

3. Would Americans stop doing business with these companies if they knew what was happening to people in 3rd world countries?

4. Which practice in the article did you find the most despicable?

 Case Analysis Topic Proposal and Outline on an ethical or financial scandal of your choice. This week you will complete the course project by constructing a paper incorporating your instructor’s feedback.  

Complete the course project by constructing a paper based on the research and identification of a recent lawsuit, legal news story, or article using an Internet or DU Library search centering on a case dealing with an ethical or financial scandal (think violation of Sarbanes-Oxley). News-feed websites such as MSN or CNN, or search engines such as Yahoo or Google may be useful. Major publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc are available through the DU Library. To complete the case analysis, you should research the assigned topic to provide a measure of information about the topic’s significance to the current business environment. Be mindful of the scope of your topic addressing the key elements identified in relation to your selected topic.

Research the web and do research about the Company. Your search will include new articles, including history, current financial standing, and in the news events about the Firm. Determine makes this Company successful and or special.

Using the Financial Statements, prepare the following financialanalysis and ratios:

• Horizontal Analysis

• Vertical Analysis

• Quick Ratio

• Current Ratio

• Debt to Equity Ratio

• Net Income to Sales Ratio

• Gross Margin Ratio

Using the Company’s financial data, news, articles, and other research finding, start working on your final project. Which starts with historical, financial, and current events information of the company. Next you work on the financialinformation, ratios, and analysis, and finally, present a conclusion about your view of the