ASC Research (FASB ASC 5-8)
FASB ASC 5-8 Use of the Installment and Cost Recovery Methods
The use of the installment and cost-recovery methods of revenue recognition are outlined in the FASB ASC.
Search the FASB ASC database to find paragraphs addressing these topics, cite them, and copy the results.
1. Case 4-8 Economic Consequences
The FASB has issued SFAS No. 106, Employers Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions (see FASB ASC 715), and SFAS No. 112, Employers Accounting for Postemployment Benefits (see FASB ASC 712). These pronouncements required companies to change from accounting for benefits, such as health care, that are paid to former employees during retirement on a pay-as-you-go basis to recognizing the expected cost of benefits during employment. As a result, companies must accrue and report expenses today, thereby reducing income and increasing liabilities. Some have argued that these pronouncements will cause employers to reduce or eliminate postretirement and postemployment benefits. It is not necessary for you to know the particulars of implementing either of these standards to address the issues described here.
Required:
a. Should financial reporting requirements affect managements decision-making process? Discuss. Should management reduce or eliminate postretirement or postemployment benefits simply because of the new pronouncement? Discuss.
b. Are there social costs associated with these pronouncements? Explain.
c. What would mainstream accounting proponents say about the potential and/or actual impact of these pronouncements?
2. Case 5-2 Earnings Quality
Economic income is considered to be a better predictor of future cash flows than accounting income is. A technique used by securities analysts to determine the degree of correlation between a firms accounting earnings and its true economic income is quality of earnings assessment.
Required:
a. Discuss measures that may be used to assess the quality of a firms reported earnings.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will need to visit and review the Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) website, especially the Counselors for Social Justice Newsletter https://www.counseling-csj.org/interactive-blog . From this website/newsletter, you will choose an advocacy/social justice topic to highlight. This social justice topic must be counseling related and counseling focused; this is not a political opinion paper. Rather, the focus is on highlighting social justice issues that you were not aware of until exploring this weeks topic.
You will need to complete a 3 page APA style written summary. All written papers will need to adhere to guidelines outlined in the APA Manual 7th Edition and the rubric guidelines associated with this assignment.
Please include a professional paper (not student paper) title page, abstract, and reference page with a minimum of 4 peer reviewed articles.
You will write using the APA Manual 7th Edition professional paper format.
Please make sure you use proper grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph format.
Since individual differences and behaviors influence job performance, I-O psychologists make use of assessments and tests to learn more about individuals and provide an explanation for their behavior in the workplace. In this assessment, you will compare and evaluate tests used by I-O psychologists.
Preparation
Under the Suggested Resources heading in the Resources for this assessment, you will find a link to the online “Personality Test,” a five-factor personality test from the The Big Five Project. This test is often cited as an effective indicator of employee performance and fit for organizationsit can provide insight into the types of questions that interest organizations. However, there are many other tests to explore.
Conduct research on the Internet and use the Capella library to learn more about the various tests and assessments I-O psychologists and organizations use to evaluate potential employees. Some types of tests and assessments to consider include:
Cognitive tests.
The Test of Everyday Reasoning.
Critical reasoning tests.
GMAT critical reasoning practice questions.
Physical ability tests.
Sensory ability tests.
Psychomotor ability tests.
Personality tests.
The 16 Personality Factor (16PF) test.
Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness (DISC).
Emotional intelligence tests.
Multi-Dimensional Emotional Intelligence Quotient (MEIQ).
Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0 (EQ-i 2.0).
Instructions
For this assessment:
Choose an organization you have worked for or volunteered at, or one that sells a favorite product of yours.
Search your chosen organization’s website or the Internet (or both) for career postings.
Identify a position that needs to be filled.
Address the following in your assessment:
Provide a brief description of the organization you have chosen.
Identify the position that needs to be filled and summarize the job requirements.
Based on your research, compare the types of tests available for screening employees for this position.
How are they different?
What are their various applications?
Choose the test (such as one of those listed above) that is the most appropriate for your organization. Address the following:
Why is the test you chose more appropriate than other types of tests?
How will your chosen organization use the results? Be specific.
What are the drawbacks to this test? Are there concerns with reliability, validity, the population it is designed for, or other factors? You may use information from Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) to provide evidence. Note: You will find a link to the Database Guide: Mental Measurements Yearbook in the Resources under the Suggested Resources heading.
How much will you rely on this test for hiring? Give examples.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA format: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
Length: 45 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and references page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.
Number of resources: A minimum of 4 scholarly resources.
Instructions
In your initial post, please address the following questions:
1. Ellis, Beck, and Meichenbaum are all in the cognitive-behavioral (CBT) camp, yet they all have distinctive approaches to counseling. Which of these approaches are you most drawn to and why?
2. CBT provides for the use of a wide range of techniques. What techniques are you likely to incorporate in your work with clients? Why?
3. Cognitive-behavioral practitioners use a brief, active, directive, collaborative, present-focused, didactic, psychoeducational model of therapy that relies on empirical validation of its concepts and techniques. What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of this approach?
4. Explain three strengths and limitations of using the CBT model from a diversity (multicultural) perspective.
5. REBT interventions (psychotherapy, educational, or counseling interventions) are effective for various conditions, regardless of clinical status, age of the sample, and delivery format. A critique of REBT is that we need more psychometrically sound instruments to uniformly measure REBT mechanisms of change, and more studies employing mechanisms of change analyses to further test the REBT change theory. Do you agree or disagree with this critique? Why?
Research Paper Assignment:
No less than five pages, 250 words per page, double space
Font: Times New Roman, size 12
Cite your sources via the Chicago Manual of Style
Make sure you utilize at least five scholarly sources.
Include primary sources.
Please submit your paper via Turnitin on canvas
You can include the Though Womens Eyes book.
Write a paper addressing women in the American Revolution:
The American Revolution brought independence to American colonists andto their minds freedom from oppression. Examine the impact of this freedom on the lives of women. Consider the impact on different groups of women, including European American, African American (free and enslaved), and Native American women. How was the American Revolution both liberating and confining for women? How revolutionary was the American Revolution?
Suggestions to help you with your writing:
1. Write an introductory paragraph explaining the historical context. Make sure it has a good topic sentence. Add the meat and potatoes ( content) to lead up to your thesis statement. This statement is the last sentence of the first paragraph. Make it a strong one. This is your point for writing the whole essay.
2. Take a seed from your thesis and sow it into the next topic sentence of your next paragraph. Add the meat and potatoes and make a concluding sentence to wrap up the paragraph
3. Repeat paragraphs sowing seeds between sentences and paragraphs until the last one. The last one is the concluding paragraph. Explain how you have proved the point you made in the thesis statement.
4. Throughout the paper support your points with evidence. Find primary sources. Look for peoples voices.
5. Make sure you cite the sources. with the Chicago Manual of Style.
6. It is important to plan your essay before you start writing.
PLEASE READ: Outline for grading your paper:
Check if you can answer yes to each of the following:
Title
Do I have a title? ( A good one engages the readers interest)
Introduction:
1. Do I have a thesis statement?
2. Is this thesis statement a single sentence that clearly articulates my argument at the end of the introductory paragraph?
3. Do I ground my thesis in historical context?
Body of the Paper:
4. Do I use my thesis to drive the material in the body of my paper ?
5. Do I write topic sentences?
6. Do I present and analyze evidence?
7. Do I show an understanding of the material?
8. Do I utilize specific references rather than generalizations?
9. Does my conclusion encapsulate my argument?
10. Is my paper free from grammatical errors and typos?
11. Have I cited my material according to the Chicago Manual of Style?
Make sure you use the Chicago Manual of Style.
It is essential to cite your sources:
1. To tell the reader where you obtained your information.
2. To avoid plagiarism
Use footnotes and a bibliography.
You can also check this video for a short tutorial to be sure you have the correct information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hrzz1nAxmY
Provide an example of a time when a problem arose because of ineffective communication and how SBAR, ICS, SOAP, CUS, or another communication modality would have prevented it from occurring. You may select a miscommunication that occurred within the nursing staff or between the nursing staff and the interprofessional team.
Describe any limitations with the communication model you selected.
How do you manage patient confidentiality with the selected modality?
What communication models do you use that are unique to your specialization?
How effective are they? How do they improve quality of care and patient safety?
In a response of at least 250-words, tell us how you think Krishnas character in the Mirabai comic book compares to his character in The Gita? Do you think theres consistency in his character across both texts? How so? Or does the Krishna of The Gita seem different from Mirabais Krishna? Be sure to use textual evidence to build your case. Ultimately, do you believe there should be consistency in Krishnas character or does it not matter either way?
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2388/2388-h/2388-h.htm
Explain, reconstruct, and evaluate The Ontological Argument for Gods Existence. Your paper should minimally discuss (a) the distinction between a prior and a posteriori propositions;(b) the distinction between existence and essence; and the criticism discussed in the class. Finally, you need to assess the theory by arguing either that the criticism of the theory is sound or cogent; or that there are good ways to respond to the criticism. Use Sobers discussion of this as the basis of your evaluation. Use plenty of concrete examples!
*Sober is the author of the book for the class which is attached*
These writing assignments are not intended as research papers, but rather as analytic papers in which you argue for a position. From these provided topic/question you must pick a position with which you disagree, present it accurately and charitably, including identifying its premises and unstated assumptions. After this, you should clearly present your own position, and argue why your position is more persuasive. Again, here you must clearly identify your conclusion and your premises. In addition to this, you must consider at least one possible objection to your position and attempt to refute it. Finally, you should conclude your paper with a summary of what you think you have accomplished.
Your papers must be 12 font, typed, double spaced, with 1margings all around, and properly footnoted. All papers will be checked for possible plagiarism through Turnitin, and any found to be in violation will be dealt according to the administrative guidelines outlined in the Students Rights and Responsibilities Handbook.
NOTE: You are allowed to use only your textbook for this class as a source along with my presentations. No other sources are acceptable. Using such sources will result in no credit for your paper.
ONLINE TEXTBOOK IS ATTACHED.
Good communication between nurses, patients, and the interprofessional team is essential to patient safety and quality of care. Proponents of interprofessional collaborations encourage enhanced collaboration, where each professional’s contribution is valued equally. Discuss the benefits and challenges of this concept in your workplace.
How does this affect patient care and patient handoff?
What are some effective strategies for improving interdisciplinary communications?
