Discussion:
Create a 100 word response to each
• Which depreciation method provides you the highest depreciation expense in the first year? Why?
• What are some disadvantages to declining method?
• What is the straight-line method of amortizing discount and premium on bonds payable?
• Provide an explanation of the of the straight line method of amortizing discount and premium on bonds payable.
• What are some examples of assets that units-of-activity would be best used for?
• Why does the value of some goods, such as automobiles, depreciate as soon as they are purchased?
• Which depreciation method do you think a company should use for an asset once period of years have passed?
• Identify elements of the external environment and internal resources of the firm to analyze before formulating a strategy.
• Can an organization use data from various governmental sources such as Gross Domestic Product data to measure the general state of the economies influence on the sales projections of an organization?
• Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility.
• What are the options managers would have when confronting ethical issues?
• Besides establishing a code of ethics does a organization have to also have ethical training courses for its employees? Explain
• The more an employee understand their own values, the clearer the appropriate course of action will be. A more simplistic (and perhaps more practical) approach to ethical decision making is for example to: 1) Evaluate the situation from your perspective; 2) Evaluate the situation from the perspective of as many other people involved in it as possible; and 3) Ask yourself if your mother (or the person you respect most in the world) would be happy with what you are planning to do.
What is your opinion of this approach when talking about ethical or social behavior issues with an employee?