You read that there is no generally accepted definition of ‘earnings management’. Using your accounting knowledge, your own research and textbook reading to define, describe, and analyze: When will earnings management be acceptable? When will earnings management become a fraud? Fraudulent earnings management is often identified by two adjectives. What are the two adjectives?

You read that there is no generally accepted definition of ‘earnings management’. Using your accounting knowledge, your own research and textbook reading to define, describe, and analyze: When will earnings management be acceptable? When will earnings management become a fraud? Fraudulent earnings management is often identified by two adjectives. What are the two adjectives?

Contemporary Auditing

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Author:KNAPP

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