Ethical Issue Case Summary: The long-term creditors of Company R made conditional agreement that the company cannot purchase treasury stock more than the amount in the balance of the retained earnings , the long-term debt may not exceed the stockholders equity , and the current ratio should not fall below 1.50 at any point of time. If such conditions are violated the lenders of the company will take over the management of the company. Recently Company R is facing a low demand for the products and its current liabilities grows faster than the current liabilities, resulting in the current ratio become 1.47. The management is worried to work out something before releasing the financial statements. The controller suggested to convert the long-term investments into short-term by choosing to payoff within one year. The board of directors votes for the recommendation of the controller to reclassify the long-term investments to short-term investments. To Ascertain: The effect of reclassification of investments on the current ratio, and if the financial condition of Company R will be stronger by such re-classification.
Ethical Issue Case Summary: The long-term creditors of Company R made conditional agreement that the company cannot purchase treasury stock more than the amount in the balance of the retained earnings , the long-term debt may not exceed the stockholders equity , and the current ratio should not fall below 1.50 at any point of time. If such conditions are violated the lenders of the company will take over the management of the company. Recently Company R is facing a low demand for the products and its current liabilities grows faster than the current liabilities, resulting in the current ratio become 1.47. The management is worried to work out something before releasing the financial statements. The controller suggested to convert the long-term investments into short-term by choosing to payoff within one year. The board of directors votes for the recommendation of the controller to reclassify the long-term investments to short-term investments. To Ascertain: The effect of reclassification of investments on the current ratio, and if the financial condition of Company R will be stronger by such re-classification.
Solution Summary: The author explains that reclassification of investments for the company's interest may not be considered unethical.
Definition Definition Remaining net income of the company after the required dividends are paid to shareholders. This surplus money is usually invested back into the business to expand its business operations or launch a new product.
Chapter 15, Problem 15.1CTEI
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To determine
Ethical Issue
Case Summary: The long-term creditors of Company R made conditional agreement that the company cannot purchase treasury stock more than the amount in the balance of the retained earnings, the long-term debt may not exceed the stockholders equity, and the current ratio should not fall below 1.50 at any point of time. If such conditions are violated the lenders of the company will take over the management of the company.
Recently Company R is facing a low demand for the products and its current liabilities grows faster than the current liabilities, resulting in the current ratio become 1.47. The management is worried to work out something before releasing the financial statements. The controller suggested to convert the long-term investments into short-term by choosing to payoff within one year. The board of directors votes for the recommendation of the controller to reclassify the long-term investments to short-term investments.
To Ascertain: The effect of reclassification of investments on the current ratio, and if the financial condition of Company R will be stronger by such re-classification.
2.
To determine
To Ascertain: If the managers of Company R have behaved unethically.
What if the countries of the world adopted one currency? From the perspective of a businessperson, what are the pros and cons of having one world currency? Would digital currency be the best choice if one world currency was selected? Defend your rational for or against one currency and if that currency should be a digital currency or a physical currency.
For more information, review the following resource:
Rodek, D. (2023, February 16). Digital currency: The future of your money.Links to an external site. Forbes Advisor.
Chapter 15 Solutions
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