Assignment 1-A Choosing a Company (for individual students) p. 1
Assignment 1-B Organizing Your Group (for student teams) p. 5
Assignment 1-C Obtaining Financial Statements p. 7
Assignment 2 Basic Company Information p. 11
Reading 2 Annuals Remain Top Info Source p. 17
Assignment 3 The Economic, Social, Legal and Political Environment p. 19
Reading 3 The Politics of Accounting p. 23
Assignment 4-A Industry Information (for individual students) p. 25
Assignment 4-B Industry Information (for student teams) p. 31
Reading 4 International rulemakers feel heat from U.S. officials p. 37
Assignment 5 Initial Review of Annual Report and Financial Statements p. 39
Reading 5 Accounting Fraud: Learning from the Wrongs p. 47
Assignment 6 The SEC 10-K Report and Proxy Statement p. 51
Reading 6 The SEC Wants to Open the Info Vault p. 57
Assignment 7 The Accounting Profession p. 59
Reading 7 'Going Concerns': Did Accountants Fail To Flag Problems at Dot-Com Casualties? p. 63
Assignment 8 The Income Statement p. 67
Reading 8 What the Earnings Reports Don't Tell You p. 77
Assignment 9 Current Assets and Current Liabilities p. 81
Reading 9 A Thief Among Us p. 89
Assignment 10 Long-term Assets p. 91
Reading 10 Goodwill Hunting: Accounting Change May Lift Profits, But Stock Prices May Not Follow Suit p. 99
Assignment 11 Long-term Liabilities p. 103
Reading 11 Corporate Money Managers Begin to Get Some Respect p. 111
Assignment 12 Stockholders' Equity p. 113
Reading 12 Don't Be Fooled by Stock-Split Mania p. 121
Assignment 13 Segment Information p. 123
Reading 13 Accounting for Differences p. 129
Assignment 14 The Cash Flow Statement p. 133
Reading 14 Fading Beauty p. 141
Assignment 15 Capstone Project p. 143
Appendix Listing of Synonyms p. 145