Week 7 Discussion 1 "Forecasting" Please respond to the following: · Assess the financial performance forecasting process, identifying the assumptions made that are most likely to cause a gap between the forecast and actual performance. Indicate how these gaps may be minimized. Provide support for your rationale. · Create an argument supporting the value of forecasting to an organization. Provide support for your argument. This paper must be in proper APA format and references Assignment 2: Accounting Quality Due Week 7 and worth 280 points Based on the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC reporting requirements for publically traded companies, Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: · Assess the roles of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of a public company for establishing an ethical environment that generates quality accounting and reliable financial reporting for use by shareholders and investors. Provide support for your assessment. · Recommend a strategy for a CEO to implement, leading to an ethical environment that leads to high-quality accounting, reporting, and forecasting. Provide support for your recommendation. · Suggest how corporate management can provide assurances to investors that the performance forecast and expected earnings will be realized, minimizing the volatility of the stock price. Provide support for your suggestions. · Evaluate the consequences to a publically traded company when there is a lack of quality within financial accounting and reporting, indicating how these consequences may be minimized. Provide support for your answer. · Assess the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to accounting quality, indicating whether or not you believe the requirements are sufficient to protect stockholders and potential investors. Provide support for your position. · Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: · Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. · Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: · Understand the reporting of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for publically traded companies. · Evaluate the quality of accounting information for an organization, including the economic content and earnings sustainability. · Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial analysis and reporting. · Write clearly and.

1. Week 7 Discussion 1
"Forecasting" Please respond to the following:
· Assess the financial performance forecasting process,
identifying the assumptions made that are most likely to cause a
gap between the forecast and actual performance. Indicate how
these gaps may be minimized. Provide support for your
rationale.
· Create an argument supporting the value of forecasting to an
organization. Provide support for your argument.
This paper must be in proper APA format and references
Assignment 2: Accounting Quality
Due Week 7 and worth 280 points
Based on the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC
reporting requirements for publically traded companies,
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
· Assess the roles of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
Officer of a public company for establishing an ethical
environment that generates quality accounting and reliable
financial reporting for use by shareholders and investors.
Provide support for your assessment.
· Recommend a strategy for a CEO to implement, leading to an
ethical environment that leads to high-quality accounting,
reporting, and forecasting. Provide support for your
recommendation.
· Suggest how corporate management can provide assurances to
investors that the performance forecast and expected earnings
will be realized, minimizing the volatility of the stock price.
Provide support for your suggestions.

2. · Evaluate the consequences to a publically traded company
when there is a lack of quality within financial accounting and
reporting, indicating how these consequences may be
minimized. Provide support for your answer.
· Assess the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to
accounting quality, indicating whether or not you believe the
requirements are sufficient to protect stockholders and potential
investors. Provide support for your position.
· Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality
as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Understand the reporting of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for
publically traded companies.
· Evaluate the quality of accounting information for an
organization, including the economic content and earnings
sustainability.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in
financial analysis and reporting.
· Write clearly and concisely about financial analysis and
reporting using proper writing mechanics.
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1. Assess the roles of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer of a public company for establishing an
ethical environment that generates quality accounting and
reliable financial reporting for use by shareholders and
investors. Provide support for your assessment. Weight: 15%
Points Range:0 (0%) - 29.37 (10.49%)
Did not submit or incompletely assessed the roles of the Board
of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of a public company
for establishing an ethical environment that generates quality
accounting and reliable financial reporting for use by
shareholders and investors. Did not submit or incompletely
provided support for your assessment.
Points Range:29.4 (10.5%) - 33.57(11.99%)
Partially assessed the roles of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer of a public company for establishing an
ethical environment that generates quality accounting and
reliable financial reporting for use by shareholders and
investors. Partially provided support for your assessment.
Points Range:33.6 (12%) - 37.77(13.49%)
Satisfactorily assessed the roles of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer of a public company for establishing an
ethical environment that generates quality accounting and
reliable financial reporting for use by shareholders and
investors. Satisfactorily provided support for your assessment.
Points Range:37.8 (13.5%) - 42 (15%)
Thoroughly assessed the roles of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer of a public company for establishing an
ethical environment that generates quality accounting and

4. reliable financial reporting for use by shareholders and
investors. Thoroughly provided support for your assessment.
ACC573-A2-2
2. Recommend a strategy for a CEO to implement, leading to an
ethical environment that leads to high-quality accounting,
reporting, and forecasting. Provide support for your
recommendation. Weight: 15%
Points Range:0 (0%) - 29.37 (10.49%)
Did not submit or incompletely recommended a strategy for a
CEO to implement, leading to an ethical environment that leads
to high-quality accounting, reporting, and forecasting. Did not
submit or incompletely provided support for your
recommendation.
Points Range:29.4 (10.5%) - 33.57(11.99%)
Partially recommended a strategy for a CEO to implement,
leading to an ethical environment that leads to high-quality
accounting, reporting, and forecasting. Partially provided
support for your recommendation.
Points Range:33.6 (12%) - 37.77(13.49%)
Satisfactorily recommended a strategy for a CEO to implement,
leading to an ethical environment that leads to high-quality
accounting, reporting, and forecasting. Satisfactorily provided
support for your recommendation.
Points Range:37.8 (13.5%) - 42 (15%)
Thoroughly recommended a strategy for a CEO to implement,
leading to an ethical environment that leads to high -quality
accounting, reporting, and forecasting. Thoroughly provided
support for your recommendation.
ACC573-A2-3
3. Suggest how corporate management can provide assurances to
investors that the performance forecast and expected earnings
will be realized, minimizing the volatility of the stock price.
Provide support for your suggestions. Weight: 20%
Points Range:0 (0%) - 39.17 (13.99%)
Did not submit or incompletely suggested how corporate
management can provide assurances to investors that the

5. performance forecast and expected earnings will be realized,
minimizing the volatility of the stock price. Did not submit or
incompletely provided support for your suggestions.
Points Range:39.2 (14%) - 44.77(15.99%)
Partially suggested how corporate management can provide
assurances to investors that the performance forecast and
expected earnings will be realized, minimizing the volatility of
the stock price. Partially provided support for your suggestions.
Points Range:44.8 (16%) - 50.37(17.99%)
Satisfactorily suggested how corporate management can provide
assurances to investors that the performance forecast and
expected earnings will be realized, minimizing the volatility of
the stock price. Satisfactorily provided support for your
suggestions.
Points Range:50.4 (18%) - 56 (20%)
Thoroughly suggested how corporate management can provide
assurances to investors that the performance forecast and
expected earnings will be realized, minimizing the volatility of
the stock price. Thoroughly provided support for your
suggestions.
ACC573-A2-4
4. Evaluate the consequences to a publically traded company
when there is a lack of quality within financial accounting and
reporting, indicating how these consequences may be
minimized. Provide support for your answer. Weight: 20%
Points Range:0 (0%) - 39.17 (13.99%)
Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the consequences to a
publically traded company when there is a lack of quality within
financial accounting and reporting, indicating how these
consequences may be minimized. Did not submit or
incompletely provided support for your answer.
Points Range:39.2 (14%) - 44.77(15.99%)
Partially evaluated the consequences to a publically traded
company when there is a lack of quality within financial
accounting and reporting, indicating how these consequences
may be minimized. Partially provided support for your answer.

6. Points Range:44.8 (16%) - 50.37(17.99%)
Satisfactorily evaluated the consequences to a publically traded
company when there is a lack of quality within financial
accounting and reporting, indicating how these consequences
may be minimized. Satisfactorily provided support for your
answer.
Points Range:50.4 (18%) - 56 (20%)
Thoroughly evaluated the consequences to a publically traded
company when there is a lack of quality within financial
accounting and reporting, indicating how these consequences
may be minimized. Thoroughly provided support for your
answer.
ACC573-A2-5
5. Assess the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to
accounting quality, indicating whether or not you believe the
requirements are sufficient to protect stockholders and potential
investors. Provide support for your position. Weight: 15%
Points Range:0 (0%) - 29.37 (10.49%)
Did not submit or incompletely assessed the requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to accounting quality, indicating
whether or not you believe the requirements are sufficient to
protect stockholders and potential investors. Did not submit or
incompletely provided support for your position.
Points Range:29.4 (10.5%) - 33.57(11.99%)
Partially assessed the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
related to accounting quality, indicating whether or not you
believe the requirements are sufficient to protect stockholders
and potential investors. Partially provided support for your
position.
Points Range:33.6 (12%) - 37.77(13.49%)
Satisfactorily assessed the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act related to accounting quality, indicating whether or not you
believe the requirements are sufficient to protect stockholders
and potential investors. Satisfactorily provided support for your
position.
Points Range:37.8 (13.5%) - 42 (15%)

7. Thoroughly assessed the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act related to accounting quality, indicating whether or not you
believe the requirements are sufficient to protect stockholders
and potential investors. Thoroughly provided support for your
position.
ACC573-A2-6
6. 3-5 references . Weight: 5%
Points Range:0 (0%) - 9.77 (3.49%)
No references provided.
Points Range:9.8 (3.5%) - 11.17(3.99%)
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all
references poor quality choices.
Points Range:11.2 (4%) - 12.57 (4.49%)
Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.
Points Range:12.6 (4.5%) - 14 (5%)
Exceeds number of required references; all references high
quality choices.
ACC573-A2-7
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements.
Weight: 10%
Points Range:0 (0%) - 19.57 (6.99%)
More than 6 errors present.
Points Range:19.6 (7%) - 22.37 (7.99%)
5-6 errors present.
Points Range:22.4 (8%) - 25.17 (8.99%)
3-4 errors present.
Points Range:25.2 (9%) - 28 (10%)
0-2 errors present.
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