Assignment 1: Financial Statement Restatement and Ethics   Due Week 3 and worth 200 points   Search the Internet or Strayer databases for a...

Assignment 1: Financial Statement Restatement and Ethics

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Search the Internet or Strayer databases for a company that recently restated its earnings. Based on the company researched and identified:

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Assess the factors that contributed to the financial statement restatement, signifying the executive management team’s attitude toward the restatement. Suggest how the restatement may have been avoided during the initial reporting process.
2. Explain the impact to the company’s stock price when the restatement was released and to future earnings forecast, indicating whether or not you believe the impact to the stock price was justified.
3. Evaluate the restatement in terms of management’s ethical violations according to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, providing recommendations to management on how to avoid these problems in the future. Provide support for your recommendations.
4. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

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