You have been asked to mentor an accounting clerk

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You are an accountant in a medium-sized manufacturing company. You have been asked to mentor an accounting clerk who is new to your accounting department.

Explain why adjusting entries are necessary.

Describe the 4 types of adjusting entries, and provide a manufacturing industry example of each.

Describe how these entries would be recorded in a computerized accounting system.

Describe 1 ethical issue that could result from the preparation of these manufacturing entries.