ACC 557 Week 3 Discussion Questions

Week 3

DQ 1

"Researching Financial Information" Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, analyze one company’s financial position and determine whether or not the stock potential will rise, remain stable, or decrease in value. Determine whether you would invest in it or not at this time. Provide a rationale for your response.

Assess how profitable the company has been over the past 5 years and determine how you would advise the company about its future profitability potential.

DQ 2

Most people are familiar with cash as a form of compensation to employees. To conserve cash, companies have devised creative methods (gift cards, barter,stock options, bonuses, free meals, etc) to pay employees and independent contractors. Using the Internet, analyze non-cash forms of compensation to employees and/or independent contractors.

As a CFO of a new company, analyze non-traditional compensation (or fringe benefits) to conserve cash.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to using this type of benefit. For instance, assess the impact to employee morale, fraud, etc.