Discussion 4 and 5

Discussion 4

ACC201 Financial Accounting

Global Business Language

Accounting is becoming a global business language. Provide some evidence of this assertion. What are some of the implications of this trend?

Do research on the Internet and show the reference for the information. Don't forget to also respond to a colleague's posts.

Professor's Note: In addition to searching the Internet for text related to this discussion, please watch the following videos (click on the following link to access these videos) and post your comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kIWqDK4j5QWhy Study Accounting?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge7Ofw2EHiQWhy Accounting Is the Language of Business

Grading Criteria: Try to add information not previously discussed by others. Please, provide factual information (not merely opinions) backed up by details or examples. Your comments should be in your own words and include references.

ECOL100 The Economics of Biodiversity

Discussion 4

Read the following articles:

Estate of nature; wildlife management. (2013, Sep 14). The Economist, 408(8853):34. Retrieved from ProQuest.

Amsterdam's wild side (2013, Sep 14). The Economist, 408(8853):8. Retrieved from ProQuest.

Now address the following questions:

What is "culling"? How are these articles similar? What is different about the land use? How do you think the population should be controlled?

Discussion 5

Use the Trident Online Library to search Scientific American for technological advances that address one of the current issues facing biodiversity as our population and economies grow:

•Limitation of resources: water, food production, energy production

•Endangered species: habitat loss/land use; facilitating reproduction and/or population monitoring for endangered species

Post your findings for this module's Discussion and be sure to respond to other students' findings to meet participation requirements.