Option #1: Company Fraud: An evaluative reportThe Portfolio Project Option 1 for ACT450 is a research report that identifies and analyzes a company that has been indicted for fraud. The report also will evaluate the auditor's role in relation to the fraud.To conduct your research on the following company:Children's Cancer Fund of AmericaYour report must describe the issues surrounding the company and any company policies in relationship to the impact those might have on public audits/accounting.Provide the following elements in your paper:An executive summary identifying the company, the fraud, the affected stakeholders, and the ultimate resolutionA brief history of the companyAn analysis of the auditor's role in the fraud, including any auditing standards that the auditors did not followIdentification of internal controls that were circumvented or lacking and that could have prevented the fraudIdentification of accounting policies currently in effect that are designed to prevent similar problems from occurring again, or, if no policy exists, a proposal for a solution that would prevent a recurrence.Your written response paper should be 8-10 pages in length. Type your paper in a Word document and follow APA format, according to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. Include a title page and reference page. Use four (4) outside academic sources other than the textbook, course materials, or other information provided as part of the course materials.

This is the Sorrell College of Business Assessment for this class. Below you will find the instructions for this assessment. There will be points awarded for completion. The actual grading of the content will not be graded by this Professor but rather the College. Your particiaption is highly recommended.ADDIE MODEL ASSESSMENTThe first step of the ADDIE Model is Assessment. Assessment data must be used to identify gaps between where an organization is performing and where they want to be. This gap could exist due to a strategic or organizational level change or issue (Strategic Analysis), the way tasks are defined or performed within the organization (Task Analysis), or the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the employees within the organization (Person Analysis). SHRM provides information in addition to your text that gives not only detailed outline, but also case studies: https://www.shrm.org/foundation/ourwork/initiatives/resources-from-past-initiatives/Documents/Learning%20System%20Design.pdf (Links to an external site.)You are to, consider the following situation and concentrate on the assessment portion of the ADDIE process.You are the HR Director of organization XYZ. XYZ is a domestic manufacturing plant that has declining profits and has consistent complaints of quality and efficiency of delivery of product. Using the assessment portion of the ADDIE model, describe the steps you would take to assess Strategic, Task, and Person Analysis. Within each of the assessment phases, give examples of information that could be found to account for the issues XYZ is experiencing.The answer should include the following steps:Org/Strategic:Review of organizations goals and which ones are being met/not metAssess resources the organization has to help with HRD processes such as location, facilities, expertise in the area of need?Assess the culture and climate of the org through a survey or focus groupsReview production issues to include manpower levels/appropriateness, types of complaints, turnover, and absenteeismTask:Job descriptionsInterviewsJob observation, etc.Performance standardsIndustry standards for similarly situated jobs.Job specifications to include KSAOs needed to efficiently and effectively perform the jobsPerson:Review of performance appraisal dataObserve employeesCollect survey data on required KSAOs from incumbentsCollect work diariesGive KSA tests/evaluation

Using the text, search for the term’s “accrual” and “estimate.” Familiarize yourself with these terms. Discuss three examples of accruals and three examples of estimates, and why these concepts of accounting mean that “profit” does NOT equal cash.a. Why is revenue recognition important to understanding cash flow in a business?b. Using Starbucks 2019 10-k, search through the document looking for the search term “revenue recognition.” Connect what you find to your response in part a – describe what you have learned about how they recognize revenue and how that impacts their cash flow.Make sure you include and use a minimum of two peer-reviewed, academic, or business resources, plus the textbook in your paper.I will send you PPT's of the book, and a template that you need to follow and use it.