1176) Presents facts about cost of college, and benefits of college education. Asks students about the safety of storing personal financial data on computers. Presents facts about how thieves use stolen data. 373) Likens corporate internal controls to individuals’ efforts to protect themselves from identity thieves. Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft (p. Asks students’ opinions on the use of video cameras to reduce theft.ĬHAPTER 26 Incremental Analysis and Capital Budgeting CHAPTER 8 Internal Control and Cash Asks students to look at a budgeting calculator and consider whether student loans should be considered a source of income.ĭiscusses the problem of inventory theft and how companies keep it in check. 1038)Įxplores personal budgets for college students.
CHAPTER 23 Budgetary PlanningĪvoiding Personal Financial Disaster (p. Asks students to evaluate the pros and cons of buying a hybrid vehicle. 995) Explores the cost tradeoffs of hybrid vehicles. Asks if college is a good time to prepare a personal balance sheet.Ī Hybrid Dilemma (p. Presents facts about Americans’ wealth and attitudes toward saving versus spending. 169) Walks students through identification of personal assets and personal liabilities. CHAPTER 4 Completing the Accounting Cycle Asks students to consider whether firing Radio Shack’s CEO for résumé falsehoods was warranted. Likens a student’s résumé to a company’s annual report. Poses a start-up business idea and asks students to evaluate the cost of labor input. Presents facts about sole proprietorships and franchises.
906) Focuses on how small business owners calculate product costs. Asks students for opinions on whether schools’ codes of ethics serve a useful purpose. Presents facts about abuse of workplace codes of ethics and responses of stockholders. 624) Discusses codes of ethics in business and at college. CHAPTER 14 Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings,Ĭorporations Have Governance Structures- Do You? (p. Asks students to consider whose responsibility it is to maintain healthy lifestyles to control health-care costs. 506) Discusses ways to contain costs of health-care spending. Your Boss Wants to Know If You Jogged Today (p. CHAPTER 11 Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting Asks whether students could improve their economic well-being by buying a used car. 460) Presents information about costs of new versus used cars. Quick guide CHAPTER 10 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, andīuying a Wreck of Your Own (p. Asks whether students should present a negative financial picture to increase the chance of receiving financial aid. 25) Compares filing for financial aid to corporate financial reporting. CHAPTER 1 Accounting in ActionĮthics: Managing Personal Financial Reporting (p. In addition, an “All About You” Activity, located in the Broadening Your Perspective section near the end of the assignment material, offers further opportunity to explore aspects of the topic in a homework assignment. As a feedback mechanism, the authors’ comments and opinions about the situation appear at the end of the chapter. Each All About You box presents a highinterest issue related to the chapter topic, offers facts about it, poses a situation for students to think about, and offers brief opposing answers as a starting place for further discussion.
Students are more likely to understand the accounting concept being made within the textbook when accounting material is linked to a familiar topic. These full-page boxes will get students thinking and talking about how accounting impacts their personal lives. The “All About You” feature promotes financial literacy.
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