Here is an opportunity to connect your current learning about revenues, expenses, and adjusting entries with the profession$$s commitment to ethics.

EC$3$: Russell Company is a pesticide manufacturer. Its sales declined greatly this year due to the passage of legislation outlawing the sale of several of Russell$$s chemical pesticides. In the coming year, Russell will have environmentally safe and competitive chemicals to replace these discontinued products. Sales in the next year are expected to greatly exceed those from any prior years. The decline in sales and profits appears to be a one$-$year aberration. But even so$,$ the company president fears a large dip in the current year$$s profits. He believes that such a dip could cause a significant drop in the market price of Russell$$s stock and make the company a takeover target.

To avoid this possibility, the company president calls in Zoe Baas, controller, to discuss this period$$s year$-$end adjusting entries. He urges her to accrue every possible revenue and to defer as many expenses as possible. He says to Zoe, $$We need the revenues this year, and next year can easily absorb expenses deferred from this year. We can$$t let our stock price be hammered down!$$ Zoe did not get around to recording the adjusting entries until January $17,$ but she dated the entries December $31$ as if they were recorded then. Zoe also made every effort to comply with the president$$s request.Respond thoroughly to the following questions in your PowerPoint presentation:

Who are the stakeholders in this situation?

What are the ethical considerations of $($a$)$ the president$$s request, and $($b$)$ Zoe dating the adjusting entries December $31?$

Can Zoe accrue revenues, defer expenses, and still be ethical?

Can Zoe$$s accrued revenues and deferred expenses be illegal?

Who do you think can discover Zoe$$s accrued revenues and deferred expenses?

Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation answering the questions presented in this assignment. This presentation should inform the audience about the connection between revenues, expenses and adjusting entries with the profession$$s commitment to ethics and the impact in the financial statements. Make sure to cite at least one source and reference it $($in your separate reference slide$)$ following APA guidelines.

A minimum of seven slides including the title, abstract and reference slides are required. Your presentation should be attractive and must include a slide for your abstract$,$ which should include a concise and clear thesis statement.

You want to follow the conventions of Standard English that includes correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Your presentation must contain speakers notes at the bottom of each slide and be formatted according to APA guidelines. Review Writing Center resources on APA style and formatting. Access the Writing Center from the Academic Success Center found in the Academic Tools area in your course.

Review the items below to ensure you have covered all aspects required for this assignment.

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