Regardless of your subject the general outline of your final paper should look like this; Introduction – Your introduction should describe the nature and structure of the organization that you are analyzing, focusing on the different levels of employees in the organization and their IT needs. Other topics to cover in this section could include what business pressures your company is facing and how technology can help them to meet the demands of these pressures, how IT supports people and organizational activities in your company and an analysis of the organization’s internal operations against Porter's value chain model and Porter’s competitive forces model. Organization’s Current Infrastructure and Use of Information Systems – Topics to cover in this section include your organization’s current network architecture, use of mobile and wireless technologies, use of transaction processing systems and functional information systems, such as production and operations, marketing and sales, accounting and finance, and human resource information systems, use of enterprise applications for supply chain management, enterprise resource management, business process management, product lifecycle management, and/or customer relationship management.

Trace the development of slavery prior to the American Colonies? What is the Barbados connection? What types of crops were grown in what regions? How did the slave experience differ from region to region? Who was William Lynch and why was he important to the development of slavery in the Chesapeake? Finally, describe the Stono Uprising.

The company with which you are currently employed (Coushatta Casino Resort) is experiencing a financial crisis. The chief financial officer (CFO) has suddenly resigned and no one is discussing the reasons. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating your company's accounting practices and from the documents they have requested, the issue seems to concern revenue recognition. Rumors are beginning to circulate that suggest inappropriate behavior on the part of your company. The organization is a publicly traded company and, as such, the company is required to issue a public notice concerning the sudden vacancy of the CFO. As a certified public accountant on the team drafting the notice, you are involved in communicating the current situation to the general public. Write a press release of no more than 700 words. You may research to find examples of public notices. Use the examples to determine how you will format your press release. Write an accompanying internal memo of no more than 700 words to your manager. Include the following in your memo: Outline what your company is legally required to do. Explain the value of the public communication in this situation. Examine the balance between calming external stakeholders and the ethical considerations of providing all the information that is required by the SEC. Explain how the perception of the press release will affect public opinion.

Understand the ethical responsibilities of a managerial accountant.