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  2. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (United States)

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    Depreciation and Cost of Goods Sold are good examples of application of this principle. Full disclosure principle: Amount and kinds of information disclosed should be decided based on trade-off analysis as a larger amount of information costs more to prepare and use. Information disclosed should be enough to make a judgment while keeping costs ...

  3. Conflict of interest - Wikipedia

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    In some instances, the failure to provide full disclosure is a crime. However, there is limited evidence regarding the effect of conflict of interest disclosure despite its widespread acceptance. [ 114 ]

  4. Truth in Lending Act - Wikipedia

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    Truth in Lending Act; Long title: An Act to safeguard the consumer in connection with the utilization of credit by requiring full disclosure of the terms and conditions of finance charges in credit transactions or in offers to extend credit; by restricting the garnishment of wages; and by creating the National Commission on Consumer Finance to study and make recommendations on the need for ...

  5. Full disclosure (computer security) - Wikipedia

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    The controversy around the public disclosure of sensitive information is not new. The issue of full disclosure was first raised in the context of locksmithing, in a 19th-century controversy regarding whether weaknesses in lock systems should be kept secret in the locksmithing community, or revealed to the public. [4]

  6. Convention of disclosure - Wikipedia

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    The convention of disclosure requires that all material facts must be disclosed in the financial statements.For example, in the case of sundry debtors, not only the total amount of sundry debtors should be disclosed, but also the amount of good and secured debtors, the amount of good but unsecured debtors and amount of doubtful debts should be stated.

  7. Earnings quality - Wikipedia

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    The interpretation of the economics underlying a transaction and even the wording of the accounting standards can vary between firms. This, along with the fact that a firm's financial statements are the responsibility of the firm's management, allows management to structure transactions to achieve desired accounting results, [2] by choosing an interpretation of the economics underlying the ...

  8. Management accounting principles - Wikipedia

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    Prior to 1929 no group – public or private – was issuing or responsible for any accounting [4] standards. After the 1929 stock market crash, a call to regain the public's confidence and investor's trust was demanded and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 was passed resulting in public companies being supervised by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  9. Gresham's law - Wikipedia

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    Sir Thomas Gresham. In economics, Gresham's law is a monetary principle stating that "bad money drives out good". For example, if there are two forms of commodity money in circulation, which are accepted by law as having similar face value, the more valuable commodity will gradually disappear from circulation.