I. Business Leadership and EthicsTrust May Breed Trouble: Fraud Opportunities and Ethics at Saintly Church 5Cecily Raiborn, Janet B. Butler, Nathan H. Cannon, and Randall F. YoungDiamond Foods, Inc. 11Jomo Sankara and Deborah L. LindbergSunk Costs: What Costs Do You "Sea"? 17Marty Stuebs, Cari Edison, and Katy HurtThe A-12 Stealth Bomber: Escalating Commitment to a Failing Project 25David S. Christensen and Robin BoneckJensen Pharma: A Governance Role Play 33J. Kay Keels and Norman T. SheehanII. Operations, Process Management, and InnovationGeneral Lab 43Oriol Amat and Martí GuaschAutoliv, Inc.: Using Lean Practices to Improve the A/P Reconciliation Process 59Rosemary Fullerton, Staci F. Gunnell, and R. Chance MurraySometimes Accountants Fail to Budget 65Gail Hoover King and Jane SalyTri-Cities Community Bank: A Balanced Scorecard Case 71Tom Albright, Stan Davis, and Aleecia R. HibbetsCreating a Lean Enterprise: The Case of the Lebanon Gasket Company 79Peter Brewer and Frances KennedyIII. Planning and Decision MakingHula Island: Strategic Decisions Involving Costs and Benefits of Internet Advertising Programs 87Stephen C. Hansen and Tom AlbrightXYZ Company: An Integrated Capital Budgeting Instructional Case 93David E. Stout, Raymond J. Shaffer, and Jeremy T. SchwartzThe Glenridge Retail Development 101Regina M. Anctil, Michael E. Borneman, and Theodore J. LongCat & Joe's Pig Rig: Should We Stay or Should We Go? 113Tony Bell and Andrew FergusOver-land Trucking and Freight: Relevant Costs for Decision Making 119Thomas L. Albright, Paul Juras, and Russ ElrodPatterson Manufacturing 125Shane Moriarity and Andrew SlessorPikesville Lightning: Evaluating Strategic Business Expansion Opportunities 129Thomas G. Canace and Paul E. JurasIV. Risk Management and Internal ControlsThe Le-Nature's Inc. Fraud: What Happened and Why? 137Michael C. Knapp and Carol A. KnappWest Coast Equestrian Association 145Doug Kalesnikoff, Vince Bruni-Bossio, and Suresh KalagnanamOut of Control: Lax Procedures at National Capital Trust? 151Ron MesserThe Moulder Company: Alternative Strategies for Toxics Use Reduction 159George Joseph and Mark MylesA Declaration of War: A Case of Competition in the Video Game Industry 169Nicholas J. FesslerSuperHeroes LLP: A Super Management Control Case 181Norman T. Sheehan and Ganesh VaidyanathanV. Strategic Cost ManagementThe Gatekeepers: A Case on Allocations and Justifications 189David Hurtt, Bradley Lail, Michael Robinson, and Martin StuebsProduct Costs: Application in an Insurance Company 197Scott McGregorDynamic Medical Solutions: Expanding the Application of Cost Management Principles to Channel and Customer Profitability Analysis 215Casey McNellis and Ronald F. PremurosoProduct Costing at Fine Foods: Is It a Symptom or the Problem? 221David Axelsson, Marcus Fogelkvist, and G. CunninghamTransGlobal Airlines 229Shane Moriarity, Laura Hopkins, and Andrew SlessorAlternative Costing Methods: Precision Paint Shop's Dilemma 237Eileen Peacock and Paul Juras
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