Principles of Accounting; deifition; identify; record; communicate; organization, interested users; financial statements; stakeholders; internal users; external users; management; human resources; finance; customers; SEC; creditors; labor unions; investors; pay raise; dividend; ethics; financial scandals; Sarbanes-Oxley; balance sheet; income statement; GAAP; FASB; IASB; cost principle; historical cost; purchase price; verifiability; fair value;