The importance of using financial reporting to formulate a firm’s goals.

  Write a short paper discussing the importance of using financial reporting to formulate a firm’s goals. Additionally, provide a summary of how ethics and SOX compliance play a role in financial reporting. Address your paper to the ethics of properly reporting earning, debt, and cash flow. References Gupta, P. P., Sami, H., & Zhou, H. (2018). Do companies with effective internal controls over financial reporting benefit from Sarbanes–Oxley… Financial Statements By Bonita Kramer and Christie Johnson Topics In Finance Part I-Introduction And Stockholder Wealth Maximization https://search-proquest-com.proxy1.ncu.edu/pubidlinkhandler/sng/pubtitle/American+Journal+of+Business+Education/$N/54899/DocView/195900864/fulltextwithgraphics/9AEAB28323F04436PQ/1?accountid=28180 Littleton https://search-proquest-com.proxy1.ncu.edu/indexingvolumeissuelinkhandler/54899/American+Journal+of+Business+Education/02010Y02Y01$23Feb+2010$3b++Vol.+3+$282$29/3/2?accountid=28180 Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy1.ncu.edu/science/journal/18770428/210/supp/C