Discuss the dangers in earnings management
While earnings management begins with the best intentions of smoothing our earnings so that shareholder value increases, the problem is that what begins as small adjustments can often escalate into more earnings management and eventual falsification with the notion that the amount can be made up later on. What begins as small discretionary calls in an accounting sense can quickly escalate into more and adjustments until the earnings do not reflect the actual performance of the company at all.
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