The Merit Principle Holds That Individuals with the Best Qualifications

question 18

True/False

The merit principle holds that individuals with the best qualifications should receive a job, or get promoted, on the basis of their job performance.

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Definitions:

Accounting Period

The specific period of time covered by financial statements, typically a year or a quarter, for which all financial transactions are recorded and reported.

Straight-line

A method of depreciation that allocates an equal expense rate to each year of an asset’s useful life.

Accelerated Methods

Depreciation methods that allocate more depreciation expense to the earlier years of an asset's life.

Depreciation

Strategically spreading out the cost of a tangible asset throughout its period of usefulness.