Final Project: Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession November 4, 2011 ACC/260 Dan’s Dilemmas In this assignment we will evaluate the ethical dilemmas of Daniel Potter. Dan is an accountant at Baker Greenleaf. He has been assigned a special audit in which his dilemmas occur. We will discuss many factors that led to the issues Dan is facing. We will describe the dilemmas and give a step-by-step account of how a solution can be reached. Background: While studying
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting - A Literature Review Master thesis in Financial Accounting Fall semester 2012 Supervisor: Kristina Jonäll Author: Ulla-Christel Götherström Abstract Master Thesis in Financial Accounting, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, fall semester 2012 Author: Ulla-Christel Götherström Supervisor: Kristina Jonäll Title: Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting - A literature review. Background and problem: Corporate
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Consequentialism is general approach to ethical dilemmas which inquire about the consequences to relevant people of making a particular decision. So basically consequentialism word itself suggests that it is an ethical approach which “depends on the consequences”. This view is also sometimes referred to as teleology (from the Greek word telos which means goal). Ethics is a branch of Philosophy that examines ethical concepts and issues. It inquiries into such things as goodness, right action, and moral
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and Environment Ethics is an important aspect of business in today’s environment. Sometimes management ignores or leaves to state laws to govern the code of ethics within a company. Companies have faced a lot of issues regarding ethical situations in modern times. Making ethical decisions in accounting is growing in complexity because of the larger number of stakeholders in business, and the greater responsibility on accountants. In the early 2000s many financial and accounting scandals went public
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Proposal to Board of Directors [Team’s chosen name for the corporation – TBD in Unit 10] By Terra Allen, Accounting/Finance Manager, Michael Argentino, Marketing/Sales Manager, George Dickson, Operations/Production Manager, Doris Toliver, HR Assistant Manager, Felicia Parris, IT Assistant Manager March 14, 2014 Introduction to the Proposal’s Purpose and Content [Team’s chosen name] Corporation is a medium-sized manufacturing company with 250 employees. It directly markets one
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__________________________________________________________________________ COURSE CODE: BKAS2013 COURSE NAME: ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS PREREQUISITE: BKAS1013 IT IN ACCOUNTING AND BKAF1023 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING __________________________________________________________________________ 1. SYNOPSIS This course introduces students to the important concepts of Accounting Information Systems (AIS). The course contents are divided into three main sections
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Reporting Practices and Ethics xxxxxxxxx HCS/490 – Health Care Consumer: Trends and Marketing June 21, 2016 Professor Jack Heinen Financial management is a critical part of running and operating any business, and the health care industry is no different. In order for any health care industry to remain profitable and financially organized, it is extremely important for them to have someone designated to make sure that the finances are always
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Practices and Ethics In 2012 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) paid $300 million in fines for incorrect pricing (The United States Department of Justice, 2012). Five executives of National Century Financial Enterprises were convicted of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud (New York Times, 2008). These companies are just two examples of financial fraud and lack of financial ethics in health care organizations. These two stories reinforce the importance of employing ethical and trustworthy financial managers
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Management, Leadership, and Controlling In Wal-Mart This article is about Wal-Mart and how its controls their management and accounting issues. Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer, and with that the company has a lot of areas that need controlled. Wal-Mart has been battling issues with their financial division since the Mexican bribery scandal in 2012. The scandal was found that eight of Wal-Mart’s CEO’s of the international division were paying off politicians to speed up the process of building
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Name: ONI ABOSEDE. CAN BUSINESS ETHICS BE TAUGHT? “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it” claims billionaire Warren Buffett. “If we think about that, we will all do things differently.” Bernie Maddof and Martha Stewart had their reputation permanently ruined in the business world due to poor business decision making, likewise their involvement in financial crime and unethical business practices. If the above mentioned people had the opportunity of turning back
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