accepted accounting principles (GAAP) represent the general rules, standards, and practices that are used in accounting. GAAP are required for businesses when reporting financial records. When preparing financial statements, a company’s accountant is mandated to use these principles before they issue these statements to investors and other entities outside of the business. The objective for these standards are to assist in ensuring that ethical accounting practices occur wherein investors and creditors
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Acquisitions Management Topical Paper: Ethics, Social and Environmental Responsibility of Supply Management Karmin Jones Webster University Abstract Supply Management professionals application of ethics, social and environmental responsibility defines who they are in various ways. For a supply management professional to be competent for procurement, acquisitions, and logistics it is essential to be knowledgeable, persistent and always eager to gain more information to stay proficient and well
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responsibilities of medical professionals. This paper will review a Colorado state statute influenced by Tarasoff. It will further address the “duty to warn” and “duty to protect” dilemmas and the suitable ways to address them. Lastly, this paper will examine confidentiality challenges presented in Laureate Education Inc. (2012) video, Mental Health Counseling: Confidentiality. Colorado State Law Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-21-117 defines the responsibilities of mental health professionals. It holds mental
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Computer ethics Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. The term "computer ethics" was first coined by Walter Maner in the mid-1970s, but only since the 1990s has it started being integrated into professional development programs in academic settings. The conceptual foundations of computer ethics are investigated by information ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics established
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CODE OF ETHICS FOR PHILIPPINE PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE (2008-2009) PAP Code of Ethics, page 2 PREFACE The Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) adopted a Code of Ethics for Clinical Psychologists in the 1980s, and this Code has remained unchanged since then. In 2007, the Board of Directors of the PAP resolved to constitute a committee to revise the code of ethics, with the goal of updating the
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Financial management is very important to provide a stable and influential organization. It is extremely important for the four elements of financial management to be introduced and used to benefit the prosperity of an organization. There are four recognizable elements of financial management that consist of: planning, controlling, organizing and directing, and decision making. Planning is very important because it is the first step towards accomplishing goals for a company. The financial manager
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in order to help counselors and other professionals maintain standards within the profession one is in and it is the standard of behavior or action in relation to others. “A code of ethics for most professional organizations or associations is designed to articulate the standards of practice for a group of people.” (Kocet, 2006). Although ethics have many definitions, they are all intertwined to state the same meaning. According to Jacobs (2012), “Most ethical problems and situations deal with therapy
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guided by basic ethical guidelines that outline legal and moral responsibilities. Professional standards are necessary for counselors to understand the implications of their actions and behavior in the field. Good intentions do not guarantee appropriate practice. The American Mental Health Counselors’ Association (AMHCA) and American Counseling Association (ACA) provide standards for education and training counselors to better understand their role and provide oversight of ethical and legal issues
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper Nicole McLaughlin HCS/405 December 8, 2014 Jack Heinen Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper This paper will seek the financial reporting practices, ethical standards, accounting principles, corporate compliance, ethics, or fraud and abuse in the articles that was chosen to be reviewed. Financial reporting in a medical office or a healthcare organization relies on financial data to be close to real time as they can get it. The financial reporting has advantages
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Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma Grand Canyon University Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma Euthanasia is considered “assisted suicide” (Ethical key issues- Euthanasia., 2011). Terminally ill, old age, and poor disease prognosis’s are some population of patients that research euthanasia. Euthanasia is currently illegal due to many ethical implications. Euthanasia is an ongoing ethical dilemma that affects nursing as a profession, has legal implications, and stirs up ethical debates over social values
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