Chapter Four Professional Accounting in the Public Interest, Post-Enron Purpose of the Chapter When the Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom debacles triggered the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a new era of stakeholder expectations was crystallized for the business world and particularly for the professional accountants that serve in it. The drift away from the professional accountant’s role as a fiduciary to that of a businessperson was called into question and reversed. The principles
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Medical Equipment Inc. In Saudi Arabia- Case Questions 1. What options does Grover have? You should have at least three. Review the pros and cons of each. In order to keep his actions ethical and integral, Grover has several options to explore. Firstly, he could confront Najjar about the speculation of a bribe winning him the sale of equipment for Wilson’s. He could gently remind his competitor of ethical standards that are expected to be upheld in such business transactions. In this situation
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Adelphia Communications scandal By Insert name Insert institution Adelphia Communications scandal Introduction Adelphia Communications Company was a television cable company whose headquarters centered in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. It ranked as the fifth most prestigious cable companies in United States. John Rigas is the founder of the company. The company was highly respected until an infamous scandal ensued following claims of bankrupt in 2002, at which time its headquarters relocated
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Ethics Awareness Inventory Ronnie Paul University of Phoenix PSY/490 – Capstone Course in Psychology Christine Rose, MA, LPC 2 Ethics Awareness Inventory A program designed to evaluate an individual’s ethical style is called The Ethics Awareness Inventory (Collak, 2012). For most people, right and wrong is evaluated from their own perspective and is very valuable to the individual once discovered. The EAI program will ask the participant
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Professional Moral Compass Grand Canyon University: Introduction to the Study of Ethics August 9, 2013 My professional moral compass is driven by integrity, empathy, compassion and service. As a nurse I believe that every individual has equal rights to the same excellence in care. My personal code of ethics that I hold myself to, has direct influence on my practice as a nurse. I believe self-evaluation is imperative to be able to function at a healthy emotional level at work and
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Ethics and Privacy of Communications in the E-Polis Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic and Virginia Horniak Department of Computer Science and Electronics Mälardalen University Västerås, Sweden I N T R O D U C T I O N The electronic networking of physical space promises wide-ranging advances in science, medicine, delivery of services, environmental monitoring and remediation, industrial production, and the monitoring of persons and machines. It can also lead to new forms of social interaction [..]. However
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Introduction: Now a days Tobaco industy is one of the profitable area of business. Tobacco companies are well informed of the “killing effect” of their product. It is natural that to tobacco corporations production reduction, and also loss in the financial plan because of decrease in consumer activity is absolutely not profitable, thats why they have to orient on a new target- kids. Worldwide people die from the harm of smoking while tobacco product manufacturers continue to spend billions of dollars
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Ethics is the most important requirement in a human’s life. If there was no decision making for a person then there would be no reason to reach a goal to succeed in life because our actions would be meaningless. To have ethics you need to value things in your life, like surviving on a day to day bases or even in emergency situations, everything that you decide in life is on that person’s ethical thinking ability. One philosopher that really stuck out to me was Aristotle, he offered well thought
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Zhifeng Liu MW 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Morality Issue Over Cartoon Shows TV shows have a tremendous effect on everyday people. Whatever we watch and hear on TV reflect how we act in real life. Television has a major influence on our morality today. In the recent years, a lot of TV shows have been played; they are about love, friendship, science, and all kinds of topics. Sometimes, they are giving out negative images of morality and culture, but some are giving positive as well. For example
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The Parable of the Sadhu Taking advantage of Morgan Stanley’s newly adopted sabbatical program, Mr. Bowen (Buzz) McCoy (Managing Director) enjoyed a welcomed opportunity to collect his thoughts and engage in personal travel. Accompanied by his friend Stephen, Buzz embarked on a trip of a lifetime in Nepal as they hiked the Himalayas. Half-way through their trip, they would need to ascend an 18,000-foot pass over a crest in order to reach the village of Muktinath, an ancient holy place for pilgrims
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