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    Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession Abstract This paper outlines the ethical dilemmas that an accountant faces when presented with any given project. In this case‚ Daniel Potter‚ a staff accountant‚ is presented with an auditing assignment where he is forced to make the decision to either follow the orders of his immediate authority or the ethical guidelines set forth by auditors. Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession In the case The Dilemma of an Accountant

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    today’s world businesses and firms are required to uphold high levels of ethical behaviors for them to run successfully. There have been an overwhelming increased number of unethical behaviors in the accounting environment where a lot of accounting environment present accountants with many accounting dilemmas. Accountants handling any financial information such as companies financial statement must be operate out rightly in an ethical manner because such information is critical to a company’s well being

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    Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession LaKeesha Lawler ACC/260 January 14‚ 2011 Dan Jensen Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession The Dilemma of an Accountant Baker Greenleaf was one of the Big Eight accounting firms. Daniel Potter was a highly ethical accountant that placed a lot of value on integrity. He was hired to work as an accountant for the firm. Baker like many other firms was faced with a dilemma that tested the firm’s ethical standings

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    ACC/260 Week 8 Individual The situation in “Locker Room Talk”‚ centers on Albert Gable‚ a partner in a CPA firm. Mr. Gable took on a married couple‚ Larry and Susan Wilson‚ as clients for financial planning‚ and as he worked their case he became their personal friends. Albert knew that their marriage had some problems‚ and as he was auditing a bank‚ which he did annual audits for‚ he discovered some discrepancies in the information that the Wilson’s gave him and the information that the bank had

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    Exploring an Ethical Dilemma Introduction “Confidentiality is the foundation of safe therapy.” (Corey&Corey‚ p.208 from Grosso‚ 2002) As a counsellor I have an obligation to follow professional standards and apply appropriate behaviour defined by mental health associations. The purpose of this is to prevent harm to clients as well as to define my own professional values. Working in the helping profession I will come across situations where I need to make a decision on whether to

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    recommendations also implore caregivers to seek justice for convalescents and to take full responsibility for their work. Trials Faced in a Noble Profession Professional nurses are sometimes ethically challenged in the workplace. [1] In a report drafted by United States Airforce Colonel John Murry‚ PhD.‚

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    Assignment: Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making When it comes to making ethical decisions there are many different approaches to reach a decision. There is an ethical decision making (EDM) framework which incorporates traditional requirements for profitability and legality‚ as well as requirements shown to be philosophically important to stakeholders. The EDM framework asses the ethicality of a decision or action by examining the consequences or well-offness created in

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    Inc. employees and investors‚ and subcontractors if any are used are the affected stakeholders involved in this decision. 2. What are the ethical issues involved? The ethical issue involved is changing the expense report to show lower expected profits for the current year just to manipulate the growth trend of the company which is against GAAP and ethical standards of accountants. 3. What should Sue do? The facts are that there are several stakeholders that will be affected by the decision

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    3. A). Ethical dilemma I now face: * Return the dividend checks all 4 owners received to help with putting money back in the company. * Hire an independent firm to reconcile the financial statements. * Invest in an external auditor. * Disclose the wrongdoing. * Ensure all parties involve or have a stake in the financial statements are notified of the changes. B). No‚ because the ticket sales revenue is for the following year and the service has not been provided to the

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    Accounting 260

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    CBS Bentley Summer 2014 Program Information for Students Dates – Classes start on Monday 6 January 2014 and end on Wednesday 5 February 2014. For all units except for Business Capstone 301‚ there are 2 X 4 hour classes per week for 4.5 weeks (36 hours of teaching). Classes are paired Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Friday and run either 8am to 12 noon‚ 12 noon to 4pm or 4pm to 8pm. Classes are running on Monday 27 January (Australia Day Public Holiday). Attendance at all classes is mandatory and

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