Ethics in Accounting • • • • • • • • Systematic body of theory and knowledge Extensive education process for its members Ideal of service to the community High degree of autonomy and independence Code of ethics for its members Distinctive ethos/culture Application of professional judgment Existence of a governing body Attributes of a profession • Service ideal • Market control view The service ideal vs. the market control view Accountants work in: • private companies
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Standards of Business Conduct Sweet Tooth’s Standards of Business Conduct (SBC) embody the fundamental principles governing its ethical and legal obligations. SBC pertain not only to the conduct within the company but also the conduct involving its customers‚ suppliers‚ owners‚ and other partners. SBC guide and direct the company to resources helping to make the right decisions. • Management Commitment Sweet Tooth’s management is committed to living up to high standards of ethical behavior
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Ethics are an important part of society‚ as these are standards that people should live by in their everyday lives. Within the world of business especially though‚ ethics play a huge role. Having bad ethics in the work of business can seriously damage a person’s firm and ultimately ruin their career. In the field of accounting‚ ethics are most important in order to be a successful account that is looked up upon. This can be due to the fact that accountants work very closely with their clients and
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examples of accounting scandal. There’re some reason that cause those ethical issues arise which is due to the greedy mindset of accountant‚ tempted by money and take chance to fraud‚ Pressured by company’s executive and so on. When all these ethical problems arise‚ mean that accountants has lost their mind and make mistake or error in judgment that will produce harmful outcome to the public‚ company or investors. As all these ethical issues arise more and more frequently in the accounting field‚ there’re
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‘Uniform Accounting Standards Produce Uniform Financial Reporting’ Inro Why is the question important? In an increasingly interconnected world‚ the operations of international corporations are transnational. In addition‚ more and more investing takes place on a global level. Historically‚ different countries have developed their own national accounting standards. Before the introduction of the IFRS‚ the accounting principles of neighbouring countries were similar in many respects but used different
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[pic] ATPB 313 / ACTB 423 Accounting Theory & Practice TOPIC 5: ACCOUNTING STANDARD SETTING Chapter 7 SHD Learning Outcomes At the At the end of this lecture‚ students should be able to explain: ✓ The three theories proposed to understand the process of regulation – public interest‚ regulatory capture and private-interest theory ✓ a comparison of the free market and regulatory approaches to standard setting ✓ International standard setting ✓ Standard setting in Malaysia Introduction
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Dilemmas Case Studies Professional Accountants in Business December 20112 Contents Introduction ...............................................................................................................................3 Case Study 1...............................................................................................................................5 Pressure to overstate stock valuation ...................................................................................5 Case Study 2...
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Accounting in the USA The following report will describe and discuss the major elements of accounting in the USA. It will show that the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are set by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ where as the International Accounting Standards (IAS) are set by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This report will also state the similarities and differences between these standards. In addition‚ the following report will use
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Ethics in Accounting Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation In this case without reclassification of accounts receivable‚ net cash that is utilized in operation is given as; Net Income $60000 Decrease or (Increase) in accounts receivable ($80000) Net amount provided in operation ($20000) If there is reclassification as anticipated‚ the net cash used in operation is; Net Income $60000 Net income provided in operation $60000 Through reclassification of $80000 of accounts receivables
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is conducive to ethical behavior. Cases leading to regulatory changes through scandalous financial reporting include Enron‚ Worldcom‚ Tyco‚ HealthSouth and others (Enofe‚ 2010‚ p.54). Since the barrage of scandals in the early 2000’s‚ regulatory bodies like the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ and law reform like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 have worked to improve the standards and principles used in accounting and financial reporting. The FASB
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