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 is “the designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial accounting that govern the preparation of financial reports by nongovernmental organizations‚”
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ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Presented by: Rojina Sapkota Abhilasha Thapa Pooja Shah Sandeep Gautam Mendhala Lama Gurung AND THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION What is ETHICS? -All about making right choices and producing good behavior What is ETHICS in ACCOUNTING? -Being responsible enough to behave as a TRUSTWORTHY accountant. ROLE/IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING To provide true knowledge of the financial transactions taking place. To ensure correct decision making . WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DILEMMA
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cc | 2012 | | Earl-Rae Husselmann Grade 10 C | [Accounting: case study] | | | Question 1: 1.1. They indentify fraud and try to find out why people commit such crimes. Teach or enrich people by letting them know what is right. They probably teach people or students how to uncover fraudulent acts carried out by citizens. They try to find the causes for people committing white-collar crimes. 1.2. Anything to do with fraud and bribery or corruption involving finance. People who
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crime can be difficult. It is even harder when you are coming from a place where crime is considered to be a normal part of society and looked at as a way of daily living that is supposed to be incorporated into daily lifestyles. The relationship between poverty and crime is not a new
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reform and delayed the process all to the benefit of the businesses it should be regulating. “Fraud has never been legal‚ so why has it not been prosecuted?” (Prasch) Renewed interest of ethical issues in the accounting profession is due to scandals involving accounting fraud‚ i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco. “Client pressure to present a favorable financial picture of a corporation’s health may lead to ethical breaches” (Adkins & Radke) “New calls for regulations…are specifically concerned
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WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN UTILITARIANISM AND DEMOCRACY? Utilitarianism (from the Latin utilis‚ useful) is a theory of ethics based on quantitative maximization of some good for society or humanity. It is a form of consequentialism. This good is often happiness or pleasure‚ though some utilitarian theories might seek to maximize other consequences. Utilitarianism is sometimes summarized as "The greatest happiness for the greatest number." Although it is a standalone theory of ethics‚ it bares a many
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more satisfied with their lives than the poor. The question which arises here is why? One of the possible answers for this question is the difference between the health of the rich and the poor. Wealthier nations tend to be healthier and have a better life expectancy rate than the poorer nations. There could be several thesis statements that link wealth with physical health. Firstly‚ the problem of primary health care issues has been tackled in developed nations due to which there are better health
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Mohamed Ghonim Assignment 1 Accounting ethics is a field of professional ethics which pertains specifically to accounting. Whether accountants work in public or private practice‚ they are expected to adhere to ethical standards which are designed to ensure that accountants behave in a way which is ethical and consistent. For most professional organizations of accountants‚ in order to be members‚ people must agree to and uphold ethical standards‚ and they
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Title: Creative Accounting & Ethics: Arguments For and Against Creative Accounting Introduction The accounting process consists of dealing with many matters which includes judgment and resolving conflicts between challenging approaches to the presentation of the results of financial transactions. This flexibility provides opportunities for manipulation‚ deceit and misrepresentation and is widely known as creative accounting (Harris n.d.). Creative accounting can be defined as a process which involves
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ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING PROFESSION RESEARCH METHOD Despite of significant learning on ethics especially for future accounting profession‚ 50 respondents were randomly selected from Bachelor of Accounting students‚ International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The student sample was equal to 50 (N= 50) consists of accounting students from the first to fourth year of study between the ages of 20-25 years old. Students from IIUM had been exposed to some general ethic values in class. This
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