ACCOUNTABILITY & ETHICS Accountability - Is a formal relationship governed by a process. As a relationship‚ it involves a person or body in a position of authority assigning or negotiating with others the performance of certain responsibilities‚ ideally based on agreed-upon expectations and standards. -Paul G. Thomas To the Public‚ accountability is… A general subjective sense of responsibility‚ the upholding of professional values and standards even in the absence of external scrutiny
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there each work day. While at lunch‚ Carol and Jerry always discuss some business. Often‚ Carol and Jerry invite friends who work at other CPA firms to join them‚ so they can keep up with what is happening in the accounting community. Issue and Conclusion 1 Are Carol and Jerry entitled to deduct the lunch expenses they occurred during lunch meeting at Good Eats Café on every work day as an ordinary and necessary business expense? No‚ Caro and Jerry cannot deduct the expenses they occurred during
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[A]Explain Kantian ethics. Immanuel Kant was born in 1724 and was a renowned German philosopher with huge influences on modern philosophy. He was perhaps most known for his work ‘Critique of Practical Reason’ which looked at the way we as humans use reason to arrive at result. This work with reason was his most significant‚ aimed as a response to empiricism and rationalism. Kant’s ethical standpoint was also extremely significant and was based strongly around the idea we are duty bound to do
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* What is Business Ethics * Ethics is a branch of social science. It deals with moral principles and social values. It helps us to classify‚ what is good and what is bad? It tells us to do good things and avoid doing bad things. * So‚ ethics separate‚ good and bad‚ right and wrong‚ fair and unfair‚ moral and immoral and proper and improper human action. In short‚ ethics means a code of conduct. It is like the 10 commandments of holy Bible. It tells a person how to behave with another person
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institutions. Besides‚ ethics and ethical principles can help people make better decisions‚ and help people evaluate the decisions of others (like public officials). Much of this debate has focussed on “good governance”‚ broadly speaking. Ethics has also been a part of this debate‚ in particular the discussion on professional ethics of civil servants‚ and to a lesser extent the professional and personal ethics of politicians and elected office holders. Although the ethics of the civil service
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behaviour and management‚ Thomson‚ Australia. 14 Ethics at Work Edward Wray-Bliss Key concepts and learning objectives By the end of this chapter you should understand: ● The core assumptions of mainstream writers on business ethics‚ and be aware of how these assumptions limit the ethical questions that mainstream writers have been able to ask of business. ● The connections between mainstream academic writing on business ethics and contemporary organization’s socially responsible
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The Housing Bubble’s Link to the Great Recession. A recession is caused by many different factors‚ not just one. It is the coming together of many different problems‚ all at one time. Some factors that contributed to this last Great Recession include consumer indebtedness‚ income inequality‚ lax regulations and the housing bubble. In this paper we will discuss how the Housing Bubble exacerbated and what is its link to the Great Recession. It is necessary to note that because the bursting continues
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Ethics Theories Chart 7/14/2010 Wanda Moore University of Phoenix Material Facilitator: Wanda Moore |Ethical Theory |Comparison of Ethical Theories | | | | | | | |Utilitarianism Ethics |Deontological Ethics
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Theories are formed to exhibit diverse views. The virtue theory‚ the utilitarianism theory and deontological theory are the same in some ways but very different in others. The views from these theories are different on morality and ethics‚ so it is harder to know which theory is right . Virtue ethics theory says that we should look at the character of a person rather than their actions. Aristotle claims that a virtuous life is easy‚ and that living a virtuous life makes people who
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BES401: BUSINESS ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WEEK I - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Definition of ethics Ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good or bad‚ or what is right or wrong or specifically with moral duty and obligation. Ethics has been defined as “inquiry into the nature and grounds of morality where the term morality is taken to mean moral judgment‚ standards and rules of conduct. It has also been called the study and philosophy of human conduct with an emphasis on
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