Professor Pam Meyer 28 November 2011 CPA vs. Non-CPA Many people may ask‚ “What are the differences between being a CPA and just being a non-certified CPA‚” there are actually a lot of differences between the two. A CPA or Certified Public Accountant is someone who has a license to practice public accounting that is issued by their State Board of Accountancy. CPA’s‚ in contrast‚ have normally studied or majored in accounting during college‚ sat for the CPA exam‚ worked in an accounting firm for
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Week 1 – DQ 1. What ethical dilemmas might CPAs experience? Explain what ethical responsibility a CPA might neglect. (Ch. 17 of Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis) According to our text‚ there are five ethical dilemmas that accountants can experience: ❖ Independence: the accountant must be separate from the company ❖ Scope of Services: the accountant/auditor should not provide services that is not required by an accountant/auditor (consulting‚ tax return preparation‚ tax advice)
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Ethical Issues in Management: Hiring Hiring is an everyday function of all businesses‚ when hiring‚ there are numerous policies and procedures that are required and must be followed. This will guide and address the directives that businesses should follow to meet the terms of the law and guarantee that the business is not showing prejudice against any group‚ but that the company hires the person most qualified without regard to race‚ religion‚ gender or creed. There are many moral and ethical
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Ethical Issues in Management Hiring Hiring is the process of interviewing the candidate selected to the job he‚ or she applied for. Appointment of a certain person to a particular post involves formally asking that person to work on the position her‚ or he officially to do it; It involves placing the selected employees on the right position of the jobs. Hiring is an everyday job for every business. It is not an easy job as it sounds; they are numerous rules‚ and procedures
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Hiring the Elderly: an Ethical Dilemma Abstract The purpose of this report is to examine the topic of hiring the elderly in Latvia from a business ethics point of view. Since there are several tendencies‚ like ageing population‚ lack of labour-force‚ a shift towards western values and standards of company conduct‚ etc.‚ that are observable in Latvia‚ the authors believe this complex issue to be of significant importance and controversy. While putting forward the principle-based
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Discuss two ethical challenges faced by the construction industry. In your discussion state why they are ethical challenges? Unethical challenges present in every industry and root of a project‚ which leads to unsuccessful of a project and delays in a projects completion. It is more common in the construction business to contract a part or entire project through a contracting company. There are several ethical challenges that can arise from the contracting a project through a third party contractor
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Preparing For Ethical Challenges A survey by the Josephson Institute of Ethics polled more than 20‚000 middle and high school students about moral standards. Almost half of these students reported stealing something from a store in the previous 12 months. In the same period‚ seven out of 10 cheated on an exam. There is more and more evidence of antisocial behavior than ever among our youth. Even our most academically talented students tend to let personal interest triumph over the common good
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Human Resource Management October 3‚ 2010 Chapter 4 - Case Study 1. I think Larry Norvell faces a big ethical challenge. The complexity of this situation makes it very difficult for him to have a right answer to his problem. Whatever he decides‚ he will be making a sacrifice of some sort. I think he should definitely take into consideration the costs and benefits of his choice‚ but this is not something he can decide only through financial planning. The ethics involved may have just as significant
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The Challenge of Ethical Behavior in Other Countries The requirements of day-to-day organizational performance are so compelling that there is little time or inclination to divert attention to the moral content of organizational decision-making. Morality appears to be so obscure in nature that it lacks substantive relation to performance. An effective organizational culture should encourage ethical behavior and discourage unethical behavior. Unfortunately‚ ethical behavior may end up costing
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Ethical Challenges and Agency Issues Analyzing ethical challenges Most people are aware of the ethical challenges businesses face in today’s world especially‚ in the financial services industry. Financial services became a major target after several scandals such as Enron and MCI. Unfortunately‚ the financial industry is very large‚ which encompasses entities such as banks‚ insurance companies‚ mortgage lenders‚ pension‚ and securities funds. “The financial service sector represents 20 percent
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