Case 5: Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices April 28‚ 2012 Case 5: Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties. Arthur Andersen LLP (Andersen) was involved with several legal and ethical issues regarding several of their clients being accused of accounting improprieties. Andersen may not have been directly involved with most of these improprieties;
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Business Should Always Be Ethically and Socially Responsible Introduction Corporate scandals in business world have been more and more common‚ which damages the interest and profits of stakeholders‚ employers‚ community or society. The corporate scandals pull the public to focus on the ethic of managers and the firm itself. Comparing to the past‚ customers are focusing more and more on the reputation of the firms and they prefer to select the brands that are environmentally friendly and socially
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Let’s say you discovered an acquaintance of yours committed a string of violent crimes and is now going to face trail for doing so. This person committed crimes such a rape‚ first degree homicide‚ multiple forms of abuse to a small child‚ among others. Many of these crimes committed are ones you personally find disgusting and unforgivable. Now theoretically‚ if you were told to chime in on whether the suspect was to be sentenced life in prison‚ or sentenced to the death penalty‚ which would you
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experience genius like ability‚ some critics believe his doctors did not act ethically. Even considering the critics claims‚ Charlie Gordon’s doctors acted ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smart. The surgery showed the doctors that the surgery can be used on humans‚ but it has never been done before on humans. There were some side effects to Charlie’s surgery. Therefore Charlie’s doctors had to act ethically. The side effects were that Charlie would be smart for a little while
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riches by her gentleman. This viewpoint is not far from the woman in Ellen Kay’s poem‚ “Pathedy of Manners”. Specific references to name brands and luxuries are both emulated in these works. Kay uses the pretentious diction of the rich and alludes to specific references throughout the format of the poem to emphasize the girl’s loneliness and complacency at the end of her life. In “Pathedy of Manners”‚ Kay captures the aloofness and loss of talent of the main character with the esoteric and pretentious
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Assignment #3 - Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices February 11‚ 2013 Ethics And Advocacy For Hr Pro- HRM 522 Assignment #3 - Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices 1. Discuss how the issues with the Arthur Anderson case may have played out differently if the Sarbanes-Oxley Act had been enacted in 1999. The provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act help minimize the likelihood of auditor failing to identify accounting irregularities by the following requirements:
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1. Yes‚ I believe that Professor Ramirez acted ethically because even though she didn’t report she to the student review board for plagiarism. Professor Ramirez did not accept her paper and gave her a zero on the assignment. Also‚ Professor Ramirez did talk to Kelly to try to understand why she plagiarized and it was clear that Kelly understood her wrongdoing and told Professor Ramirez that she wouldn’t do it again. Therefore‚ I think that she acted ethical. I personally think that reporting students
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Reflection paper: Is the nurse ethically obligated to tell the patient about the decline in his condition‚ or is the nurse ethically obligated to honor the parents’ wishes? One of the most difficult and challenging issues in the medical practice‚ when the patient is terminally ill or has a bad prognosis‚ and there is a debate between the caring family and the health care staff about telling or withholding the information. In order to respect the patient`s autonomous options‚ it is obligatory to
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Table Manners between China and America Manners reflect one’s personality. Table manners are art that reveals one’s culture. There are many table manners around the world. It is also necessary to learn more table manners because of the rapid process of globalization. Using utensils‚ eating gestures‚ and serving food are different between China and America. Frist‚ using the utensils is different between China and America. In the United States‚ people would like to put their plate on the table
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‘Good Manners And Right Conduct In The Office’ et to consider the impact that their words or actions will have on other people. In an attempt to be efficient and productive we take a few liberties with our manners at work. Perhaps‚ at one time‚ we apologetically said‚ "I’m sorry‚ we have to stop the discussion and move onto the next point." But now we blurt out‚ "Next!" or "Let’s get on with it‚ people!" While the intention may be the same‚ the degree of bluntness‚ or even rudeness‚ used nowadays
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