Running head: ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Organizational Ethics in Accounting: A Comparison of Utilitarianism and Christian Deontological Principles Katherine Y. Masten A Senior Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation in the Honors Program Liberty University Spring 2012 1 ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Acceptance of Senior Honors Thesis This Senior Honors Thesis is accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from the Honors Program of Liberty University
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A Mini-Course in Ethics The Ethical Question is the question of the morality of free and responsible human conduct. It is the question of right‚ of wrong‚ and of duty‚ in man’s conscious and deliberate activity. The department of philosophy which answers this question is called Moral Philosophy or Ethics. This science grows out of the rest of philosophy. For when we have a philosophical grasp of the possibility of achieving certitude and of right formulas for reasoning out truth‚ then we are
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How Morrie’s and my life were affected by life circumstances Life is beautiful. We all love it and we want to get as much a pleasure from it as we can. However many unexpected things happened through our life and they impact us differently. Good things encourage us to go on‚ and bad things push us toward our life’s improvement. All together they give us life experience and knowledge. In the book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom‚ the author tells us about his professor’s
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Accounting numbers in business is a closely watched area these days largely in part to the bad financial decisions made by certain corporations. This all has happened over the past 10 years when large corporations were found to be fudging the numbers causing thousands and thousands of employees to lose everything when the company went under. The article chosen for this paper is about the importance of educating students on ethics in accounting. It was written by Susan Schott Karr in 2004‚ who frequently
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To what extent has Greece been Affected by Globalization‚ Socially‚ Politically‚ Environmentally‚ Economically and Culturally? (above is a picture of the Greek flag) Greece is a relatively small country situated in the Southern East part of Europe. It is made up of many different islands and is mostly surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. The picture on the right is the current flag of Greece. The capital of Greece is Athens‚ situated in the middle of the country and on the edge of the country’s
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Internet has continued to grow in popularity and use as a commercial and private communications medium. Millions of people throughout the world use the Internet in a variety of ways‚ ranging from personal conversations to on-line shopping. According to a survey compiled by Nua Ltd in 1999‚ the number of Internet users rose from 26 million in 1995 to 205 million in 1999‚ an increase of almost 700% (Nua Ltd)! With such an explosive increase‚ how then has the Internet affected us personally‚ and how has
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How has Technology Affected Senior Citizens in China? Original Over the last 30 years‚ China’s technology has developed rapidly‚ making life more and more convenient to many of its citizens. Mobile phones have helped to connect people all over China and computers have helped people to organize their work and share information easily. Owing to the length of time that they have spent on this Earth‚ senior citizens in China will have experienced two very different worlds‚ having seen first hand
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Essay Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics Date: August 9‚ 2012 Relevant Facts: Stewart retained services of Careful and Cautious‚ LLP to help with his legal help. Stewart told his attorney‚ James Careful‚ that he was behind 6 murders that happened in 2009. James called the police and reported the conversation that he had with his client‚ Stewart. Because of this‚ Stewart was arrested and put on trial and was found guilty of six counts of capital murder. Issue Presented: The
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to people and situations in my life. People may not be aware of care and justice ethics‚ but most scenarios fit into one of the two viewpoints. At the time I wasn’t able to fully understand how people with a justice viewpoint thought through things‚ but now I am able to understand their way of thinking more clearly. Care and justice ethics has affected my life in many ways and through this class I can now recognize and identify them. We learned through The Ethics of Care by Virginia Held that the
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How has stress affected your life? Stress has had a major impact on my life. The major stressors in my life are school‚ the home where I live and my Mom’s health. Stress related to school has affected my life. Firstly‚ assignments from my classes stress me out. For example this five paragraph essay has stressed me out. The stress of assignments has made it impossible to think straight so I end up making poor decisions like skipping classes. Secondly‚ the length between classes stresses me out. For
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