Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties The largest bankruptcy of a non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held
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RUNNING HEADER: LEGAL ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF COUNSELING Legal Ethical & Professional Issues in the Field of Counseling Legal Ethical and Professional Issues in Consultation What are the legal and ethical issues as it pertains to consultation? Legal issues are relevant in two areas‚ laws governing the practice of your profession and criminal and civil laws that either directly or indirectly impacts the counseling professional practice. Laws
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MGT 400 Sustainability: Ethical and Social Responsibility Dimensions Faculty: Case Study Henry Siegel Student: Allen Johnson National University December 12‚ 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Issues Raised 4 Textbook Questions 5 References 6 Introduction When making business decisions that impact the environment‚ there are often risks and issues that affect an organization. It is important to identify those issues and risks to promote sustainability.
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1 RIGHT‚ DUTY AND OBLIGATION/RESPONSIBILITY: A SEARCH FOR ETHICAL FUNDAMENTALS By Dr. Ani Casimir K.C 2 1) Introduction: Immanuel Kant gave philosophy four fundamental questions with which it is to concern itself and they are: (1) What can I know? ; (2) What is man?; (3) What can I hope for‚ and‚ (4) Finally‚ what ought I to do. The latter—‘what ought I to do?’ is the central subject of ethics‚or what is variously called moral philosophy or philosophy of morality. With the concepts
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Ethical Issues in Managerial Accounting HSBC ethical and legal scandal Overview HSBC is one of the largest financial institutions in the world‚ with over $2.5 trillion in assets‚ 89 million customers‚ 300‚000 employees‚ and 2011 profits of nearly $22 billion. HSBC has operations in over 80 countries‚ with hundreds of affiliates spanning the globe. Its parent corporation‚ HSBC Holdings‚ called “HSBC Group” is headquartered in London. Its key U.S. affiliate is HSBC Bank USA N.A. (HBUS)
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Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health and Social Care This essay will discuss the student’s role within a residential care home in relation to legal and ethical aspects of health and social care. The essay will be looking at legislation that is in place to protect both the residents and staff of the home which is run for the care of young children. This will also look at values and ethics and why they are important. This will then go on to discuss the student’s role as a support worker and their
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International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Unit 5 Individual Project ABSTRACT In this paper I will discuss environmental regulations and labor laws in place in Thailand and Singapore. This paper will show that while Singapore seems to have stricter environmental regulations in place in it’s country‚ the labor laws in Thailand seems to protect its citizens better with better work hour regulations and wage requirements. Singapore’s labor laws can stand to be revisited so as to keep the
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ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING (Fundamental legal aspect) American Nursing Association code of nursing ethics has a great impact in decision-making process in different situation nurse deal with in everyday life. In Marianne’s case she has no advance directive so the husband and kids are not sure what to do. The ANA recommends that the nurse obtain the advance health care directives during admission. The ANA support the clients right to self-determination and believes that nurses must
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Community Work Service with Adult Offenders Abstract The focus is on Community work service as an alternative sentencing. Community work service allows the offender to contribute to the community. This type of work can be considered a win-win situation‚ because the offenders provide the service and the community benefits from their work. There are all kinds of work activities for offenders. The points that are going to be addressed are: community work service‚ probation
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Final Project Outline and Annotated Bibliography Introduction I would like to discuss the ethical and legal concepts‚ including specific federal regulations‚ required of health care organizations to ensure delivery of high-quality health care that protects patient’s safety. The main reason that motivated me to select this topic is because I feel the urge to discuss the legal and ethical concepts of health care sectors so as to enlighten the people who are unfamiliar with such concepts. Moreover
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