Accounting Information Systems and Ethics Research: Review‚ Synthesis‚ and the Future Binod Guragai Nicholas Hunt Marc Neri University of North Texas and Eileen Z. Taylor * North Carolina State University eztaylor@ncsu.edu Abstract: This paper summarizes research at the intersection of accounting information systems (AIS) and ethics to call attention to significant gaps in the literature and to provide directions for future research. It reviews and synthesizes ethics research related to the major
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receipts. Expenditures are the decrease in cash assets to acquire goods or services necessary to operate. The conversion cycle is a continual process that uses information from the expenditure cycle to expense the company’s items produced (Marshall & Steinbart‚ 2006). The acquisition of external financing made to investors or lenders will stay within the financing cycle of accounting. Many companies will use financing to purchase fixed assets‚ which would relate these types of transactions to the company’s
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Smith‚ a devout member of the Saints Church‚ conveys his property‚ Blackacre‚ “to Romney so long as he remains a member of the Saints Church and if not then Smith may re-enter and reclaim Blackacre.” After several years‚ Romney‚ and several other members of the Saints Church‚ become disenchanted with the Saints Church’s teachings. Romney and the disenchanted members decided to form a new church. The new church‚ The Reformed Saints Church‚ severed all ties with the original Saints Church. Although
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‘Romney Killed My Wife’ In political races in the United States logical fallacies are a staple in political ads. The 2012 election was no exception to this convention‚ especially being true in an advertisement with ex-steel plant worker Joe Soptic‚ speaking in Obama-affiliated Political Action Committee Priorities. The advertisement included many logical fallacies to argue against the Romney campaign. Those include post hoc reasoning‚ ad hominem‚ and slippery slope. The advertisement consisted
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Presidential Election Essay 2012 Kristen Joles (final draft) “There is no quit in America.” says Obama. He says he is going to attack Romney during this election. The president‚ whom has been in office for the past four years‚ wants to stay in the White House for another term with his so called “changes” in the economy. Romney believes he is a leader who leads‚ not follows. He believes his “Five Point Plan” policies will lift the economy just as former president Reagan’s did. He hopes to
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restoration of America’s world dominance. Mitt Romney (2012 Republican Nominee and former Bain Capital CEO) took the podium during the Republican National Convention with the purpose of creating a sense of a brighter future for America. Romney had established his credibility‚ or ethos‚ prior to his Republican nomination by working at Bain Capital as CEO and later retiring from his position to help restore the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Romney became the
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Romney refers to the Oath of Office‚ which would be his “highest promise to God”‚ and although his God may not be the same as the god(s) of his constituents‚ it does not matter because he will serve “no one religion‚ no one group‚ no one cause‚ and no one interest” since it is the job of the president to serve “only the common cause of the United States” (Romney). Jefferson mentioned in “A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom” that people who forced their religion on others‚ or used their religion
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good things will come to our country and a lot of things will change. My view has only made me want Obama to win even more throughout this campaign. Just hearing all the things that Romney has been saying‚ and just the way he is‚ makes me want Obama to win even more. I feel like since the first debate‚ I thought Romney was too full of himself and rude. I don’t want someone like that in charge of the country I live in. I think that Obama will win this election. One reason why is because the United
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Flip-Flops Do Not Fit Politicians I am an independent voter‚ but even I can tell flip-flops and politicians do not go well together. As for presidential candidate Mitt Romney‚ one may need to second guess the correlation of the two. Extensive research of the two candidates running for presidency in the 2012 election led me to conclude Mitt Romney cannot be depended on to keep a definitive opinion‚ on how he plans to approach certain issues our nation faces. His character displays indecisiveness over and
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supporting his negative face because she is yielding (deference) to Romney by calling him by his title as “Governor”. In our society‚ I think it is safe to say that this type of speech is expected of Crowley because of her gender but also due to the formality of the debate. In this specific part she is using negative politeness and it is evident from the way she was supporting his negative face by calling him “Governor”. However‚ Romney completely diminishes her authority as moderator when he choses
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