elements of the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and how these standards apply to financial‚ operational‚ and compliance audits‚ explain the effect that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002‚ and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) will have on audits of publicly traded companies‚ and discuss the additional requirements that are placed on auditors from this Act as well as the actions of the PCAOB. Auditing is the process by which economic events and processes are evaluated and
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leaves a company to work for a competitor‚ what types of knowledge would be ethical for the employee to share with the new employer and what types of knowledge would be unethical to share? Ethics is defined as the rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or group. (Bovee‚ Thrill and . 2007‚ pg 63) When an employee leaves one company to work for a competitor‚ they aren’t just taking their skills or qualifications with them. They are taking the knowledge of the previous company that they
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business ethics in the workplace. I have carefully analysed the range of moral issues and values that arose in the various business contexts. However‚ the three videos are used in my assignment were: - 1) MR ETHICAL VS MR UNETHICAL 2) Business Ethics: Resolving an Unethical Situation 3) BUSINESS ETHICS Note: - All the above mentioned topics are all you tube videos which I carefully studied‚ evaluated and gave my own perception of what I felt like was the most ethical and most moral thing to
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In today’s highly commercial world‚ one of the key objectives of starting a business is to make profit. While this might be true and important to every business‚ “most people believe that a business should not focus solely on profitability‚ but on the quality of products and services it offers to its customers”. This essay will discuss the various perspectives on the topic and will to a large extent agree with the view that businesses should not just focus on profit‚ by looking at customer desire
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The Unethical Behavior of Enron Enron‚ once the countries seventh-largest company according to the Fortune 500‚ is a good example of how greed and the desire for success can transform into unethical behavior. Good ethics in business would be to compete fairly and honestly‚ to communicate truthfully and to not cause harm to others. These are things that Enron did not seem to display‚ which led to Enron’s operations file for bankruptcy in 2001. Enron’s scandal has become one of the most talked
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Effect of Unethical Behavior in Accounting When describing accounting‚ it can be defined‚ as a type of method used to provide information with regards to the financial position of a company or an organization. The information provided to investors is imperative because it provides the investor with valuable information that can lead to their determination as to whether they should decide to invest or not to invest in a specific organization. Consequently‚ because of unethical practices and behaviors
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: Impact of Unethical Behavior The impact of unethical behavior is wide spread‚ and does unimaginable damage to people‚ and business alike. The results of unethical behavior on the grandest scale would be Enron‚ Tyco‚ and Global Crossing‚ or WorldCom. Greed led to accounting abuses‚ cover ups and every day people becoming whistle blowers. Manipulating financial reports is illegal and unethical because the financial records are supposed to show the
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Individual Research Project Part VI 2/15/13 Wal-Mart‚ is one of the biggest well know companies in the United States and in the world since 1962 when founder Sam Walton created Wal-Mart. It has been the place where a lot of people usually do their shopping for the low prices and variety of products. This is why it is so controversial Wal-Mart continues to grow even with the accusations of unethical business practices. Wal-Mart has been accused of sexual discrimination and unfair pay for employees‚
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Impacts of Unethical Behavior Adam S. Wilcox XACC/280 5/9/2012 Angelia Hunter Impacts of Unethical Behavior The collapse of Enron in 2001 shed the light on a number of unethical business and accounting practices in the corporate world. In 1986 Enron CEO Kenneth Lay combined his Houston Natural Gas company with several other companies. At this time the company began growing exponentially. By the mid-1990’s the deregulation of the oil and gas industries allowed Enron to spend
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costs an organization faces. While companies routinely keep track of various costs such as supplies and payroll‚ few take into consideration how much employee turnover will cost them: Ernst & Young estimates it costs approximately $120‚000 to replace 10 professionals. According to research done by Sibson & Company‚ to recoup the cost of losing just one employee a fast food restaurant must sell 7‚613 combo meals at $2.50 each. Employee turnover costs companies 30 to 50% of the annual salary of
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