In their career paths, auditors and accountants face numeric ethical issues related to greed, corruption, and collusion. They might unavoidably receive bribery offers, such as money, gifts, or property, to induce them to betray their duties. CPAs may be rewarded a commission fee for advertising goods and services. Accounting professionals may be given contingent fees based on the deliverables for their clients. From AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, major principles that might be violated are integrity
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If you are going into business, the smart move is almost always to form a business entity to protect you from lawsuits. If you take this step, you need to get a tax identification number for the entity. Let's face it. There is a certain amount of legal risk if you go into business for yourself. You need only watch the news or read the paper to see all kinds of scary lawsuits and judgments. Hey, we all remember the jury that awarded three million dollars to the women who said her McDonalds coffee
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The type of agreement from informants is essentially a deal between law enforcement investigators and the potential suspect. The investigators permit the informant to avoid criminal liability in exchange for their information on criminal activities. In any case of informants, “snitching” is generally referred to individuals who give information to police in agreement for exemption for their own crimes. The criminal informant is able to obtain special circumstances because they are involved in the
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For many years the mines on Putney Mountain were successful employing several hundred men to bring out tons of coal. One summer night a supervisor made a wrong decision to use a car without brakes to haul extra coal to boost his production. Instead, a tragic accident was caused when the car ran off the tracks causing a cave in and a gas explosion killing several dozen men. Unable to get workers, the company removed their equipment, and abandoned the mines. Within weeks many families moved to Charleston
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If one looks at the benefits that can be gained by a nonprofit organization to voluntary comply with Sarbanes-Oxley one can make the case that by not doing so the nonprofit is putting themselves at a disadvantage. Nonprofit organization that do not hold themselves to the same standard as their for-profit peers run the risk being perceived as having something to hide and possibly lose the trust of their communities. Nonprofits, by using an independent and competent audit committees, would be able
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Wyndham Worldwide Settles with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) A long drawn out lawsuit between Wyndham Worldwide and the FTC is finally done. The Wall Street Journal states that the corporation ‘failed to provide reasonable cyber security protections for its customer data.’ Unlike typical deals of this nature, Wyndham was not required to pay any financial penalties and is not liable for any of the violations. Therefore, the main takeaway from the settlement is the emphasis on protecting consumer
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6/21/06 5:18 PM Page 214 CHAPTER 8 ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF ORGANIZATIONS INTRODUCTION In the third quarter of 2002, the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C., think tank, estimated that the corporate scandals that began with the Enron debacle in late 2000 would cost the U.S. economy $35 billion. That is the equivalent of a $10 increase per barrel of oil.1 It is, in a word, staggering. And we may not have seen the end of it. Long before Enron’s collapse, a number of business ethicists
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mistake of reporting false information; the SEC charged Arthur Andersen with obstruction of justice, as the organization was found guilty of falsifying documents relating to Enron’s financial records. Actions to Prevent the Organizational Failure Leadership within Arthur Andersen had several options available to prevent the organization from failing. First, a code of conduct should have been developed and implemented, requiring all employees to abide by this code. Additionally, the company should have
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CASE 1.1 Enron Corporation John and Mary Andersen immigrated to the United States from their native Norway in 1881. The young couple made their way to the small farming community of Plano, Illinois, some 40 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Over the previous few decades, hundreds of Norwegian families had settled in Plano and surrounding communities. In fact, the aptly named Norway, Illinois, was located just a few miles away from the couple’s new hometown. In 1885, Arthur Edward Andersen
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Washington, D.C.. (Sandrick, 1995). This I consider a natural and healthy progression, by gradually moving out of his personal comfort area (finance) he had the opportunity to grow and develop. As leaders, and that is what we are talking about leadership, we have to be able grasp concepts normally no withing our expertise arena. The way to accomplish this is to “wade into the unknown waters”. Mr. Tong did not just jump in. The “wading” allowed him to pick up valuable information required to make
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