Of the six Principles in the AICPA Code (Responsibilities, The Public Interest, Integrity, Objectivity & Independence, Due Care, and Scope & Nature of Services) I believe the three most important are Responsibility, Integrity and Due Care. While most of the principles are inter-related it is the customer/ public that must be taken care of first and not our personal interests. To protect the client we must first understand the responsibilities as a CPA. “The overriding responsibility
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Violence to AICPA ET Section 91 Applicability: Paragraph .01 says the bylaws of the AICPA require members to comply with the Code of Professional Conduct. The introduction reads, "A member who departs from interpretations or rulings shall have the burden of justifying such departure in any disciplinary hearing." Paragraph .01 .2: Requirement: CPAs will not knowingly ask or allow anyone they have authority or control over to carry out on the CPA's behalf, paid or not, any act that would be prohibited
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INTRODUCTION In this memorandum, I will address the incentives that Michael Joseph and the E&Y audit team had in the AIG case. Joseph and the audit team violated the AICPA Code of Conduct, particularly for section 90 and section 101. In addition, Joseph violated the AICPA section 50 pretending that he had not talked to the audit team. INCENTIVES According to SEC, Michael Joseph should have know that PNC’s SPE (Special Purpose Entities) transactions were not in compliance with GAAP. Also, Joseph’s
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consider the Code of Conduct to be used as a platform of rules, or values, for CPAs while engaged in all types of assurance, non-assurance services, and should apply to all auditing functions in any given business environment, including government and non-for-profit companies. Furthermore, I feel the three key elements of the code that all CPAs should adhere to are the Integrity and Objectivity Rule, General Standards, and Acts Discreditable Rule. As a final point, could these codes of conducts also correlate
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law is not an option for the accounting department, so the decision needs to be evaluated carefully. Some of the laws that needs to be adhered to are Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2012 (SOX), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and the AICPA Code of Conduct. Marty and the accounting team have to come up with an ethical and legal solution for the shareholders. The SOX legislation was derived from such scandals as Worldcom, Tyco, and Enron. Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Mark Oxley
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type of taxes will have to pay and when will have to pay them? • What expenses can be claimed? • Is there any need to set up a business bank account and what happens if the company doesn’t? • Does the company need public liability insurance or Professional indemnity? What could be at risk if the company has a problem in a client’s office? • How do the track of money coming in and going
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confidence, stock prices and the yearly bonuses for management. Being back into a corner, the companies CFO, Terry Reed, has decided to book the 1.2 million in sales regardless of the laws and requirements provided by GAAP, SOX, and The AICPA Professional Code of Conduct. If Terry Reed does not comply with all laws and requirements of these accounting authorities, the company could face large enough penalties that will shut down the business for good such as Enron and WorldCom. 2001 marks a big year
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Ethics in Accounting Tonya Thompson Carlene Wilson Immediate Accounting ACC305 November 17, 2010 What is Ethics? Business ethics are moral values and principles that determine our conduct in the business world. Commercial ethics standards activities are needed; whether you have a single client or several business organizations. Ethics Standards can be applied to all aspects of business, from generation of an idea the sell of the particular
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superior. This movie portrays the idea that greed, an unethical behavior, is an acceptable behavior that business individuals must cultivate to increase their wealth. So what is ethics? According to Spiceland, Sepe, and Tomassini (2007), ethics is “a code or moral system that provides a criteria for evaluating what is right and wrong” (Spiceland, Sepe, and Tomassni, 2007). Deontological theories base morality on certain duties or obligations and claim that certain actions are right or wrong regardless
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Independence is perhaps one of the most important attributes of the public accountant. Before pursuing a course of action to resolve ethical dilemmas, a CPA may want to consult with legal counsel, applicable professional bodies, and appropriate firm or employer personnel. The AICPA[1] provides an ethics hotline to assist members in this and other ethics issues. Going through the case, one can see that there are a few breaches of some accounting rules and there is a dilemma about what exactly
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