Ethical Dilemmas In Accounting

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  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethical Issues in Accounting John Blake, Catherine Gowthorpe, 2005-06-20 Ethical Issues in Accounting offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction for students and teachers of business studies and accountancy as well as the practicing accountant. The book covers the ethical implications of several aspects of accounting: * ethics and taxation * creative accounting * ethics in accounting regulation * ethical dilemmas in the public sector * whistleblowing * various aspects of social accounting, including environmental accounting. The fitness of the accounting profession as guardians of accounting and auditing ethics is also discussed in detail.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethical Issues in the Practice of Accounting W. Steve Albrecht, 1992
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting and Business Ethics Ken McPhail, Diane Walters, 2009-06-02 Despite the enormous impact of various accounting scandals on the accounting profession, the general malaise amongst the profession more broadly, and the significant legislative and institutional reforms that have taken place as a result, there are still surprisingly few textbooks on accounting ethics. This concise introductory text takes a broad view of ethics and accounting, taking into account contemporary social trends, such as globalization and terrorism. Rather than delineating codes of professional conduct, this text pushes the reader towards an understanding of the nature of ethical dilemmas and the factors that influence the ways in which accountants frame ethical questions. The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on developing thinking about the different kinds of ethical questions that could be posed in relation to accounting. The second part focuses more explicitly on accounting practice, exploring the ethical function of accounting in relation to the market economy, ethics in relation to the accounting profession, and the ethics of the international accounting harmonization project. Accounting and Business Ethics is a compact introduction aimed at both students and practitioners who want to understand more about the ethics of accounting.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Ronald F. Duska, Brenda Shay Duska, Kenneth Wm. Kury, 2018-11-28 A trusted resource on the complex ethical questions that define the accounting profession An accountant’s practice depends on making difficult decisions. To achieve the best results, individual accountants and accounting firms need a clear understanding of the ethical duties and decision-making involved in the four major functions of modern accounting—auditing, management accounting, tax accounting, and consulting—as well as a strong sense of ethical conduct to guide the certification and validation of reliable financial records. Now in its third edition, Accounting Ethics is a thorough and engaging exploration of the ethical issues that accountants encounter in their professional lives. Since the publication of the first edition in 2002, Accounting Ethics has become an indispensable resource for accounting courses and certification programs worldwide, known for its focus on real-world application, practical advice, reader-friendly guidance, and its insight into the effects of global change on the profession. Together with coverage of the contemporary regulatory environment—including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act—this revised edition features expanded pedagogical resources such as new end-of-chapter case studies and discussion questions, and includes the updated AICPA Code of Conduct. Concise and dependable, Accounting Ethics sustains its reputation as an authoritative resource for practicing accountants, new professionals, students of accounting, and those who are considering the profession.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: The BBDE Health Center Jason C. Porter, Darryl J. Woolley, 2017 Recent accounting scandals have emphasized the need to consider ethics in a wide variety of accounting scenarios. The typical focus in accounting ethics education, however, is on the creation and assurance of the financial statements. While this focus is understandable, it ignores the many other ethical dilemmas that accountants face on a daily basis. This case attempts to widen this focus by examining an ethical dilemma faced by a young controller as part of his daily responsibilities. More specifically, the case adapts a real scenario to help students consider the ethical issues behind excessive reimbursements, using company resources to benefit family members, and theft of resources. The case also provides opportunities to talk with students about reporting ethical violations and about the pressures individuals feel to conform to the status quo.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Philip G. Cottell, Terry M. Perlin, 1990-06-22 Written for professional and aspiring accountants, this book addresses the specific ethical issues that accountants are often obliged to resolve in the context of their work. The authors, an accountant and an ethicist, take a case-based, pragmatic approach to the subject, examining real life dilemmas often faced in the practice of accountancy. Each chapter investigates a specific issue, such as whistle-blowing or the implications of independence, and includes several case studies that put the theoretical analysis into practical perspective. Throughout, Cottell and Perlin seek to go beyond the codes of professional behavior to confront the subtle personal, corporate, and governmental pressures that make ethical decision making difficult. In an era in which accountants have been tried publicly for aiding in corporate fraud, Accounting Ethics provides a careful and welcome exploration of the moral issues faced almost daily by professionals in the field. Following an introductory chapter that raises fundamental questions about accountability, the authors analyze and interpret the three different systems from which ethical considerations are born--deontologism, utilitarianism, and ethical realism. Subsequent chapters examine particular types of conflicts. Among the topics that receive extended treatment are moral conflicts within the firm, the issue of independence, whistle-blowing as an option, legal requirements and ethical duties, difficulties in relationships among professionals, questions of sexual difference and discrimination, and accounting's responsibility to society. Specialized jargon is kept to a minimum, making this an excellent resource for anyone practicing or considering a career in the accounting profession.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Michael Pakaluk, Mark Cheffers, 2011 Discusses in detail the many accounting scandals involving AIG in a case study format. Examines key concepts associated with ethics for accountants, including virtues, personal responsibility, the link between rules and principles, and professionalism. Outlines three high-profile ethics cases involving Enron, WorldCom and Lehman Brothers, along with 10 cases drawn from everyday accounting practice. Concludes with a discussion of how a student or practitioner can continue to grow in ethics and as a professional.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethics in Accounting Gordon Klein, 2015-12-17 ETHICS in ACCOUNTING Did you Know? This book is available as a Wiley E-Text. The Wiley E-Text is a complete digital version of the text that makes time spent studying more efficient. Course materials can be accessed on a desktop, laptop, or mobile device—so that learning can take place anytime, anywhere. A more affordable alternative to traditional print, the Wiley E-Text creates a flexible user experience: ✓ Access on-the-go ✓ Search across content ✓ Highlight and take notes ✓ Save money! The Wiley E-Text can be purchased in the following ways: Via your campus bookstore: Wiley E-Text: Powered by VitalSource® ISBN 978-1-118-93904-8 Directly from: www.wiley.com/college/klein
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Ronald F. Duska, Brenda Shay Duska, Kenneth Wm. Kury, 2018-09-19 A trusted resource on the complex ethical questions that define the accounting profession An accountant’s practice depends on making difficult decisions. To achieve the best results, individual accountants and accounting firms need a clear understanding of the ethical duties and decision-making involved in the four major functions of modern accounting—auditing, management accounting, tax accounting, and consulting—as well as a strong sense of ethical conduct to guide the certification and validation of reliable financial records. Now in its third edition, Accounting Ethics is a thorough and engaging exploration of the ethical issues that accountants encounter in their professional lives. Since the publication of the first edition in 2002, Accounting Ethics has become an indispensable resource for accounting courses and certification programs worldwide, known for its focus on real-world application, practical advice, reader-friendly guidance, and its insight into the effects of global change on the profession. Together with coverage of the contemporary regulatory environment—including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act—this revised edition features expanded pedagogical resources such as new end-of-chapter case studies and discussion questions, and includes the updated AICPA Code of Conduct. Concise and dependable, Accounting Ethics sustains its reputation as an authoritative resource for practicing accountants, new professionals, students of accounting, and those who are considering the profession.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: The Routledge Handbook of Accounting Ethics Eileen Z. Taylor, Paul F. Williams, 2020-12-29 The perspective of this book is to present ethics as a conversation about how we decide what is good or bad, right or wrong. It is a collection of conversations employed by educators to assist accounting students in developing their understanding of accounting's ethical aspects and to help them develop into critical thinkers who consider the ethical complexities of the function of accounting in human society. Because we are social beings, ethics is a central human concern, since it involves determining the ethicality of human actions and their effect on other individuals, as well as determining the collective societal acceptance or rejection of an action. Thus, the book’s primary goal is to call attention to the intersectionality of accounting and ethics and to encourage students and researchers to consider the ethical implications of accounting decisions. The book contains a diversity of perspectives within which discussions of accountants' and accounting's ethical responsibilities may occur. The contributing authors were deliberately chosen for their diverse perspectives on whence moral guidance for accounting may come. Each chapter stands on its own and represents the thinking of its authors. The book is not a primer on correct behavior for accountants but a place where educators may spur the conversation along.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Education Alberto J. Costa, Margarida M. Pinheiro, 2021-06-03 Accounting education ought to prepare future professionals to enter a principles-based, rules-oriented field of activity wherein technical knowledge of accounting standards (principles, rules and decision procedures) and ethical awareness (the capacity to discern moral issues and resolve ethical dilemmas) are crucial. Accounting education is best performed by the accountant’s adherence to the principles of the accounting profession and by individuals and firms following the appropriate rules, act according to the codes of conduct adopted by their profession, exercise clear judgment whenever they address financial transactions and consider/assess the state of a given business. Accounting Ethics Education: Making Ethics Real gathers a diversity of contributions from invited well-known experts and other specialists. It promotes comprehensive reflection around key trends, discussing and highlighting the most updated research on accounting ethics education, being an essential and useful reference in the field. In the performance of accounting tasks, the accountant should be educated and supported in the skills development and habit formation to solve accounting problems, recognize moral issues and resolve ethical dilemmas that will be encountered in their special tasks. Also, this book provides a moral map for identifying and acting on values when difficult situations arise. Examining multiple perspectives, the book improves the scholarly debate by providing cutting-edge and insightful research vital for all those interested and immersed in these matters. It will be of great value to academics, students, researchers and professionals in the fields of accounting, accounting education and ethics.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Education Margarida Pinheiro, Alberto Costa, 2020-11-04 Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values gathers a diversity of contributions from invited, well-known experts. It promotes a comprehensive reflection around how ethics can and should be taught to accounting students, discussing and highlighting the most updated research on accounting ethics education, and it is an essential reference in the field. The subject of accounting ethics education is critical to foster ethical awareness that may prevent the way in which one acts or behaves, especially towards others. The point is that accounting education cannot exist without ethical education and accountants must be technically proficient and ethically sensible since ethical behavior is vital to the status and credibility of the accountancy profession. And this sensibility must be developed while the future professional is still cultivating his or her moral and intellectual structure within the school learning environment: character and practical reasoning are crucial because they include not only knowledge of rules and principles, and their correct application but also values and virtues. Examining multiple perspectives, Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values advances the scholarly debate by providing cuttingedge and insightful research vital for all those interested and immersed in these matters. It begins with a historical perspective of accounting ethics education and continues by exploring challenges, opportunities and developments in the area. It will be of great value to academics, students, researchers and professionals in the fields of accounting, accounting education and ethics.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Iris Stuart, Bruce Stuart, Lars J. T. Pedersen, 2014-09-23 Balancing both technical proficiency and ethical sensibility, Accounting Ethics provides a decision model approach to accounting, aiding both student comprehension and supporting the instructor in emphasizing the key elements of the decision process that shapes the technically and ethically competent professional accountant. Includes a decision model which guides students through the process of ethical decision making. Emphasizes the individual accountant’s decision making on both technical and ethical matters. Provides a focus on technical competencies and teaches students how to apply their knowledge through the provision of exercises and cases. Author team includes a blend of skills and experience: a philosopher, an accountant and an expert in business ethics. Strong pedagogical framework that includes study questions, review lists of chapter ‘take-ways’, and review checklists of key ideas. Provides an international perspective on fraud issues.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethics for Accountants and Auditors Louise Kretzschmar, Korien Sander, Jaques Siebrits, Paul Vorster, 2019 Ethics for Accountants and Auditors offers an introduction to ethical value systems and ethical theories that are relevant to the accounting and auditing profession. The text combines theory and practical application to equip students and practitioners with the tools to deal with various ethical dilemmas. The book is suited for graduate and postgraduate teaching, managerial training and the ethical orientation of members of accounting and auditing professional associations.--Publisher's description.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics: Empirical studies of accounting ethics J. Edward Ketz, 2005-12-15 For years accounting ethics has been viewed as an unimportant adjunct of academic and professional accounting. However, the economic scandals of the early twenty-first century have dramatically nullified this characterisation, with the ruination of investors in Enron, WorldCom, Waste Management, Aldelphia, Tyco and scores of other business concerns raising questions about the adequacy and relevance of academic research into accounting ethics, as well as the ethical nature of professional parties. Presenting important papers that reassess these theories, research studies and professional practices in the field of accounting ethics, this collection scrutinizes the body of knowledge that did not protect the investing public, and examines the current crisis in the creditability of financial reports.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics: Theories of accounting ethics and their dissemination J. Edward Ketz, 2006 The ruination of investors in Enron, WorldCom, Waste Management, Aldelphia, Tyco and scores of other business concerns has raised questions about the adequacy and relevance of academic research into accounting ethics, as well as the ethical nature of professional parties. This research collection includes important papers from key journals and books that reassess theories, research studies, and professional practices in the field of accounting ethics. In addition to examining the current crisis in the creditability of financial reports, many of the papers here work toward developing a body of knowledge that will protect the investing public in the future.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethical Issues in the Context of Earnings Management Philip Heinz, Chris Patel, Andreas Hellmann, 2014 Ethical issues in the context of earnings management have been increasingly recognized as an important and controversial topic in accounting research. Prior literature has largely focused on this topic in Anglo-American countries. This research monograph focuses specifically on Germany, a country in which ethical issues in accounting have not been rigorously examined. Based on an evaluation of prior research, the monograph provides some theoretical and methodological suggestions to guide research on the controversial topics of accountants' professional judgments and earnings management. Further, the influence of two relevant personality variables on professional accountants' ethical judgments on earnings management is examined. The two personality variables selected, namely Construal of Self and Regulatory Focus Theory, provide sharper insights into accountants' judgments at individual levels. This book also examines holier-than-thou perception bias among professional accountants and accounting students. Holier-than-thou perception bias refers to individuals perceiving themselves as being more ethical than their peers. This bias is an important issue in accounting contexts because it may foster an unethical organizational culture. Finally, the research monograph examines accountants' judgments on whistle-blowing in the context of earnings management. Whistle-blowing as an internal control mechanism is useful in revealing illegal, immoral, or illegitimate practices such as earnings management. This research monograph contributes to accounting research by examining these ethical issues from various perspectives and by providing holistic insights incorporating literature from multiple disciplines such as history, sociology, psychology, and philosophy. The findings of this research monograph have implications for accounting ethics research, accounting firms, and accounting education. The findings also have implications for convergence in accounting and may be of interest for global standard-setters such as the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) and the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Information Systems Leslie Turner, Andrea B. Weickgenannt, Mary Kay Copeland, 2020-01-02 Accounting Information Systems provides a comprehensive knowledgebase of the systems that generate, evaluate, summarize, and report accounting information. Balancing technical concepts and student comprehension, this textbook introduces only the most-necessary technology in a clear and accessible style. The text focuses on business processes and accounting and IT controls, and includes discussion of relevant aspects of ethics and corporate governance. Relatable real-world examples and abundant end-of-chapter resources reinforce Accounting Information Systems (AIS) concepts and their use in day-to-day operation. Now in its fourth edition, this popular textbook explains IT controls using the AICPA Trust Services Principles framework—a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand framework of IT controls—and allows for incorporating hands-on learning to complement theoretical concepts. A full set of pedagogical features enables students to easily comprehend the material, understand data flow diagrams and document flowcharts, discuss case studies and examples, and successfully answer end-of-chapter questions. The book’s focus on ease of use, and its straightforward presentation of business processes and related controls, make it an ideal primary text for business or accounting students in AIS courses.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethics and Sustainability in Accounting and Finance, Volume I Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt, 2019-01-14 This book discusses recent developments relating to ethical and sustainable issues in accounting & finance. Accounting is often seen as a technical discipline that records, classifies and reports financial transactions. However, since the financial information produced concerns all interest groups both within and outside the enterprise, accounting also has social characteristics and involves multi-faceted duties and responsibilities. As such, in addition to basic principles and accepted rules and standards in the field, this book focuses on the ethical aspects and fundamentals of this profession that accountants should also take into consideration, as this is the only way to build and preserve society’s confidence in accounting and increase its social credibility.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accountants' Truth Matthew Gill, 2009-06-25 Accounting is the language of business, increasingly standardized across the world through powerful global firms. This ethnographic study shows how decisions and judgements are actually reached, exploring the links between technical knowledge, professional judgement, and ethics.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse Marianne M. Jennings, 2006-08-22 Do you want to make sure you · Don't invest your money in the next Enron? · Don't go to work for the next WorldCom right before the crash? · Identify and solve problems in your organization before they send it crashing to the ground? Marianne Jennings has spent a lifetime studying business ethics---and ethical failures. In demand nationwide as a speaker and analyst on business ethics, she takes her decades of findings and shows us in The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse the reasons that companies and nonprofits undergo ethical collapse, including: · Pressure to maintain numbers · Fear and silence · Young 'uns and a larger-than-life CEO · A weak board · Conflicts · Innovation like no other · Belief that goodness in some areas atones for wrongdoing in others Don't watch the next accounting disaster take your hard-earned savings, or accept the perfect job only to find out your boss is cooking the books. If you're just interested in understanding the (not-so) ethical underpinnings of business today, The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse is both a must-have tool and a fascinating window into today's business world.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Howard J. Levine, 2021-12 Written by a CPA with extensive real-world experience, the book includes:¿a summary of each ethical issue, with real-world problems relating to the topics discussed;¿cases that illustrate how others behaved when faced with an ethical dilemma;¿ethical standards for public and private accountants;¿a discussion of ethics in tax practice; ¿a review of California laws and regulations;¿end-of-chapter questions and cases to clarify and reinforce concepts;¿AND MUCH MORE
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Giving Voice to Values Mary C. Gentile, 2010-08-24 How can you effectively stand up for your values when pressured by your boss, customers, or shareholders to do the opposite? Drawing on actual business experiences as well as on social science research, Babson College business educator and consultant Mary Gentile challenges the assumptions about business ethics at companies and business schools. She gives business leaders, managers, and students the tools not just to recognize what is right, but also to ensure that the right things happen. The book is inspired by a program Gentile launched at the Aspen Institute with Yale School of Management, and now housed at Babson College, with pilot programs in over one hundred schools and organizations, including INSEAD and MIT Sloan School of Management. She explains why past attempts at preparing business leaders to act ethically too often failed, arguing that the issue isn’t distinguishing what is right or wrong, but knowing how to act on your values despite opposing pressure. Through research-based advice, practical exercises, and scripts for handling a wide range of ethical dilemmas, Gentile empowers business leaders with the skills to voice and act on their values, and align their professional path with their principles. Giving Voice to Values is an engaging, innovative, and useful guide that is essential reading for anyone in business.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethical Issues in Accounting John Blake, Catherine Gowthorpe, 2005-06-20 Ethical Issues in Accounting offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction for students and teachers of business studies and accountancy as well as the practicing accountant. The book covers the ethical implications of several aspects of accounting: * ethics and taxation * creative accounting * ethics in accounting regulation * ethical dilemmas in the public sector * whistleblowing * various aspects of social accounting, including environmental accounting. The fitness of the accounting profession as guardians of accounting and auditing ethics is also discussed in detail.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Development in Judging Moral Issues James R. Rest, 1992
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting Cynthia Jeffrey, 2004-09-17 High-quality research and case studies that focus on the professional responsibilities of accountants and how they deal with the ethical issues they face. This series features articles on a broad range of important and timely topics, including professionalism, social responsibility, ethical judgment, and accountability.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethical issues in controllers' work Alexander Moßhammer, 2018-08-30 Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich BWL - Controlling, Note: 2,00, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (Institut für Organisation und Lernen - Bereich Management Accounting), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Since managers were confronted with the problem of governing extensively extended organizations by some facile mechanisms, instruments and other means, they constituted the professional area of controlling. The main objective of controlling thereby should be to govern and direct organizations and their business actions by financial as well as non-financial information. Because of its easier interpretability financial information until now is still considered as the fundamental instrument of corporate governance, however, non-financial information nowadays is more and more considered with increasing importance. Although this conception of numerical leadership seems to be an innovation nobody in the 21st century wants to miss anymore, it has also a downside. As numerous, more or less grave incidents within the last decades give evidence, sole numerical leadership by the usage of operating numbers and driven by the endeavour of profit maximization regularly comes in conflict with ethical and moral behaviour. At least since the Enron scandal in 2001, which illustrates the absolute worst case of unethical behaviour in controlling and auditing and which is responsible for the loss of billions of dollars as well as thousands of jobs, the society became aware of the hazards that come along with unethical controlling techniques. This case study is tied to this critical approach to controlling and endeavours to show some conflicting points where controlling, driven by the objective of profit maximization, leads to unethical and/or even hazardous behaviour. Taking this deliberation one step further we also try to show possible solutions to prevent or alleviate such unethical behaviour and make a critical appraisal of them. Furthermore we will focus on how ethical values should be educated to ensure conformity of managers’ future business decisions with ethical values. In a last step we endeavour to show, that the conception of ethical behaviour itself constitutes not an absolute measure for assessing economical behaviour. Ethical behaviour is rather a relative way of thinking than an absolute one i.e. what is ethical for one part does not need to be considered as ethical for the other part. Thus it is important to know that there exist some points of view from which controllers’ unethical behaviour may be considered as ethically correct.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants International Federation of Accountants, 1998
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethics for Accountants and Auditors Deon Rossouw, 2006 How can one apply professional codes of conduct to grey areas of ethical conduct in the workplace? What is the relationship between ethics and the law? What process, if any, can one follow in reaching resolutions to difficult moral dilemmas? Ethics for Accountants and Auditors is the first book designed to be in line with the requirements on applied ethics as outlined in the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants education requirements for Part I of the Qualifying Examination (revised 2005). It contains pertinent introductions to the underlying principles that define and shape ethics, influential theories which provide philosophical insights into ethics, and a step-by-step guide to ethical decision-making. These concepts are then applied to the world of business and professional ethics. Written in plain language by respected academics and practitioners in the fields of accounting, auditing, and ethics.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Ethics Ronald F. Duska, Brenda Shay Duska, Julie Anne Ragatz, 2011-04-18 This useful text offers a comprehensive understanding of ethics in accounting, as well as an examination of and recommendations for solving the current crisis in this field.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting Cynthia Jeffrey, 2011-06-01 Focuses on the professional responsibilities of accountants and how they deal with the ethical issues they face. This title features articles on a range of important topics, including professionalism, social responsibility, ethical judgment, and accountability.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Satyadas Bimala Kara, 2006 Exploring truth, falsehood, and everything in between.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Business and Professional Ethics for Accountants Leonard J. Brooks, 2000 This text focuses on practical development of the skills needed to deal with ethical issues specific to accounting. Interesting, real-world situations provide readers with an understanding of appropriate values, ethical pitfalls, applicable codes of conduct, and sound ethical reasons where codes do not apply. The text can be used alone or with any traditional accounting text as each chapter stands alone.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Research Methods in Accounting Malcolm Smith, 2003-05-27 Providing a clear and concise overview of the conduct of applied research studies in accounting, Malcolm Smith presents the principal building blocks of how to implement research in accounting and related fields.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Accounting Theory Jayne Maree Godfrey, Allan Hodgson, Scott Holmes, 1997
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: What Do You Do Now? David Molyneaux, 2008
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Business and Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives & Accountants Leonard J. Brooks, 2010 Business and Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives and Accountants, 5/e, International Edition delivers an insider's look at actual companies in the face of a wide range of ethical dilemmas. Providing real-world examples of ethical issues in the workplace, this accounting text gives you insight into the development of sound patterns of behavior on the part of directors, executives, and accountants. Current cases and key readings provide an interesting, challenging, and practical learning experience.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: The Ethical Organisation Alan Kitson, Robert Campbell, 1996 This new textbook is the first to address the needs of students of business ethics and strategic management, as well as practising managers interested in analysing and responding to the many ethical challenges facing modern organisations. Business ethics is a fashionable growth area and The Ethical Organisation employs a rigorous approach to the analysis of difficult issues and problems through an exposition and application of applied ethical theories. It incorporates recent papers and European case studies from the field of business ethics and concludes with a discussion of ethics and the individual manager.
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Understanding Business Ethics Peter A. Stanwick, Sarah D. Stanwick, 2015-09-16 Filled with real-world case studies and examples of ethical dilemmas, Understanding Business Ethics, Third Edition prepares students and managers alike to make ethical decisions in today’s complex, global environment. Bestselling authors Peter A. Stanwick and Sarah D. Stanwick explain the fundamental importance of ethical leadership, decision making, and strategic planning while examining emerging trends in business ethics such as the developing world, human rights, environmental sustainability, and technology. In addition to presenting information related to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the text’s 26 real-world cases profile a variety of industries, countries, and ethical issues in a way that is relevant and meaningful to students’ lives. The Third Edition features new cases from well-known companies such as Disney and General Motors, new coverage of emerging topics such as big data and social media, expanded coverage of corporate social responsibility, and more. Using an applied approach, this text helps students understand why and how business ethics really do matter!
  ethical dilemmas in accounting: Ethical Obligations and Decision-Making in Accounting Executive Director Steven Mintz, Roselyn Morris, 2010-10-07
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