How do the code of ethics of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners compliment each other? Institute of Internal Auditors Code of Ethics Link: http://www.theiia.org/guidance/standards-and-practices/professional-practices-framework/code-of-ethics/code-of-ethics---english/ Assoc
Marvin Braun had just been appointed vice president of the Great Basin Region of the Financial Services Corporation (FSC). The company provides check processing services for small banks. Read the full case and answer the required discussion questions. 1. From the standpoint of the company as a whole, should the Ashton pr
1. Explain at least 4 functions of management and give a "real" world example for each function: 2. Explain 2 types of planning...Who (what level) does each type of planning? 3. Explain 3 levels of management... 4. How does question 2 and 3 relate to each other? Give a "real" world example... 5. Define ethics:
Do you agree that society is intoxicated with technology? Does this pose special problems for business with respect to the ethics of technology? Will such intoxication blind people to ethical considerations?
1. On the basis of the above unaudited financial statements and the statement made by the loan officer, would the company qualify for the loan. 2. Last year Jurgen purchased and installed new, more efficient equipment to replace an older heat treating furnace. Jurgen had originally planned to sell the old equipment but found
I have to select an organization ethics issue. I also have to apply each of the six ethical decision-making steps to my issue and structure it so it has six distinct parts that correlate to the following items: a. Issue Clarification b. Stakeholder Analysis c. Values identification d. Issue Resolution e. Addressin
Why are ethics so important in the field of accounting?
What role does accounting play in business operations? How dependent do you think a business is on its accounting department? Why? Why are ethics so important in the field of accounting?
A 16 year old young man was diagnosed with Hodgins Disease and underwent a round of chemotherapy which left him weak and sick. He refused further chemo treatment. He and his parents traveled to Mexico for an herbal treatment called Hoxsey. The U.S. oncologists sought a court order to force him to have the chemo treatment
There was an article in the newspaper about a valedictorian whose speech was cut short because she began speaking about religion and proselytizing. One of the school administrators literally pulled the plug on the microphone to interrupt her valedictory speech. Were any ethics breached here? If so, who was "right" and who
In the 1980s and for most of the 1990's, the preponderance of ethical issues in a business setting involved discrimination or harm to the environment. Now fraudulent and dishonest conduct on the part of senior executives are capturing headlines and calling into question business ethics. Why is this trend occurring now? What
In a recent research study at Ohio State University, a professor found that even honest people, left to their own devices, will steal from their employers. In this study, the researchers gave financial services workers the opportunity to steal a small amount of money after participating in an after-work project for which the pay
There is a sheriff in Arizona who has reinstated such things as "chain gangs," and instead of piping MTV to them, they get shows like the "Andy Griffith Show", and "Little House on the Prairie." He also puts them in tents in the desert, makes them work, and dresses them in pink or in the old fashion prison stripes. Crime has d
One facet of group behavior that is often overlooked is the concept of "responsibility". Group polarization, groupthink, conformity, and other group decision concepts we've learned about and researched, help us understand the sway that others, particularly group leaders, can have on groups. Post an answer to the following quest
This was in the newspaper awhile ago, and I would like to know what you think: a graduating high school student was not permitted to walk in his graduation ceremony, and his high school diploma was withheld because he had violated the dress code for the graduation ceremony. He was wearing a bola tie instead of a regular tie.
I am doing research on the company Microsoft. I am supposed to identify the processes the organization uses to comply with SEC regulations. Please help as I am not understanding what to do.
In Fyodor Dostoyevsky's great novel, Crime and Punishment, the main character plots and carries out the murder of an old woman who has a considerable amount of money in her apartment. After killing her, he steals the money. He argues that 1) she is a malicious old woman, petty, cantankerous and scheming, useless to herself a
A company has called you for a reference regarding a former employee. You remember the employee as less than stellar. The dilemma is: Do you tell the truth and let the new company know that the worker is not competent, or do you withhold the whole truth and help the worker get the job?
What is a "principles approach to ethics"?
Do you think business ethics can and should be taught? Why or why not?
As a nurse, you are the last person to see Mr. Doe before he dies in hospital. You believe that he has become mentally incompetent in the last few hours and in that time he has rewritten his will. In the new will he viciously attacks each member of his adopted family and reveals that he actually was born a woman. He then cuts ev
I heard a story about some professional actors who were planted in press conferences during the last presidential campaign to pose questions to President Bush that were "staged" so that he had a prepared response. I do not know any other facts about this. Have any of you heard anything more on this? If so, what do you
A) Compare and contrast the Utilitarian and Kantian arguments for viewing privacy as a right. Note the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. B) Employees in the United States have less protection than anywhere else in the industrialized world. What protection is there? How do advocates of greater protection argue that th
Are ethics needed if we have laws to follow? It seems that without ethics, laws could not be created. Ethics provides the basis for a group of people to develop laws. In other words, they are not mutually exclusive. We need them both. given that, any company needs to have some code of ethics to follow. Otherwise, how wil
Why is ethics relevant in finance and accounting? Give an example.
Do you think that businesses are more ethical after the passing of the Sarbanes Oxley Act? What examples are there to support you answer?
1.The company you work for has made a decision that - although legal - adversely affects the environment. You feel strongly that the decision is wrong. Describe two actions you could take to try to change the decision. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each. 2. Consistent with its cost-based strategy, the company yo
It has been suggested that journalists are generally more liberal and CEO's are usually more conservative. Do you think this is true? Present your opinion on this issue and provide several examples of recent news events and their coverage that support your position.
Recently, there was a breach of ethics by some graduating dental students. On their electronic transcripts ten of them had forged a professor's (they looked over his shoulder to acquire his password) signature on clinical work which they had performed. Apparently they had performed the work, but never acquired the authorized s
A)Describe the factors that permit an employer to deny responsibility for workplace accidents. Under what circumstance is an employer´s liability limited but not alleviated? B)Discuss how the Utilitarian arguments, Kantian arguments, and justice arguments address the problem of discrimination. What features do the different