McKesson HBOC Accused of Accounting Improprieties HBO (named for founders Huff‚ Barrington‚ and Owens) & Company was formed in November 1974. The company quickly made a name for itself by delivering cost-effective patient information and hospital data collection systems. Its premiere product‚ MEDPRO‚ was designed to be the most cost-effective system in the industry. MEDPRO helped hospital administrators track patient admissions‚ discharges‚ emergency room registrations‚ order communications and
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7. ETHICAL ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING "Accountants and the accountancy profession exist as a means of public service; the distinction which separates a profession from a mere means of livelihood is that the profession is accountable to standards of the public interest‚ and beyond the compensation paid by clients." —Robert H. Montgomery‚ describing ethics in accounting. Accounting ethics is primarily a field of applied ethics‚ the study of moral values and judgments as they apply
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Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices Arthur Andersen‚ one of the largest accounting firms in the United States‚ “a name that was synonymous with trust‚ integrity‚ and ethics” (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2011‚ p. 348)‚ through a loss of its founder Arthur Andersen‚ and change in its corporate culture resulting in many unethical business transactions that affected multitudes of primary stakeholders had to close its doors in 2002 after 90 years of business. In this report I
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Arthur Andersen LLP was found in Chicago‚ developed to become one of the “big five” largest accounting firm in the US. In 2003‚ after 90 years of business‚ the Chicago-based accounting firm was forced to close its doors because of accounting scandal I. The advent of consulting In the 1950s‚ Andersen began providing consulting services and over the next 30 years‚ Andersen’s consulting business became more profitable. With quick development of consulting sector‚ in 1999‚ Andersen separated
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Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties The largest bankruptcy of a non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held
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Ethical issues surrounding Wal-Mart Ronald L. Reeves Columbia Southern University Ethical issues surrounding Wal-Mart Sam Walton‚ founded Wal-Mart over forty years ago‚ where it started as a five-and-ten store in Bentonville‚ Arkansas (Stanwick & Stanwick‚ 2009). Since then it has become one of the largest retail stores in the world‚ with an estimated annual sales of close to $300 billion (Stanwick & Stanwick‚ 2009). His business philosophy was to provide low prices to its customers everyday
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Auditing 300 Semester 1‚ 2012 Assessment one: Individual report Ethical issues in auditing Executive Summary This report provides an analysis of dealing with professional and ethical issues when offering auditing services. It gives a brief decision-making process model by first identifying the key issues and relevant standards involved in the case and then combining theories with reality and giving a short conclusion and some recommendations at the end. 1.0 Introduction Ethical
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Nurses make legal and ethical decisions when caring for patients; decisions that need to be made carefully because the decisions could possibly change a patients ’ life. There are theories to explain how to problem solve ethically and the theories are not based on emotion (Guido‚ 2006). This paper will discuss the relationship between legal and ethical issues and ethical theories‚ examples will be provided. Ethics can be described as principles and standards that are a guide to conduct used to elevate
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AVOIDING ETHICAL IMPROPRIETY: PROBLEMS OF DUAL ROLE RELATIONSHIPS INTRODUCTION While the primary role of a therapist is to provide counseling services‚ therapists often assume further professional roles related to their special knowledge and training. For example‚ they may be consultants‚ expert witnesses‚ supervisors‚ authors‚ or teachers. As private persons‚ therapists also assume nonprofessional roles. They may be parents‚ football coaches‚ consumers‚ members of the PTA‚ friends‚ sexual partners
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In the present world legal and ethical issues have major impact in almost all the professions. It occurs when a professional/organization executes something against the law. Legal issues have a specific law behind them which will result in legal consequences if you don’t obey. It simply goes along the law it concern to anything arising from law or counter legal arguments. Ethical Issues are acts that you fell wrong but not against the law though it’s not illegal.
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