Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession Abstract This paper outlines the ethical dilemmas that an accountant faces when presented with any given project. In this case‚ Daniel Potter‚ a staff accountant‚ is presented with an auditing assignment where he is forced to make the decision to either follow the orders of his immediate authority or the ethical guidelines set forth by auditors. Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession In the case The Dilemma of an Accountant
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Why Are Ethics Important In The Accounting Profession? Sheree Fletcher CE CAPSTONE COURSE FOR THE ASSOCIATES DEGREE IDS399 September 10‚ 2006 What does ethics have to do with accounting? Everything‚ since there have been some recent financial accounting scandals; a few examples being Xerox‚ WorldCom‚ Enron‚ which have generated much unwanted and unfavorable publicity for CPA’s‚ including those working as controllers or chief financial officers for organizations. When you hear the
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information systems have bought significant changes in accounting profession‚ practices and processes. It has not only increased the efficiency and accuracy in accounting and has speed up the process for cumbersome and long accounting tasks‚ but also improved security of accounting data and increased transparency. Large organizations and multinationals are making increasing use of new information systems and technologies to carry out their accounting tasks on global basis. These information systems has
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St. James Clothiers Evaluation of Manual and IT-Based Sales Accounting System Risks Copy Right: Anthony Butka Ralph Avallone Hong-Ming Yen Executive Summary Case Synopsis We meet Sally St. James of St. James Clothiers who has a retail clothing store in Tennesse. Sally has decided to abandon her manual sales entry system and convert to a more sophisticated IT-based application. As the audit engagement team we have been asked to review narratives of former years and then draft a narrative
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Justin Valsecchi 201306421 Accounting Studies Tut Group #3 Tutorial Assignment 2: How people getting richer impacted the accounting proffession and accountants. Over the last few hundred years the world saw the rise and evolution of the accounting profession‚ a profession that was greatly impacted by the increase in personal wealth of people‚ particularly during the industrial revolution. In the begining (i.e. the rennaissance era) merchants and explorers would have made use of
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Introduction Thirty years ago‚ most financial accounting was done manually‚ leading to a great deal of paperwork. Currently‚ most accounting information is recorded via computers and wide area networks (Journal of Accountancy‚ 1994a). Technology has certainly changed the face of accounting over the years. While it is unclear whether technology’s impact on accounting has been positive or negative‚ it is clear that technology has drastically changed the accounting profession. Often a technological advance may
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The Implications of the Sarbanes Oxley Act on the Accounting Profession Abstract On July 30‚ 2002‚ the Sarbanes Oxley Act (also known as SOX) was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 is a federal law that set new or improved standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. Covered in the eleven titles are additional corporate board responsibilities‚ auditing requirements and criminal penalties. This
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Accounting can be perfectly explained as a precision tool or language to provide appropriate information with regards to financial position of an organization‚ corporate or business. With this kind of data or information‚ it is always critical for investors as it provides them with relevant and thorough information that could turn out to be the deciding factor on whether to invest or not to invest in a particular business‚ corporate or organization. Therefore‚ nowadays it is very common to find
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The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession ACC/340 Neal Hennessy The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession The accounting profession has been around in one way or another for as long as people have traded goods and services. As the transactions between people have become more frequent and complex the accounting profession has become more and more essential and the tools used to perform its functions have become increasingly advanced. For the most part‚ the days of writing
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Personal Skills Audit for entry to the Accounting Profession – Written Assignment There has been a significant shift in accounting profession from just providing numerical financial information to advising on a wide range of business matters - from profitability of developing a new line of products to E-commerce and investigating fraudulent activities. There is a tendency to acknowledge the existence of hard and soft skills. The table (Appendix I) shows the spread of soft (non-technical) skills
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