Accounting
Reflection
Lana Lambrou
ETH/376
Susan Paris
March 30, 2013
The AICPA is the group of accountants which has provided some principles to adopt in practices. There are six principles which contain the important elements to protect the interest of public. These six principles determine the ethicality of an event. If these principles are followed by all the CPAs then the manipulation of accounts can be prohibited. The CPAs have the responsibility as well as accountability towards the public. Therefore, it is very necessary for all the CPAs to protect the interest of public as well as protect the individuals, companies, government agencies from fraud or any type of manipulation. Unethical activities are not in the interest of anyone because sooner or later they will be detected and harm lot of peoples. The AICPA code of professional conduct provides the guidelines to adopt healthy practices rather than unethical activities. The principles given by AICPA are responsibilities, public interest, integrity, objectivity and independence, and due care. These six principles are the assurance to protect the public from fraud. The purpose of AICPA code of professional conduct is clear that an accountant should follow all the six principles so that a healthy work environment could be created in the interest of the company, society and nation. The second discussion is focused on evaluation of ethicality of accounting activities. Manipulating the financial statements for personal interest or for loyalty towards company or its executives is unethical and the person responsible for such act will be punishable. Misstatement of financial statements is ethically wrong and should be avoided. A CFO while making decision should keep in mind the interest of public and it can only be happen if he or she is following the AICPA principles. We learned from the discussion that any kind of unethical activity may destroy the career of individual who is responsible for
Lana Lambrou
ETH/376
Susan Paris
March 30, 2013
The AICPA is the group of accountants which has provided some principles to adopt in practices. There are six principles which contain the important elements to protect the interest of public. These six principles determine the ethicality of an event. If these principles are followed by all the CPAs then the manipulation of accounts can be prohibited. The CPAs have the responsibility as well as accountability towards the public. Therefore, it is very necessary for all the CPAs to protect the interest of public as well as protect the individuals, companies, government agencies from fraud or any type of manipulation. Unethical activities are not in the interest of anyone because sooner or later they will be detected and harm lot of peoples. The AICPA code of professional conduct provides the guidelines to adopt healthy practices rather than unethical activities. The principles given by AICPA are responsibilities, public interest, integrity, objectivity and independence, and due care. These six principles are the assurance to protect the public from fraud. The purpose of AICPA code of professional conduct is clear that an accountant should follow all the six principles so that a healthy work environment could be created in the interest of the company, society and nation. The second discussion is focused on evaluation of ethicality of accounting activities. Manipulating the financial statements for personal interest or for loyalty towards company or its executives is unethical and the person responsible for such act will be punishable. Misstatement of financial statements is ethically wrong and should be avoided. A CFO while making decision should keep in mind the interest of public and it can only be happen if he or she is following the AICPA principles. We learned from the discussion that any kind of unethical activity may destroy the career of individual who is responsible for