Identify situations that might lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting. The unethical practices and behavior in accounting would be misleading financial analysis for personal gain‚ misuse of funds‚ overstating revenue‚ and understating expenses‚ overstating the value of corporate assets or underreporting the existence of liabilities‚ sometimes with the cooperation of officials in other corporations or affiliates. Other unethical practices would be insider trading‚ securities
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Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse The Enron Corporation was established by integrating two major gas pipelines in 1985. The Company provided products and services related to natural gas‚ electricity‚ and communications and it was one of the world’s leading organizations at these sectors with claimed revenues of nearly $101 billion in 2000. Throughout the 1990s‚ Chair Ken Lay‚ chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling and chief financial official officer Andrew Fastow transformed
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The Coca-Cola Company established itself as a premier beverage business by maximizing its production and distribution throughout the world. These strong production efforts were met with equally effective marketing campaigns which led to it becoming the biggest beverage company in the world. Due to these accomplishments‚ many of Coca-Cola’s controversial labor and business practices have been overlooked by many in the general public. However‚ more people are becoming aware of these disputes due
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By Karen Kaplan Research: Criminal Behavior May Be Hard-Wired Are some people born criminals? Increasing evidence shows from neuroscience suggests that many aspects of antisocial behavior can be traced to dysfunctional brains. For instance‚ brain scans of prisoners suggest the circuitry involved in fear conditioning has gone awry in criminal minds. Deformities of certain parts of the brain that may contribute to antisocial and psychopathic behavior have also been linked to a greater risk of
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P3 Draft -Factors which lead to abusive situations Certain groups of people appear to be more vulnerable and susceptible of abuse compared to others. The individuals may suffer from mental health problems or may have physical or learning disabilities‚ the older population tend to be more at risk of abuse as the elderly are weak and frail and cannot often defend themselves especially those with dementia. Any group of individuals who tends to be more at risk of abuse tend and just abide with the abuser
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“The Feast of the Black Nazarene” Filipino Catholics are truly aware of the feast of the Black Nazarene‚ and it is really obvious that this is the time that the devotees are waiting for. This has become a part of the lives of many Filipinos‚ specially the Catholic‚ and even the non-Catholic. The procession lasted for almost eighteen hours with nine million devotees are indeed unbelievable. I decided to go to Quiapo not only because we were asked to‚ but also having the questions and curiosity
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Below are two independent situations: A. Grinner and Greeter‚ CPAs‚ were engaged to perform an audit of the financial statements of Happy‚ Inc. Happy’s management would not allow Grinner and Greeter to confirm any of the accounts receivable. All other auditing procedures were performed as considered necessary by Grinner and Greeter and no problems were found. However‚ Grinner and Greeter were unable to satisfy themselves with regard to the balance in the accounts receivable. B. Tick and Tie‚ CPAs
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The Perfect Storm of Leaders’ Unethical Behavior: A Conceptual Framework Diane J. Chandler Regent University School of Divinity‚ United States Unethical behavior of leaders has consequences for leaders themselves‚ followers‚ and their respective organizations. After defining relevant terms including ethics‚ morality‚ and ethical and unethical leadership‚ a conceptual framework for the unethical behavior of leaders is proposed‚ which includes the three “perfect storm” dimensions of leaders‚ followers
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Rationalizing Unethical Behavior N. Strawbridge PHL/323 November 4‚ 2014 P. Reynolds Introduction Classical economic philosophies suggest that man is egotistical and focused on satisfying his own needs. When people encounter difficult ethical challenges they often solicit the question‚ "What should I do?" It is naïve to assume that everyone retains a strong moral compass and does the ’right thing ’ even in small situations. Pinching a little piece of the pie‚ bending a rule once in a while‚ occasionally
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Enron’s collapse was the result of unethical practices; alas‚ such practices had a long‚ ignominious presence. The Enron story begins with CEO Kenneth Lay‚ who in 1986 combined his Houston Natural Gas company with several other entities. Until 1996‚ Enron primarily sold natural gas. Yet‚ in a sign of trouble to come‚ in 1987 Lay overlooked evidence of financial misdeeds in the company’s Valhalla‚ NY unit as executives Louis Bourget and Thomas Mastroeni greatly inflated profits while embezzling
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