Homework: Role of Ethics in Accounting
Length: 5 to 7 slides.
The accounting manager is concerned that the new hires may not understand how important it is to always remain ethical, especially in accounting. With the end-of-year audit quickly approaching, the manger wants to instill the importance of an ethical work environment.
For this homework, choose a company that has had ethical issues based on an accounting issue, such as internal control issues, fraudulent activity, theft, and so forth. Create a PowerPoint presentation that you could share with new hires. For this homework, you will complete the following:
I. Research and analyze a company that has had publicly known ethical issues either with internal controls, fraudulent activity, or theft.
II. Analyze what went wrong that caused the ethical situation and what could have been done differently to prevent the problems.
III. Make 4 recommendations or suggestions on how the company could have improved its policies and procedures to stop the unethical situation from recurring.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.