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Ten. Ethics Applied to the Accounting Firm

  1. Ronald Duska1,
  2. Brenda Shay Duska2,
  3. Julie Ragatz1

Published Online: 20 APR 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9781444395907.ch10

Book Title

Accounting Ethics, Second Edition

Accounting Ethics, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Duska, R., Duska, B. S. and Ragatz, J. (2011) Ethics Applied to the Accounting Firm, in Accounting Ethics, Second Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444395907.ch10

Author Information

  1. 1

    The Center for Ethics in Financial Services, The American College, USA

  2. 2

    Del Pizzo & Associates, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 20 APR 2011
  2. Published Print: 11 MAR 2011

Book Series:

  1. Foundations of Business Ethics

Book Series Editors:

  1. W. Michael Hoffman,
  2. Robert E. Frederick

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405196130

Online ISBN: 9781444395907

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Keywords:

  • ethics applied - to the accounting firm;
  • Arthur Andersen's role in the Enron collapse - leading Business Week, a special report called “Accounting in Crisis”;
  • inappropriate behaviors by accounting firms - leading to the passage of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX);
  • commercialization, infecting professions - like medicine, teaching, and law, profit-motivated business interests;
  • social responsibility of business - idea of business as a social institution, perception that its fundamental to make a profit;
  • societal benefit - the end that justifies the pursuit of profit;
  • purposes, directing us to an activity's goal - goals, not being motivating forces;
  • motivating forces, the psychological “whys” for doing things;
  • good ethics is good business - maxim that good ethics is good business, applying to accounting profession;
  • ethical responsibilities of accounting firms - businesses, entering into relationships with individuals and groups, relationships involving responsibilities

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Accounting as a Business

  • The Social Responsibility of Business

  • Good Ethics is Good Business

  • Ethical Responsibilities of Accounting Firms

  • The Accounting Profession in Crisis

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