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• RMIT UNIVERSITY
• Sothara Mony,
• 3465308
• Ethics and accountability
• Tutor : Greg Mcleod
• 14. 11. 2015
Brief scandal
• OLYMPUS
• Accounting fraud (
misleading profit )
• Auditors partly involved
• Wrong dismissal resignation
• TOSHIBA
• Profit inflation ( 1.2 billion )
• Postponed financial record
4 main causes :
• Accounting issues:
• cookie jar, no disclosure
• Legal issues :
• misleading the financial statement
• Cooperate governance issues:
• shaky internal control , utilitarianism issues
• Ethical issues :
• dishonesty, disloyalty, unethical culture
Comparison to Enron’s scandal
• Similarity :
• Accounting irregularities
• Top officers are the fraud makers
• Difference :
• Timing
• economic condition
Recommendations
• Regulation :
• Implement professional
accounting standard &
expertized checking
• Government: hold explicit
law, merge committees
• Codes of conduct
• Individual : ethical
responsibility and high
standard skills/practices
• Encourage whistleblowing
• lower discretionary power
• Stronger ethical guideline
• Thank you.

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Ethical issue

  • 1. • RMIT UNIVERSITY • Sothara Mony, • 3465308 • Ethics and accountability • Tutor : Greg Mcleod • 14. 11. 2015
  • 2. Brief scandal • OLYMPUS • Accounting fraud ( misleading profit ) • Auditors partly involved • Wrong dismissal resignation • TOSHIBA • Profit inflation ( 1.2 billion ) • Postponed financial record
  • 3. 4 main causes : • Accounting issues: • cookie jar, no disclosure • Legal issues : • misleading the financial statement • Cooperate governance issues: • shaky internal control , utilitarianism issues • Ethical issues : • dishonesty, disloyalty, unethical culture
  • 4. Comparison to Enron’s scandal • Similarity : • Accounting irregularities • Top officers are the fraud makers • Difference : • Timing • economic condition
  • 5. Recommendations • Regulation : • Implement professional accounting standard & expertized checking • Government: hold explicit law, merge committees • Codes of conduct • Individual : ethical responsibility and high standard skills/practices • Encourage whistleblowing • lower discretionary power • Stronger ethical guideline