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ETH 376 Week 1 Individual Assignment AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
Write a 350- to 750-word paper describing the purpose of the AICPA Code of
Professional Conduct and why it is considered the foundation of ethical reasoning
in accounting. Answer the following questions:
• What do you think are the three most important purposes of the AICPA
Code of Professional Conduct?
• Why are those three the most important? Defend your answer.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
ETH 376 Week 2 Ethicality of Accounting Activities
Resource: Case 2-1, Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom in Ch. 2 of Ethical
Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting
Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper evaluating the ethicality of the Cynthia
Cooper and WorldCom case. As a team, identify and discuss the
accounting activities involved in the case.
Select the key accounting activity involved in the case. Evaluate the
accounting activity in terms of the AICPA Code of Professional
Conduct. Determine how the accounting activity was or was not equitable
to internal and external stakeholders. Determine which aspects of this
accounting activity were ethical or unethical. Identify the key individuals in
this case. Each team member must select a different individual from the
case to explain his or her ethical or unethical actions and how those
actions influenced the events that occurred.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
ETH 376 Week 3 Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting
Resource: Ethics Case 7-4: Excello Telecommunications in Ch. 7 of Ethical
Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting
Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper explaining the legal aspects, financial
standards involved, and ethicality of the Excello Telecommunications
case. Your paper should include the following:
2. Identify the legal issues involved—consider state and federal laws—and
explain how they apply to the case. Determine the criteria by which
Sarbanes-Oxley would apply to this case. Identify the specific financial
reporting standards involved and explain how those standards were
violated.Evaluate the financial reporting activity in terms of the AICPA Code
of Professional Conduct.Determine the ethicality of the events within the
case. Select the best alternative offered by the team. Defend your decision
in terms of its legality, ethicality, and alignment with accounting standards.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
ETH 376 Week 4 Individual Assignment Legality and Ethicality of Corporate
Governance
Resource: Case 3-3, United Thermostatic Controls in Ch. 3 of Ethical
Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting
Determine the legality of the activities based on federal, state, and local
laws.
Determine the criteria by which Sarbanes-Oxley would apply to this case.
Determine the ethicality of the activities.
Consider whether or not the activities were equitable to internal and
external stakeholders.
Decide on the next steps based on the events that took place. What makes
this next step the best decision?
Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper evaluating the legality and ethicality of the
corporate governance activities that occurred in the scenario.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
ETH 376 Week 5 Standards-Based Decision Making
Resource: The ABC Corporation Case located on your student website
Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper accomplishing the following:
Describe four types of audit opinions Green and Associates may provide at
the conclusion of a corporate financial audit. Specifically, describe and
illustrate an unqualified, unqualified with explanatory paragraph, qualified,
and adverse opinion. Differentiate between the opinions and provide
specific criteria that warrant each type of opinion. Determine whether the
inventory valuation method used by ABC Corporation was legal and
compliant with GAAP. Is the client’s refusal to procure an audit of Internal
3. Controls over Financial Reporting in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley? Why or
why not? In compliance with GAAS, which type of audit opinion should
Green and Associates issue? Discuss the ethical issues involved for ABC
Corporation and for Green and Associates.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines