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CheckPoint: Ethics in the Accounting Profession<br>• Resource: Business & Professional Ethics<br>• Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum]<br>• Answer questions 13 and 14 on p. 25 of the text.<br><br>

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  1. ACC 260 To exceed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

  2. ACC 260 Week 1 Checkpoint Ethics in the Accounting Profession For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Ethics in the Accounting Profession • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] • Answer questions 13 and 14 on p. 25 of the text.

  3. ACC 260 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Discussion Question 1 • Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Read the Where Were the Accountants? Ethics Case on pp. 36-37 (Ch. 1) of the text. Answer the question as if you were Sam. • Respond to your classmates as if you were Norm. How helpful are their responses? Discussion Question 2 • Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Many methods are used to maintain high ethical standards in the accounting profession, including government regulations, ethics course requirements in schools, and professional societies or associations that maintain codes of ethics. What method do you think accounting professionals find most effective or beneficial? What method do you think would be most effective for ensuring high ethical standards in the accounting profession? Explain your answers.

  4. ACC 260 Week 2 Assignment The Enron and WorldCom Scandals For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Assignment: The Enron and WorldCom Scandals • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Review the accounts of the Enron and WorldCom scandals in Ch. 2 of the text: o Enron’s Questionable Transactions on pp. 96-107 o WorldCom: The Final Catalyst on pp. 114-118 • Answer the following questions using complete sentences: o Enron: 1, 3, 5, 6, and 9 on pp. 106-107 o WorldCom: 1, 3, 4, and 5 on p. 118 • Post your answers as an attachment. Clearly label the case and question number for each of your responses.

  5. ACC 260 Week 2 CheckpointUnethical Practices of Arthur Andersen For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Unethical Practices of Arthur Andersen • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Read the Arthur Andersen’s Troubles Ethics Case on pp. 107-113 (Ch. 2) of the text. • Answer questions 1, 3, and 4 on p. 113 in 200 to 300 words. When responding to question 3, focus solely on the Enron case.

  6. ACC 260 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Discussion Question 1 • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is a major piece of legislation that affects a tremendous number of corporations. Do you think SOX is really necessary? Explain your answer. Discussion Question 2 • Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Answer question 4 on p. 95 (Ch. 2) of the text. Explain your choices.

  7. ACC 260 Week 4 Appendix B Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making • Resource: Appendix B • Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] • Complete the matrix in Appendix B. • Post your completed matrix as an attachment.

  8. ACC 260 Week 4 Assignment Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Assignment: Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making Although there are many different methods by which to determine an appropriate ethical course of action in a situation, not every method is effective in all situations. Not all ethical frameworks are equally useful. Beyond knowing how to use a particular ethical framework, the ability to evaluate a framework for appropriateness is also beneficial. • Resource: Appendix B • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Review each of the responses you wrote in Appendix B.

  9. ACC 260 Week 5 Checkpoint Approaches to Stakeholder Impact Analysis . For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Approaches to Stakeholder Impact Analysis • Resources: Appendix B • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum] • Describe how you might conduct a stakeholder impact analysis of Scenario 1 of Appendix B using each of the stakeholder impact analysis approaches: moral standards, 5-question, and Pastin’s approach. Note: You are not required to analyze the impact on each stakeholder. • Post your description in 200 to 300 words.

  10. ACC 260 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Discussion Question 1 • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Answer question 5 on p. 354 (Ch. 5) of the text. Explain your answer. Discussion Question 2 • Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: In what circumstances would each approach to stakeholder impact analysis (moral standards, 5-question, and Pastin’s approach) be most useful? Generalize about the approaches and describe when each would be most or least useful.

  11. ACC 260 Week 6 Assignment Presentation of the CEOs Position For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Assignment: Presentation of the CEO’s Position • Resource: Appendix C • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Review the anonymous stakeholder presentations your instructor has posted. There is likely to be repetition among the presentations from the same group, so mentally synthesize the presentations into four positions, one for each group. You might find it helpful to take notes. • Complete the Stakeholder Analysis Table found in Appendix C based on your synthesis. • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you assume the role of Kardell’s CEO. As CEO, critically examine each stakeholder position in light of the facts of the case.

  12. ACC 260 Week 6 Checkpoint Presentation of the Stakeholders Positions For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Presentation of the Stakeholders’ Positions • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 3 [Individual forum] • Read The Kardell Paper Co. Ethics Case on pp. 371-372 (Ch. 5) of the text. • Your instructor will divide the group into four discussion clusters, each representing one of the Kardell stakeholder groups: Kardell employees (the union), Kardell investors, the city of Riverside and residents, and Kardell legal counsel. • Discuss within your group how best to represent your position and desires. The discussion could provide you with ideas for how to be persuasive and how to communicate the potential impact of Kardell’s actions on your stakeholder group. You are not required to discuss, but are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity.

  13. ACC 260 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Discussion Question 1 • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Answer questions 4 and 5 on p. 264 (Ch. 4) of the text. Provide a hypothetical example to illustrate your answer to question 4. Explain your answers thoroughly.

  14. ACC 260 Week 8 Assignment Fully Applying a Decision-Making Framework For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Assignment: Fully Applying a Decision-Making Framework • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Read the Locker Room Talk Ethics Case on p. 284 (Ch. 4) of the text. •Analyze the case using stakeholder impact analysis and the philosophical approaches to ethical decision making. • Explain what you think Albert should do in a 700- to 1,050-word paper. • Organize your paper using the following section outlines. Review the questions for each section to help you analyze the case and frame your paper. (Do not explicitly answer these questions within the body of your paper.)

  15. ACC 260 Week 8 Checkpoint Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CheckPoint: Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework • Resource: Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] • Answer the three questions following the Management Choice Ethics Case on p. 288 (Ch. 4) of the text. • Describe what Sue should do and the decision-making approach that supports such action when responding to question 3. The steps summarized in Figure 5.5 on p. 353 (Ch. 5) may help guide your answer to question 3. Justify your decision based on the impact it would have on the stakeholders involved in the situation using terminology and concepts from Ch. 5. • Post your response in 200 to 300 words.

  16. ACC 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Capstone Discussion Question • Due Date: Day 3 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Is an accounting professional guaranteed to act ethically just because he or she has completed a course in ethics? Explain your answer. Having nearly reached the end of this course, what do you think you have learned that will help you to act ethically in your future profession?

  17. ACC 260 Week 9 Final Project Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Final Project: Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession • Resources: Appendix A, Appendix C, and Business & Professional Ethics • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] • Read the Dilemma of an Accountant Ethics Case on pp. 285-287 (Ch. 4) of your text. •Analyze the case using stakeholder impact analysis and the philosophical approaches to ethical decision making. • Complete a stakeholder impact analysis using the table in Appendix C as a template. Adapt the table to suit your needs. • Compose a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper explaining the course of action Dan should take.

  18. ACC 260 To exceed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

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