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ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 1 Checkpoint Ethics in the Accounting Profession ACC 260 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • 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. • 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?
ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 2 Assignment The Enron and WorldCom Scandals ACC 260 Week 2 CheckpointUnethical Practices • 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 • 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.
ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ACC 260 Week 4 Appendix B Philosophical Approaches • 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] • 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.
ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 4 Assignment Critiquing Philosophical ACC 260 Week 5 Checkpoint Approaches to Stakeholder • 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. • 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.
ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ACC 260 Week 6 Assignment Presentation • 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 • 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.
ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 6 Checkpoint Presentation ACC 260 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • 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 • 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. • Discussion Question 2
ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 8 Assignment Fully Applying a Decision ACC 260 Week 8 Checkpoint Briefly Applying a Decision • 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 • 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.
ACC 260 Course Tutorial ACC 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ ACC 260 Week 9 Final Project Solving Ethical Dilemmas • 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? • 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
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