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This paper discusses various unethical practices and behaviors in accounting, using examples from corporations like Enron, Wal-Mart, and Coca-Cola. It highlights the importance of ethical behavior in accounting and the consequences of unethical practices. It is for ACC 291 Principles of Accounting II.
What's inside
- Unethical situations in corporations
- Examples from Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola
- Accounting-specific unethical practices
- The Enron scandal and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Consequences of unethical accounting practices
Who it is for: Students of ACC 291 Principles of Accounting II. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Unethical practices in accounting can happen in many ways. Students learn about examples of unethical behaviour in companies and the laws that try to prevent it.
Unethical behaviour in companies
Examples of unethical behaviour in companies are given. These include favouritism in hiring and violence against union workers. The behaviour does not always involve accounting.
Unethical accounting practices
Unethical accounting practices are described. These include misusing funds and misleading financial analysis. Examples are given of companies that have done this.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is explained. This law was made after some companies' unethical accounting practices. The law makes company leaders responsible for the financial statements they sign.
Key terms
- Misleading financial analysis
- Financial analysis that is wrong on purpose to make money.
- Overstating revenue
- Saying a company has made more money than it really has.
- Understating expenses
- Saying a company has spent less money than it really has.
- Off balance sheet financing
- A way of hiding debt and making profits look bigger.
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- A law that makes company leaders responsible for their financial statements.
- Subsidiaries
- Smaller companies that are owned by a bigger company.
Questions this document helps with
- What are some examples of unethical behaviour in companies?
- What are some unethical accounting practices?
- What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
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