This project explores the principles, dilemmas, and real-world applications of accounting ethics, aiming to understand its theoretical underpinnings, practical implications, and modern challenges.
Objective: Gain a comprehensive understanding of accounting ethics, including its theoretical foundations, practical applications, and contemporary issues.
Key Components:Literature Review: Review academic works on accounting ethics for theoretical insights and case studies.
Case Studies: Analyze real-life ethical dilemmas in accounting and evaluate decisions made by individuals and organizations.
Ethical Standards and Regulations: Examine ethical standards and regulations shaping the profession, like the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Decision-Making Models: Study ethical decision-making models and apply them to analyze dilemmas.
Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility: Explore corporate governance's role in fostering ethical behavior and examine corporate social responsibility's impact on accounting ethics.
Emerging Issues: Investigate modern challenges such as technology's ethical implications and sustainability reporting.
Recommendations: Develop best practices for professionals and organizations to enhance ethical awareness and compliance.
Deliverables: Research paper, presentation slides, and visual aids summarizing findings, case studies, and recommendations.